Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Can’t Afford Photoshop – Try The Pixlr Chrome App For Free
There is no doubt that the most popular photo editing is Photoshop, but at a price that many cannot afford, especially if new to photography it is worth looking for alternatives. One such alternative, which is free by the way, is Pixlr. A photo editing Chrome app with a surprising amount of functionality.
Pixlr introduces itself with the following description;
Pixlr presents a full featured photo editor direct in your browser, no download, no wait and 100% free.
If you are used to working with Gimp, Paint shop pro or even Photoshop you will feel right at home with this online image editor. It contains lots of the features that you normally see in desktop applications but just one click away. Jump in and start using this tool, no registration required and loads in matter of seconds. Pixlr editor is the most popular advanced photo editor online! Some of the tools included are, red eye reduction, spot heal tool, drawing tools, clone tools, sharpen and blur tools and many more. Some of the filters include, mimic HDR, glamor glow, tilt-shift, Gaussian blur, vignette, noise and lots of more. The Adjustments include some advanced concepts like Levels, Curves, Cross process, Desaturate, Auto levels, Hue/Saturation and Brightness/Contrast. The editor is capable of open PSD files and paste from your clipboard!
Pixlr allows you to either create a new image (nothing new there) or open an image to work on. Now this is where it gets interesting. Unlike the normal photo editing apps that simply allow you to open images stored on your PC, Pixlr allows you to open images directly from the web. Whether this be from an image url or from a social media photo library, such as Facebook or Flickr (with authorization).
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Tagged: Afford, Can’t, Chrome, Photoshop, Pixlr
Saturday Photography Project – Church
Spent an hour or two at a local churchyard, taking some HDR images, today. It was one of the few nice days we’ve had here in the UK so I wanted to take advantage of the great light and blue skies.
My HDR Explained tutorial explains the HDR process used from start to finish.
All images were processed using 3 images at 2 stops, F16, ISO100.. The lens is an 8mm Fisheye from Samyang.
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Tagged: Church, Photography, Project, Saturday
Add This Not So Well Known Enhancement To Your HDR Workflow
002 Jun 2013, camera RAW tips by Barry Chignell
I recently watched a Photoshop video tutorial by Bryan O’Neil Hughes. One of the tips given during the video was of a little known setting in Camera RAW. This one setting has changed my HDR workflow and allowed me to enhance my photos with much more precision.
Camera RAW is normally used to open RAW format files and allows you to adjust pretty much every aspect of your image. Until recently I (and most others apparently) assumed that you could not use Camera RAW for other file types, such as TIFF and even JPEG, but you can!
Within Photoshop select ‘Edit’ and then ‘Preferences’ and then ‘Camera RAW’ from the menu at the top of the screen, this will open the below window (I use CS6):
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Tagged: Enhancement, Known, Workflow
Old Streets And A Church With A Fisheye
023 Jun 2013fisheye photography, majorca photography, Old Alcudia & Pollensa Streets With A Fisheye by Barry Chignell
I’ve visited the island of Majorca most years since I was about 7 years old. I reckon I’ve been there about 28 times now and still love the place. One of the great features is the abundance of old towns and villages with their picturesque narrow streets and wall climbing flowers. I chose to capture these streets using my Samyang 8mm Fisheye lens as I really like the warped effect it give the walls on either side of the frame and also it’s ability to capture the scene in 180 degrees.
All images processed using Photomatix, Camera RAW and Photoshop. HDR all 3 exposures at 2 stops.
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Tagged: Church, Fisheye, Streets
