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Featured posts

Welcome to the Life after Photoshop archive of 'Featured' posts. These are favourite articles or tutorials that appear in the carousel at the top of the home page.

ON1 Effects 2022 review

April 14, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Verdict 4.8 stars: ON1 Effects 2022 is a standalone version of the Effects module in ON1 Photo RAW. The effects and tools are excellent, and this is a cheaper proposition that can also fit perfectly with your existing workflow.

Filed Under: Featured, ON1 Photo RAW, Reviews

Adobe Lightroom Classic review (2022)

April 13, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Verdict: 4.5 stars Lightroom Classic’s latest masking tool updates make it more powerful than ever, though it’s still not fast to use and its interface is quite cluttered and oppressive. And do we still need all these different modules?

Filed Under: Best software, Featured, Lightroom, ReviewsTagged With: Adobe, Cataloguing software, Lightroom Classic (Adobe), Noise reduction, Non-destructive editing, Photography Plan (Adobe), RAW processing, Subject recognition, Subscription software

The Lightroom Select Subject mask tool and how it works

April 12, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Lightroom’s masking tools have had a major overhaul. The old Adjustment Brush, Linear Gradient and Radial Gradient tools are still there, but they’ve been joined by new Select Subject and Select Sky AI masking tools and Color Range, Luminance Range and Depth range tools. Here’s how Select Subject works.

Filed Under: Featured, Lightroom, Tutorials

Panoramic photography tips: how to shoot panoramas successfully

April 10, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Panoramic photography is really easy to do but not so easy to get right. Your software can work wonders, but you have to give it a fighting chance. Here are 10 panoramic photography tips that might help.

Filed Under: Featured, General, Tutorials

Why calling RAW files ‘digital negatives’ is only half right

April 6, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

RAW files are not quite ‘digital negatives’. They are actually more like the latent images on undeveloped film and need a ‘digital developer’. Choosing the best digital developer (RAW processing software) can make a big difference to your images.

Filed Under: Featured, General, WorkflowTagged With: Bayer sensor, Demosaicing, RAW file, RAW processing

Capture One 22 15.2.0 update brings improved perspective control and M1 Mac speed gains

April 5, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

The Capture One 22 15.2.0 update (free to existing users) brings more powerful keystone tools, faster M1 processing and new lens profiles.

Filed Under: Capture One, Featured, News, Uncategorized

How to use HDR merge in Capture One 22 – and how well does it work?

April 1, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Capture One 22 brings an HDR merge feature that quickly combines several exposures into a single fully editable DNG file with extended dynamic range. But how well does it work?

Filed Under: Capture One, Featured, TutorialsTagged With: Bracketing, Capture One, HDR

Cataloguing software explained

March 29, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Cataloguing software can organize your entire photo collection, but how does it work and what do you look for?

Filed Under: Editing A-Z, Featured, GeneralTagged With: Adobe, Album, Asset management, Batch processing, Bridge (Adobe), Browser (photos), Capture One, Catalog, Cataloguing software, Cloud storage, Collection, Copyright, Culling, DAM (Digital Asset Management), Develop (RAW files), EXIF data, Export, Import, IPTC data, Keyword, Library, Lightroom (Adobe), Lightroom Classic (Adobe), Local adjustments, Metadata, Non-destructive editing, Presets, Preview, Referenced images, Session (Capture One), Smart album/collection, Thumbnail, Virtual Copy (Lightroom)

Is Lightroom free? The mobile app has a free mode, but not the desktop version

March 27, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

That’s a good question for those who use the mobile app. The Lightroom for mobile app is free to use but has restrictions which can only be unlocked with a Photography Plan subscription. Here are the details.

Filed Under: Featured, Lightroom

Is Adobe’s Super Resolution tool any good?

March 24, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Super Resolution is a new feature in Lightroom, Lightroom Classic and Adobe Camera Raw. It uses Adobe Sensei, the company’s in-house AI technology, to up-size images to twice their previous width and height.

Filed Under: Featured, Lightroom, TutorialsTagged With: Bayer sensor, Resampling, Resizing, Super Resolution (Adobe)

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