Archive for 'Tips, Tricks & Tutorials'
How to Shoot Nightscapes
Posted on22. Mar, 2012 by Ashley Robinson.
Written by guest photographer: Deborah Sandidge • Scout out locations first. It’s easier to determine and set up compositions before the sun goes down. You may want to shoot a golden sunset first, then wait for blue hour of twilight or night. • Exposures will be long, you’ll need a sturdy tripod. I use a [...]
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Larger Layer Thumbnails in Photoshop
Posted on16. Mar, 2012 by Ashley Robinson.
Photoshop has a lot of helpful features that go unused and unnoticed. Let’s take a quick look at how to get a better view of your layer thumbnails – this is one that I found very useful! Most of our layers palette thumbnails look like the image on the left, but did you know that [...]
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Charlie Borland: How Topaz InFocus Saved the Day
Posted on23. Feb, 2012 by Ashley Robinson.
Written by guest photographer: Charlie Borland Last fall I was in Colorado and after teaching a workshop, I shot this image. My problem is I got lazy and did not use a cable release. The exposure was f/16 @ 1/10 and although on a tripod, I used my hands to move around recomposing and shooting [...]
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Quick Glow Effects
Posted on13. Feb, 2012 by Ashley Robinson.
In addition to star effects and a variety of lighting enhancements, the new Topaz Star Effects™ can also help you create glow in your images. Let’s take a quick look at how it easy it is to create glow effects. The two main sliders you’ll use to create your glow effect are Glow (located in [...]
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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 [...]