Remove a color cast

By On 29/12/2010

On the main site you find two different Photoshop tutorials about removing a color cast, which are quite popular. Today I published a third method, which works for a slightly different problem. Sometimes you get a color cast that is not present in the entire photo, but for example only in the shadows. Pictures [...]

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Cover shoot with cellphone

By On 29/12/2010

At first sight, the cover of the latest PiX Magazine (South Africa) is nothing special. A nice portrait photograph, as can be seen on many magazine covers. But appearances deceive. The photo was taken with a Nokia N8 cellphone rather than with an expensive DSLR! PiX Magazine is not the first one to use cellphone [...]

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White balance at sunset

By On 29/12/2010

If you use your camera with automatic white balance, the colors in most photos turn out fine. There are a few situations however, that are notoriously difficult for the automatic system. At sunset (and sunrise) there is so much red in the light, that the camera tries to compensate for this in its white balance [...]

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Zooming in and out faster in Photoshop

By On 29/12/2010

If you want to zoom quickly to 100% view, double-click on the zoom tool. If you are in 100% view, you can scroll or pan to another part of the image by pressing the space bar. That works with every tool. The cursor will change into the hand tool, so you can move the image [...]

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About this blog

By On 29/12/2010

This is a new blog about digital photography and digital imaging, written by Dutch photographer and author Johan W. Elzenga. Being the author of many books about these subjects, I think I can add something useful to the world of digital imaging. Don’t expect me to write every single day, I will be too busy [...]

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