The Ultimate Guide to Learning how to use Your first DSLR If you’ve bought yourself a DSLR and, after unpacking it from the box, you are intimidated by the number of buttons and dials, and by the thickness of the manual, it can be very tempting to put the manual down, flick it onto ‘Auto’ and start shooting. Whilst that is fine for some, it may not be long until you crave the creative control that inspired you to purchase a DSLR in the first place, but where do you begin? If you consider yourself a beginner who is unsure of how to make the most of your camera, this post is designed for you. It’s intended to be a brief, a one-stop shop to help you take your camera off auto, and take control of your DSLR. It isn’t intended to be a replacement for your camera manual, so will not explain every last setting in great depth, but will cover enough of the basics to get you in control of your camera, and give you the key topics to go back to your manual to read. 1. The best place to start is with shooting modes. 3. 4. Exposure compensation 5. 6. 7.
Introduction to Photography and Related Media | Architecture Bummer! Picasa’s Creative Kit is Gone If you click on the button in Picasa to ‘Edit in Creative Kit’, today this is what you’ll see: What was Creative Kit? If you don’t know what Creative Kit was, here are some articles I wrote about the useful tools in Creative Kit that do not exist in Picasa3 proper. Now they don’t exist for Picasa/Google+ users at all! Picasa Tip: Speech Bubble on Your Pictures (put text into a speech bubble right on your picture – using Creative Kit)Picasa Tip: Merry Christmas Photo! What is the Replacement? If you have joined Google+, there is a new Edit button when you’re looking at a single photo. Are there other Options? The Creative Kit button began as a plugin to the Picnik photo editing website that Google bought a few years ago. Picmonkey.com has it’s own look and feel, but seems to include all the features you could possibly want for editing, enhancing, and embellishing your pictures. Why did Google Make this Change? We REALLY don’t know! All comments are welcome! p.s.
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Picasa » GeeksOnTour.TV | GeeksOnTour.TV Free Videos: The 5 tutorial videos listed below are free for anyone to watch. To view the rest, we have 96 total, you need to be a member. You can join here. Beginner’s Guide to Picasa, eBook or Print with 27 Videos We’ve divided the Picasa Videos into five categories. From the Camera, to your computer, to the Web – Picasa handles it all. Then, below, are a list of *all* our Picasa Lessons. Picasa From JPEG to RAW: A Beginners Guide to Start Shooting in RAW – The Easy Way | CHRISTINA GREVE I absolutely love to shoot in RAW format. The control it gives me in post production is a wonderful feeling. In fact, it’s magical. When I first started photography, I didn’t understand what Raw files were, nor did I know how to set my camera to shoot in Raw format. But when I finally took the time to learn it, I loved it instantly. I think you will, too. Perhaps you feel the way I did, that it’s a bit daunting, like stepping into an unknown field. It can be intimidating to try new things. Just take it one step at a time and you´ll be fine. Be patient with yourself. Image: The before and after image below shows just how helpful and powerful shooting in Raw can be. If you want to see more detailed images, and have the versatility and creative control of the editing then taking photographs in Raw can be very rewarding, especially once you see the end results. If you love to shoot Jpeg and are happy with your results, then that’s awesome. The Major Benefits Of Shooting In RAW What you can do
Free online photography lessons - photography school - Selective Colorization Text and images Copyright (C) 2002 Eric R. Jeschke and may not be used without permission of the author. Intention In this tutorial I will explain how to convert a color photograph to a B&W one with color restored to selective areas. With the right subject this can give really striking results, as you can see for yourself. This technique is elsewhere referred to sometimes as “hand coloring” :-) The basic technique is to duplicate the color photograph, convert the duplicate to B&W, and paste it as a new layer on top of the color image. Giving credit where credit is due: I did not come up with this method. The Procedure Here is the original example image, loaded into GIMP. Step 1 Duplicate the image (Ctrl+D). In this example, I tried the channel mixer, but ended up in this case preferring a simple conversion to grayscale (Image → Mode → Grayscale), then back to RGB. Step 2 Open the Layers dialog (Ctrl+L). Step 3 Go to the B&W image and select all, then copy (Ctrl+A then Ctrl+C). Step 4 Step 5 ).
Digital Photography Lessons - Free Photography Course, DSLR Lessons & Tips Whether you just purchased a brand new digital SLR camera or you're still trying to figure out how to use the one you've had for a while, these lessons can help you master your camera in no time. Many people have excellent cameras, but don't use them to their fullest artistic extent. These tutorials will help you take pictures like a professional, which makes photography a thrilling and satisfying hobby or money-making business! GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THESE LESSONS...Serious study of any art or academic discipline requires a combination of tenacity, maturity and a desire to integrate each day's learning into practice. We strongly suggest that you take your time as you work your way through the wealth of information, reference images and explanations that await here. If you want to become a seriously good photographer who creates compelling images that can earn both praise and money, then you need to take your time here and approach your learning with a serious attitude!
Digital Photography Tutorials Learn how to take and edit digital photographs using visual tutorials that emphasize concept over procedure, independent of specific digital camera or lens. This is a complete listing of all tutorials on this site; click the drop-down links in the top menu to see particular topics. Photography is going through an exciting transition period as many film photographers are beginning to explore the new capabilities of digital cameras. While the fundamentals have remained similar, other aspects are markedly different. These tutorials are rarely influenced by changes in image editing software and camera equipment — due to their unique concept-based approach. View in other languages: Português Русский Deutsch Français Italiano
Layer Masks GIMP Tutorial - Layer Masks (text & images) by Pat David is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Intention Layer masks are a fundamental tool in image manipulations. They allow you to selectively modify the opacity (transparency) of the layer they belong to. This differs from the use of the layer Opacity slider as a mask has the ability to selectively modify the opacity of different areas across a single layer. This modification of a layer’s transparency through a mask is non-destructive to the layer itself. This flexibility to define the opacity of different areas of a layer is the basis for more interesting image manipulation techniques such as selective coloring and luminosity masking. Adding a Mask to a Layer Layer masks need to be added to a layer before they can be used. For this example I will use a simple image with only two layers, as shown above. You can also add a layer mask through the menus: Modifying a Layers Transparency with the Mask