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Exposure X

Dawlish Beach in black and white, with Exposure X5 adjustment layers

May 16, 2020 by Life after Photoshop

Exposure X5

This project turns a regular color RAW file into a strong black and white image in Exposure X5. It uses a number of different tools so it’s a good chance to see how these work and how they can be used together. It’s also a good example the kind of image which works well in […]

Filed Under: Exposure X, Featured, TutorialsTagged With: Adjustment layer, Black and white, Borders and frames, Curves, LUTs, Split toning

How to carry out white balance and color adjustments in Exposure X

April 2, 2020 by Rod Lawton

White balance and color corrections are basic image adjustments you’d expect to find in any photo-editing application, so let’s see how they are applied in Exposure X. We’ll use this interior shot of a boutique hotel as an example because it has some very serious color issues caused my the mixed lighting. The strong blue/purple […]

Filed Under: Exposure X, Featured, TutorialsTagged With: Color adjustment, White balance

An Icelandic church edited in Exposure X

March 31, 2020 by Life after Photoshop

Exposure X

This shot of an Icelandic church looked nice enough in color but I thought it had a bit more potential as a black and white image – though there were a few issues I wanted to sort out first. For this project I used Exposure X. The same tools exist in other programs, but I […]

Filed Under: Exposure X, Featured, TutorialsTagged With: Black and white, LUTs, Masks, Perspective correction, Vignette

Preset picks: Alien Skin Border – Negative (Kodalith)

June 25, 2019 by Life after Photoshop

Preset Picks: This time, Alien Skin’s Border – Negative (Kodalith) preset goes under the microscope. Using just three tools it transforms regular images into super-strong graphic black and white.

Filed Under: Exposure X, Featured, TutorialsTagged With: Black and white

How to use LUTs in Alien Skin Exposure X4.5

April 28, 2019 by Rod Lawton

The new LUTs feature introduced in Exposure X4.5 supports one of the newest trends in photography. LUTs (lookup tables) started out in cinematography as a way to apply a specific ‘look’ to a movie or scene, but they’re now catching on in stills photography too. They are like a basic conversion profile, or film simulation […]

Filed Under: Exposure X, TutorialsTagged With: LUTs

The power of adjustment layers and masks

February 14, 2019 by Rod Lawton

Adjustment layers started out in Photoshop as a way of altering the look of an image without actually changing its pixels. It was the start of non-destructive editing. Now, adjustment layers are everywhere, not just in Photoshop, and for me they are the key to successful image enhancements. There’s a second factor, though – layer […]

Filed Under: Exposure X, General, TutorialsTagged With: Adjustment layer, Graduated filters, Layers, Masks, Presets

Try a black and white high contrast Lith effect

October 12, 2017 by Rod Lawton

Alien Skin Exposure X3 lith border effect

One of the reasons I rate image effects programs so highly compared to traditional image editors is the way they open your eyes to effects you wouldn’t have thought of. Like applying the Lith Border effect in Alien Skin Exposure X3 to this early morning shot of a country church. There’s already a lot of […]

Filed Under: Exposure XTagged With: Black and white

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