By default GIMP comes with one ICC profile preloaded and that is sRGB. While this color space works well for images you wish to view on a screen, its color gamut (range of colors) is more lacking than, say, Adobe 1998 or Pro Photo. As a simple means of diagramming this, the image at left, [...]
Here it is, short and sweet. 10 techniques for working in Photoshop that you may not know existed: 1. Open a File without using the Menus Simple. Double click the grey background area of the Photoshop window and the File Open dialog appears – magic!? 2. If grey is Dull, Black is Wonderful and any [...]
In a recent article, I explained how to create a triptych in Lightroom. The solution covered the mechanics of setting up a triptych template in Lightroom. In this post, I’m going to address the issue of selecting images to use in the triptych. I’ll explain some rules of composition and show how I make a [...]
Often when I look at the photographs that I’ve taken at the zoo, for example, the animals’ eyes are underexposed and lifeless. To fix animals’ eyes in Lightroom so that they look compelling and still realistic, here is my fixing “animals eyes” workflow: Step 1
Chromatic Aberration is the bane of digital photographers. It can be seen as a halo or fringe around the edges of an object in a photograph when you photograph it in certain lights – you might see it for example, when you photograph a darker object in front of a bright sky. Some tools like [...]
Many DPS readers have requested more and more information about GIMP (sometimes referred to as The Gimp) photo editing software. As a freely licensed bit of photography software, the high interest is understandable. Before diving into some specific GIMP tips and tricks in future posts, I’d like to help bring those up to speed who [...]
Here is a relatively easy Photoshop technique which, nonetheless, seems to amaze a lot of people when they see the results: making a subject float or fly. For maximum effectiveness you really need a tripod. Start by setting the camera up on the tripod and shoot your subject sitting or laying on some kind of [...]
This is one in a series of articles on methods of salvaging what would otherwise be “ruined” photos. In a previous article, we looked at one way of salvaging an underexposed photo. (We may look at more ways in future articles.) Today let’s look at a method for salvaging an overexposed shot. As already noted, [...]
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