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Lomography

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Anonymous, 07 July 2010 10:48

Lomography is a term often used to describe the use of lo-fi film cameras, such as the Lomo LC-A, Diana and Holga. These inexpensive and cheaply made cameras are often made with built in lenses, such as fisheyes and produce inconsistent and unpredicatable results, which when paired with unusual film processing can produce interesting and experimental results. "Lomo style" images ...

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Lomography

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Anonymous, 07 July 2010 10:48

Lomography is a term often used to describe the use of lo-fi film cameras, such as the Lomo LC-A, Diana and Holga. These inexpensive and cheaply made cameras are often made with built in lenses, such as fisheyes and produce inconsistent and unpredicatable results, which when paired with unusual film processing can produce interesting and experimental results. "Lomo style" images ...

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Extract Filter

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Anonymous, 31 March 2009 17:09

The Extra Filter can be found in all versions of Photoshop,except CS4 and provides a sophisticated way to isolate foreground objects and erase backgrounds on a layer. It can be used to work around wispy or indefinable edges with the minimum amount of work. To access the Extract Filter, go to Filter in the Menu bar and it’s the third ...

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Pen Tool

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Anonymous, 31 March 2009 17:05

If you want to cut out a specific object or subject in a photograph, or fancy creating an ultra fine selection, Photoshop’s Pen Tool is one of the most precise tools to use. The Pen Tool can be found in the toolbox and the keyboard shortcut is the letter P. Before you start it’s important to set up the tool ...

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Solarization

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Anonymous, 13 November 2008 14:14

Solarization is a term first used to describe extreme cases of overexposure but is more commonly known as an effect applied in the chemical darkroom to black and white images. The visual effect of a solarization is that it partially inverts the tonal range, to make a mono photograph look like a cross between a positive and a negative image. ...

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Lith

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Anonymous, 13 November 2008 12:57

Lith is a type of extremely high contrast, fine-detail black and white negative film used in the chemical darkroom and printing/graphics industries to create half-tone images and copy line work. It can also be used to add pinkish brown tones in highlights, and a film-grain effect in the shadows in mono images. Lith has such a distinctive look that it’s ...

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Colour popping

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Anonymous, 13 October 2008 16:21

Colour popping is a technique used to ‘paint colour in’ areas of a black & white image. This technique is used to draw the viewer’s attention to areas of an image or to enhance the focal point. There are various ways of colour popping you can view a tutorial here.

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Drop Shadow

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Anonymous, 08 October 2008 15:49

A drop shadow is usually applied to text to give it a little extra finesse and professionalism. The drop shadow sits behind the original text and imaging software programmes like Photoshop and Elements allow you to move drop shadows around and place them where you want them to be. The opacity of a drop shadow can also be reduced to ...

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Focus stacking

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Anonymous, 02 October 2008 11:48

Focus stacking is a digital process that combines multiple images, each with a different focus point. The final image has a greater depth-of-field than any of the original images. This technique is mostly used in macro photography to show more detail in the finished image.

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Zoom burst

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Anonymous, 02 October 2008 11:46

Zoom burst is a technique that creates blurred streaks emanating from the centre of an image. The effect is created with zoom lenses that have a manual zoom ring. By using a slow shutter speed, generally under 1/60sec, and zooming into your subject while the shutter is open creates the zoom burst effect. The effect looks very similar to motion ...

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Toning

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Anonymous, 23 September 2008 17:34

Toning refers to the photographic process that many traditional and digital photographers apply to their images to change the colour or tone of their prints. Some of the most popular toning effects include Sepia and Cyanotypes. These can easily be applied in Photoshop or Elements and for further information on how to apply these toning techniques, check out Part Three ...

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