Note: This has become a rather technical essay, in which I juggle a lot with equations and units. As such, it doesn’t quite meet the general readability standards of the other pages on this site. However, I have tried hard to keep things as straightforward as possible, and I do think the content is worthwhile…
Top 10 Alternatives to Photoshop for Photographers
Adobe Photoshop is one of the best digital photo editing tools out there, but it’s also highly expensive. Luckily, there are plenty of free (and even cheap) alternatives that work just as well. Here are ten of the best Photoshop alternatives available for both Windows and Mac. Luminar: well-known photo editing tool Luminar is a…
The Best Photographers of All Time: An Incomplete List
Photographers help us see the world in a way we never could before. They capture moments in time and help us look at them from another perspective. Photographers have the ability to use light, composition, and angles to evoke different feelings from their viewers. Some photographers even have the unique ability to create images that…
Tonability
Tonability is a plugin (Windows only) for Adobe Photoshop that can be used for the tonal manipulation of images, without giving up control over the color. It offers various methods to apply tone curves, and can interpolate between those methods. The precise tonal and color control that is offered by Tonability makes it ideally suited for use in…
CurveTools
LuminanceCurve & LightnessCurve The CurveTools are a set of Photoshop actions for Photoshop CS/CS2/CS3 that allow the user to apply a tone mapping (or zone mapping, if you like). The CurveTools are unique in fully decoupling the luminosity of pixels from their color (hue & saturation), and allowing for luminosity-only adjustments on pixels as a function of their original…
Sensor Formats: Does Size Matter?
For the last couple of decades before the rise of digital photography, for the overwhelming majority of photographers, the choice of which format to use was easy: 35mm film. The larger formats were a niche market for the wealthy or especially demanding photographers, and on the other side of the spectrum, APS never gained much…
The Scene-Referred Workflow – a Proposal
Many photographers claim that they want their photographs to look as realistic as possible. Taken literally, this implies a scene-referred image (explained in more detail below). Unfortunately, scene-referred images tend to look washed out and dark on displays and print, due to differences in contrast range and brightness. Hence, scene-referred images are commonly dismissed as no more…
ACR Calibrator
The ACR Calibrator L script for Adobe Photoshop is used to calibrate a camera’s color response in an Adobe Camera Raw / Lightroom workflow. It uses the standardized colors of the GretagMacBeth ColorChecker target to calibrate the camera’s color response.
Lightroom Presets: What They Are and How They Can Make Your Photos Look Amazing
Lightroom presets are a great way to save time when editing photos, by helping you achieve common looks quickly and easily. You can create your own, download free or buy professional pre-made Lightroom presets from online.
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