Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
The crop tool is the single most-used tool in Photoshop. In this video, Photoshop Senior Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes explains the art of cropping and straightening in Photoshop.
Check out this video that shows how to use Camera Raw as a Smart Filter in Photoshop CC.
In this video, Julieanne Kost demonstrates how to take multiple exposures and combine them into a single 32-bit HDR file that can then be edited nondestructively using Adobe Camera Raw as a Smart Filter in Photoshop. In addition, you’ll discover how powerful using Camera Raw as a Smart Filter can be when working with layered files.
Adobe just added lens support for the iPhone 5S in Camera Raw 8.3. In this video Photoshop Sr. Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes explains the process of improving iPhone images in Photoshop.
I do many of these same things with my iPhone images; however, I import my files into my Lightroom library. I generally just dump my iPhone images into my Lightroom library every so often. I use a dedicated folder simply labled ‘iPhone’ for each year, so that all of my photos from 2013 from iPhone are in a single folder. From there, I can edit and add to collections as I see fit and I can always go back to find images from my iPhone in a single folder. As an added bonus, all of these images are geotagged, so I have another way to sort if needed.
Do you guys use Photoshop or Lightroom for editing images from your iPhone or Android phone?
Along with Lightroom 5.3, Adobe has released Camera Raw 8.3 for Photoshop CC and Photoshop CS6 users.
Camera Raw 8.3 includes several new features for Photoshop CC users: [Read more…]
Mastering Photoshop Layers is a new book from Juergen Gulbins. “Layers allow for both global and local adjustments to images and can be used to create a number of special effects. Best of all, layers allow for nondestructive editing of your original image. New Photoshop users often see layers as too complicated, and they miss out on the program’s full potential.
This book will remove the confusion factor by providing an in-depth introduction to layers. Clear, step-by-step instructions and illustrations help the reader quickly master the tools that are relevant for photographers.
In this book you will learn about:
• Working with and building multiple layers
• Blending layers and which Options to use
• Using layers to enhance and retouch your images
• Creating and using layer masks
• Creating luminosity and saturation layer masks
• Using Smart Objects and Smart Filters
• Advanced layer techniques
• Time-saving shortcuts, tips, and tricks”
Mastering Photoshop Layers retails for $44.95; however, it is currently available for $31.02 on Amazon.com.
Adobe has released a version 5.3 update for Lightroom 5, which adds tethered capture support for the Rebel T4i and adds RAW file support for the following cameras: [Read more…]
Here’s a quick video from Photoshop Sr. Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes, who shows us how to make fine hair selections in Photoshop using the built-in Quick Select tool and Refine Edge.
onOne Software’s Perfect Photo Suite 8 is in its final beta version prior to the November 26 launch of the new version. The program is works as a plugin to Aperture, Lightroom, Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. It can also be used as a standalone for editing images from start to finish. You can download the beta here at onOne Software’s website.
You can purchase Perfect Photo Suite 8 as a standalone app for $79.95. If you want the plug-in version only, it costs $129.95. The Premium Edition works as a plug-in and standalone application for $299.95. onOne Software is offering a pre-order price for $179.95. More details here at onOne Software’s website.
Here’s a quick video from Photoshop Sr. Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes, who explains how to blur a background and make a subject stand out with the blur gallery in Photoshop.
Macphun has launched a new software program – Intensify, which can be used as a standalone or plug-in for adding detail and contrast to images. The software retails for $39.99; however, it is available for $29.99 as an introductory offer. [Read more…]