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How to Use Lightroom Presets

Almost all photographs require some editing, even if it’s just for making subtle adjustments no one except the photographer will notice. And editing can take a lot of time and energy. That’s why creating an editing routine and using as many automated tools as possible increase your efficiency and help you create a cohesive body of work. Here is where …

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How to Enhance Contrast in Affinity Photo

A few subtle changes make the difference between a dull picture and one ready for printing or exhibiting. Photo editors such as Affinity Photo, Photoshop, and Luminar AI compete in offering smart automatic adjustments and tools for controlling the tiniest detail of the image. Fixing exposure, contrast, color, and white balance are the most frequent adjustments a photographer does. When …

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Photo Editing Plugins Pros and Cons

Digital photography has transformed photo manipulation into art. Nowadays, retouching and altering photos are so common that just the bravest photographers show their raw, non-edited images. New photo editors or updated versions of old ones appear every year, and we’re curious to try them. Moreover, we’re constantly tempted by new presets and plugins. Our devices host several photo editing programs, …

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4 Tips for Editing Winter Landscape Photographs

Winter landscapes reveal one of the unseen faces of the world: the shapes of the hills and mountains, the lines of leafless trees and rivers, the fractal-like geometry of snowflakes, and the gritty texture of the ground. They are full of stories, moods, and feelings. At the same time, it’s straightforward to go too far and lose the connection with …

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Edit Flowers in Photography

Flowers are one of the most popular subject matters for photographers. Although it might be challenging to create unique compositions and find rare wildflowers, photographers are inspired by the delicate strength, beautiful colors, and unique patterns of flowers. From nature and landscape photos to fine-art and black and white prints, flowers find their way in portfolios, exhibitions, and commercial products. …

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Photo Editing Plugins Pros and Cons

Digital photography has transformed photo manipulation into art. Nowadays, retouching and altering photos is so common that just the bravest photographers show their raw, non-edited photos. New photo editors or updated versions of old ones appear every year, and we’re curious to try them. Moreover, we’re constantly tempted by new presets and editing plugins. Our devices host several photo editing …

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Four Photo Editing Steps to Fix Your Photos

With so many photo editors and filters at hand, it’s easy to fix your photos or produce amazing artworks. However, it’s also easy to overdo it and process your images too much. If you photograph the real world and want natural-looking images, photo editing should be subtle and honest. Focus on getting the right exposure, a well-balanced composition, accurate colors, …

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Create Sharp Photos with Focus Stacking

There are times in a photographer’s life when lighting conditions, gear, and camera–subject positioning don’t align the way the photographer wants and a shallow depth of field is impossible to avoid. You have to choose between sacrificing your composition and rethinking the frame or finding a way to extend the depth of the field. The good news is there is …

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What’s New in Affinity Photo 1.9

Affinity Serif launched the 1.9 versions for the whole Affinity suite. This includes improvements and bright new features for Affinity Photo too. If you don’t use Affinity Photo 1.9, it’s a good time to consider it and see why it can be a better image editing solution for you than Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom. If you already use Affinity Photo, …

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Use Affinity Photo, Five Reasons Why

The job of a photographer doesn’t end after pressing the shutter release. At the beginning of photography, the film had to be developed in order to see the photos. Today, the photos have to be edited in order to produce their best version. For many years, digital photo editing was the kingdom of Adobe Photoshop. However, it’s not the case …