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By Steve Bain
Creating virtually any kind of glass-like effect is by far a favorite of most Web graphic or interface designers. There’s nothing more satisfying than having the ability to create simulated lighting effects in a virtual, dust-free environment. Thanks to CorelDRAW’s interactive effects,...
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Sometimes the simplest solutions arise from watching those who don’t know how, doing. I can remember seeing poorly lit photos caused by my father’s errant finger’s covering the flash. Hmmm, thought I…
If you look back at my article on the Budget Product Shot, you will recall I made a flash diffuser for...
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As many of you have guessed the previous post was an HDR image made through the Photomatix software tool for blending bracketed exposures. What would happen if HDR software didn’t exist? What if I were left to work with only the best exposure? Here is the same picture minus HDR… only one exposure...
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“Now there’s a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.” ~ Shine on, you crazy diamond – Pink Floyd
Common sense sometimes yields the best results when it comes to people photography. When photographing a person, the eyes truly are the window to the soul. When we are attracted to person, [......
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A Video Investigation-right up the middle:
A lapse of photographic judgment recently produced three very appropriate test files for examining the usefulness of the “expose right” ideology in digital photography. I was shooting bracketed exposures of a church in rural North Dakota with HDR...
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Sometimes hotspots in photographs just need a helping hand.
You’ve all been there. You are out shooting some scene in the shadows that proves to be quite dramatic and makes for a stunning final image. The only problem is there is that darned hot-spot of direct sunlight worming its way through the shadow...
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Consider keywording your images today-if you aren’t already. Building a database of images with attached keywords has become easy and necessary in the world of digital capture. If you want to find a specific photo or photos in that sea of thousands of RAW and JPG files on your computer, you stand your...
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By Steve Bain The Cutout Lab introduced in Corel PHOTO-PAINT® X3 enables you to extract or copy photo elements from any digital image with precision and relative ease. Much more than just a quick selection tool, the Cutout Lab accurately detects almost any shape and preserves the fine details of an image...
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Sometimes we become so ingrained in a technique we fail to see alternate applications of a process. Panoramas offer a fresh way to look at a landscape through our cameras but we often overlook the obvious.
Badlands National Park 4-Shot Panorama
Perhaps you seen one of us, out there, rotating on...
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Step away from the light!
Watching proud parents shoot pictures of their new graduates can sometimes be quite painful.
One of my daughters recently graduated from college. I, as a photographer/father, chose to attend the event without my big bag of gear, taking only a Canon G10 compact camera. ...
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Flowing water is one of the few moving subjects which lends itself to the HDR software magic.
HDR of Hidden Falls – Big Woods State Park, MN
HDR, or High-Dynamic-Range, processing depends upon having multiple exposures of a scene taken at different EV values to retain all of the highlight and all...
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From the “How did you do that?” category
In my previous blog entry, I discussed using a digital camera as a magnifier or microscope. I happened to use the occasion of searching for an IPod’s serial number as my real-world example. The mild surprise was that most readers wanted to know about...
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By Steve Bain If you're using an older version of CorelDRAW and you've had problems printing drop shadows in specific ink colors, here's a tip you may find invaluable. In this installment, I'll show you a workaround that will enable you to change your drop shadow color model from CMYK...
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Sometimes fractions of an inch can mean a completely different look and much less time spent cleaning up the background in your image editing package.
Last October, I was in Costa Rica sitting on the porch of my cabin watching the rain. Who goes to the rainforest in the rainy season anyway? I noticed...
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By Steve Bain Few things can make a professional design or layout look more amateurish than blurry pictures. But, intentionally blurring certain areas of a picture can help focus attention on other picture elements. Here's a technique you can use to create or exaggerate depth-of-field effects in...
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