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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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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What light is used in this photo?
I am a permanent make up artist. My work is good but I can’t take good photos of it. I use a ring light and iPhone.
The result has no much details always orange or red tones
I see international ...
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How to get a full-screen preview of a cropped area in RawTherapee?
I've used the crop tool in RawTheraee to crop a raw image:
Is there a way to full-screen preview the cropped section prior to exporting?
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How do you mark a photo as complete and done with edits in Aperture?
I love Apple Aperture, but it seems to be missing a very important function I strive for. I want to be able to lock a photo, meaning once locked I can no longer make changes to that photo.
In ...
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How to resize a photo?
I know this is really a noob question, but it has always confused me. If something says "Images must be 210 px high and up to 375 px wide." how do I do that? I assume one uses a program to do it, but ...
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Circular Pattern in Night Sky Image
A few days ago I took a night sky image of the milky way with my XPERIA 1 II and wanted to take a closer look at the RAW file in Lightroom Mobile. When doing so, I realised a strange circular pattern.
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How to edit photos shot in fluorescent light
I recently shot a series of pictures (portraits and group shots) in a room with bad (fluorescent) light. I had no possibility of changing that lighting situation.
Now back at home and in Lightroom I ...
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What's a typical Lightroom + Photoshop workflow for "normal" postprocessing?
I just started using Adobe Lightroom CC and shooting in RAW. So far I have been using the "Develop" feature in Lightroom to do my postprocessing, which is basic and usually consists of cropping, ...
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How to I edit a photo to have a old vintage look?
How to I edit a photo to have a old vintage look? I'm looking to achieve this sorta of vintage film like look. I'm looking for a way to achieve this without purchasing a "auto" effect program by using ...
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Recommendations for Photo Editing/Organization Software?
I have a MacBook Pro, while my wife has a PC. We have a NAS device on our network where we store all of our pictures. This gives us the ability to both view our photos from one simple location, ...
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Printing out a photo taken in Landscape, in Portrait
I have a selection of photos on my PC that were taken in Landscape, but I want to make Portrait. The reason for this is so they can fit Portrait slots in a multi picture frame. I have chosen these ...
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Small Studio/Objects Containing White : Getting A Pure White Background
This is a question that pops up occasionally, and I wanted to ask it a bit differently because this is an issue 1) that lots of people have; and 2) is a bit different from working with clearly defined ...
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Best Android photo editing apps? [closed]
What are the best photo editing applications for an Android camera phone such as the Nexus One, Droid, Droid Incredible, HTC Evo, etc...
Please list the advantages or disadvantages of the application ...
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Are there any general rules to prepare a picture for print?
Today I went to the photo shop to print some pictures. Before that, I checked them and they seemed ok. (Not under/overexposed, good contrast). However, when I got them printed, some of them were ...
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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 adjust high contrast edges in a night shot using Aperture 3?
I am working on this photo in Aperture 3 (this is a partial area of the shot).
It's a night shot with a 30s shutter speed, so there are areas, namely above the roof that are blown out. This ...
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What does it mean when color channels clip?
I know about color channels. They represent the amount of color (light) in a photo. Usually in red, blue and yellow or red, blue and green. Black and white only has a greyscale channel.
Setting the ...
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Hiding stretch marks - During shooting or editing
Pretty straight-forward question: What's the best strategy to hide stretch marks?
I've noticed that during shooting, the angle of the light can severely impact their visibility. But I can't find a ...
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Darktable disable auto correction
I am using darktable for editing my RAW photos and am really a newbie.
When I open a new photo, some corrections are already applied, for instance "base curve", "sharpen" etc
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How to reduce large, agressive color noise?
I tried to shoot an image of Comet C/2020 F3 last night. My settings were ISO 6400, f/5.6 and Shutter speed 2 seconds at 175mm on a MFT camera.
As expected, there is a lot of noise, so I planned to ...
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Calibrating monitor for editing photos for publishing on web [duplicate]
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What software shows the most accurate version of a photograph for web viewing?
I have a bunch of photos taken in rather difficult lighting conditions and I am trying to make ...
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How did Apple create the Catalina dynamic desktop background?
The new version of macOS, Catalina, includes a "dynamic" desktop background featuring photos of Catalina Island throughout various times in the day.
Here's two of the eight different images:
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How to smooth gradient of an overexposed sky on a raw file?
I'm editing a back-lighted portrait. Sky backwards it's mostly overexposed, but some information was preserved on the upper left corner of the frame. I shooted on both JPG and RAW (canon's CR2)
This ...
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Automatic & intelligent crop 1,000 images
I have about 1,000 scanned / photographed images, each with different formats but all with rectangular/square shape, that need to be cropped to remove the background and the white space around the ...
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What type of editing is necessary to achieve this type of watch photo?
The first photo is mine and the rest are thewatchbox.com photos which I'm trying to replicate. Their photos have deeper colors and pop more. Mine seems to have a grey tone to it. Anything I can do pre ...
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Converting RAW images to lossless jpeg using GIMP?
I have a Raw image which I want to get printed.
I need to upload this to a website which expects to be in jpeg format.
I use GIMP for photo editing and used UFRaw to view RAW images.
GIMP cannot ...
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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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Panaroma software for ubuntu?
Software for stitching photos together for panaroma view in Ubuntu ?
Any link where I can get proper installation guide ? I use GIMP and picasa.
Picasa doesnot seem to have much control in stitching ...
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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 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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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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How to make the signature/watermark look better? [closed]
I recently started to use watermarks/signatures on my pictures and so I was obviously looking for feedback.
A lot of my followers think it fits perfect but in the past week 3 of my friends (all of ...
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Photo editor to automatically detect image face and plant another image on top
I have created a video and exported it as individual photos. I currently have around 200 of them. I am looking for an editing tool that will automatically detect the face in each image and apply an ...
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How to brighten photo taken with low light/fast shutter without worsening noise?
I'm trying to salvage a photo that was taken in low light with fast shutter speed. No matter what I do, it is always grainy. I'm interested in how to brighten the image without worsening the noise. I ...
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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 dodge/...
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Am I permanently altering my NEF/raw files if I save changes in Nikon ViewNX 2?
When editing the NEF (Nikon raw files) with Nikon's ViewNX 2 software, after modifying things like exposure and white balance, I ...
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How do I prevent / fix out of square images?
I took photos of a lot of different framed art pieces that I wish to sell. The frames of these art pieces are either square or rectangular. In my images, the top of the frame appears to be wider than ...
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Remove brushed aluminum texture from photo
So, I have 10-12 aluminum water bottles painted in various colors. Some of them are painted in a flat finish while some others have a semi transparent paint which shows the brushed aluminum texture.
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What is a blown out background?
I've started using Photoshop recently and a lot of people mention "blown out backgrounds", and how to stop them — but never explain what they are. Could someone explain?
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Editor's rights to results of processing photographer's RAW image file?
I edited the RAW image file that a photographer offered at the /r/EditMyRAW Reddit sub.
I am not familiar with the rights of an editor/retoucher and am curious to know how the editing work/original ...
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Will software make a bigger difference in the quality of my work than more hardware?
I have money to spend on some gear. My current kit works well but a flash or new lens is always useful.
On the other hand, I am constrained to terrible editing tools like Gimp and Darktable. They ...
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What does the under/overexposure warning mean in image editing software?
We all know exposure warnings that a digital camera offers: If shows which parts are so bright or dark that there's no more distinction towards even brighter or darker areas possible. Meaning that ...
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How to perfectly overlap two photos?
I have some old postcards of a street and I would like to make the same photo nowadays. Of course, I will shot from the same place I thought the photo was shot, but I will use a different camera and ...
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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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Which raw settings should I stick to or avoid to keep my photo "natural"?
It's easy to fall on the "too-much" side when playing with raw editing software. I guess it is mainly a matter of moderation, and the question might raise criticism over his broadness, yet I am still ...
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Why is Camera RAW changing my original raw file?
I opened a RAW image in Adobe Camera Raw, did some cropping and colour adjustments, and then opened it in Photoshop to work on it further.
When i returned to Bridge, I realised that the original RAW ...
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Seeking a way for "authoritiative", proven method to prove that two photo images are "nearly identical"?
In usual discourse, when looking at an photographed image (A) - which is a JPG - and a slightly photoshopped version of it (A2), most people can intuitively compare the two and visually assess that ...
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Is it possible to add a curves adjustment to multiple photos in Aperture?
So, I know how to add an adjustment to multiple photos using the photos => add adjustment menu, and it works great for things like auto-enhance, but when I try to do the same thing with curves (I like ...
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How to save Darktable edits as a file?
Darktable is a non-destructive photo editor that exports to jpeg, png and .xcf (whatever that is, but seems to be the Gimp file format), but doesn't save a workfile containing all the individual ...
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Is there a desktop application for easy photo effects, like Camera+ for the iPhone?
I'm searching a desktop equivalent of the Camera+ iPhone app. The app Camera+ has predefined effects which can be added to images. Basically, all I want is a desktop application which is able to ...
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