Category: Image edit
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My post-processing tools
Years ago, I was using Adobe Bridge and Adobe Photoshop for nearly all my work. That was the obvious choice at the time, the software tools were reasonably priced. These were the “good old times”, no? Today, subscriptions are everywhere. You must pay by the month. But if you stop, you lose all your tool…
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Upscaling a photo with free AI
Problem statement Sometimes, I am somewhat dissatisfied with the size of my digital photographs. The simplest way to improve (after the fact) is to run any Photoshop-like program, and apply a resampling (resize) preferably with the Lanczos method, in order to get 2x or 3x or 4x more pixels. It is fast and efficient, but…
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Darktable: From Linux/Mac to Windows
Good news: Finally, free Darktable editing software arrives on Windows to compete with Adobe Lightroom.
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Adobe Bridge for free
One of the most attracting features of the Adobe Photoshop CC suite of photographic tools is its image management tool which allows sorting, ordering, labeling and most important -to my eyes- comparing several pictures in order to choose the best one. Yes, I have the (bad?) habit of shooting in rapid fire when I’m photographing wildlife, but…
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RAW or JPEG?
It seems that this question will always be there to haunt photographers (enthiusiasts and pros as well as mere amateurs). You should believe that the answer is complicated and prone to errors. Or that the issues are so thorny that nobody can answer. Again this month, I walked by a pro photographer on a mission…
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Choose the best monitor for photography
Even before your camera, the computer monitor is the tool that the photographer uses most often. With the advent of digital techniques in photography, we spend more and ore time in front of this large screen where we select the best shots, we correct minor errors, improve the overall appearance of our best photos (and…
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Lessons from the Adobe Creative Cloud down incident
If you are using Adobe Creative Cloud (the recent subscription-based cloud-based solution for Adobe tools including Photoshop), or if you know somebody using it, there are 99% chance that you heard that Adobe service broke down on 14-May and is just going back up as I write this. Note that Photoshop CC is only available…
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GIMP v2.8 – Also for Windows
It was impatiently expected in the circles of defenders of free software. Here is the version 2.8 of GIMP, the free photo-retouching software who wanted to be a competition for the mighty Photoshop. Sometimes, people will remember that GIMP is a program allowing to do digital photography on Linux. And, often, many people think that…
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So few friends for GIMP
That may be a complaint from some people! So, let’s try to make new friends for GIMP, the free image editing software for Linux, Windows PC and MacOS. Instant Vintage Photo Effects with the FIL Script for GIMP How To Create Amazing Text and Font Effects in Gimp 2.6 Fake Depth of Field in Gimp…