This ongoing series of articles covers what do you do after you have taken the picture with your digital camera. When it comes to digital workflows, taking the picture is only the start of so many options. In this series of articles we will explore the options. So we can make some headway with a …
Depth of field is one of the least well-used aspects of photographic control. Yet it really is very simple to get your head around. A camera lens will actually only focus one single, flat (if it is a good lens) plane perfectly. As you move away from the plane of sharp focus, objects become gradually …
Lately lots of questions about the law and how it applies to photographers have been appearing on the mailing lists I belong to. Here are some resources. There are many legal issues that can crop up for photographers and people using photographs in artwork or for other purposes. Two great resources for these questions are …
In this tutorial we examine how to create a web page by using the slice tools in Photoshop and ImageReady. In this tutorial we are going to use Photoshop and ImageReady to create a web page using rollover buttons and the slice tool. Note that this is only one way of many that can achieve …
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Convert Color Images To Monochrome – Which Channel To Watch Monochrome, black and white or grayscale images are sometimes far more effective than color ones. Ansel Adams’ work is a good example, as is a Hitchcock movie. However, since most film shot is color and all digital cameras capture full color images, there is usually …
The hand coloring of images is an old process, but doing it digitally offers so many advantages. Digital Hand Coloring Digital hand coloring is a different process, though similar. Here we have two options. The first involves a direct digital analogue of traditional hand coloring, where we use the paintbrushes to apply color to an …
Split toning is where we get a different color effect in different parts of the image. Digital Split Toning Digitally we work exactly the same way as in the previous tutorials but we need at least two different color layers or adjustment layers. For this example we will use a warm and a cool tone. …
Your monochrome images don’t have to remain colorless. Adding selective color back into an image gives you total control of the crafting of your image, something photographers crave. This allows you to introduce exactly the color(s) you want. Conventional coloring of photographic images can be in one of two forms: toning and hand coloring. Toning …
Digital Toning Another Way There are so many ways in Photoshop to achieve the toning effect. Here is another one. In this approach we will take the color from another image and use that to ‘tone’ the image. You might want to do this to create a coherent color scheme between a group of images …
This article covers screen ruling selections for a variety of print processes for the printing industry and pre-press professionals. Today’s advanced screening technologies present the print buyer andprepress manager with a seemingly endless variety of screen algorithmsfrom which to choose. How then does one choose the right screen rulingto deliver the best results on press? …