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Zombify yourself this Halloween!

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Anonymous, 29 October 2009 09:43

Getting into the swing of Halloween isn’t all about wearing costumes and plastic masks. Digital manipulation allows us to have all sorts of fun with images of ourselves, but it can take a long time to get things looking right. Zombieland is a comedy horror film that’s out this month, and the makers have a website where you can upload ...

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Zombify yourself this Halloween!

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Anonymous, 29 October 2009 09:43

Getting into the swing of Halloween isn’t all about wearing costumes and plastic masks. Digital manipulation allows us to have all sorts of fun with images of ourselves, but it can take a long time to get things looking right. Zombieland is a comedy horror film that’s out this month, and the makers have a website where you can upload ...

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Photograph a ghost

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Anonymous, 29 October 2009 09:25

Halloween is almost upon us, so why not let your imagination take over and shoot something especially for this spooky festival. You don’t even need a willing model because you can do that yourself, while shooting. How? Well, because you can do a lot in a 30-second exposure. Set the aperture to f/22 and ISO to 100 to allow for ...

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Refine Edge

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:32

Refine Edge can be found in Photoshop CS3 and CS4 and provides a sophisticated way of improving the quality of selection edges. It also allows you to view a selection against different backgrounds to make the adjustments easier to see. Five sliders control inside Refine Edge Radius Slider: Increase the Radius to create a more exact selection boundary in areas ...

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Bicubic Smoother

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:12

The Bicubic smoother is an Interpolation option from the drop-down list inside the Image Size Dialog box and is a good choice if you’re looking to increase the size of your images and offers smoother interpolated enlargements as a result. It’s also worth adding a small amount of sharpening after Interpolating using the Bicubic Smoother option. A close-up view of ...

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Remote Trigger

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Anonymous, 31 March 2009 17:14

If you need to fire your camera from a distance you’ll need a remote trigger. Unlike a cable release, remote triggers give you the opportunity to move much further away as they use infrared beams or radio frequencies to communicate with your camera. The ranges of remote triggers differ from trigger to trigger but there are versions that can fire ...

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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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Adobe Camera Raw

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Anonymous, 22 January 2009 14:41

The Adobe Camera Raw is a piece of software that’s included as a plug-in with Adobe Photoshop and gives the user the ability to import and work with Camera Raw Files. To process images using the Camera Raw, select the files you wish to import in Bridge, choosing File from the Menu bar, selecting Open In Camera Raw. Equally dragging ...

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Top Tips for Low Light Photography

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Anonymous, 02 December 2008 09:19

Although at this time of the year the evenings get darker much earlier, this doesn’t mean you should pack up your camera as soon as the sun dips below the horizon. If you’re brave enough to hold out for a few more hours you’ll reap the benefits that can be had from the low light and, even better, there are ...

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Pin-sharp

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Anonymous, 21 November 2008 12:58

Pin-sharp is an expression used by photographers to describe fantastic sharpness in a photograph. It’s possible to fine-tune sharpening in editing software with tools like Unsharp Mask, but it’s more important to have a sharp image to start with. You can increase your chances of creating pin sharp images by: Using auto focusUsing a fast shutter speedUsing a small aperture

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Image Quality

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Anonymous, 21 November 2008 12:41

A general term regularly used in both Digital Photo and Practical Photography magazines to describe the quality of an image taken by any type of camera. You can test the image quality of a camera in a number of ways; the most common is by assessing the metering and ISO performance and by viewing a photograph at 100%, or by ...

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