Post-processing is the process (and art) of adjusting a previously-captured image to obtain a desired look. It encompasses everything from simple whole-image adjustments to detailed per-pixel touch-up work.
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Should I set the photo resolution as required before starting post-editing job?
My client is requiring the final work image to be in high resolution image, i.e. 9000px x 6000px - 300dpi. I normally shoot the "still" product in RAW image. Before starting my editing job (...
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How do I fix this washed out photo in Photoshop?
I'm quite new to photoshop and I was wondering if there was a way to fix this photo as the faces are completely washed out by the sun in the background.
I've tried several methods in photoshop such ...
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Doubling ISO vs summing pixel values from 2 shots - different?
How much different is doubling the ISO vs. summing the pixel values from 2 shots? (at a very basic level, ignoring fancy image processing, image compression, etc)
When taking a shot of the night sky (...
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How to remove white refraction spots
I'm having some difficulty removing shiny white spots caused by refraction and reflection of sunlight through my wide-angle lens.
Is there a better way of removing these spots rather than going ...
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Night portrait with noiseless in focus background [duplicate]
We know to take a noiseless night landscape/cityscape, we need use a tripod and set a low ISO. For example in a scene I use ISO 100, aperture f/8.0 and exposure time 30 seconds, I get a night ...
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Why does this camera generated JPEG look better than the software generated one? [duplicate]
I was post-processing some photos on Nikon's Capture NX-D I had taken during holidays with a B700 camera and noticed some chromatic aberration in a picture. When I compared the post-processed photo ...
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Post-processing suggestions for these photos
I am an amateur photographer with my first client. As places to photograph go, interiors are one of the most difficult ones, in my opinion. My experience with interior photography is rather limited.
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How can I prevent banding in images I'm posting on the Internet?
I typically add noise to my images to avoid banding, mostly when posting images on the internet.
Occasionally, I do see banding of an image posted on 500px even though I do not see it in Lightroom (...
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How can I achieve this brownish look?
I've been trying to achieve this look for some time, but I'm stuck :(. Starting with the camera, I heard that maybe adjusting the WB to cloudy? And the metering to spot metering?
I mainly use ...
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How to edit my RAW photo to make the stars come out more?
I've been taken night photography photos with my Sony A6000 in RAW+JPEG. There should be a lot more potential in RAW, but I can't make it look as visually pleasing as the JPEG. In particular, the ...
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Why is there a “ring” mark in night photos?
Recently started astrophotography with a used Tokina 11-20mm f/2.8 lens purchased from the original owner. The lens is scratch free, clean, and well kept. All focus options work perfectly in manual ...
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of a tablet vs. a laptop for editing photos right on location? [closed]
I was wondering recently, which device is the best option to edit photos right on the set.
Phone/Tablet
+lightweight
+cheaper
-narrow choice of software
Laptop
+wider choice of software
-less ...
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Multiple copies of the same exposure, but randomizing the noise?
As a budding astrophotographer, I find my results are still largely hit or miss. Sometimes the standard procedure of stacking multiple exposures to randomize the noise and boost the signal works ...
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Editing/ viewing images across different devices
I have a monitor that has been calibrated and renders colors correctly (or at least close to it). I use it to edit my photos, which I'm happy with the results. When I upload the final image online and ...
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Why did my ND filter produce washed out exposures?
So I bought a set of (pretty cheap) ND filters a couple of years ago and took them on holiday to Canada with me last year. I managed to get a couple of OK shots but most of them looked something like ...
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How can I automatically digitally remove shifting sensor dust speckles from a large series of photos?
While in the desert, my sensor became dusty. I was out for weeks and did not notice this until the end of my trip, so I have hundreds of photos with sensor dirt. Throughout the vacation, dust ...
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Can I copy and invert an adjustment brush layer in Adobe Lightroom CC?
In Adobe Lightroom CC I created an adjustment brush layer and can apply effects within that area, but I would like to also apply effects outside the area. I assume copying the brush layer and ...
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match two photos with differents settings [closed]
I have two photos (unedited, with all the metadata added by the camera) one was taken in a studio, the other one with my cellphone. I'm wondering if it would be possible to edit the photo taken in a ...
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How to make the subject look smooth and plasticky as seen in a lot of stock photography?
An image of a flower from Pixabay almost looks like an illustration. I see the same kind of thing in this picture of a woman on 500px.
I've been told in the past that it is a specific effect, but I'...
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Color replacement Photoshop
I want to see how wood kitchen cabinets would look painted white. I've selected an area, and made a layer via Copy> Desaturated> New Fill Layer>Solid color> multiply> and selected white....
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Dodge and Burn in Darktable
I was searching for Dodge and Burn in Darktable but didn't find any website that show how to do this. I've only found this feature request for darktable that show that the OP use Dodge and Burn and ...
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How can those star-trails be non-circular?
Due to the rotation of the Earth, over the course of the night, stars will appear to turn around the celestial pole. This means we can photograph star trails (desired or not). Physically, any star ...
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Multiple photos stabilization
I have taken 3 photos of the same subject jumping. But, unfortunately, I moved a little while doing this. Is it possible to crop my 3 pictures so the background won't seem to move? I can use lightroom ...
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Improve scan of old diapositive
I have this old diapositive slide of a tram taken at dusk by my father. I have later scanned the slide (the image is reduced in resolution for this upload).
As I still have the slide, I can scan it ...
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How can i found out which filter was used [closed]
I really tried finding this filter and what the person puted in but i failed so i hope someone can help me 😭
Xoxo
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How to achieve this look in Lightroom? [closed]
Hello! I have a couple of similar shots and I wanna duplicate this look in Lightroom. I’ve been trying but I can’t seem to get it right.
How is this look achieved?
Thanks in advanced!
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Which phone should I choose for good photography? [closed]
I'm planning to choose between iPhone and and Android phone ( pixel 2 classes, galaxy s9) ...
Both platforms are pretty matched since a year with camera hardware and especially Google's pixel ...
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Why isn't Corel Aftershot 3 opening my RAW file?
I have photos shot in RAW+JPEG taken with a Nikon D3400 that I have been trying to open and process in Corel Aftershot 3 (not AfterShot Pro) with no success. The photos are saved as .nef files.
Here'...
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Sharp focus photography with APS-C [closed]
So, it happens that I am really passionate about the sharp focus photography, where some points on the picture looks sharper than the usual, just like the example I've attached.
My question is: how ...
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Unclear whether grey card can be used for exposure in post production?
I only use a grey card a little, but need to use it more to get more consistent product photo's. I understand how to use it to adjust white balance in camera, in Photoshop and Camera Raw, however I'm ...
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How can I salvage photos from a party in a dark room?
I'm a professional photographer. I mostly photograph cars and the outdoors. Recently I was asked to take pictures at a one year old's birthday party. These things are not ideal but I've done them ...
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Pictures turn out darker when going from RAW to JPG
When I postprocess pictures in Capture One and do the final step and exporting to JPG, the JPG turns out a little darker than the RAW file I'm viewing in Capture One.
Does anyone have any idea of ...
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Recommend photo editor with selective edit feature (like Snapseed)? [closed]
I've been using Snapseed and love what it can do, but I have been trouble getting it to save properly (see my previous question). In particular I LOVE the selective edit feature which allows me to ...
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Correct timestamps after the fact [duplicate]
My wife and I took some photos at an event, which we would like to merge into a single set arranged in order of capture time. We thought this would be easy, just rename them in sequence ordered by ...
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Why is Lightroom so much slower than ACR?
This is a personal curiosity question. I'm not trying to solve a problem (mainly because I don't think there is a solution).
The develop module of Lightroom, from what I understand, uses the same ...
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What is this effect/filter called? [closed]
These are some examples of the filter on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BdtJIaVDsW4/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd4FwmRngaU/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BdyPjDOHOkG/
I really like this ...
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Why do my videos not look as good as professional examples I've seen? Screenshots attached [closed]
The first picture of a girl is a screenshot from the travel video that i am making, and and the second picture of a boy is a screenshot from a youtube travel video. I want to achieve the quality of ...
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Wrong color in Camera Raw
I use Canon 1D X Mark II. When I open a file in raw format in Camera Raw, I notice that the color is so much different from that file opened in Canon Digital Professional 4 and in Photos (Window 10). ...
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How can I process a highly underexposed image to bring out detail in the shadows without making neon lights too bright?
I was traveling recently and had a little time at a pier late in the night. The surrounding skyline was spectacular and I clicked the scene highly underexposed. Any ideas on how I can process this? If ...
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How to get the definition on these trees?
I was wondering how one would go about getting the kind of definition in the trees you see in this photo from the Apple App Store, using a DSLR and Lightroom / Photoshop? It looks almost unnatural but ...
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Canon 6D CR2 Raw files don't work with Content-Aware Crop in Photoshop CC
I've been trying to use the content aware crop tool in Adobe Photoshop to fill in some simple sections of the sky or foreground when I crop an image. Even with the Content-Aware checkbox checked the ...
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Same photo at different time?
I want to take photos how some places look now. I have photos how they looked few years ago but I can't shot the photo at the same angle. Any idea how this can be done?
Examples:
http://dcist.com/...
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Apply post-processing approximately equivalent to camera in Photoshop? [duplicate]
Sometimes when I'm post-processing a RAW file, I don't want to start from scratch... I want to start where the camera left off and go from there.
I realize Photoshop might use different algorithms ...
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Why do I lose details in the mid shadows?
I shoot Fuji X-series cameras. Adobe camera raw comes with a camera profile that matches the film emulations inside the camera. I like the colors produced by the Velvia profile (although they are ...
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How to create abstract color profile to encode specific color transformation?
I have a set of images (48-bit TIFF) that are encoded in ProPhoto RGB.
I have a set of alternative input color profiles (related to ProPhoto RGB, but slightly different) that I can assign to the ...
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Is bracketing useful in the era of digital photography and post-processing? [duplicate]
My digital camera has a bracketing feature, and I set it to three shots, with the bracketed shots being 2/3rd +/- its calculated exposure. I find that that tends to get me one shot with the colors and ...
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Can you create Instagram's “Structure” effect purely in Lightroom?
I am trying to re-create Instagram's structure effect within Lightroom, but I can’t quite figure it out. Clarity, Sharpening, and Dehaze were my best bets but things are still very different.
Is this ...
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Why high contrast increases color saturation?
for days I cannot find the answer on that question.
Thing is simple: when I increase contrast (both with contrast slider, or with S-curve) in Lightroom/Photoshop, a saturation of the color is also ...
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How do you remove netting from the pictures?
I shot some pictures from a hockey game and there was a safety net in the way.
Is there a way to make it less obstructive?
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Are there tools used to remove heat-haze or other atmospheric conditions for long range shots?
So I was on a hill doing long range landscapes, miles away. I notice that the shots are specifically less sharp and noiser if I'm aiming at a city, but if I aim at the body of water in front of it or ...
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