Archive for the ‘Photoshop’ Category
Digital Painting of 小布
Shadow Recovery of Backlight Problem
Have you ever get this kind of problem? Is this problem really annoying you? if your answer is yes and you want to know how to fix this problem, please read my simple tutorial.
Digital Painting of 笨寶
Just turning photo to digital painting by using Photoshop…. Read the rest of this entry »
Clone Stamp and Patch Tool
Thia article is written regarding a question by shane in my other tutorial: photo restoration – remove reflection.
I want to explain the idea using example because maybe it’s easier to understand….
Original photo:
The Secret of Content Aware Scale
Before you read this article, It’s better for you to read my previous article about Perspective Correction by Using Photoshop CS4 (Case1) ~ otherwise you’ll get confused read this article.
From that article you’ll know most of people will crop the result after step 4. The other way maybe make a decorative border to hide the empty area. If you don’t agree with cropping the photo or making a decorative border maybe you can try with this method. This method is simple, you just need to install Adobe Photoshop CS4 and use a new feature called Content Aware Scale. This feature only available in Adobe Photoshop CS4.
Result after step 4:
Perspective Correction by Using Photoshop CS4 (Case 1)
Have you ever took photos with straight line pattern as a background? If you have ever took this kind of photo, you will know that sometimes you get the straight line pattern looked not straight although you have tried to make it as straight as possible. Dealing with this problem (perspective), I think there are many cases, first case is your position and object position isn’t exactly in front of “center of object”. You can see my simple illustration below – T = target, A & B = photographer locations.
White Balance Correction by Using Photoshop
White balance is IMPORTANT – but most of (newbie) photographers always use automatic white balance, a little bit ridiculous but that’s the fact. Honestly most of times I also use auto white balance although I know I can’t get the correct color/tone. Since I still use AWB but want to get the correct color then I need to correct the WB (in post processing) by using Photoshop.
Photo Restoration – Remove Reflection
This is my first photoshop tutorial (not the first article) in year 2009. In this tutorial I try to explain how to remove reflection because it’s important in photography. In photography sometimes moment is important than photo quality – I ever see someone still use his/her photo although the photo have many noises and sometimes the photo also not clear. For me, both (moment and quality) are important so I don’t want leave my photo unedited – sometimes I spend my time to correct some photos.
Photo that I use here comes from Retouchpro website. Someone ask to correct this photo – sorry I forget to bookmark the link.
Create Your Own Calendar
This tutorial actually is a “special gift” from Just About Photography because year 2008 will end soon. I just remember that we’ll need to buy a new calendar for ourselves and also for our family, friends, etc. Before you buy new calendar why not try to make your own calendar – for me, I like to use calendar which the photos are taken by me. In addition, I also feel happy if I can give my own calendar to my family and friends – although (maybe) my own calendar aren’t good enough compare with others.
First I just want to remind that everyone should have different style to create ‘your own calendar’. There is no limitation about your style – if you like your own style keep continue with your own style even other people maybe critique your style. But for some cases, you also need to review again what other people said about your style, if his/her critique is good for you maybe you need to consider it.
Correcting Blur Using Photoshop CS 2 or CS 3
Have you ever takes a photo in the dark room then you get blur photo because your hands can’t hold the camera tightly. Actually the problem isn’t only your hands but also the object. Actually the terminology “blur” has many meanings for me, first is blur caused by miss focus. Blur that caused by miss focus doesn’t have any relationship with shutter speed – it has relationship with focus selection point and aperture. Using wide aperture (for example: f/1.4) will cause miss focus easily than using narrow aperture (for example: f/4). Sometimes it also has relationship with your camera, for example my 400D the focus point in the center is better than the other focus position – so I prefer using center focus point selection. In order to correct this problem you can read my previous tutorial here. Second is blur caused by handshake or moving object. It usually happens when the light is not sufficient so the shutter speed is very slow. In this tutorial I try to write simple method to correct blur caused by handshake.
Original photo is taken by me:
