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This is one of the most important things I ever learned about photography, so this may well be the most important photography thing you’ll ever need to know, because not only will you understand exposure more, but you’ll also realise what’s causing your photos to go completely wrong …
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The Channels Panel in Photoshop has to be one of the most under-used part of Photoshop for the casual user, but in terms of making selections, it’s incredibly powerful. My favourite use for the Channels Panel is to make luminosity (brightness)-based selections. Selecting the brightest parts of the …
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There are all sorts of ways to do this in Photoshop, but this is my method. I think this may well work in Photoshop Elements, but maybe someone can let me know? Step 1 – Open your image and duplicate the background layer Press Command J to create …
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Just a quick note. This probably works in all versions of Photoshop, it just so happens that I have Photoshop CC. This is a quick method for selectively increasing contrast in images. It looks more complicated than it is, but once you’ve done it a few times it …
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If you can imagine yourself standing on a beach, looking out across the sea at a sunset (something that pleases most photographers), your eyes allow you to see a nice balance between the light and colour in the sky and also what’s directly in front of you. A …
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