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How to Make your Winter Images Pop with Luminar
For those of us in the northern hemisphere, it’s that time of year again. It’s cold, windy, snowy and very, very white. Winter wonderlands are the ideal things to shoot this time of year. When...
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Tips for Doing Digital Painting with the Mixer Brush in Photoshop
If you have ever felt the need to be a bit more creative with your photos, then Photoshop contains a multitude of ways to make that happen. In fact, it offers such a variety of options it can be a bit...
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How to Take Control of Color in Lightroom
Back when everybody used film cameras, photographers had to match the film type to their subject. For example, landscape photographers liked Fuji Velvia 50 because it produced deeply saturated slides....
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How to Make 5 Different Looks using Aurora HDR 2018
Aurora HDR 2018 has plenty of tricks up its sleeve, and one of those is versatility. It’s not a one-trick pony when it comes to creating your HDR look. The range of different tools really allows you to...
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How to Use Layers and Masks in Photoshop to Add Text to Your Photos
Do you want to make a photo-card for your loved one? Or maybe a flyer for your business? Or add some personalized notes to your photos that turn your album into a scrapbook? If you ever tried to add...
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How to Easily Simulate a Tilt-Shift Effect Using Photoshop
You might not know it, but even if you’ve never heard of tilt-shift photography you have probably seen a photograph that was captured in just such a way. A few years ago tilt-shift photos exploded into...
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Top 10 Luminar 2018 Features That I Discovered by Accident
Luminar’s powerful, customizable approach to image editing is wrapped in a cloak of simplicity which is great for photographers who tend to feel intimidated by the hundreds of buttons, menu options,...
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How to do Single Image HDR Effects with Aurora HDR 2018
When creating an HDR or High Dynamic Range photo, you typically need three or more images taken at different exposures (bracketed) to create one stunning image. But given the high dynamic range of...
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How to Create a Retro Look for Your Images with Luminar
Over the past few months, I’ve been testing out the features of Luminar. I’ve looked at the time-saving features that can help reduce your editing headaches. I’ve also played around with the AI filter...
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How to Rescue an Image in Lightroom With Split Toning
Split toning is one of the most overlooked features in Lightroom (or any post-processing program for that matter). It’s a technique used mostly in the film industry and is apparent in just about any...
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How to Turn Your Photo into a Cartoon Drawing Using Photoshop
Photography can be traced back all the way to the camera obscura; which was an aid for artists who could then draw their subjects from the projection created by the light passing through the pinhole....
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Easy Color Grading With LUTs and Luminar 2018
Focusing on color can help you communicate style and emotion. This approach is often referred to as color grading. Color grading versus color correction You may have wondered how this differs from...
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How to Understand the Science of Photography and Technical Terms for...
What is it that makes one picture appear dull and another more striking? What is it that makes some tones appear detailed and others smooth and transient? The answer to both of these questions involves...
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How to Create with a Good Workflow Using Smart Objects in Photoshop
Do you want to make sure you get the most details out of your shot? How about making sure none of your post-processing is destructive? It sounds like a really smart way to set up your workflow right? A...
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7 Tips for Creating Natural-Looking HDR Landscapes Using Aurora HDR
Aurora HDR is one of the best and easiest photo editing programs available for quickly creating HDR images. With that said, it has a wide range of tools and filters to help you achieve your HDR goals....
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How to Turn Your Photos into Painterly Style Watercolor Art
It’s fun to be creative with your photos, elevating them beyond a digital image and into painterly style art instead. Perhaps you have a great shot of your dog but the neighbor’s bright red car is...
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How to Use Adobe’s DNG Profile Editor to Make Custom Camera Profiles
Have you ever heard of Adobe’s DNG Profile Editor? No? It’s okay if you haven’t because up until about a month ago I had no idea it even existed. It’s a little bit of an Adobe secret. Despite being a...
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How to Make Your Digital Photo Look Like a Polaroid Using Photoshop
Nostalgic for the printed photos? Polaroids are coming back as trend as are many vintage things. Do you want to achieve this effect while still maintaining the advantages of the shooting digital? In...
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Long Exposure Photography 201 – How to Edit a Long Exposure Seascape
In case you missed it, in an earlier article I introduced you to the 101’s of Long Exposure Photography, provided a checklist of the essential equipment, and detailed the exact steps to follow so you...
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How to Add a Lens Flare Effect in Photoshop
Do you put a hood on your lens to avoid lens flare? Are you always moving and reframing so that the light source is behind you? Then you have missed out on some great creative opportunities. But not to...
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