A few days ago, I came across a fascinating discussion on social media. Someone had posted an iconic picture of Tina Turner on the Eiffel Tower, shot by Peter Lindberg for the cover of her single Foreign Affair.
ACDSee has released Photo Studio Mac 9, what it calls both a fully-featured Digital Asset Management (DAM) tool as well as a non-destructive editor. [Read More]
NBP Retouch Tools has released a long-awaited update for the Color Map X Panel for Adobe Photoshop that brings full functionality to Adobe Silicon (M1/M2), new Windows, and is fully compliant with the new Adobe UXP. [Read More]
Photographer Anya Anti has created 2.5 Seconds, a climate change awareness project that she hopes will start a conversation about the issue and educate more people about the facts, the urgency of the crisis, and the seriousness of its consequences. [Read More]
Years ago, I used to create all my own Brush Presets in Lightroom. So I never took all the on-market ones very seriously. But the Kelvin Pimont Lightroom Brush Presets are some of the first that I'm genuinely impressed with.
Since acquiring the popular Nik Collection of photo editing plugins from Google back in 2017, DxO has released several minor updates. Now, nearly three years later, they’ve finally debuted a major refresh.
Google has added a new feature called ‘Art Transfer’ to its popular Arts & Culture app. The tool uses AI to “transform” all or part of your photo into the style of famous artists like Frida Kahlo, Vincent van Gogh, or Edvard Munch.
Photographer Mark Denney has put together a helpful video for beginners, in which he points out five of the most common photo editing mistakes he’s seen and made when it comes to shooting landscapes.
With Black Friday just around the corner, we’re being bombarded by discounts and deals, but what about freebies? If you’re an iPad user you’re in luck, because the popular and powerful Pixelmator Photo: Pro Editor app for iPadOS is free for the next 24 hours only.
Dell just announced a new monitor built specifically for creative professionals who demand accurate color reproduction. The 27-inch UP2720Q joins the big boys from companies like HP and Eizo by integrating 4K resolution, 100% Adobe RGB coverage, and a built-in color calibrator—a first for Dell.
Last year, Adobe promised that a full-blown version of Photoshop CC for the iPad would ship in 2019. As we approach the end of the year, it seems that Adobe is on track to deliver on that promise, but according to some current beta testers, the app might not deliver all of the features professionals […]
If you’re looking for a quick set of useful techniques that will help improve your portrait photography, this video from Tajreen Hedayet of Tajreen&Co is a great resource. In just four minutes she covers four subtle-but-impactful Lightroom adjustments that you can use to create more professional-looking portraits. As Hedayet explains at the beginning of the […]
How much RAM do you really need to edit photos in Adobe Lightroom? 8GB? 16GB? 32GB? And how much of a difference would upgrading your current system actually make? Ryan of Signature Edits decided to find out, and he’s put together a helpful comparison video to share his results. In the video above, Ryan starts […]
Photoshop expert and photo editing teacher Aaron Nace just took on his most inexperienced pupil yet: his mom. In a special episode of Phlearn, Aaron sat down with his mom to teach her how to edit some of his childhood photos in Photoshop.
Cosplay photography remains one of the most popular and most vibrant photography sub-genres, and cosplay itself is a visual art in its own right. Most of the impressive cosplay imagery we see begin with costumes and props made as detailed and accurate as possible, then follow through with great portrait photography.
Have you always wanted to master the art of retouching your photos so that they could look like the type of images that would appear in fashion magazines, or on billboards that are scattered around the country? Not sure where to start or what your workflow should look like? Worry no more, this huge collection of over 30 retouching tutorial videos will put you on the path to becoming a retouching master.
The age-old saying 'you get what you pay for' is more relevant today than ever, with deregulation, zero hours contracts, outsourcing and competition from emerging markets pushing prices for services lower and lower.
If you have ever wanted to get more advanced with your post-processing but have hated the idea of trying to mask out specific sections of your images in Lightroom then you are not alone. Manually masking, and doing a good job, can take a tone of time.
If you have ever wanted to get more advanced with your post-processing but have hated the idea of trying to mask out specific sections of your images in Lightroom then you are not alone. Manually masking, and doing a good job, can take a tone of time.
If you are a portrait photographer then chances are you have had to break open photoshop at least a time or two to do a little reshaping here or there (where it was really needed or not). Doing a good job reshaping a subject's body can be time-consuming and the folks over at PortraitPro are looking to make the process much easier and more user-friendly.
Doing extreme retouching to the human body in photos has gotten a great deal of bad press as of late, but that’s not keeping a London-based software company Anthropics Technology from trying to innovate in that space.
The "most significant update" in ON1 history is available today. The 2023 version of Photo RAW features the Super Select AI Tool, which the company says is a "giant leap forward" in technology and makes editing tasks much easier. [Read More]
Free Lightroom alternative RawTherapee just released version 5. 8. And in addition to the usual compatibility and performance improvements, the open source software has also added an impressive new feature called “Capture Sharpening.
Landscape photographer and YouTuber Mark Denney recently shared what might be his most controversial photo editing tip yet. In a video titled “The Simple Secret of Creating Dramatic Landscape Photos” he argues that a Vignette—yes, a Vignette—is one of the single most effective ways to improve your landscape photographs. In the video, Denney covers four […]
Software company DxO has released the latest version of DxO PhotoLab, a program they’re calling “the most advanced photo editing software on the market in terms of image quality.” We don’t know about all that, but the new DxO PhotoLab 3 does come with some very interesting new features, especially where color management is concerned. […]
ON1 let loose a barrage of announcements today as it prepares to release a new suite of software for 2020. In all, they announced two desktop apps, one smartphone app, and one service: ON1 Photo RAW 2020, ON1 Video 2020, ON1 Photo Mobile 2020 and ON1 Sync. Details about each of these apps and services […]
The large Asian country of Kazakhstan was just caught “Photoshopping” official photos of its new leader, using beauty retouching techniques to dramatically alter his appearance. RFE/RL made the discovery after comparing government-released photos with alternate versions captured at the same time by photojournalists in attendance.
This fascinating short demonstration of a neural network-powered photo editor might offer a small window into the future of Photoshop—a fully automatic future where massive changes are made in a single brush stroke.
Retouch4me has released an update for its free Adobe Photoshop panel that allows users to edit their images through a single interface with the plugin(s) installed locally or through the cloud, extending its original functionality. [Read More]
Retouch4Me has announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) plugin called Color Match that can be used to apply colors from a reference image to a second working image. [Read More]
As display technology has improved in leaps and bounds over the past few years, the market has forked into two distinct camps: gamers who prioritize speed, and creators who prioritize color. The 32-inch 2K MSI Creator PS321QR tries to strike the perfect balance between these two needs, offering a compelling combination of refresh rate, response […]
Part of Adobe’s big Photoshop update today was the announcement of a new “plugin experience,” including a bespoke Plugin Marketplace and special Plugin Launchpad. And one of the first photography companies to take advantage of the new experience is editing console maker Loupedeck.
I’ve been restoring and also coloring historical photographs for a little over two years. Towards the end of last year, I received a request to work on an image of Abraham Lincoln. Little did I know, this request would change the direction of my work forever. I posted the completed, now full color, image of […]
In this post, we will share nine simple tips to keep in mind when retouching photos that will be used for commercial licensing. The post Retouching: Best practices to keep in mind for commercial Licensing appeared first on 500px.
As a digital artist, I create images that are optical illusions, interesting concepts, and fantasy worlds. For this, I have to have tools to achieve my visions and this is where my retouching background comes into play.
The age-old saying 'you get what you pay for' is more relevant today than ever, with deregulation, zero hours contracts, outsourcing and competition from emerging markets pushing prices for services lower and lower.
After discovering retouching services being offered on Fiverr, the popular platform that lets freelancers offer ultra-cheap services, photographer Irene Rudnyk recently decided to conduct an experiment to see what kind of results you can get for $10 and less.
Photographer and retouching expert Matt Kloskowski made this 14-minute video that introduces on technique for adding life back into a portrait subject’s eyes using Photoshop. Sometimes you may find that the eyes in your image seem a little dark, lacking life and “punch.