Photo Software
Adobe has announced major updates to two of its most popular consumer photo and video editing programs—Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021 and Adobe Premiere Elements 2021. More than a refresh of old tricks, both of these editing programs incorporate the streamlined editing and organizational capabilities of Adobe Sensei and feature
Breathing new life into its DMC-GH4 Mirrorless Micro Four Thirds Digital Camera, Panasonic has just announced firmware version 2.5 that adds Post Focus, 4K PHOTO, and External Flash Burst functions to the camera’s feature set. All of these functions rely on the GH4’s impressive speed and high
Adding even more functionality to the Lumix line, Panasonic has just announced a new firmware update that allows you to refine your point of focus after shooting. Making use of the already versatile series of 4K Photo shooting modes, along with the intelligent DFD (Depth from Defocus) system, the new Post Focus setting lets you decide your critical point of focus after the fact by simply tapping the area of the image you wish to be in focus.
During shooting, the initial image will be
Following the lead of the a7S II and a7R II, Sony’s a7 II Mirrorless Digital Camera will be receiving uncompressed raw via a firmware update, set to be released on November 18. This option provides users with the choice between smaller file sizes via compression or the retention of as
This video, from the 2015 B&H Optic Imaging Conference, will take your color to new frequencies. Learn new ways of thinking about color that will help you see and produce truly pleasing images. Photographer John Paul Caponigro, with his calming and inspirational tones, discusses the complicated elements of color science, as well as color psychology, color management and, of course, color adjustment in Photoshop. Topics include: three essential elements of color—luminosity, hue, and saturation; three types of color—ideal, ambient, and
The world of photo sharing and online photo storage and sharing is ever changing. By the time the ink dries on your screen, much of what you are about to read may be outdated.
There are some inherent advantages to uploading your images to “The Cloud.” Offsite storage of data prevents you from losing your precious photographs in the event of a power surge, fire, or other disaster at your home or studio. With all of your pictures stored online, you may access your images from a remote computer or mobile device with a web browser. Online storage
As much as we like to think photography is a pure art form, we do still have to consider basic physics when we create images. One major sticking point is that when you close in on a subject, there’s something that happens all the time in macro photography: the depth of field becomes increasingly shallower. Normally, a couple of stops down on the aperture can solve this problem but, at extremely close ranges, you can’t always get exactly what