Printers and Paper
Trying to get a good print can be a nightmare, or it like trying to give a cat a bath. It’s possible. It really is, but it can be difficult, frustrating and expensive. The first thing to consider when printing is the printer itself. While low end printers are getting much better at [...]
Tips on Color Printing
A quick and dirty effect in Camera Raw
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While understanding lighting, framing, posing and everything else that goes into taking a picture is important, now images can be greatly enhanced in post production. In fact, most images in the media are tweaked after their taken to the point where we’re used to and expect it. That aside, here’s how I get [...]
Sharpening
As with everything in Photoshop, there’s several different ways to sharpen images. However, my first recommendation is to start with sharp images. A unsharp image going into Photoshop will come out of Photoshop unsharp. The techniques I’m going to talk about will only help so much. Also keep in mind that, there each image might [...]
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The Basics
Histograms seem to be the big mystery among many photographers: casual and not. However, once you understand the basics, the histogram becomes indispensable. If you’ve ever opened Photoshop then you’ve probably at least seen a histogram. If you’ve used Levels then you’ve directly worked with the histogram before. So, what is it? It’s [...]
