“Dodge and Burn with Curves” by Jeff of PhotoWalkPro is a step-by-step guide to selectively dodging and burning areas of a photograph with a curves adjustment layer in Photoshop.
Dodging and burning is a term that refers to manipulating the exposure of a certain area inside a photograph — dodging makes the area lighter and burning [...]
Posts tagged ‘Post Processing’
How to Dodge and Burn with Curves in Photoshop
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 by TomEase Post Processing with Adobe Lightroom 2.2 Camera Profiles
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 by Tom“Lightroom 2.2 Camera Profiles” by Kerry Garrison of Camera Dojo addresses a problem that confuses many photographers who are getting started with post processing software: bland, flat, off-color RAW images.
The RAW image shown to you by Lightroom often does not come close to matching what you saw through the viewfinder or on your camera’s LCD. [...]
Matt’s Surreal Edgy Effect Lightroom Preset
Friday, January 2nd, 2009 by Tom“Matt’s Surreal Edgy Effect” is a set of 4 free Adobe Lightroom presets for creating a gritty, surreal, dramatic effect in your photos. Matt notes that the final output is “HDR-looking” — this preset tries to draw a lot of range out of your pictures. The 4 different versions of this preset range in output [...]
LAB Color Enhancement Photoshop Action by Mark J. Sebastian
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 by Tom“LAB Color Enhancement” is a free Adobe Photoshop action by photographer Mark J. Sebastian. Mark’s action converts your image to LAB color mode in order to work the curves, pumping up the colors to “make them pop“.
Monochrome Lightroom Presets by 640Pixels.com
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 by Tom“Monochrome Presets for Lightroom” is a set of four free black & white monochrome presets for Adobe Lightroom. The author notes that these presets are especially well suited for landscape photos:
I tested these presets on a wide range of photos. As with real life monochrome – they are best suited to landscapes. They don’t seem [...]