Revolution

Double Pass & Hybrid Sharpening

Different sharpening techniques make the world look different. \

Output Sharpening

Image source, frequency of detail, subject, personal preference, output device, substrate or presentation device, and presentation size all play a role in sharpening.

High Pass Sharpening

There are three methods of sharpening in Photoshop that we should all be aware of: Luminance, Edge and High Pass sharpening.

Layers & Creative Sharpening

In this issue, we're going to examine how to use layers to gain finer control over the USM when you're using it creatively. There are many ways to modify sharpening effects using layers.

Creative Sharpening

Precise sharpening can improve almost any image.

Capture Sharpening

Optimal image sharpening is best done in three stages—capture (do it during RAW conversion), creative (do it in Photoshop) and output (automate it).

Creative Sharpening, Part I

The vast majority of photographic images benefit from sharpening.

Using Lens Profiles

Blend It Out!

It’s a perfect shot! If only those unwanted moving objects (UMOs, i.e., a person or a crowd) in the scene would disappear. ...

The Art Of Elimination

As visual communicators, we’re responsible for everything that’s in the frame; we’re also responsible for everything that’s not in the frame. ...

Noise–Lose It

Some noise is random; some noise is fixed. Hot-pixel noise is fixed. What are “hot pixels”?

Reduce Noise With Multiple Shots

Got noise in one exposure? Make a bunch of exposures and watch the noise disappear.

Lose Noise With Plug-Ins

Who doesn’t have noise? If you don’t run into noise in your digital images, at least once in a while, you may not be pushing the envelope enough.

Blur Color Noise In Photoshop

When you have noise in an image, there’s a lot you can do about it.

Reduce Noise With Photoshop Filters

Despeckle, Dust & Scratches, Median and Reduce Noise.

Proofing

Proofing: Evaluating an image printed on a particular substrate, making adjustments, reprinting, reevaluating the image, and repeating until optimum results are achieved.

Noise: Lose It, Part II

Knowing the type and kind of noise produced will help guide you to solutions to reduce it. ...

Noise: Lose It, Part I

Noise happens. There’s always some degree of noise present in any electronic device that receives or transmits a signal. ...

Noise—Use It

Noise. It happens. What is it? Texture not native to the subject photographed, but introduced by the capture medium, editing process or output media. There are many reasons why it happens. There are things you can do to avoid it and things you can do...

Aesthetics Of XDR

HDR imagery is expanding today’s photographic aesthetics. Identifying the characteristics of contemporary HDR images will help classicists and pioneers alike. The basic ingredients are desirable for both sensibilities, but in varying combinations and t...

XDR, Part V

Beyond Photoshop, there are a number of HDR software options, both plug-ins and stand-alones. Some of the better-known programs include Artizen HDR, easyHDR, FDRTools, pfstools and Photomatix.

Color Theory

What is color theory? It’s not color management—a science of measuring color physically and describing it mathematically. It’s not color adjustment—techniques for changing a color’s appearance. It’s not color psychology—a social science of charting and...

XDR, Part V

HDR imaging represents a radical departure from traditional forms of photography. HDR (high dynamic range) images hold more luminosity than conventional cameras can record and potentially more than the human eye can see (at any one given time).