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Hi Im just starting photography on my own. I have a sony dslr a350 and am using adobe photoshop. I just had a few questions about how to edit photos. I was wondering how you get the colors in photos to pop out and for them to also lok very soft at the same time. Also if you use a backdrop how do you get it to look all equal and hidden/ blurry in the background.
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Hey, congratulations on picking up one of the most rewarding hobbies! Looks like you have a very good camera with high megapixel rate (I'm still figuring out the true definition of MP vs. focal length, image size, etc, because I'm pretty sure a lot of it is marketing).
But like I always say, anything over 10 MP and you're set. Why? Because you can crop your image (with Photoshop, for example) and still have enough resolution to blow your image up. Also, it's good for the beginner photographer who may not be sure about framing and can always crop the image down to make a nicer picture.
Welcome to the world of Adobe® Photoshop®, as they like to be called. If you purchased CS4 (or any recent package), you will notice in the fine print somewhere (as well as on their Website) that the word Photoshop is a registered trademark and should not be used as a verb or a noun in order to avoid the word from becoming a genericized trademark: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genericized_trademark â not unlike the word Xerox.
Why do I mention this? Because to me it's hilarious!! Good legal laughs.
Having digressed and entirely avoided answering your question, let's get down to business because you've probably got 20 responses already. Obsolescence in the making, gotta love it.
Obviously I cannot give you detailed instructions on how to make your pictures brighter and softer because there are so many ways of doing this that it would be to your benefit to look at online tutorials which show step-by-step images.
The moment I would like to do any effect and I can't figure it out on my own, I immediately hit up Google (or some of the Websites listed below) and search for a description of that effect, plus the word Photoshop, plus maybe the word tutorial.
I think this is probably the effect you're going for: http://digital-photography-school.com/4-easy-photoshop-techniques-to-make-your-pictures-pop
To make your images brighter, you can use the Brightness/Contrast selection (Image Menu > Adjustments > Bright...), or you can mess with the Levels, but I actually prefer using Curves. They're all located in the same menu. Mess around with these.
You may also notice Selective Color under this same menu (Adjustments). Now you can really get down to business and get those colors to shine! Always be subtle, though.
Macs have a built-in fail-safe so the layuser cannot even touch his original photos without exporting them from iPhoto. If you're on a PC, though, you really need to get in the habit of creating a duplicate of the photo you'd like to edit, and open *that* document in Photoshop. My next backup is to always immediately create a duplicate layer (Command-J) of the background; this is because I'm so in the habit of hitting Save (Command-S) that the minute I add a layer, the program asks me to Save As a .psd file.
Scott Kelby is probably the go-to Photoshop guy. Whether he's really good at Photoshop or not is beside the point, he's brilliant at marketing the tools used to make the effects you want, and you'll find all his books at your local library. He has advice that will save you time and sanity. Because like all good photographers, we want to be behind the lens, not the keyboard.
A good Website to start searching at is http://www.good-tutorials.com/ but always use Google too.
Common tools you'll want to learn to use (and you can search for tutorials on these):
Layers (understanding how they work)
Crop (how to crop at exactly the same dimensions as your image)
Clone (to remove blemishes)
Dodge/Burn (lighten, darken areas)
Blur/Smudge
Eyedropper
Filters (what they do, how they work)
Text (eventually you'll want to make posters, etc. I'm sure!)
Pen Tool (intermediate level, but check it out)
Masks (all sorts of crazy things)
and eventually you'll want to know terms like the difference between raster versus vector, but everything ties into each other as you begin learning, so just ignore everything I've written, except the one link for softening your image, and have at it!
Hey, congratulations on picking up one of the most rewarding hobbies! Looks like you have a very good camera with high megapixel rate (I'm still figuring out the true definition of MP vs. focal length, image size, etc, because I'm pretty sure a lot of it is marketing).
But like I always say, anything over 10 MP and you're set. Why? Because you can crop your image (with Photoshop, for example) and still have enough resolution to blow your image up. Also, it's good for the beginner photographer who may not be sure about framing and can always crop the image down to make a nicer picture.
Welcome to the world of Adobe® Photoshop®, as they like to be called. If you purchased CS4 (or any recent package), you will notice in the fine print somewhere (as well as on their Website) that the word Photoshop is a registered trademark and should not be used as a verb or a noun in order to avoid the word from becoming a genericized trademark: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genericized_trademark â not unlike the word Xerox.
Why do I mention this? Because to me it's hilarious!! Good legal laughs.
Having digressed and entirely avoided answering your question, let's get down to business because you've probably got 20 responses already. Obsolescence in the making, gotta love it.
Obviously I cannot give you detailed instructions on how to make your pictures brighter and softer because there are so many ways of doing this that it would be to your benefit to look at online tutorials which show step-by-step images.
The moment I would like to do any effect and I can't figure it out on my own, I immediately hit up Google (or some of the Websites listed below) and search for a description of that effect, plus the word Photoshop, plus maybe the word tutorial.
I think this is probably the effect you're going for: http://digital-photography-school.com/4-easy-photoshop-techniques-to-make-your-pictures-pop
To make your images brighter, you can use the Brightness/Contrast selection (Image Menu > Adjustments > Bright...), or you can mess with the Levels, but I actually prefer using Curves. They're all located in the same menu. Mess around with these.
You may also notice Selective Color under this same menu (Adjustments). Now you can really get down to business and get those colors to shine! Always be subtle, though.
Macs have a built-in fail-safe so the layuser cannot even touch his original photos without exporting them from iPhoto. If you're on a PC, though, you really need to get in the habit of creating a duplicate of the photo you'd like to edit, and open *that* document in Photoshop. My next backup is to always immediately create a duplicate layer (Command-J) of the background; this is because I'm so in the habit of hitting Save (Command-S) that the minute I add a layer, the program asks me to Save As a .psd file.
Scott Kelby is probably the go-to Photoshop guy. Whether he's really good at Photoshop or not is beside the point, he's brilliant at marketing the tools used to make the effects you want, and you'll find all his books at your local library. He has advice that will save you time and sanity. Because like all good photographers, we want to be behind the lens, not the keyboard.
A good Website to start searching at is http://www.good-tutorials.com/ but always use Google too.
Common tools you'll want to learn to use (and you can search for tutorials on these):
Layers (understanding how they work)
Crop (how to crop at exactly the same dimensions as your image)
Clone (to remove blemishes)
Dodge/Burn (lighten, darken areas)
Blur/Smudge
Eyedropper
Filters (what they do, how they work)
Text (eventually you'll want to make posters, etc. I'm sure!)
Pen Tool (intermediate level, but check it out)
Masks (all sorts of crazy things)
and eventually you'll want to know terms like the difference between raster versus vector, but everything ties into each other as you begin learning, so just ignore everything I've written, except the one link for softening your image, and have at it!
what is the quickest updating Ariel satellite imagery?
rpgthespar
such as google maps, globelexplorer, live search,ext
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good question. I've figured google earth.
http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html
I know they have multiple companies that offer them images.
the more companies the more chances of updates
here's what they say
http://earth.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=21414
the most up to date images available it seems
http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Add-on:Global_Clouds_%28near_realtime_clouds%29
part of
nasa world wind
http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/NASA_World_Wind_Download
heres what THEY say about "Live" images
When was this imagery photographed?
That depends on the layer. The NLT Landsat, OnEarth Landsat and Geocover are from 1999 to 2003, with 2000 being the most active year. The Geocover 1990 was taken between 1987 and 1993. The USGS 1m Digital Ortho varies more. It was taken from 1990 to 2000. Search for a US location through TerraServer® and look for the USGS entry. The USGS Topo maps vary from within the past few years to several decades ago. Streets and building locations in particular may be quite out of date. USGS Urban Area Ortho dates from 2001 to 2004 and some areas are still being photographed and you can see the dataset ages at the USGS site.
Can I see the world in real-time?
This just isn't practical and won't be possible anytime soon. To do this requires a network of satellites dedicated to covering the earth. Just to provide as much detail as the base layers World Wind loads first, the camera resolution on each one has to total about 100 megapixels. Perhaps the military has such a network, but it is certainly off-limits to anyone else. The images have to be received on the ground and processed. Then they all have to be combined where they overlap and corrected for the distortion caused by the earth's curvature. Finally after compressing the imagery from gigabytes down to several hundred megabytes, a server has to send it out to everyone. This requires an enormous amount of bandwidth for the server. Even if that weren't a problem, the internet connection for the majority of high-speed users is still too slow for more than about one update every hour.
good question. I've figured google earth.
http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html
I know they have multiple companies that offer them images.
the more companies the more chances of updates
here's what they say
http://earth.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=21414
the most up to date images available it seems
http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Add-on:Global_Clouds_%28near_realtime_clouds%29
part of
nasa world wind
http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/NASA_World_Wind_Download
heres what THEY say about "Live" images
When was this imagery photographed?
That depends on the layer. The NLT Landsat, OnEarth Landsat and Geocover are from 1999 to 2003, with 2000 being the most active year. The Geocover 1990 was taken between 1987 and 1993. The USGS 1m Digital Ortho varies more. It was taken from 1990 to 2000. Search for a US location through TerraServer® and look for the USGS entry. The USGS Topo maps vary from within the past few years to several decades ago. Streets and building locations in particular may be quite out of date. USGS Urban Area Ortho dates from 2001 to 2004 and some areas are still being photographed and you can see the dataset ages at the USGS site.
Can I see the world in real-time?
This just isn't practical and won't be possible anytime soon. To do this requires a network of satellites dedicated to covering the earth. Just to provide as much detail as the base layers World Wind loads first, the camera resolution on each one has to total about 100 megapixels. Perhaps the military has such a network, but it is certainly off-limits to anyone else. The images have to be received on the ground and processed. Then they all have to be combined where they overlap and corrected for the distortion caused by the earth's curvature. Finally after compressing the imagery from gigabytes down to several hundred megabytes, a server has to send it out to everyone. This requires an enormous amount of bandwidth for the server. Even if that weren't a problem, the internet connection for the majority of high-speed users is still too slow for more than about one update every hour.
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