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The Best Techniques to Dodge and Burn in Photoshop

Dodging and Burning is a technique used for adding contrast selectively as opposed to using a slider. In this post we dig into 4 advanced ways to do this using Photoshop.

How to Sharpen Your Photos in Affinity Photo and Nik Collection for Optimal Results?

by Peter Dam

Sharpening is one of the hardest post-processing steps to understand for many photographers. There are several pitfalls and obstacles to overcome in order to take your sharpening skills to a professional level. When should you sharpen, to get the best … Read more

Add Contrast Like a PRO using Affinity Photo

by Peter Dam

Learn how to use Affinity Photo to add contrast to your images in different ways. Use a simple contrast adjustment or adobt a more professional way of adding contrast to your images.

Affinity Photo: Working With Masks

by Peter Dam

Affinity Photo: Working with Layer Masks

Using layer masks in Affinity Photo is a powerful way to combine parts of several images into a single image or to limit the effect of adjustment layers and filters to only affect part of your image. Layer masks are nondestructive. This means that you can modify them at any stage of your post-processing workflow.

How to use Photoshop Actions to Add an Exclusive Border?

by Peter Dam

Your awesome photo is processed and ready for print. But still you feel something is missing. Do you want to add an extra exclusive look to your photo with an elegant Photoshop border? And what about applying a Photoshop border automatically to multiple photos by using Photoshop Actions and batch processing. In this post, I will show you both how you can create a border in a few simple steps and how to automate the technique with Photoshop Actions.

How to Use a Photoshop Gradient Map For Stunning Black and White Photos?

by Peter Dam

One of the best ways to use to convert an image to a toned black and white image is by using Photoshop’s Gradient Map tool. With the gradient map tool, you can create a lot of kick-ass looking toned black and white photos, but you can also create some crazy stuff which looks horrible, so take care.

In this tutorial, I will show you how to work with the Photoshop Gradient Map tool to achieve a professional looking toned black and white image.

Here is the original color image that I will convert into a toned black and white photo using a gradient map in Photoshop.

Use Lightroom Smart Collections to Speed Up Your Workflow

by Peter Dam

Do you want to find your best photos in Lightroom – the fast way? Or find your photos without a keyword? You might also be gathering photos for a calendar or yearbook, but struggles with keeping the overview. Then it is time to begin using smart collections.

If you create your own smart collection you can easily find any photo that meets any criteria that you set up.

Lightroom Smart Collections are basically the same as a collection ‐ a way to organize your photos in groups.

How To Create Your Own Lightroom Presets

by Peter Dam

Tired of doing the same thing over and over again in Lightroom? You can make your day easier by creating your own Lightroom preset. This allows you to make multiple corrections to your photo with a single click.

How to use Silver Efex Pro 2 to Create Amazing Black and White Images?

by Peter Dam

What is it about black and white photography that is so amazing? And how can you create it?

In a world full of color, we often get attracted to the colors that ‘screams’ the most for attention or the colors that have the greatest visual mass in a photo. But in some photos, we want the viewers to look at something else like the textures, shapes, lines or connections between two subjects. Creating great black and white images are about obtaining a good contrast. Without it, black and white images will look flat and uninteresting. And Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 got some cool tools to work with to do just that.

In this article, I will show you how to work with Silver Efex Pro 2 so you can create amazing black and white images.