Adobe Photoshop

EzMats Designer is not a plug-in or simply a bunch of templates, but rather a stand-alone program that works within Photoshop (CS3 & CS4) when Photoshop is running. Once the software is installed, you can launch the program via a desktop icon or shortcut (Windows). The tool pallet is ea...

By Joan Sherwood There is no sharpening applied in the NEF processing or in post processing. Active D-lighting was turned off in the camera, and D-Lighting was turned off in Nikon ViewNX. Beyond what is described above, no other processing was done. The HTML Web gallery was created in Adobe Photoshop Lightr...

By Joan Sherwood PhotoTools 2 also lets you apply the effects to multiple photos in a batch from Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom and Apple Aperture. Lightroom and Aperture The PhotoTools palette in Lightroom allows you to apply a PhotoTools preset to one or multiple photos without opening Photoshop.

By Joan Sherwood He makes a valid point about being able to adjust white balance when post processing RAW images. While white balance is embedded into JPEG images, it is only a tag in a RAW file. Any white balance setting can be applied to the RAW image in post processing. And that is the way that some photographe...

By Joan Sherwood Image ©Jack Reznicki After. Adding a Brightness/Contrast Adjustment layer further tunes overall tonal relationships before moving on to prepping the image for printing or distribution.   So what are you waiting for? Start using layers and become a more powerful Photoshop user!

By Joan Sherwood • Pick winning sets in Adobe Bridge, Lightroom, ACDSee etc. • Batch process sets to basic HDR Image in Photomatix Pro (see HDR Software Workflow PDF) • Remove ghosting in Photoshop • Creative enhancement in Photoshop • Selective sharpening in Photoshop (always sharpen last)

By Joan Sherwood Until Photoshop Creative Suite (CS) was released, one of the complaints about Photoshop was its limited asset management capabilities. The CS series adds that capability with Bridge and its custom workspaces and conversions. The book goes into considerable detail about using Bridge,...

By Joan Sherwood OnOne Software recently released FocalPoint, a new  plug-in for Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements that makes it quick and easy to add selective focus and vignetting effects to your images. Click on the image below to play. (QuickTime, 02:57)

By Joan Sherwood Adobe has released updates to the Photoshop Lightroom and Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in to correct for issues found in Lightroom 1.4 and Camera Raw 4.4.  The Lightroom 1.4.1 and Camera Raw 1.4.1 updates are available immediately as free downloads at... Lightroom Camera Raw

By Joan Sherwood As many know, Aaland journeyed to Iceland a few years back where he and a tireless crew of pro shooters tested the beta version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 during the long midsummer days suffused in the most dramatic light on the planet. From Adobe Australia Mark Cokes

By Joan Sherwood Photoshop actions: 14 minutes, 32 seconds (including action creation time) Adobe Lightroom: 25 minutes, 20 seconds (including droplet creation time) Software: Mac OS X 10.5.1, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended 10.0.1, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.3.1, Camera Raw 4.3.1