April 2019 archive

A Full-Frame Lens with a ‘Medium Format Look’

Zeiss has just officially announced the new Otus 100mm f/1.4 lens for the Canon EF and Nikon F mounts. It’s the fourth Otus lens to be announced and the one with the longest focal length so far. With the addition of the manual-focus 100mm f/1.4, the Otus lens family (which touts “uncompromising performance”) now consists …

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30 Free Fabric Photoshop Pattern Sets for Your Toolbox

When it comes to Photoshop, both the opportunities and the availability of resources are endless. Naturally, we can’t resist putting together another set of amazing Photoshop patterns for you. So, what is it going to be today? Today we bring you a collection of 30 fabric patterns for you to use in your projects. Before …

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500px + stackt team up for a larger-than-life photo competition

Show us what you’ve got, photographers: we’re giving you a blank canvas in a totally outside-the-box opportunity—literally. 500px and stackt have teamed up to launch the ultimate two-part photo Quest and give 5 photographers around the world an exclusive, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help transform the Toronto skyline as part of stackt’s curated discovery! The prize? …

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A nice peek at Julieanne’s Lightroom Classic Sorting Workflow

Posted By Scott Kelby on Friday, March 29, 2019 in Featured, Lightroom Classic | Nice post from Adobe’s Lightroom and Photoshop Evangelist Julieanne Kost over on her Adobe Blog. It’s called “Assigning Flags, Star Ratings, and Color Labels in Lightroom Classic” but what I like in particular is that she quickly shares her own sorting …

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Poster Design | 35 Photoshop Tutorials for Designing Your Own Posters

Creating posters with Photoshop can be a lot of fun and there are unlimited opportunities. In these tutorials, you’ll learn some new ways to enhance your Photoshop skills while creating posters for all kinds of purposes. A lot of different styles of design are represented, and each one takes a different approach to get to …

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We’ve Updated Our Sony a7r III Review to Include Animal Eye AF Tests

The Phoblographer’s Sony a7r III review is now updated to include our tests with Animal Eye AF. With the new Sony a7r III firmware 3.0 update, photographers are getting a pretty significant boost to their camera’s performance. A lot of this boost has to do with autofocus algorithms and what the Sony a7r III is …

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Realistic Neon Text Effect in Photoshop » Photoshop Tutorials

Learn how to create a stunning neon text effect with wires using Photoshop. Creating a neon sign, is fun. There are many different variations you can create. I will show you a great way, by mainly using layer styles and a few filters. You can also choose to pick whatever …

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Take A Road To Nowhere – 360Cities – Panoramic Photography Blog

Who hasn’t experienced that carefree feeling of solitude and freedom while driving down an empty highway, with no sign of human life as far as the eye can see?   We’d like to invite you on a journey, courtesy of some of our well-traveled creators, along a number of roads to nowhere, without you having to …

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How To Apply Lightroom Presets by BeArt-Presets to Video

If you want to import video, you just have to do the same way you import a photo. You just need to select a file, import then drag and drop. The only difference is your file name extension. It reflects the video format instead of NEF, JPEG, CR2, DNG, or TIFF. Hand editing and applying …

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“Designing Custom Fine Art Textures/Overlays”!

There are many ways to create beautiful fine art textures. Many are created by taking a photo of a real texture and then making adjustments in Photoshop. Some amazing examples can be found at Flypaper Textures. Their textures are some of the most gorgeous ones I have ever seen and used. But if you don’t …

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Canon EOS R Review – Photography Life

2018 was a big year for mirrorless cameras with Nikon, Canon, and Panasonic all announcing their first full-frame mirrorless systems. Nikon struck first when it released the Nikon Z-series cameras in the summer, but Canon wasn’t too far behind when they introduced the EOS R a couple of months later. Over the years, Canon has …

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