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- dbarefoot, on 10/10/2007, -1/+60The title is misleading, as these are 'simple and effective Photoshop tips'. They have nothing to do with, you know, actually taking the photos.
- Bricks, on 10/10/2007, -8/+17Offer her some wine first. She'll be much more relaxed about it.
- aepex, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Photographic Tips != Photoshop Tips
Also, this article isn't too informative when it comes to actually telling you what situations these tools are best used in. - has2k1, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10Ignored misleading part of the title. Dugg for actually being simple.
- quomen, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9They aren't really tips either.
". Curves (Ctrl + M)
Another simple tool to enhance…"
Great tip... - quomen, on 10/10/2007, -5/+11Err dude have you ever taken a picture with something other than your casio exlilim? You will NOT freeze a racecar travelling at 200mph with a 1/200 (not 200) shutter speed. It all depends on your distance from the race car, the amount of available lighting, and also the focal length of the car. 1/200 will barely freeze a baseball batter. If you expect to take a decent close-action race photo then keep you camera on continous focus (or half press the shutter constantly) and also set your camera to shoot as rapidly as possible. The higher FPS the better because you have a greater variety and higher probability of picking the "best shot". I always keep my camera on aperture priority mode and adjust the camera sensitivity (ISO/ASA) accordingly in order to get the best shutterspeed for my needs as well as maintaining the creative potential by controlling the depth of field. Waiting for a car to pass in front of you takes too much guesswork and limits your picture to one shot.
Sorry for the long comment but your tips weren't that great. :P - bieber, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Yeah, the OP's point was _not_ to freeze the car in place, but to pan it. You keep the car in the same part of the frame, but the background, relatively, is passing by, so you get motion blur in the background.
- quomen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4If you're going to convert any image to black and white, use the channel mixer. That's pretty much all I have to say.
- syco123, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I know in this world of ADD internet users, everyone wants a top 10 list to improve. But if you're serious about improving both photography and post processing then have a look at http://GoingManual.com. It'll take a while to read it but it's worth the effort.
Photoshop and The Gimp are both used in the tutorials. - EssPii, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4If you are talking about a pan shot, you would probably want to set a slower shutter speed. I also don't see where you got 1/200th of a second from as its the steadyness and smoothness of your pan that keeps the subject in focus and motion blurs the background, not the shutter speed perse. I also suggest using a monopod to get some extra support for your pan.
http://esspea-photography.com/blog/ - alevel27mage, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5This article should be called "Simple and Effective tips to over-saturate your photos."
Seriously, lame. - TokyoGodfather, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2that is actually very true...http://www.flickr.com/photos/omnilord7/sets/72157601828739656
- tanto, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3A great photograph is a work of art; it evokes an emotion from the viewer. The way you portray a scene, the composition, is the way a viewer will experience the scene.
To create a beautiful work of art in a photograph, it helps to have a plan, some emotion, or impact that you want the picture to have. This will affect the way you shoot the scene as well as the way viewers will eventually experience it. Share your emotions with your viewers through your photograph.
http://customerdataplus.com/blog/2007/06/04/photography-what-makes-a-photograph-great/ - smackhero, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1wow, her boyfriend seems kinda creepy for taking exploitive photos like that--and that chick's not even that pretty.
- smackhero, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1you clearly don't know what levels and curves are. those are two of the most crucial tools for photo enhancement/digital image processing, but they're often overlooked by photoshop users for the more obvious and eye-catching filters and effects. the reason this happens is because we don't like to read manuals and most people are used to just sitting down and messing around with new applications in a learn-as-you-go fashion. that might work for a lot of the more obvious tools and features in photoshop, like contrast/brightness, drop shadows, etc., but more subtle, and perhaps more opaquely named, image adjustment tools like levels, curves, and many useful blending modes like overlay, hard light, soft light, etc. get ignored when they're actually much more useful than the majority of flashy overused filters and effects in photoshop, at least to photographers, anyway.
- smackhero, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1this article actually discusses the photoshop features most useful to photography--levels, curves, and the overlay blending mode. it's not talking about overused photoshop filters/effects that have nothing to do with photo processing, and it's not a tutorial on how to use photoshop to get a specific effect, but it does point out some very important and too often overlooked features pertaining to photo enhancement.
- Sogui, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I applied Gaussian Blur trick (#1) to some photos of mine and it looked like something you'd see in a Claritin commercial, like a veil of fog was stripped off the photo.
As impressive as it was, if there are people in the picture it can make them look a tad unnatural. - EssPii, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You can get some sweet panning football and basketball shots with slow shutter speeds. Think outside the f/2.8 zoom and 1/250th shutter speed box that most sports photographers are stuck in.
- smackhero, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1any self-professed digital photographer should know how to use curves/levels adjustments to enhance their photos. the enhancements are often subtle, and it takes some effort to learn how to effectively use those tools as well as various blending modes like overlay, hard light, soft light, etc., but used correctly, they can greatly improve the look for you photos.
- piratearggghhh, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Wow, try the free photoshop actions. There's one in there for Sepia tone and a really cool "300" movie effect. Download it, go to the actions tab and load the action, then press play. Pretty cool effects.
- theblooms, on 10/10/2007, -7/+8OK, seeing as this article has NOTHING to do with photographic tips, I'll give one that works awesome for sports action, especially racing. Whatever speed your subject is going, say for a race car 200 mph, set your shutter speed accordingly, so in that instance, 200. Then set the aperture appropriately. Follow your object as it passes in front of you and hit the shutter. Your subject will stay in focus, but the background will be blurred. Cool as hell effect!
- Snappysnap, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1As others are pointing out, the technique you are trying to describe - not very well - is 'panning'. See the way others have reacted to your comment? Now THAT's panning!
- quomen, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2srry and one more thing. If you wait for the car to pass in front of you then the car will be blurred and the background will be sharp. just fyi. I guess for racing shots it's a little different because the car doesn't really do any moving other than in one direction. Shooting football baseball and basketball are a compltely different ball game (pun not intended).
- EssPii, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3Focal length of the car thats a new consideration for me. I also like your "spray and pray" approach... you are bound to get an acceptable shot if you mash the trigger and hope for the best! With racecars it is easy to 'freeze' them, even F1 cars, at 1/40th of a second using a technique called panning. You get shots that actually convey motion rather than stoping the car in it tracks and making it look like it is parked.
Panning: http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3178577/2/istockphoto_3178577_going_for_it.jpg
Bad example, but its all I can find before my edit runs out. - smackhero, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1actually, digital processing is an important part of digital photography IMO. it can greatly improve your photos if you know what to do. i agree that this submission doesn't go into much detail, but it wasn't really meant to be a tutorial. as the title suggests, it's just a collection of tips that beginners might not know about. heck, i wish someone would have tipped me off about the overlay blending mode or levels/curves when i first started using photoshop.
a lot of people just use photoshop for the cheesy, overused effects like emboss, drop shadow, etc. but for professional photographers and graphic designers, tools like levels, curves, and gradient maps are far more useful. for a photographer especially, these subtle adjustments can turn _good_ photos into _great_ photos. - clafleche, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2should read: "Simple and Easy tips to make that boring giraffe photo look even more generic."
- superdoofus, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3Or, learn basic photographic techniques regarding aperature and shutter speed. It's a ***** easier to spend 20 seconds adjusting your camera before you take the shot than spending time goofing and tweaking it in photoshop or gimp. How the hell else are you going to learn that you are trying to capture a moment and lend creedence to the fact that you were there other than weaving your device and its parameters into this gestalt over hoping to romanticize and manipulate it beyond how effective the mis en scene presented itself in the first place? on the other hand, if you're just all about a process, switch to film. it's far more involved and takes more instinct than "photographers" that are only as good as their photoshop skills. As someone who has been producing and selling and showing work for the last 21 years, i advise you of this: check your corners, check the lines, know your devices and how it parlays to media, and lastly, grant the world its presented essence the moment you snap the shutter. otherwise you're falling into the palsied and pliant and perfunctory world of the simple mind inhabited by the "graphic designer". your own personal experiences are worth more than that...as evidenced by your decision to raise the camera to your eye and frame it up.
- wellyuk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0These are pretty bad photographic tips. Does anyone have any ACTUAL photographic tips? Because I, for one, would like some to get better use out of my Nikon D70
- jacekpoplawski, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2Well, you can do the same in Gimp, but there is nothing about taking photos in the article.
- monospaced, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Funny thing is that the article covers the most basic Photoshop functions in the application. These aren't really tips at all.
- anemeli, on 10/10/2007, -5/+3Oh god... I read the title as "Simple and Effective Pornographic tips..." (and was of course confused by the article that was to follow)
There must be something seriously wrong with me... - spudnic, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2Like all tips, they're only useful if you don't already know them.
Duh.
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