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The Unofficial Photoshop Weblog
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Heading into retirement
Unfortunately, I'm not talking about myself. But as Jan indicated in her final post, the Unofficial Photoshop Weblog is heading into the autumn of its life. Here at Weblogs, Inc., retirement is an active state of being. The blog will remain archived for reference and searching. Many thanks to Jan Kabili and David Chartier for their fine contributions. They are both remaining in the Weblogs, Inc. network -- you can find Jan and David blogging on TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) and elsewhere.
And thanks especially to everyone who ever visited the Unofficial Photoshop Weblog!Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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The Final Post
Filed under: Podcasts, Videos, Training  This is the final post on The Unofficial Photoshop Weblog. It's also a new beginning for Photoshop Online, which I'll be hosting as an independent video podcast at http://photoshoponline.tv . Join me there in a couple of days (once the little elves get the domain names resolved) for a feast of Photoshop tips and techniques. In the meantime, you can watch as I get the site up and running at its temporary URL http://kabili.libsyn.com. The RSS feed for Photoshop Online will be http://kabili.libsyn.com/rss .
And don't forget to catch David and my posts on all things Apple over at our sister site The Unofficial Apple Weblog.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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HDR -- High Dynamic Range Photography -- in a nutshell
Filed under: Automation, Digital photography, Photo editing  The New York Times has an interesting article on HDR - High Dynamic Range photography. HDR allows photographers to combine multiple exposures to bring out the full range of tonal values in a scene, retaining detail in dark shadows as well as bright highlight areas. The results, like these mouthwatering images by photog Kris Kros, are sometimes hyper-realistic, making a photograph look like a hybrid photo-cum-painting. There are several programs for rendering HDR images, including Photoshop CS2. If you're interested in trying out the HDR features in Photoshop CS2, here are the basics:
The trick is to take several shots of the same scene at slightly different exposures and merge the images into one 32-bit HDR file in Photoshop (CS2 only). Shoot in RAW format. Be sure to use a tripod so your camera doesn't move between shots. Bracket exposures by changing shutter speed one stop for each shot, without changing your aperture. In Photoshop, choose File>Automate>Merge to HDR, and browse to your bracketed shots. Choose 32 bits as the bit depth if you want to retain all of the tonal information. Photoshop will merge the multiple exposures into one 32-bit file.
The merged image may look washed out at first because an HDR image contains a larger dynamic range than your monitor can display. You can adjust Photoshop's preview of the merged image by choosing View>32-bit Preview Options and adjusting Exposure, Gamma, and Highlight Compression settings there. These settings do not affect the image -- only the way it appears on your monitor. To adjust the image itself, choose Image>Adjustments>Exposure. In the Exposure dialog box, use the Exposure slider to adjust the highlights, the Offset slider to adjust shadows and midtones, and the Gamma slider to adjust , well, the gamma. Save the 32-bit file in Radiance (.hdr) format. If you want to manipulate the image further in Photoshop, convert it to 16 bits so you have access to more tools and features. You can print the 16-bit file, or convert it to 8-bit for printing.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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NAPP Lightroom training updated for Windows
Filed under: Videos, Tutorials, Training, Digital photography, Photo editing, Lightroom, Adobe Labs  Now that you Windows users have heard that there's a beta of Adobe Lightroom for you (a free download from Adobe), you're probably hungry for some Windows specific training. As usual, NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) is right on it. They've updated their Lightroom training page with some new videos that show the Windows version of Lightroom, including Matt Kloskowski's Intro to the Develop Module, Secrets of the Tone Curve, and Magic of Split-Toning. Mac users will benefit from these videos too, because Lightroom's settings are similar across the platforms.
And if you want to see what other users are saying about the Windows beta or post your own impressions, join in on Adobe's Lightroom Beta Windows discussion board.Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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Windows version of Lightroom beta now available
Filed under: Lightroom, Tryouts, Adobe Labs 
Last month Adobe released a third beta of Lightroom, and now a Windows version is available for download. It doesn't seem like any major new features or updates have been added, but Windows users can finally stop re-forwarding request emails to the Adobe Labs team and take Lightroom for a spin.
Being that Lightroom has seen three (beta) versions on the Mac, we'd like to hear your thoughts on how well the Windows versions performs and stacks up to its counterpart.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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