GIMP is an excellent image edition software which could (should?) attract all those who do not want to pay the full price of Photoshop, while they work with Apple, Windows or Linux. the differences are real, but the most obvious one is certainly the interface (and Adobe clearly did a nice work on it). So,…
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The rule of thirds, soon to be enforced
In composition, it is often considered that putting objects of interest on the key attention points helps build more powerful images. Daniel Cohen-Or and Lior Wolf at Tel-Aviv University, Israel, with colleagues at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, created a software program that automatically re-organizes photos to make them more powerful, more pleasing. NS link…
Photo fakery in History
Even before Photoshop was available, some photographers tried to improve their photos. Sometimes, it was to clean little blemishes, but it could go to quite significant upgrades: removing somebody form a group portrait (like with chairman Mao, below), putting a better body under the head of VIP, etc. Source: NY Times.
Faster Photoshop
Photoshop is not the only photo editing tool on the market, but it is definitely a leader. Despite this, or because it has to be the best tool for so many people, it takes a very long time to start Photoshop on your computer. On Windows, Photoshop SpeedUp is a freeware that can solve part…
Photoshop brushes for The GIMP
photo credit: John Flinchbaugh For all of us who would hesitate to use GIMP because of the stock of brushes they collected and use with Photoshop, I like to remind that GIMP supports the Photoshop brushes (in ABR brush file format) from version 2.4. This is limiting the risks and issues to the strict minimum.…
False HDR for free
If you want to get an HDR (High Dynamic Range) aspect to your photos but do not want to spend the effort of taking multiple picture and combining them together, there is a free solution: Fake it! Forget all the hassle and apply the right image transformations to obtain a picture with all the features…
Photoshop tutorial: The Police
You know this album cover from The Police. Digital Photography School, inspired by the album cover, teaches you how to do the same effect with your own photos. → Source: Photoshop Inspiration: Police CD Label.
Comparison of online photo editors
Of course, this comparison is simplifying a few things, but it helps to have a synthetic comparison for online editors targetting the photo amateur. The list of online photo editors contains Adobe tools (Photoshop.com), but it alos covers most of what are the best online photo editors of today. Flauntr Fotoflexer Lunapic Phixr Phoenix Photoshop.com…
Photoshop CS4: upgrade
Adobe just published a patch/upgrade to Photoshop CS4. Those who are equipped with this software program will probably be interested in visiting http://www.adobe.com/downloads/updates/ to get the upgrade in order to correct a few performance and feature bugs. Moreover, the users of MacBook Air and recent MacBook Pro systems can use mutli-touch to rotate documents frame.But,…