Questions tagged [photoshop]
Use this tag only only if the question involves photo processing using Adobe Photoshop itself. General photo processing questions can use the "image-manipulation" tag, while questions not about photo processing are off-topic - see the tag wiki entry for suggestions where these questions can be asked.
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How to get a miniature effect on pictures without special equipment?
I was browsing Behance and came upon these pictures:
http://www.behance.net/gallery/The-Little-Things/402879
I was wondering how he got this miniature style effect?
I'm guessing a Gaussian Blur on a ...
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RAW in ACR vs JPG in ACR
Photoshop has now given the facility to open and edit JPEGs and other non-RAW file formats using Adobe Camera Raw. One doesn't have to shoot RAWs to do some heavy edits. So is there still any benefit ...
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What is the best way to remove texture from a scanned textured photo paper?
I have a bunch of scanned old family photos where the photo paper has a texture. Unfortunately, the texture of the photo scans quite well. What is the best way to remove the texture? (Photoshop CS5)
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How can I fix an out-of-focus blurred photo in Photoshop?
How can I fix this picture? Somebody else took this picture and well he wasn't able to do it very well, and it's blurred.
I have photoshop
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Any good tutorials for learning how to post-process images?
I don't really know where to start with post-processing my images. I normally just straighten, crop and sharpen. Do people know of any good resources on the internet for getting a grip with Photoshop ...
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How do I tell if ACR will work with my camera and how do I get the correct version for Photoshop?
I am a beginner photographer with a Canon 7d and MacBook Pro. I'm not sure if Adobe camera Raw is compatible with either and really need advice on how to go about downloading the correct version.
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What are the key photography-related features from Photoshop that are missing in GIMP?
I am on a tight budget and chose to use GIMP for editing since it is free.
What important photographic post-processing features am I missing from Photoshop?
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How do I blend multiple photos to remove random people from the background?
I'm very excited about the new Scalado Remove App for Android/iPhone. Let's say you're taking a picture of your friend in front of a landmark with several people walking by. The app allows you to ...
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Why does the histogram of an image depends on the software that opened it?
If I open a raw image in Photoshop and Paintshop pro their histograms and their look is different. However, if I open a Jpeg image in both Software, then their histogram and look is the same. What ...
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How to do the ghost mannequin effect?
I'm looking into taking some product photography and I would like to get the ghost mannequin effect, but I can't find any proper documentation.
Something a bit like this:
Can you please give a ...
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What is a "Slanted S" in a curves layer?
I am trying to do a Photoshop tutorial which seems easy, but I do not understand one phrase:
"First, I add a curved layer and create a slanted S"
What does 'slanted S' mean? Maybe I ...
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What's the difference between saturation and vibrance in Lightroom?
Both options affect colors in a similar way, but I can't figure out the difference.
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What is the Orton Effect and how can I apply it to digital photographs?
I have heard of a photographic effect known as the 'Orton Effect'.
Can anyone tell me what the effect is, what its history is and how I would create it in both film and on my digital SLR?
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How do I correct white balance in JPEG images?
A friend of mine accidentally shot a load of photos with the white-balance on his camera set to "Tungsten". Is there an easy way to correct the resultant colour cast with Photoshop?
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Why does JPEG quality go up to twelve?
Wwhy does the JPEG quality option in Adobe products go up to twelve?
Here's the option in the Save dialog of PS:
Thats a whole new definition of it goes up to eleven.
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How was this nightclub photo taken/edited?
How was this photo taken in terms of aperture, shutter speed and ISO, and also how was it edited in post. Does anyone have a clue?
I can't see any motion blur in the people dancing behind, nor any ...
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Is GPU or CPU more important for Photoshop and Lightroom?
I'm looking to buy a laptop (for a spare) and I'm not ready to spend the amount I did on my first one. The machine will only be used for photo editing. Should I go for the dedicated graphics card or ...
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Lightroom vs. Elements vs. Photoshop: Side-by-side comparison?
I'm a bit overwhelmed by the available options in regards to the three major photo editing apps from Adobe.
Does anyone know of an article or site that lists the features of Lightroom, PS Elements, ...
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How do I make a bottle image transparent?
I've taken some stock photography of lots of clear bottles, and now want to remove the background (which is white-ish, because at a pinch I could leave it...) so that the bottle becomes transparent ...
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Noise in JPEG file after processing RAW file in photoshop
Recently i started shooting in RAW after understanding its advantages over JPEG format.
While processing the RAW file there is an option to reduce noise in a captured picture. It works great when i ...
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Is there an equivalent to Adobe's "Vibrance" in Gimp?
See: What's the difference between saturation and vibrance in Lightroom?
In a nutshell, Adobe's Vibrance is a "smart" color adjustment that increases saturation selectively, leaving skin tones ...
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What are the alternatives to Photoshop? Is Gimp a good option?
It seems that Photoshop is the dominant software in that space, however I am a hobbyist photographer and Photoshop is not cheap. Is there anything else that compares and that does not have such a high ...
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Questions to ask when using a professional printing service
I do lots of landscape photography. A friend of mine wants one of my photographs printed; I've never done this before! All of my photos are post-processed in Photoshop, and I only generate JPEG's for ...
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How can I batch crop based on face location?
I've got 12,000 photos from an event where there's only one person in each photo. I need to crop these photos to apply rule of thirds. The idea of doing all of these individually is daunting and I can'...
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Photoshop's color replacement tool changes to grey (instead of white) — how can I change a grey background to pure white?
I have a picture (File format: JPEG | Сolor depth: 24):
I'm using Adobe Photoshop CC (2015.5.1). I need to change background color from grey to pure white [#FFFFFF / RGB(255, 255, 255)]
Firstly, I ...
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Is there an easy way to convert all my photos from .NEF to .JPG for upload to Facebook?
I'm using the Adobe CS5 suite and trying to upload all of my pictures to Facebook... and .NEF files are too large to upload, any suggestions?
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Can I achieve synthetic bokeh?
In order to have a good separation of the subject from the background you usually use fast lens with high aperture and so on.
Can this, however, be achieved purely digitally?
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How to reduce the file size of my photos (to under 15 MB)?
I don't have a "Pro" account on Flickr, just the free one, so my photo uploads are capped to 15 megabytes/file.
After post-processing, my photos end up being too large to be uploaded to Flickr. I do ...
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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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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 do I achieve a vintage photo effect in Photoshop?
How can I achieve this vintage color tone in Photoshop?
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DNG converter doesn't convert, Photoshop CS2 doesn't open DNG
I am working on OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard) with Photoshop CS2.
I want to open RAW files from a Sony-RX100.
The Adobe help page says I need the DNG converter 7.2 to convert RX100 RAW files into DNG. To ...
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Why does AWR (Sony Raw) file curve at the edge when editing in Photoshop?
My pictures are in AWR (Sony Raw) file and I'm using FastStone Image Viewer 5.5 to view them before I begin the process of editing in Photoshop CS6. When I see the pictures from FastStone Image View, ...
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Can 30 1-second exposures be combined to a form the equivalent of a single 30s exposure?
I need to take 30 1s exposure shots in raw at night. The image becomes ALMOST black... Is it possible to take this tiny amount of light/information and sum them all toghether and get as a result a ...
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Does Photoshop 7 support RAW file format?
Does Photoshop 7 support RAW file format? Or do I need any other software for that?
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Why RAW to JPG creates more noise in image in Adobe Photoshop? [duplicate]
When i click image at that time Raw format doesn't contain any noise,
but when i opened into Adobe Photosho CC 2017 version and after modifying raw data and open to ps ans save as jpg gives colors ...
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What benefit does Lightroom 3 offer over Photoshop + Bridge?
I've been happily using Photoshop and Bridge to manage and edit my digital photos. I'm aware that Lightroom 3 was recently released, and decided to take a look at it, since Lightroom has been widely ...
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Post-processing to remove background reflections on bald heads
I've done a series of chroma key shots of some co-workers for our website and generally everything came out great, except one of our guys is bald and, well, the green is reflecting onto his head. So, ...
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What should I consider for buying a photo editing computer?
What things should I consider for buying a photo editing computer? Specifically, here's a few of my needs:
I will install Adobe Lightroom, and Adobe Creative Suite. I'd like to make sure all of those ...
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How does Photoshop/Lightroom get the Colour temperature of a Raw image?
I captured a Raw image using my Canon 450D. When imported this RAW(CR2) file into Lightroom and Photoshop CS5, it showed the Temperature as 4900 and White Balance setting - "As shot". When I checked ...
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Is it possible to re-focus (recover) an intentionally blurred image?
I have an image which I have modified through Picasa ( using Soft Focus - essentially I am making the faces blurred ).
Question is : If I upload that photo to Facebook, and a user downloads it from ...
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How can I use CMYK values to white balance skin?
I recently heard a photographer mention that they:
...adjusted the white balance using the CMYK method
I did a bit of searching on this and found different resources claiming to use formulas such ...
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How to identify photoshop-edited files
If I have saved an image in JPG format after doing some edits, is there a way to identify that it is edited with Photoshop?
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How to convert JPEG to RAW in Photoshop or similar?
I am having a competition in which I have to submit images in RAW format. But I have already clicked some images with Nikon D3200 in JPEG.Is there any way to convert JPEG to RAW format in Photoshop or ...
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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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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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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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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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Photoshop only prints in B&W on Pixma Pro 9000, MK2
One week ago I purchased the Canon Pixma Pro 9000, mk2. Using photoshop, every print I printed, up to today, was breathtakingly beautiful in all sizes. 8x10,11x14,13x19's looked like you could ...
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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 don'...
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