Creating a signature in photoshop suitable for use across many images is quite straightforward in Photoshop, this is how it’s done. Video New Photoshop Document Choose a layout that is large and approximates to the shape of your signature. So if you are called Archibald Merryweather Smyth , then choose a template such as the…
DxO PhotoLab 7 The Contrast and Tone Curve controls in DxO PhotoLab 7 are subtly different from their equivalents in Adobe Lightroom. Video One of the questions that people have asked of me is to explain the difference between the Contrast slider and the Tone Curve and offer some guidance as to when to use…
DxO PhotoLab vs. Adobe Lightroom vs. Adobe Photoshop DxO vs Adobe Repair and Clone Tools compared in Photolab, Lightroom and Photoshop. This was easy last year, basically we were comparing like with like. PhotoLab came last and Photoshop won hands down. In 2024, I’m finding everyone has raised their game considerably. PhotoLab from Poor to…
Happy New Year! Today I’m looking at why shooting familiar locations is so difficult and how leaving can open your eyes. There’s something mysterious about leaving that refreshes our view of a location. I’ve been in the UK for the New Year and visited Brighton, where I lived for a few years and found myself…
Using Luminosity Masks effectively has been a game changer for many photographers, myself included, and I’m delighted to see them arrive in DxO PhotoLab 7 courtesy of DxO FilmPack 7. (You need to have both products installed for Luminosity Masks to become active in PhotoLab). Before PhotoLab 7, Photoshop was the only option for Luminosity…
Why A Complete Workflow for Photography? As some of you will know, I’ve been busy producing videos for YouTube, describing in detail how to use DxO PhotoLab 7. One of the takeaways was you should create a workflow that is repeatable, that will take you through the editing process irrespective of what software you are…
The key to managing a large photo library is organisation. Of course this very rarely happens straight out of the gate; new photographers organise pictures randomly, if at all, ending up with images splattered across multiple hard drives, desktops, USB keys, microSD’s and so on. By the time you realise you have a problem, you’re…
