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Lo sharpening - PhotoRevolt.com. Lo sharpening è tra le operazioni di post-processing una delle più importanti è discussa in fotografia. Il suo scopo è di recuperare, per quanto possibile, le caratteristiche di "acutezza" e "definizione" della foto, quasi essenziale per le immagini in formato RAW. Buona lettura. Indice Perchè un articolo sullo sharpening? Questo articolo nasce da una... cavolata madornale che ho commesso i primi mesi della mia "vita fotografica".

Da ganzo, ho seguito subito il consiglio di scattare sempre in formato RAW, visti i vari vantaggi in termini di qualità rispetto al formato JPEG (soprattutto per la mia Minolta A1, che produce JPEG non eccezionali). Un bel giorno mi leggo dall'inizio uno degli articoli sull'unsharp mask... e scopro che la combinazione 50/20/0 serve a tutt'altro (per aumentare il contrasto locale)! Mi sono detto: che mai nessuno ricompia i miei errori, urge un articolo sull'unsharp mask!

Programmi di fotoritocco Cos'è lo sharpening? Il miracolo... del campionamento! Advanced Color Correction Tutorial that will Knock Your Socks Of. This tutorial shows you an advanced method of evaluating your photograph’s color accuracy and making the proper color correction adjustments. It is a more sophisticated technique of removing unwanted color casts, but the result’s will knock your socks off. Does require some basic knowledge of Photoshop.

For this tutorial I will be working in Photoshop CS3 using a stock photograph that came with Aperture 2. The original As you can see above, the original photo is much too dark… But even with some basic ‘Levels Adjustments’ to brighten up the original, even though the image is much improved, we can now see a red color cast in the people’s faces, in the lower part of the wedding dress and in the white shirt of the man in the background. Preparing Photoshop Open the original photograph in Photoshop. On the bottom of your ‘Layers’ palette you will notice a half black, half white circle, which is your ‘Create new fill or adjustments later’ button. Let’s get into it… Locating the white points. 400+ Time Saving Photoshop Actions. This post is a roundup of latest free web design resources released during the month of March. This collection includes patterns, icons, themes, and… Continue Reading → These days many artists are collaborating with big brands in order to reach a mass market.

As well as interiors, artists and designers are… Continue Reading → This post is a roundup of latest free web design resources released during the month of February. This collection includes ui kits, insignias, backgrounds,… Continue Reading → Masking out Difficult Images in Photoshop. Masking out Difficult Images in Photoshop It would be very difficult and time consuming to separate this image from its background because of the complexity and fine detail involved with the feathers on the lady’s headdress. This tutorial will focus on using Channels to help mask out a complex objects with clean edges.

This technique will also save you a lot of time. The initial goal is to separate the feathers from the pink background on the left side of the face, there are lots of places where tiny bits of pink are showing through the feathers Adobe Photoshop tutorials, tips, tricks, discounts and announcements from PhotoshopCAFE. It's fast and free! Get the CS4 Superguide for free. Make a duplicate layer of the image. With the selection active, switch to the Channels palette. Notice that there are areas of gray, these would be semi-transparent and need to become solid black and white (except for areas that should be semi transparent such as soft edges). Time to fine tune the mask.

10 seriously useful Photoshop tutorials. Our colleagues over on Computer Arts magazine have been handing down Photoshop wisdom for over a decade. Their website is a mine of information and not just for Photoshop tips, but for llustrator, InDesign, web design apps and much more. We've had a poke around and chosen 10 of our favourite Photoshop tutorials. You can download free PDFs and accompanying files for every single one of these guides from the links in the article below. 1. Transform a dull stock image into great looking artworkA series of techniques for coping with boring stock art that you're supplied with for ad design.

Discover how to give the images some life, but still leave room in the composition for copy and logos.Read more 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Now read 11 WordPress plug-ins every blogger needs Sign up for the free weekly TechRadar newsletterGet tech news delivered straight to your inbox. Sharpen blurred photos | Tutorial Outpost. Photoshop Blending Modes Cookbook. How to turn your photo into movie-like effect using Photoshop? « What you need to have: Adobe Photoshop What you will learn: colour mood adjustments + depth of field effect + film effect PS: ⌘ key for Mac users / CTRL key for Windows users Colour mood adjustments 1. Adjust the Hue/Saturation: ⌘U/CTRL-U 2. Adjust the brightness and contrast: Menu > Image > Adjustments > Exposure… Depth of field effect 3. 4. 5. 6. Film effect 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Cinemascope (optional) 12. You can also add an extra step to twist the colour into this mood by using ‘Color Balance’(⌘B/CTRL-B).

I like this post I’d like to donate to ebin.wordpress.com for the contribution.digg Like this: Like Loading... How to Turn an Ordinary Photo Into an Extraordinary Photo. I’ve often been asked about my process for tweaking photos. I thought I’d use one of my favorite photos and show how I took it from initial capture to final public display. I had forgotten how far I had taken this image from its initial capture: click image to see larger version As with all tools, there are many ways to accomplish the same thing.

I generally don’t like writing Photoshop tutorials, because my assumptions about everything are usually wrong. Some assumptions —You have access to Photoshop and know your way around some of the palettes. When I mention duplicating layers below, I mean you select the thumbnail/icon of the layer you want to duplicate and drag it to the New Layer button (#1 in the above illustration). —You have a photo that you’d like to tweak. —You aren’t afraid to play around with sliders and settings. Taking the picture I might muck about with some settings on the camera, but I want to capture the vision in my head as close as I can while I’m in the moment. Photoshop Tutorials Blog. Photojojo - the best photo tips, products, and projects in the w.

Multiple images in Photoshop. Technique. Hugo! Says: I came across this post about faking the lomo effect on kottke.org the other day and found the results really pleasing. The tutorial is quite easy to follow and follows these simple steps: 1.File: Open: the picture you want 2.Image: Adjustments: Brightness/Contrast: increase contrast by 20 3.Image: Adjustments: Hue/Saturation: increase saturation by 20 4.Choose the Rectangular Marquee Tool (your basic selection tool) 5.Change feather amount to 1/12 the width of your picture (if your picture is 600px wide then you will set your feather to 50px) 6.Select your entire picture note: using select: all, will not work 7.Select: Inverse 8.Layer: New: Layer 9.Change your primary color to black. 10.Change the blend mode of this layer to Overlay 11.Layer: Duplicate Layer 12.Now select your base layer (the one with the picture on it). 13.Layer: New: Layer 14.Change your fill tool to Gradient 15.Change your Gradient Type to Spherical 17.Change your primary color to white. and a last one Enjoy!

Photoshop Painting Techniques: Hair and Fur. Photoshop Painting Techniques: Hair and Fur If you haven't already, you will at some point in your design career be forced to composite hair or fur into a project. The specific reason isn't important. But how are you going to do it? Use a plugin? Not any of the ones I've seen. Copy and paste hair from another image? Too much of a pain, what with the complex masking and color matching. So what will you do, paint the hair follicle by follicle? In the olden days, there weren't any really great ways to create hair and fur effects. This kind of scraggly beard style isn't the only effect you can create with this technique, but it is a good starting point for getting you to understand how something like this can work in Photoshop 7.

To begin with this particular example, we first need to create a new brush tip shape. Draw some squiggly lines that overlap. Now choose Edit > Define Brush, and give your brush a name.