Julie Powell is a photographer, writer and educator, offers unique photographic opportunities and inspirational ideas to help YOU become the photographer you wish to be.
All in Post Processing
Getting comfortable with artificial intelligence can take a bit of getting used to. Being a Gen. Xer, we are perhaps seen (by some) as a little cynical — I mean we rode the computer generation wave to a degree. We saw the first home computer revolution, I watched as my children take to it with ease as I struggled to figure out a mouse.
It’s been a little while, but I have just released a new range of Lightroom Presets…Sweet Hydrangea Collection.
I recently did a brief overview of my first time playing with Boris FX Optics, and I must say it was rather difficult to fit everything into a short 15 minute video. So I thought I might come back with a bit more of a breakdown. This time I want to show you the parameter settings available for the presets.
I create a lot of digital art, and nothing has got me quite excited lately like Plotamorph (which is all part of Plotaverse). I can create fantastic animated before and after images that blend seamlessly and really create a fabulous amount of interest in my work.
Isn’t it always the way that, just before some big event, you chip a tooth or break out in pimples, or junior’s wobbly tooth just fell out, the kid fell over and scraped his nose?
How much crop is too much? I recently got asked this question and my smart aleck response was, “if there are no pixels left, you cropped in too much!” But it is a fair question, right?
Getting your images ready for print with Xpozer has never been quicker or easier in Luminar (and Lightroom) with the new FREE Xpozer Prints Presets Pack.
Not so long ago I wrote a post about Excire Search, a plugin for Lightroom Classic, which allows you to quickly search for faces, people, landmarks and more within your entire Lightroom catalog. But what if you don’t use Lightroom? Well, the people over at Excire have been working on a stand-alone version — Excire Foto. This program allows you to search your entire hard drive for images using similar search criteria.
How do you use a gray card in portraits to correctly adjust for white balance in Lightroom Classic? It’s super easy. If you have some actual gray cards or color checker system, use those and get your model to hold up near her face and take a shot.
Do you have Plotaverse on your PC? Do you know there is also a Plotaverse mobile app available, too?
Just what is exposure bracketing? It’s a feature in many DSLR and mirrorless cameras that allows you to take a group of different exposures for the same image.
I recently wrote a post about how I felt people were getting to hung up on noise (or grain) in their images.
Are you one of those portrait photographers who want to get in and get out real quick when it comes to editing? Not everyone wants to spend hours cleaning up blemishes in an image.
It has never been easier to make eyes pop in portraits using Luminar 4. You can use it as standalone software, or as a plugin or Smart Object filter in Photoshop.
Skylum just released its 4.2 update to Luminar, claiming even more powerful AI tools. Offering refinements to various AI features — including AI Sky Replacement — the company claims to have fixed many of the bugs that caused unexpected errors and crashes. In addition to AI Sky Replacement, there are improvements to portrait editing as well as a new eraser tool.
Throughout the month of March, every Sunday I am going to post a quick video on a quick fix, edit or adjustment in Adobe Photoshop
I really like to keep my portraits simple, no over-processing or spending hours on the PC. I try to capture everything in-camera as much as I can. Shooting RAW, I find most images out of the camera are a little flat and they need some processing. But again my aim is always to try and keep it simple. So when I was recently asked to review a copy of DxO PhotoLab 3, I was keen to put it through its paces.
DxO PhotoLab is non-destructive and makes a new DOP file with all corrections and filters, so it is really no different in that regard to Lightroom. So what does it offer? Well to start with — price. If you are just after the basics of PhotoLab, it’s only $129 (You can get Nik and PhotoLab 2 for $149.00). There’s also no Subscription.
These days taking an image with a DSLR camera is usually only half the process — the rest of the magic happens in post-processing…
So Luminar 4 has been out for a little while now, and there are some great features to really make your images pop!
