http://www.digitalphoton.net Photography & Photoshop Blog Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:06:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Vibrance control in Adobe Camera Raw is really nice. It seems to boost the color of the less saturated parts of the image, giving a nice even colorful image. But it is not accessible directly from Photoshop. Here is a way to emulate the effect by making a saturation ... http://www.digitalphoton.net/color-vibrance-in-photoshop/ This is a walkthrough of how I edited this image in LAB color space. The image I started with: Step 1: Convert to LAB color mode. Step 2: Make a curves adjustment layer. Adjust the A and B channel curves like below. The colors will become very saturated in a way that looks ... http://www.digitalphoton.net/editing-in-lab/ 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. Digital camera sensors do not capture b&w images, they capture color images with three ... http://www.digitalphoton.net/why-not-to-shoot-black-and-white-in-camera/ I read about the Singh-Ray Vari-ND variable neutral density filter and found it really interesting. But then I looked at the price tag... over $300 is a little too much to spend on a filter for my taste. So I started thinking. Isn't it basically two polarizers screwed together? Some basic theory ... http://www.digitalphoton.net/making-a-variable-nd-filter-with-circular-polarizers/ The 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. This image has lots of perspective and is also a bit rotated. By making a crop selection and clicking and ... http://www.digitalphoton.net/using-the-crop-tool-to-its-full-potential/ Can you find what's wrong with this photo? 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. Select the Ruler Tool , and make a line following the horizon in your photo. Now if ... http://www.digitalphoton.net/straighten-your-horizons/