Photoshop is Adobe Systems' software for image manipulation and photo editing.
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How can I reproduce this effect I created?
Below is a photo I took outside my house. I was messing around in Photoshop with different effects, and really like the outcome (bottom image). The problem is I don't remember everything I did to it. ...
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Setting up automatic color correction
I am editing a batch of pictures in which many of them have a color cast. What is the best method to generate the correct color balance for all the pictures without spending a lot of time editing each ...
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How does Photoshop CS6's deblur feature work?
This video shows a sneak peek of a new Photoshop feature for Creative Suite 6, called 'deblur', which is able to take a blurry image and make it sharper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxjiQoTp864
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Ideas to make a great wall paper
I have few photos in portrait mode. I wish to make a good wallpaper by removing the background and applying various photoshop techniques.
Can you please suggest me few tutorials or ideas to make a ...
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Straighten single layer with the ruler tool in CS6
In previous versions of Photoshop you could use the ruler tool to determine the correct angle of rotation for a layer and then automatically have it pre-populate the "Arbitrary" field in the "Rotate" ...
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Is using Photoshop a good habit in photography?
I am an amateur. I have a Nikon L120 bridge camera. While taking snaps with that camera I am not able to take get the background out of focus. It is as in-focus as the subject I am trying to capture. ...
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How to achieve this specific metalic look in Photoshop?
Using photoshop, how do I get an image to have this silvery/metallic look?
I know how the scene was lit--the photographer explains how, so I am aware how to duplicate that part of it, but I believe ...
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How can I give an ethereal appearance to a photo?
Using only photoshop filters, how can I give a paradisiac appearance to a photo? The type of photos to edit are mainly portraits of women, but the technique must also be applicable to landscape ...
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How can I use Photoshop to blend 2 photos together based on brightness?
Basically, I have 2 exposures of the same seen: 1 dark, 1 normal.
I'd like all to replace all parts of the normal photo that are above a certain brightness with the same parts from the darker.
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How to change background and maintain realistic effect?
I have like 30 different photos to process like this, but I want to know key things to maintain realistic photo by changing it's background, or maybe just modify background so it would be more ...
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Why does darkening skies in Photoshop cause banding, and how can I avoid it?
I am pretty new to Photoshop (I have Elements 10). When I darken highlights I find that the sky ends up in bands. I have read advice that says to reduce the effect of this by using either blur or ...
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Identifying Post-processing technique
Due to some ambiguity, this might not make the best question, but I was curious if anyone with more experience could help identify the processing taking place in the examples below:
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Can I stop Lightroom from creating a TIFF file when exporting to Photoshop?
My wife does some photography on the side for a hobby. She uses Lightroom for most of her editing and she also uses the "Edit In Photoshop" option as well. I have no idea why she has to go to PS, ...
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How do I copy smart objects from one opened file to another
Lets say I have two opened images I am working on in Photo Shop. I want to copy an entire layer or a smart object from one opened image to the other opened image.
How do i do it?
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Hiding Blown Shadows/Highlights Indicators in Camera Raw
How do I stop Camera Raw showing blown blacks as blue and blown whites as red in Photoshop Camera Raw?
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Has anyone used Alien Skin Bokeh?
I was wondering if anyone has had experience with using the Alien Skin Bokeh application. Is it worthwhile, or it gimmicky? Thanks!
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How can I create a seamless blue sky fill with PS CS5?
I have a panorama created from three separate images. As a result of perspective, there's an area that I need to fill seamlessly to match existing deep blue sky:
I've tried content-aware fill but ...
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Preserve manually selected detail when stiching panorama in Photoshop
I have a set of photos that I would like to stitch together into a panorama in Photoshop. One of the photos contains a fast moving subject (birds) that I would like to preserve. How can I force ...
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How do I get Adobe Camera RAW to read the the in-camera settings from Nikon raw .NEF files?
I dislike the losing of camera settings when I shoot in raw (.NEF) in nikon. The colors become dimmed and the camera noise reduction is removed , so the the photos look very noisy compared with ...
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What is a good technique for reproducing “light leaks” in post production?
Light Leaks normally occur due to low quality or damaged sealing in a camera so that stray light can come in and expose the film in unwanted ways. It shows up as a colored glare or discoloration in ...
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Nikon raw file need to be converted to be open in Photoshop?
I have to convert to .DNG with an Adobe external tool before use in Photoshop because Photoshop doesn't recognize the Raw file that my Nikon D5000 produce. Is that normal that I have to convert all ...
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Why does Photoshop show my JPEG files unusually large?
I recently opened a jpeg and a tiff of the same subject in Photoshop CS3. They both were made with a Nikon D300, and both had a file size of almost 35mb. If I checked the image info it said the jpeg ...
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Why does text in a photograph become blurry when I downscale the image?
Recently I created a website where I sell books. I captured some images with a Canon EOS 550, and then I resized them according to the website space, but when I resized the original picture, then the ...
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Stitch first and edit later or vice versa?
I have a set of three images imported in Lightroom 3.6 which I want to stitch into one panorama using Photoshop's CS5.5 Merge to Panorama tool. As I see it I have two options in doing so.
Doing all ...
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Which is better: Silver or Color Efex Pro from Nik Software?
I'd like to buy a plugin from Nik Software; which is the better plugin between Silver Efex Pro and Color Efex Pro?
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What is it called when you put a sequence of photos together to show an event?
I just been taking photos of a demolition of a building and I am trying to remember what the technique is called when you go in Photoshop and put a sequence of photos together to show the event.
What ...
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Expanding a bokeh background using the clone stamp and other tools
I want to expand this image to the right using Photoshop Elements:
So far, the results are not that impressive. I copy/pasted bits of the image and tried various things with the clone stamp and ...
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How to create a photo mosaic?
Hi i am new to photography, i have a pic of my friend's which i would like to make it special. I would like to combine his 20 to 30 pics to form his face or any other nice pic of his. What software ...
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Why doesn't Lightroom offer conversion from RGB to CMYK?
I have never fully understood why Lightroom works exclusively in the RGB colour space. I would assume that a large number of Lightroom users use the software to prepare their photos for print. Yet, I ...
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How to do selective-color in Photoshop?
How to make the single color in a photography to be color and other parts changed to B&W?.
Don't know exactly the name of the effect, to be more clear in the following photo I want the green part ...
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What kind of color treatment is applied to these Sean Flanigan photos?
Sean Flanigan is probably one of my favorite photographers. His photos has an extremely unique feel to them, at least to me they are unique. Whenever I try to describe his photos, words fail me. I ...
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HDR Beginners Help : Photoshop CS5
I am just leaning HDR in Photoshop CS5, can anyone recommend some good tutorials?
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What is a reasonable, average file size of images edited with layers in Photoshop?
When I edit photographs in Photoshop, I have noticed that the final file sizes average between 300mb and 700mb. I try to use smart objects whenever possible, and my files tend to have quite a few ...
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How can chromatic aberration be corrected within Photoshop?
I know there are many tools that correct chromatic aberration like Lightroom, Capture One and even Photoshop camera raw, but I would like to remove it manually within Photoshop (no plug ins etc) -how ...
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What is the most effective Photoshop technique to remove people from photos?
For years I have played with the various Adobe Photoshop tools to remove pesky tourists from my landscape photos. Some of the tools and methods I've tried include:
Clone Stamp Tool(.87 or earlier)
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How can I accomplish this aged photo effect in Photoshop?
I'm trying to accomplish this effect for my website. I need to do this to a couple photo's and they need to look exactly like this (see below).
Here is a link to the image with the effect I'm trying ...
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How do I return to Camera RAW window after opening an image?
I tend to open a bunch of RAW files at the same time and move through them using the preview to find the image I want to work on. When I click on "Open Image" (perhaps after adjusting white balance ...
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How to copy a group of layers from one document to another in Photoshop?
I have a couple of images with mostly the same setting. I've added a couple of layers (mostly adjustment layers) within a group and want to add the same group to the rest of my images.
Is there any ...
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How to achieve Japanese-painting like effect with Gimp?
In a recent blog post Trey Ratcliff shares the following picture:
About the processing he says:
To achieve it [...], you can duplicate the layer then do some extreme sharpening and a black and ...
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What is the best method to extract a subject from a Greenscreen?
I am searching for a better method to cut people out of my greenscreen backdrop ...
The main problem is the hair ...
Actually I use the freeware Easygreenscreen Photoshop action
I also know the ...
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Dragging image window in CS6 applies temporary saturation boost?
In CS6, when dragging an image window within the workspace, PS applies what appears to be a very subtle saturation and brightness boost to the image. The effect disappears when releasing the mouse. ...
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Best airbrushing plugin?
What is the best airbrushing plugin besides Kodak Digital GEM Airbrush Pro and Portraiture?
I the kodak plugin to cleanup skin and textures, but they're apparently not going to upgrade for ...
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What is a “Slanted S” in a curves layer?
I am trying to do a Photoshop tutorial, seems easy, but I can't understand one phrase: `First, I add a curves layer and create a slanted S. What does slanted S mean? Maybe I should "write" S in curves ...
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How were these portrait photos edited to get this look?
3 photos, and I realize perhaps 3 different techniques, but all of them are producing some sort of "unreal" look I don't know how to describe and a skin texture in the 3rd photo (how3.jpg) that I ...
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How do I achieve a vintage photo effect in Photoshop?
How can I achieve this vintage color tone in Photoshop?
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Photo Processing - What am I doing wrong?
I seem to have a problem processing photos and I am not sure where I am going wrong.
The issue is on my desktop monitor the photos look great. Overall vivid color, brightness, contrast etc. When I ...
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Photoshop or lightroom for landscape and nature photography?
I have canon 500D with 18-55mm and 70-300mm lens. I have lot of interest in landscape and Nature photography. I need to purchase some software to assist me with post-processing my photos. Which one is ...
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What are the main advantages of purchasing Photoshop over the free online version?
What are the main advantages of purchasing Photoshop (subscription or one off payment) over the free online version?
I am aware that:
Internet Access it required
The "heal" tool is not fully ...
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Content-Aware option not showing on photoshop cs3
I want to remove unwanted images from my main image using photoshop CSS3. I found content-aware technique to deal with issue. However when I am opening fill option from edit menu its not showing ...
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Does “Proof Color” with “Monitor RGB” option in PS ensure that I see TRUE colors?
I seem to misunderstand color management based on comments in my previous question. Or I incorrectly asked me question so people give me wrong answers.
Therefore I want to clarify my understanding of ...
