Questions tagged [photo-editing]
Photographic editing is the process of reworking an original photo, either produced by film or digital, to create the artistic vision of the photographer.
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What software is photographer Diar Kamal showing on his Facebook page and Instagram feed?
Hello every one a few days ago I came by this photographer's photos. He posted some screen shots of a software I want to know the name of the software. Thank You.
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Bulk cropping white unevenly spaced white borders [duplicate]
So i have a bulk of images having white border and text embedded at bottom.I tried to use irfanviewer xnviewer to bulk crop it however it didnt work...the problem is the images have same specific ...
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What would cause a green color shift in the same photo between my Mac and my iPhone?
I just finished editing a picture and saved it in JPG on my Mac, which look perfectly fine. I sent it to my iPhone and the color completely shifted and look dull.
I was wondering what could make such ...
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What workflow can I use to work on photos on two different machines?
I want to work with photos, like in Lightroom, but I want to save my changes to the files directly. Even with RAW I want to adjust settings and save as jpg. It is enough for my private photos and ...
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How do I go about fixing this old photograph?
I was wondering how you would go about fixing this photograph?
How would you describe what was wrong with it, over/under exposed?
Problem Photo http://www.varstudios.com/img100_01.jpg
It's an old ...
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What education or certifications are needed to get work as an image processor or photo retoucher?
I am thinking about seeking employment in the area of photo retouching and image processing. What education or certifications would be good to help make this happen? And what online resources are ...
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Why are there two files for each picture?
I'm new to the DSLR world and I can't seem to figure out why I have two copies of all of my pictures when I go to load them on my computer. Is there a way to turn this off so I don't have to go ...
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How can I remove brightness from the bottom of a concave plate?
I have about 10 images of plates I am taking for posting on Ebay. The concave bottoms focus more light back at the camera giving a little more blown out area (see example). My grandmother, who is ...
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What is the practical purpose of "use raw as original" in Photos for OS X?
Within OS X Photos app, when I shoot jpeg/raw and upload to Photos, I get an image representing both files. By default I am looking at the jpeg. Or I can choose a command "Use Raw as Original".
I ...
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How can I correct overexposed highlights on skin in a RAW file?
I received a raw file which has overexposed areas. The camera was a Phase One A/S and the photographer said that it would be possible to correct this afterwards. I wonder how/what to fix when the ...
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Editing and saving RAW files, and the relationship to the XMP sidecar files
I have thousands of RAW files that I've always saved in their original state (e.g. _DSC 2104) of which I now have dozens of that number in their respective files, thus showing that I am a creature of ...
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How do I edit a photo of myself to not look like me anymore? [closed]
I would like to know how and what specifically to edit in a headshot of myself so that it bears my likeness, but no one could say with certainty anymore that the photo is in fact me.
I've seen this ...
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How do I achieve sharp and brightly coloured pictures on a Canon EOS700D/T5I? [duplicate]
I see some pictures posted and they are glossy, sharp and solid. I always wonder how they achieved it. I have a 18-55mm lens for now. Is it possible to get this result on that lens or do I really ...
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How does one use the Open With External Editor feature of Shotwell?
Shotwell 0.20.2 > Edit > Preferences > External Editors
External photo editor: [GIMP Image Editor]
Clicked on images so that they have blue borders.
Photos > Open With External Editor
but the ...
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How can I mimic this solarization effect?
Does anyone know the name of this effect? Or how I could reproduce it? I can use Adobe Photoshop CC.
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How do I create this kind of soft and blueish look in Photoshop?
Can anyone please advice me on how to get this kind of look in Photoshop? Those kind of bluish/turquoise tones:
Source: http://www.gerdemark.com/blog/2015/3/29/wedding-at-van-der-nootska
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how to capture snowflakes like this [duplicate]
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/snow-japan-blue-pond/
he partially explained that it was light illuminating the flakes, but it seems that the flakes are also ...
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Save soft proof preview to file
Is there any way to save the soft proof preview (Ctrl+Y in Photoshop CS 5) to a file?
Important: The simulation of paper color must be included!
If not in Photoshop, is there any other software able ...
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How can I effectively change the background of a portrait in Photoshop?
I have often attempted to change the background of a portrait image. But every time I try, the image of a person doesn't gel properly with the new background. It doesn't look seamless.
Can some one ...
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How can I add a border to a JPEG photo without affecting quality?
I have a photo in JPEG format with resolution 4680x3120. I want to add a white border around this photo, turning it into a 5200x3467 photo (for printing reasons).
Clearly, I am not altering or ...
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Should I Always Crop My To-Be-Printed Photos to a 4:3 Ratio?
I'm going to print some photos for an exhibition at 50x70 cm (or maybe 40x46 cm). My photos are taken with a Nikon D7000, 18-105 ...
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Is there a way to replicate the look of Allen-Khondji Midnight in Paris and To Rome With Love?
I was wondering is there a way to achieve the look of Woody Allen's films Midnight in Paris and To Rome With Love, for which the director of photography was the Iranian-French cinematographer Darius ...
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Emulate Gimp's Grain Merge in Photoshop
This question is about emulating Gimp's Grain Merge Blending Mode in Photoshop.
As can be seen, it adds the layer above and subtract 128 (DC Level).
Why is it important?
It creates the ability to use ...
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How do I work out what is fair to pay for photo editing?
I know it all depends on the person but I have never done this and have no idea about any estimates: Let's say I go shoot someone but then I send my RAW photos to someone else that is good with ...
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How to fix uneven/gradient lighting on a canvas with white background?
I have a photo of a pencil drawing made on paper, taken with a hotshoe flash on the DSLR and two polarising filters (cross polariser technique for canvas photography).
The problem now is that when ...
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How do I make my photos look like these soft, yet sharp and colorful examples (using Lightroom)?
I love way this blogger makes her photos look. They are somehow both soft and really sharp and almost 3D. I also like how the pics look somehow both washed out and extra-colorful.
I'm hoping to figure ...
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Photoshop multiple color filters
Can anyone share how to do this lighting effect in Photoshop as a post-process?
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Blur image
Color filter the whole image yellow hue
Add opaque paintbrush layers (with huge brush) for blue and ...
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Bubble Effect on image (Photoshop or online)
I have a square image (300 x 300), and I'd like to apply the "bubble effect" as shown here:
Specifically:
I only want the "bubble" part in this example
Make image round and give it that curved ...
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Identify a photo filter or a post-processing technique [duplicate]
Sometimes I come across photos that have some effect/filter applied to them, and I cannot understand/explain what that is. It looks really attractive, and I would like to be able to reproduce this ...
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What is the easiest color to see on black and white?
Not exactly photography but somewhat related due to picture editing.. What is the easiest color to see whether it's on black or white?
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When should I (if at all) start a new Lightroom catalog?
I use Lightroom as the title suggests. My question is about the use of catalogs and how often people use a catalog before starting a new one.
It seems that the more photos I import into Lightroom the ...
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Compositing images while preserving focus blur
I want to fix the camera in a static scene and take a few photos of objects, to later composite them into a single image. Some objects overlap in the image plane, and there is significant focus blue ...
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Compositing partially-overlapping objects with little depth of field
I've placed a camera on a tripod and took photos of different objects, one object per photo, in different positions.
Some objects are out of focus due to little depth-of-field.
Some objects overlap ...
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How to achieve the effect of blurred moving clock hands in photoshop?
I got a newsletter which includes this picture
and I was wondering how the effect on the clock is achieved in photoshop.
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Should I store unedited/raw, edited, or watermarked images while backing up on DVD/CD?
I have decided to store my photos on DVD/CDs as one form of back-up. I am struggling with what to back up though.
The following are the stages my photos go through:
1. Save the unedited photos, i....
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Senior picture 72 dpi vs 300 dpi [duplicate]
So i took my senior pictures and it said it was at 72 dpi. My school said they needed pictures to at least 300 dpi. I researched and found out that 300 dpi is the best printing quality. I changed the ...
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Is it possible to control sliders of darktable from tablet?
I have a 10" android tablet and 15" laptop. Darktable and GIMP is installed on my linux laptop.
Controlling sliders/curves etc of darktable /GIMP from mouse is not efficient, for me at least.
I see ...
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Why does it look better when skilled photographers apply filters and tricks to their photos?
Photoshop is a commonly used tool by photographers. It allows for making a variety of adjustments to images to enhance the way they look.
There are many consumer targeted filters and effects that ...
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How would I blur something out of a photo? [closed]
If you take a picture of - for example - a car and you get the license plate number in it; how do you blur out the numbers?
(I would also like to know how to do this with a video if possible).
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How can I blur the background of an image using Capture One Pro?
In Capture One Pro 8.x Is there a way to strongly blur the background of an image? I tried using an adjustment layer and the negative slider values for "clarity", "structure" and "sharpness" but that ...
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How to remove unwanted colors in picture? [duplicate]
I took product photos for my company and am currently editing them. However, some of the white parts of the shirt look a little odd zoomed out. When I zoom in, I see the following:
I'd like to ...
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When would I _not_ want to use the content-aware mode of Photoshop's spot healing brush?
I've wondered about this for a while. I've look in Adobe's documentation, but no luck there. I've also searched here. Anyone have an idea?
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Recreate existing software filter from example
I'm new here, have been reading around for weeks and would like to ask a question myself now.
Yesterday a friend showed me these photos. I'm really charmed by the effect/filter used and am trying to ...
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Darktable - How to do localized editing with masks?
I have started using darktable in a linux machine for photo editing (new to it).
Darktable has a mask feature which allows you to create masks on a image.
http://www.darktable.org/2013/04/masks/
I'...
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Is there a Windows panorama stitching package that can stitch RAW files?
Is there any tool for stitching Panoramas from multiple CR2 files from my Canon EOS 1200D? I'd prefer any free or open source tools, but paid software should be fine too. I have tried multiple ...
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Can color effects achieved by Levels or Curves in Photoshop be replicated by Gradient Maps?
Using Levels, one can make darken or lighten shadows, midtones, or highlights of an image. Similar effects can be achieved using ...
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Free softwares for editing [duplicate]
Are there any free software packages like Photoshop that can be used to edit and add effects to photos? I want to create a professional look to my photos.
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How do I improve the contrast of trees in a black and white photograph?
I have this picture I took, and I've never really done black and white photography before but I thought with the rocks and the clouds in the sky, it might look nice in black and white.
I'm happy with ...
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Why is "Equalize" interpreted differently in different programs?
I had always thought that "equalize" meant that each channel ended up with a uniform distribution. However, that's not what I'm seeing in Photoshop- values are redistributed, by the histogram isn't ...
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What are some common uses of various blending modes? [closed]
Photo editors have a number of blending modes: Normal, Lighten, Darken, Colour Burn, Multiply, and so forth.
I know the formula each of them applies to blend the layers, and that's fine for ...
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