Editing in LAB

February 27, 2008 | Filed Under Photoshop, Tutorial | 3 Comments 

Comparison

This is a walkthrough of how I edited this image in LAB color space.

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Why not to shoot black and white in camera

November 18, 2007 | Filed Under Photography, Photoshop, Tutorial | 3 Comments 

Most digital cameras have the option of capturing black and white images directly in the camera. It can be a nice feature to have sometimes. But you can achive much better results by doing the conversion yourself.

Difference

Digital camera sensors do not capture b&w images, they capture color images with three channels, each describing the lumniosity of each of the colors red, green and blue. Consequently, there is always a conversion taking place when you make a b&w photo. The three channels must be made into one grayscale channel. If you let the camera do that for you, you give up all control of how it is done, and how much of each channel is used in the mix.

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Using the crop tool to it’s full potential

November 9, 2007 | Filed Under Photography, Photoshop, Tutorial | 2 Comments 

The Crop Tool Crop Tool in Photoshop is more useful than most people know. At the same time as you crop the image you can rotate it and correct the perspective aswell.

Stairs

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Straighten your horizons

November 8, 2007 | Filed Under Photography, Photoshop, Tutorial | Leave a Comment 

Can you find what’s wrong with this photo?

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Tilted horizons can often ruin the impression of a photo. Here is a useful tip when you need to quickly straighten the horizon in a photo using photoshop.

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