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The tool I would try first is the spot healing brush tool (I believe CS5 and later). It's at the top of the list of healing tools if you press the shortcut key "J". Click on one end of the white lin …

I would leave the lighting in place and just use some small flags to block out the light falling on the lettering. Probably something small and close to the bottle, just out of shot. Hopefully you c …

You can automate this using a Photoshop Action. Basically you want to add a text layer, then set the layer opacity down to level that looks good (test on light and dark images). You can add layer st …

In addition to what @Caleb has said, it is best that the background color and brightness that you use is similar to what you will eventually use in the final image. This is especially important if th …

My general principles: always work on a copy of your image work on your best images - don't waste time editing all of them, just the ones you want to share/print/pulish work non-destructively where …

The term you are looking for is diptych or triptych. If you search on those terms you will find what you are looking for. If you use photoshop or GIMP, you can use actions or templates to place mult …

As I understand it, you have photographed the products against a white background. I guess you're extracting the product from that background and pasting onto a true RGB(255,255,255) pure white backg …

Your existing gear is very good. You have a good camera body (D90) a fast f/1.4 lens and the Tamron is a good, sharp lens as well. I don't think you'll improve your images markedly by upgrading came …

They are all important. But they are all inter-related, so it is best to have a balanced system. For example, if you have a lot of RAM, you will hold more in memory, and do less paging (to disk), so …

Presets are a Lightroom thing. What you need are actions or plugins. Many plugins and actions for Photoshop are compatible with PS Elements. I think if you search on Actions for Photoshop Elements …

As AJ said, lighting is key. You need all the source images to be taken with light from the same direction, strength and temperature, as much as possible. Another key thing is to add realistic shad …

Instead of a preset, select "Unconstrained". Then select the "handle" on the desired edge with the mouse and move that edge only. It is a fairly rough method, but you can hold the Ctrl button while …

They are independent, the temperature slider affects the color temperature, which is effectively blue-yellow, while the tint affects the green-magenta axis. In Adobe Camera Raw, the temperature slide …

A much simpler way: Open in Photoshop CS4 Use the crop tool and select the entire image Check the "perspective" checkbox drag the bottom corner points to the corners of your image like so: pres …

I think you can do better than a large radius blur. For removing light coloured dust, a common technique is to duplicate the image, set the blend mode to darken, then nudge (move) the duplicate layer …