http://www.adorama.com/alc/taginfo/adobe <p><span style="font-size: small;">In this week's episode Mark explains what metadata is and how it can be used in a photographer&rsquo;s workflow. <br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13521 Adobe used the PMA@CES platform to launch the beta version of its upcoming major update of Photoshop Lightroom. http://www.adorama.com/alc/news/13499 <p><span style="font-size: small;">This week Mark reviews the latest version of Adobe&rsquo;s popular software for editing, ehnhancing, and customizing your photos: Photoshop Elements 10. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13435 In a major reversal, Adobe has dropped Mobile Flash development in favor of HTML5, a step that solidifies that technology's universal mobile device support. http://www.adorama.com/alc/news/13392 Sigma's long zoomer, JVC's still/video hybrid camera, Adobe's Droid-first Photoshop app, Kodak on life support, a Redrock's Canon-MFT adatper, the world's smallest digital camera, more http://www.adorama.com/alc/news/13321 Guided Edits, new image organization options and a refresh of several tools are highlighted in the latest version of Adobe Photoshop Elements. http://www.adorama.com/alc/news/13298 Taming Apple's Lion, Lensbaby's Portrait Bundles, Panasonic's Superzoom, street shooters stand their ground, more! http://www.adorama.com/alc/news/13169 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Adorama Photography TV presents Digital Photography One on One. This week Mark Wallace shows how to combine multiple photos into a single image.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13099 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In this episode, Mark explains the differences between Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13085 <p><span style="font-size: small;">This week Mark reviews Adobe Color Lava, an app that lets you create color palates. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13078 Samyang's fast normal lens, Olympus's Pocket video/sound recorder, Lighroom updated, Wacom's pen for iPad...and a large-format Lego camera http://www.adorama.com/alc/news/13033 <p><span style="font-size: small;">When you work on a file in Lightroom and Photoshop, you may end up with a lot of layers. Here&rsquo;s how you can quickly compare before-and-after versions with no muss or fuss.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12875 <p><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;Adorama Photography TV presents: This week is the fourth episode in a series about HDSLR. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12895 <p><span style="font-size: small;">How to do you create Orbitals, a special effect that flips, twirls and transforms images into round art objects? Let&rsquo;s take a closer look at this fun effect.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12840 <p><span style="font-size: small;">This final part of my three-part tutorial on Lightroom 3 is devoted to the Develop module, where adjustments are made to images, and to the Print, Slideshow and Web modules, where images are exported to various uses.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12808 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In a previous article I discussed what&rsquo;s new in Lightroom 3.&nbsp; A complete tutorial would fill a book, but this should give you a foundation.&nbsp; In this article I will present a more detailed background for using Lightroom and its organizational capabilities.&nbsp; </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12766 <p><span style="font-size: small;">This week is the second episode in a two-part series about post production workflow. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12775 <p><span style="font-size: small;">This week is the first episode in a two-part series about post production workflow. In this episode, Mark will explain how to get images from the camera to the computer. Then he will show you how to keyword, group and organize the photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12765 More news from Cologne: Photoshop Elements 9, an “entry-level” Hasselblad, Datacolor's digicam calibration, new Epson workhorse pro printer, Sony's digital camera roadmap, a 3-D Minox and more. http://www.adorama.com/alc/news/12733 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Adobe has updated its popular and successful Lightroom to version 3, adding many new features based on extensive feedback from users. This is an application I couldn&rsquo;t live without and I am excited to see it evolve.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12627 <p><span style="font-size: small;">I recently wrote a review here of Adobe Photoshop CS5. Since then Adobe announced Camera Raw 6.1, that incorporates a feature I am really excited about.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12584 Unauthorized image usage is rampant on the internet, and there has been some discussion that the new Content-Aware Fill function in Adobe Photoshop CS5 may make it too easy to eradicate watermarking. http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/12562 Adobe has announced the immediate availability of Lightroom 2.7, Camera Raw 5.7, and DNG Converter 5.7 for free download for Photoshop owners. The new software supports the Canon Rebel 2Ti, Sony A450, http://www.adorama.com/alc/news/12496 Adobe's video suite leverages NVIDIA Graphics Processors to enable what NVIDIA says is groundbreaking fluid video editing and visual effects creation http://www.adorama.com/alc/news/12465 Native 64-bit application, content-aware fill tool, new HDR capabilities, and lifelike brush strokes are among more than 30 new features and enhancements in this landmark release. http://www.adorama.com/alc/news/12453 The new version of Premiere Pro, designed with Video DSLRs in mind, can open and process complex projects faster, according to Adobe, while other features also are said to speed up workflow. http://www.adorama.com/alc/news/12454 One of the reasons today’s announcement by Adobe of Photoshop CS5 was one of the worst-kept secrets on the Web was a bucketload of “sneak preview” videos which appeared all over YouTube. http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/12455 Adobe will launch Creative Suite 5 with a worldwide online event on April 12 at 11am Eastern Daylight Time. http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/12428 Adobe today announced a second public beta release of Lightroom 3, a free download. This version supports tethered shooting with several Canon and Nikon cameras and improved noise reduction. http://www.adorama.com/alc/news/12424 As part of a worldwide celebration of Photoshop's 20th anniversary, NAPP will host a gala event for over 1,000 in San Fransisco; web events planned as well. http://www.adorama.com/alc/news/12309 20 years ago, Adobe Photoshop launched. This was before the visual internet, high-speed broadband, iPhones, photo sharing sites, Facebook and more. Digital photography was in its infancy, and photo ma http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/12307 Everywhere you look, you see the 16:9 "HD ratio". Got a modern Mac or an HDTV? That's 16:9, as is the HD player in Vimeo, YouTube, and everywhere else. We run through ways to crop to HD in several Ado http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/12247 Here's a couple of cool things I've come across recently via John Nack's blog. If you're not subscribed to this blog from the one of the lead developers of Adobe Photoshop, you should. John has a grea http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/12196 <p><em><span style="font-size: small;">Sensors are limited as to the range of light that they can capture. Is there more information in a single "flat" digital image that you can tease out in Photoshop? You betcha!</span></em></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12056 <p><em><span style="font-size: small;">&ldquo;The photographer captured the loving relationship of the couple, and the woman's direct gaze with the catchlight in her eye reinforces that feeling.&rdquo; &mdash;Monica Cipnic</span></em></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12099 There are some really amazing tools for HDR photographers in Adobe Photoshop CS4, but much of the power of CS4 in 32-bit space isn't well-known. In this two-part screencast series, we'll explore ways http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/12076 Canon S90, Olympus E-P2, most Mamiya DM and M models, Nikon D3s, Pentax K-x, Sony A850 are among newly supported cameras. http://www.adorama.com/alc/news/12066 It's not that there aren't some amazing tools for HDR photographers in Adobe Photoshop CS4, it's just that these tools and tricks aren't all that well-known. In this two-part screencast series, we'll http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/12048 Adobe Systems Inc. today introduced Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 beta software for Macintosh and Windows, a public preview of what Adobe says is new and improved functionality to be delivered in the ne http://www.adorama.com/alc/news/11985 Photo Plus returns to New York this week. In addition to its many workshops for professional photographers, assistants and aspring hobbyists, you can stroll the trade show floor and get to fondle the http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/11975 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Hello. My name is Derek and I&rsquo;ve been a Photoshopaholic since&hellip;</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/11820 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Learn to tame a problem that plagues color in digital images. Get fine-detailed, vivid, saturated reds, oranges, and yellows by following these Adobe Photoshop tips and tricks.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/11773 <p><span style="font-size: small;">It won't reduce reflections, but you can deepen blue skies--just like a polarizer does--in your favorite image editing program.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/11794 A fortune cookie once offered me this sage advice ripped straight from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: "Don't Panic." For years, that fortune was taped to my laptop computer. I'm pretty sure 42 http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/11720 Until I started experimenting with Adobe Soundbooth CS4 (from $77.95 for an upgrade) I found audio editing to be tedious, frustrating, and confusing. The problem is that so many audio editing programs http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/11616 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Do you miss the deep colors of Kodachrome? Wish your digital black-and-whites had the dramatic grittiness of Tri-X? This Photoshop plug-in makes it happen.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/11233 <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;">Here's how to make sure the transition from one version of Photoshop to another goes smoothly.</span></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/11228 <p><span style="font-size: small;">A rose I had planted recently bloomed for the first time and I was struck by the beauty of one of the buds. I wanted to shoot a shallow depth of field image with only the center of the bud sharp. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8675 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In the field, High Dynamic Range Photography begins with a series of images of the same scene captured at different exposures. A tripod helps to ensure that the multiple source images are aligned properly. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8664 <p><em>Read this before you buy.</em></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8639 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Organic and natural. Foods that grow without the artificial interference of inorganic chemicals. That's the trend in food. The reason? Because natural is, well, natural. Therefore, it must be wholesome and healthful. It's what nature has given us for thousands of years.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8631 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Sharpening photos is easy to overdo&mdash;especially for web display. Oversharpened photos seem filled with razor-sharped edges and internal details that look as prickly as a bed of nails. And tiny halos appear on contrasty edges. An oversharpened photo looks unnatural.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8630 <p><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Today, we wrestle with the question: Is it OK to retouch wrinkles or should you leave them alone? Imagine making Grandma look like a Hollywood starlet. Don't you think there's something wrong with that?</em><br /> </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8629 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Curves and Levels are the perhaps the most basic Photoshop adjustments because they address image fundamentals: brightness, contrast, and color.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8628 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Congress should pass legislation against those who super saturate. Photoshop's saturation control is like the volume control for color, and pictures are being pumped up like everybody is deaf. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8627 <p><span style="font-size: small;">One of the reasons I loved my black-and-white darkroom as a kid was that it was fairly easy to set up and use.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8561 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Bas Relief (pronounced bar relief) is one of those funky, esoteric darkroom techniques that I rarely used because, frankly, it was too much of a bother. <br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8560 <p><span style="font-size: small;">I loved high-contrast printing using Agfa #6 high-contrast paper. This legendary paper&rsquo;s characteristics were that it produced practically no midtones. It reduced images to blacks and whites and little else. <br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8557 <p><em>Find out what all the fuss is about.</em></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8569 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In the past I've said a black and white point adjustment is the first thing that should be done with most images. I&rsquo;ll show you how to do it here.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8545 <p><span style="font-size: small;"><em>"What is Unsharp Mask, and how do you use it to sharpen pictures?" is a question that we get often from readers. This tip provides the answer.</em></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8490 <p><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Layers is one of the most powerful features of Photoshop and I use them in every image. Here's one reason why.</em><br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8489 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Here&rsquo;s a few tips, tricks and techniques that will let you convert conventional images into faux infrared photographs using various software tools.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8466 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Is your digital camera capable of infrared (IR) capture? Point a TV remote control at the lens, push a button, and take a picture or look at the image on the LCD panel.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8471 <p><span style="font-size: small;">You&rsquo;ve made major changes to your RAW image file; now it&rsquo;s time to open it in Photoshop CS or Elements and fine-tune it.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8461 <p><em>One of the most popular Photoshop features, explained</em></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8429 <p><span style="font-size: small;">If you own a DSLR you choose to shoot photos in either RAW or JPEG format. (Most compact digital camerass only offer JPEG, although a few high-end models have RAW capability). What are each format's advantages and disadvantages? <br /> <br /> Let's find out....</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8388 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Noise in digital photographs is the visual equivalent of static. Most digital cameras add some level of noise to images. In traditional photography the nearest equivalent is film grain. Digital noise is noticeable in high ISOs and is more visible in areas of uniform color, such as skies and shadows. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8380 <p><span style="font-size: small;">How to emulate a classic shooting technique after the fact.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8370 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Yellow is a tricky color with a split personality. It can be warm, evokes springtime, and is a sign of happiness and optimism. But it can also indicate tension, danger (why do you think hazard signs are yellow?) and cowardice. (Ya yellow-bellied varmint!)</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8357 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Adobe Photoshop includes a wonderful tool called the History Brush. It allows you to Undo virtually any single operation that has been performed on an image&mdash;and do it selectively, via carefully applied brushstrokes. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8356 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Want to create a personalized photographic gift for a birthday or other special occasion? Make that special someone&rsquo;s name out of photographs of letters of the alphabet!</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8323 <p><span style="font-size: small;">How do you read a histogram? Glad you asked!</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8318 <p><span style="font-size: small;">A friend, Marcia Hart, showed me this image she shot in Mexico. She wanted to change the color of the shirt to something that looked a bit more rustic. The challenge? How do you change the color without affecting the underlying tonalities of the folds in the fabric.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8297 <p><span style="font-size: small;">You can easily drop in any background when you shoot your subject in front of a Chroma-key blue or green screen. Here's how you can do it in Photoshop.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8301 <p><span style="font-size: small;">What's the best way to select a sky (or any other area, for that matter)? Sometimes selecting an area to work on is simple but more often it is not. The best selection method depends on the problems presented by the area. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8298 <p><span style="font-size: small;"><br />I've been having fun and frustration shooting at an egret rookery. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8104 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Did you ever want to remove distracting background elements from an image? If they are in very dark areas, you can encounter problems because monitors often don't show subtle differences in dark tones. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8041 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Clean-up time.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8057 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In Part 1 of "The Pitfall in Darkening a Sky" I showed how over-darkening a washed-out sky (or similar light area) could lead to posterization. Now I want to show you how to avoid this problem when darkening an area fairly strongly.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8063 <p><span style="font-size: small;">I often have an image in which I want to darken a sky, such as this one from my tutorial "A Split Neutral Density Filter on Steroids." </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8079 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Open up those shadows!</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8106