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After Edge Mask

Yet Another Photoshop Sharpening Method: Edge Mask

September 3, 2013 by A. Cemal Ekin

After the series of posts related to sharpening in Photoshop, one reader commented and asked whether split sharpening or …

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Edge Sharpening

Split Sharpening: Better Sharpening in Photoshop, 3

August 24, 2013 by A. Cemal Ekin

In this final post about split sharpening, I will provide a method of sharpening lighten and darken components of the …

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Split Sharpen

Split Sharpening: Better Sharpening in Photoshop – 2

August 23, 2013 by A. Cemal Ekin

In the previous post in this series, I explained how to separate a sharpened layer into separate lighten and darken …

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Split Sharpen

Split Sharpening: Better Sharpening in Photoshop, 1

August 18, 2013 by A. Cemal Ekin

Sharpening digitally captured images in Photoshop, or any other editing software is unavoidable because of the softness …

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Before Sharpening

Sharpening Workshop

January 10, 2010 by A. Cemal Ekin

I ran a workshop on January 3, 2010, for the members of PSRI. The main purpose was to explore the sharpening strategies …

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White Balance - As Shot

Remove Color Cast in Lightroom

June 10, 2021 by A. Cemal Ekin

With a little help from Photoshop that is. If you are using Lightroom, you have Photoshop included in your subscription. …

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Channel Swapped R and B, Green Split 50-50

Infrared Channel Swapping in Lightroom, IV

May 25, 2021 by A. Cemal Ekin

This is the final installment of the infrared channel swap in Lightroom. This time, we will go through Photoshop and use …

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Wild Thyme Fields, Tenedos, panorama, HDR

It’s About The Light

April 14, 2020 by A. Cemal Ekin

Photos and graphos, light, and writing from Greek gave us the word we use every day. Millions of times. Over time, the …

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Ironsmith works

Scanning Strategies

February 13, 2020 by A. Cemal Ekin

I have scanned many slides, negatives, prints over the years. Since late December 2019, I have been doing it as a …

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Default Settings

Set Lightroom for Your Camera

June 5, 2016 by A. Cemal Ekin

Lightroom has come a long way since its original beta version. In many ways, the changes have been for the better, bar a …

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Moo Card Backs

New Business Cards

June 1, 2016 by A. Cemal Ekin

A while back I wrote about the Moo printing operation and how much they stood behind their product. Since then, I had …

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Lightroom Preset Panel

Lightroom Presets – Make Your Own

March 7, 2015 by A. Cemal Ekin

Presets Save Time Lightroom presets are nothing more than saved adjustments made to an image. They become one-click …

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SuperKey

On Actions and Presets

March 4, 2015 by A. Cemal Ekin

From the early days of computing, saving keystrokes, and being able to repeat certain tasks with ease have been very …

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JPEG Compression 9

JPEG Voodoo: Or, Does JPEG Compression Matter

January 23, 2015 by A. Cemal Ekin

Would you say the above photograph has any compression artifacts? JPEG compression too much, not enough, or just right? …

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Light - The essence of photography

Alt Key is Magic in Lightroom

August 24, 2012 by A. Cemal Ekin

Before getting into the Alt key, I would like to inform the readers that in this series, I will try to add frequent …

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Lightroom 4 Clarity Slider Muddies the Tool

Lightroom 4 Clarity Slider

April 4, 2012 by A. Cemal Ekin

I have been using Lightroom 4 for a while now and have already written extensively on printing-related issues. In this …

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Photoshop CS6 Public Beta

Photoshop CS6 Quick Review

March 22, 2012 by A. Cemal Ekin

Adobe announced the public beta release of the next Photoshop, anyone can download and use the new release until it …

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Lightroom to Photo Lab Workflow

Print From Lightroom to File For Lab Printing

January 13, 2012 by A. Cemal Ekin

Self Print or Lab Print I try to do most of my printing myself. I enjoy the process as part of the full creative …

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Soft-Focus Effect

The Soft Focus Effect

August 25, 2011 by A. Cemal Ekin

I have written about the model photographs with electroluminescent skin with razor-sharp eyes and eyelashes and made a …

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Light - The essence of photography

Smart Publishing with MagCloud Part 2

February 25, 2011 by A. Cemal Ekin

This is part 2 of a 2-part series on publishing magazines at MagCloud. If you have not read part 1 please review that …

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Cemal speaking at a photo club

Speaking

October 18, 2010 by A. Cemal Ekin

I enjoy sharing what little I may know about photography, its tradition and history, the art of photography, digital …

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Light - The essence of photography

Photoshop Is A Girl’s Best Friend, 3

July 15, 2010 by A. Cemal Ekin

Retouching the Portrait Let’s start by viewing a short video, all the way to the end. Click on the following link and …

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After Sharpening

On Giclée and Understanding Digital Photography, III

August 19, 2007 by A. Cemal Ekin

Oh, where was I? Yes, I was trying to dispel some myths about digital photography and Giclee printing. Let me continue …

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Profile Connecting Space

Photographic (digital) Workflow

December 6, 2006 by A. Cemal Ekin

The term workflow has been closely associated with digital photography. I think this is a misnomer. The core idea is and …

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