Photoshop can be a phenomenal tool for improving portraits. However, as with any tool, the final results are only going to be as good as the skills of the user. This guide will walk you through the basics of realistically enhancing a portrait in Photoshop. Open and Evaluate Your Portrait I chose the following portrait […]
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This is a guest post by Perry Trotter, a professional photographer from New Zealand and maker of The Wedding Photographer app on iTunes. Download the app. Shot in front of Cambridge Town Hall in the Waikato region. Cambridge is an attractive small town in the Waikato, about two hours drive south from the city of […]
Welcome to part two of our look at simple but effective Photoshop tips that will make your images stand out (see part one here). In this article we will look at four different techniques, including replacing an entire block of colour, adding a graduated filter to a sky, removing dust spots quickly and creating a […]
Adobe’s Photoshop is an immensely complicated and multi layered program that can seem daunting to new users. In this short series of articles we are going to have a look at some of the less used, but highly useful tools in the seminal editing program Highlights and Shadows Tool This tool is possibly one of […]
Some people love them and some people hate them, but whatever your tastes you should probably know a little about the vignette effect in photography. A vignette photo has edges that fade to either white or black, typically gradually, although it can be an effect that is used dramatically as well. This effect can be […]
Photomatix has been the leading HDR photography software since 2003. While HDR photography has been around as an idea for many years, HDRsoft made it a public sensation with the advent of Photomatix. The most recent release of the Pro version of the software, version 4.2, is a major step up and ensures that Photomatix […]
