Archive for 'Tips, Tricks & Tutorials'
Can I move stars to an exact position?
Posted on27. Jan, 2012 by Ashley Robinson.
The short answer is no, you can select more points of light to include/exclude however you cannot position effects just anywhere in your image. However, there’s a reason for this. Let’s take a quick look at how the Star Effects™ program works and then I’ll show you a handy trick that you can use to [...]
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Lens Effects: Digital Filters Explored
Posted on15. Dec, 2011 by Ashley Robinson.
Lens Effects simulates a variety of camera filter and lens effects that you can virtually apply to your image. These effects are used to correct or enhance characteristics of your image. Let’s explore some of the included filter and lens effects to see how they affect and enhance your images… Original Image Diffusion Camera – [...]
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Adjust 5 Workflow Tips
Posted on30. Nov, 2011 by Ashley Robinson.
Tweet 1. Before jumping into Adjust, one of the most important things you can do is to make sure that you have a clean image. This means eliminating noise or artifacts before making any kind of color or detail adjustments…just to make sure that the image is clean. Use your Topaz DeNoise plug-ins to do [...]
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Digital Black and White Photography Tips and Techniques
Posted on21. Sep, 2011 by Ashley Robinson.
Tweet Written by guest blogger: Joel Wolfson I built my first darkroom when I was 13. For my first several years of photography I shot, processed and printed almost all black and white. When photography became my full time profession in 1985 I shot more color than black and white. I started using digital cameras [...]
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2 Nifty Photoshop Tricks to help your Workflow
Posted on14. Aug, 2011 by Ashley Robinson.
Tweet Ok, so Friday our friend and pro travel photographer Scott Stulberg did a webinar with us…and boy was it GREAT! Scott, who is well-known for his striking images, showed us how he uses Topaz to help create his images. He also offered some great insight on his go-to lens, loupes, model release forms and [...]