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The PSPI plug-in allows GIMP to use Photoshop plug-ins. To start, download the PSPI plug-in from Gimp.org Restart GIMP and open the Filters menu. 21 Settings, Techniques and Rules All New Camera Owners Should K. Some are very basic while others go a little deeper – but all have been selected from our archives specifically for beginners and new camera owners.
Enjoy. Introductions to Useful Modes and Settings on Your Digital Camera 1. Digital Camera Modes Explained – I spoke with a family friend recently who had just bought a new point and shoot camera. She came up to me with her camera when no one was watching and embarrassedly asked me if I could tell her what all the little icons on the dial on top of her camera meant. 2. 3. 4. 5. Other Basic Camera Techniques 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Camera Care and Maintenance 13. 14. 15. 7 Digital Camera Predators and How to Keep them at Bay – this tutorial talks you through 7 of the most common ways that digital cameras get damaged – what to look out for and what preventative action to take to avoid them.
Composition Tips. GIMP: Power Up GIMP with 40+ Free Plug-ins. Contrast Mask Photoshop Tutorial » Photoshop Tutorials Blog. Contrast masking is a technique used to correct photos that because of the high dynamic range some of it’s areas appear underexposed while the rest of the image appears overexposed.
With this technique we are able to reveal details both from the underexposed areas and the overexposed areas. This technique isn’t something new, traditional photographers used to apply the equivalent of this technique in the dark room for quite sometime now while the digital version of this technique is also used by a lot of photographers for years. However, I have found that most digital photographers ignore this extremely useful technique so I decided to write this tutorial.
Lets start by opening our image. I am going to use this photo taken at Stockholm with a small compact digital camera. You can see that the left side of the photo is underexposed, while the building is slightly overexposed. Now we are going to duplicate the photo layer. The next step is to desaturate the new layer we just created.