Adobe Photoshop has been for very long the undisputed master in the photo retouching world. In a recent survey conducted early this year by Novel, adobe photoshop was found to be the most demanded application not available on linux platform.
This lack of availability has pushed many linux defenders to work and develop very ambitious photo processing applications.
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I think we all know that we can use the beauty of digital photography to overcome many of our camera’s shortcomings.
Many of us can’t afford, or don’t need, a panoramic camera but for those who still love to shoot panoramic images, we know we can just take overlapping images of the scene and stitch them afterwards.
If investing in a Neutral Density Graduated filter is too much and we still want to take successfully images of wide dynamic range scenes, we know we can just take multiple pictures each exposed for a different part of the scene and then merge them in the digital dark room (this process is called HDR - High Dynamic Range -).
Although I’ve been a photography lover for about 4 years and, I must admit, this is the first time I hear about HDTR (High Dynamic Time Range).
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Canon today launches the portable devices, designed with EOS and other digital photographers in mind. The Canon Media Storage M30 and Canon Media Storage M80 devices feature a large ultra-bright 3.7” TFT screen with 160º viewing angle for image and video review, and a 30Gb/80Gb hard disk to store digital images, movie and sound files of various file formats. Both the Canon Media Storage M30 and Canon Media Storage M80 feature a USB 2.0 Hi-Speed interface and slots for CF and SD cards. With their tough, robust magnesium alloy bodies and intuitive navigation familiar to EOS owners, the devices add an important link to the workflow chain of professional photojournalists and photographers on location, outdoor and expedition shoots. The Canon Media Storage M30 and Canon Media Storage M80 are also expected to be popular with the increasing body of every-day photographers looking for new ways to store and display favourite shots and extend storage capacity whilst away from the computer.
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Two week ago I was writing about an adobe photoshop tutorial video on how to achieve Andrzej Dragan portrait look.
Today I found an adobe photoshop tutorial, with a psd file to illustrate it, about a different a different approach to accomplish this look.
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Do you love panoramas? Have you ever tried to throw in that stitching software 5 or 6 pictures you have taken hoping to get a good panoramic picture just to discover how lousy you were in keeping your hand straight?
I know I sure did, and the last time I remember I searched for a panoramic head for my tripod hoping to finaly get into this lovely kind of photography, I was turned down by the $300 - $500 range price of those special tripod heads.
Well I think that I will finally have the chance to try once again panoramas with a higher chance of success for about $10
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This is a very useful spradsheet done by Jhon Lane showing all lenses that can fit Canon mounts their manufacturer, their internet price, reviews, filter size, lense hood etc…
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I am about to buy the Canon EF 100 400 L f/4.5 f/5.6 lens so I have read many many threads about it in different forums and I am trying to build a “Frequently Asked Questions” list to save time for anyone who wants to buy it in the future.
If you happen to read this thread and feel there is any FAQ I missed, please kindly add it in the comment and I will update the list
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There is a tremendous amount of adobe photoshop actions out there to give the velvia saturation, these photoshop actions are great for landscape pictures and for pictures that do not contain people.
However, when the picture involves people in it, boosting the saturation becomes much more tricky because of the skin tones.
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Here is a tutorial on how to build a 4 channels wireless remote control for you Canon EOS camera.
The total cost of this project is around $50.
All needed materials can easily be found at ebay and radioshack
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