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Off Camera Flash softboxes

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Michael Topham, 15 March 2010 14:10

Years ago, softboxes were most commonly used in the studio and were rarely taken outdoors because they were deemed too cumbersome and awkward. With modern location lighting kits now available, it didn’t take long for these kits to offer softboxes of their own, making it easier for photographers to diffuse the effects of flash lighting outdoors. Most softboxes that come ...

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Off Camera Flash softboxes

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Michael Topham, 15 March 2010 14:10

Years ago, softboxes were most commonly used in the studio and were rarely taken outdoors because they were deemed too cumbersome and awkward. With modern location lighting kits now available, it didn’t take long for these kits to offer softboxes of their own, making it easier for photographers to diffuse the effects of flash lighting outdoors. Most softboxes that come ...

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Interpolation

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:18

Interpolation is another name given to the process of image resampling. There are five methods that can be used for calculating the best route for resizing an image – Nearest Neighbor, Bilinear, Bicubic, Bicubic Smoother and Bicubic Sharper. All the Interpolation options are found inside the Image Size Dialog box from the drop-down list. A close-up view of the options ...

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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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Step Interpolation

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:07

Step Interpolation is a completely different way of increasing the size of your images. Rather than using one of the five Interpolation options from inside the Image Size Dialog box, the step interpolation method involves gradually increasing image size by small percentages. The percentage that’s usually settled for is 10%. Step Interpolation isn’t always the best means of interpolation, as ...

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Paths

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Anonymous, 31 March 2009 16:59

Paths are created when using Photoshop’s Pen Tool. They are very simply vector-based line drawings that can be stretched and shaped around any subject with the use of Anchor points. Anchor points appear on screen as small grey squares and if you’re looking to make a Path around a specific subject, it’s these anchor points that should be positioned around ...

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Top-plate

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Anonymous, 21 November 2008 12:45

If you hold your camera in both hands and look vertically down on top of it you’ll be looking at the top-plate. On a standard D-SLR you’ll find a LCD screen, pop up flash and mode dial on the top-plate. Layout varies from camera to camera and manufacturers often place commonly used buttons like White Balance, ISO and AF, on ...

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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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Point and shoot

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Anonymous, 29 October 2008 15:48

The term point and shoot refers to a camera that has limited user controls and is mostly automatic. Point and shoot is a name given to compact cameras because they don’t have manual controls that you would find on a SLR. However many SLRs still have a point and shoot or fully automatic mode.

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Recycle time

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Anonymous, 29 October 2008 15:38

The recycle time is the time taken to store a captured image on a digital camera. The faster the recycle time the more frames per second a camera can take. Recycle time can also refer to the time taken to recharge the flash.

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