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The 3 minute retouch.
0In fact, it took less than three minutes but who’s counting right? Lets start with a photo of a colorful young lady, courtesy of Kendra at http://www.kendraalexis.com/ Thank you for letting me use this as an example. Let me start with a small disclaimer: Your …
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Get better backgrounds.
You know you are guilty of it. Trying to retouch the background flat white (or black) and you missed a spot. Now your prints are back from the lab and you have an ugly dark spot that didn’t show up on the screen but there …
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PCB Forums Close
As many here may already be aware, the “PCB” forums (Alien Bees, White Lightning) have been permanently shut down by management. “We regret that the Paul C. Buff, Inc. Customer Forum has been permanently closed. We appreciate the many enthusiastic members and posts to this …
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Duotone Actions : Easy color conversions.
Rather than sell you a packaged action like some sites or simply build it and make it a download, I am going to show you how to make the action for yourself and how to tweak it for your own needs and desires. Having grown …
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Mice vs Trackball vs Tablet
So many options, so little room on your desktop. I’ve tried, tested and pretty much weighed them all recently. And the winner is… Hands down, I use the mouse 90% of the time. And I recently purchased a new one to replace the Apple Wireless …
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Pro Lighting on a Budget?
With the recently announced AlienBees MAX™ mono-flash units from Paul C. Buff, Inc now even photographers on a budget can afford lighting with professional level digital controls and features. The new AB MAX even has features that other “high end” brands do not include. They …
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Weakest Link of Monitor Calibraiton
Surely everyone in graphics and photography knows the importance of a well calibrated monitor by now. But a well calibrated monitor is only as good as it’s weakest link. Let us discuss what can go wrong. A proper calibration should take into account more than …
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Quickie Eye Enhancement : Part 2
Just in case you missed part one a few days ago, here is the link to part one: Quickie Eye Enhancement : Part 1 Here I will concentrate on areas around the eyes which are easily just as important to retouch properly as the eyes …
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Quickie Eye Enhancement : Part 1
We are all guilty of it. Shooting in less than perfect conditions with less than ideal equipment for the job. And sometimes that is OK because we know we can take the files home and fix it with some post process retouching. Here is a …
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Nikon D400 & D750 to come?
Although both still rumors, it is a mystery how much of the hype could be true. As a current Nikon user (and former Canon user so I try to be unbiased), I really hope that both are real and come to market this year so …
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