 Welcome to Adorama’s Digital Darkroom resource center. With more than three dozen articles, we cover a wide range from basics to advanced Adobe Photoshop techniques. Our team of writers include power users, world-renowned photographers and gurus. Because there are so many articles, we’ve organized them based on several broadly defined areas of interest: Get Started! is, as you would expect, the place we send digital darkroom newbies. But if you’re an advanced user who wants to really get into the nitty gritty of working with the latest pro version of Adobe Photoshop, Diane Miller’s Adobe Photoshop Workshop is a must-read–Her monthly articles are our most popular feature; each one tackles a specific technique in great depth. If you have a large library of images on film that you want to digitize, check out our Film to Digital Toolkit. Enjoy Joe Farace’s playful Tales of Daring and Adventure, where he takes you step-by-step through the process of creating special effects using Adobe Photoshop and plug-ins. Digital Darkroom Essentials highlights the gear that will make it easier for you to edit your images, while Image Editing Potpourri covers a wide range of diverse techniques. Scroll down to read them all, and happy editing! If you don’t see articles covering topics you’re interested in, please let me know and I’ll see what we can do. –Mason Resnick Editor, AIRC
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NEW! PRODUCT REVIEW: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Power user Diane Miller puts the latest incarnation of Photoshop through its paces and reports on her findings. If you’re on the fence about buying CS3, this is a must-read. |
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Diane Miller’s Adobe Photoshop Workshop  A split neutral density filter on steroidsOutclass your glass and save mediocre exposures with masking and fancy mousework. Adobe Photoshop CS3: Changing Colors Selectively Our favorite Photoshop power user puts the Adobe Photoshop CS3, latest version of the industry standard imaging software through its paces.  Advanced Digital Printing: Take Control!Manage print quality from inside Adobe Photoshop. Artistic photomontage effects Download the images, follow the steps and you’ll be blending in no time.  Avoid a typical image-editing gotcha by understanding your histogramWhat a histogram shows, and how it can help (or hurt) your image. Chainging colors selectively If you rue the hue, here’s what to do in Photoshop CS3 Digital spot removerSpot evidence of dust on the sensor…then fix them!  Fixing a broken wing…and learning to extend the canvas / Diane MillerWhat you can do to add missing elements if your framing’s for the birds. Fixing a Washed-Out SkyUse masks and layers to emulate graduated filters.  Flying high with histogramsWhat is a histogram–and what you should never do to one. Invisible Touch: Cloning in dark and light areasCloning mistakes might not be visible until you print! Here’s how to catch ’em early.  Make a slide sandwich–with a dash of digital Digital composites are easier to do than the ones that require chromes and a projector. Prevent “posterization” (banding) when darkening landscape skies / Diane Miller Only you can prevent unwanted artifacts when darkening a sky. Refining Selections in Photoshop / Diane Miller Photoshop offers so many ways to select an area…but which one’s best?  True Color: Optimize Your Monitor / Diane MillerYour monitor may not be displaying color accurately; here’s how to fix that. Virtual fill flash / Diane Miller Dodging and burning techniques without an enlarger or a darkroom. Get Started! Color balancing digital images in camera / Joe Farace Make wierd lighting conditions look wonderful. No digital darkroom necessary. Color balancing digital images with Photoshop / Joe Farace Photo Rescue: Saving your shots with Photoshop / Rick Sammon If you must manipulate your image to save it, here’s how one master shooter does it. Size your image right / Rick Sammon Basic information for when your images enter a new dimension. Film to Digital Toolkit  Film scanning checklist / Mason Resnick A 12-step program for digital conversion Create a digital archive: Converting slides to pixels / Jerry O’Neill Plan before you scan. Adding film grain to digital images / Joe Farace Everything old is new again. Joe Farace’s Tales of Daring and Adventure!  How to create a toy camera look, digitally Get the Diana/Holga look with a digital camera or using imaging softare It was a Dark and Stormy Night…In Photoshop Creating creepy effects are a snap…hey, what was that sound? Photoshop Meets Godzilla!This green screen gem’s a real scream Digital Darkroom Essentials Make prints from digital files: go to the lab, or do it yourself? / Joe Farace What’ll it be…price, quality, or speed? Choose two.  SpyderMan: Common Sense Color Management / Joe Farace The one tool that will help your prints look like what you see on your monitor. Why you need a graphics tablet / Joe Farace Give your mouse a rest and use a stylus to fine-tune your images Where’s the rest of my photo? / Joe Farace What you see may not be what you print Workflow intro: To manage (and find!) your digital photos, you need a good system / Joe Farace Timeless advice for the organizationally challenged…digital edition Image Editing Potpourri Black and white revival / Joe Farace Tri-X? HP5? Pan-X? Here’s monochrome madness with a digital twist. When color’s off, here are the steps you need to make it right. Creating motion / Joe Farace The movement you need is on your software Digital imaging and your health / Joe Farace Go easy on the eyes, back, and carpal tunnel when spending all day fixing images.  Enhancing images with Photoshop-compatible plug-ins / Joe Farace Software that takes your images to a new level. Filters for digital photographers, part 1: Are optical filters still relevant? / James Bailey There are still some effects you can’t achieve in the digital darkroom Filters for digital photographers, part 2: What’s really going on in your computer? / James Bailey A look under the hood of popular imaging software. How to create and use Photoshop Actions / Joe Farace Want to save tons of time? Get a piece of the Actions. Working with layers in Photoshop / Joe Farace> Another variation on the digital sandwich technique.Photo Credits:Top of page photo: © istockphoto / Marco Onofri;Diane Miller (9); Mason Resnick (1); Joe Farace (2)© 2007 Adorama
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