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Editing Advice
The 5 basics stages of photo editing;
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Crop and Clean Up Your Image.
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Adjust the White Balance.
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Adjust Color Vibrancy and Saturation.
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Adjust Exposure and Contrast. If possible use Layers and Luminosity Masks.
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Denoise and Sharpen.
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Luminosity Masks
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I expect most photographers have heard of 'luminosity Masks and many use such ether directly or via a plug-in Panel such as Tony Kuyper TK8, Raya Pro, Lumenzia
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A good site to help understand how Luminosity Masks plus Masks in general work and the benifits in editing, can be seen on ARC Panel website
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Less well known is that with Photoshop Elements you can still create Luminosity Masks or use a set actions developed by Tony Kuyper; these Actions enables a range of masks to be generated based on brightness or Luminosity. The link below gives the download option for such
https://goodlight.us/writing/actions-for-pse/actions-for-pse-1.html
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​​ELEMENTS XXL PLUGIN
To increase the Funcantilty of Adobe Elements to bring it close to full Photoshop as a fraction of the cost ELEMENTS XXL plugin;
ElementsXXL adds up to 2000 powerful features to Photoshop and Photoshop Elements for Windows that were previously only available in Photoshop. It also adds 800 new features to Photoshop. Layers and Curves are the 2 functions that are indispensable.
https://www.thepluginsite.com/
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AutoPano Giga is Now Free
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If you want to create stunning panoramas with ease, you need to try AutoPano Giga. This software was developed by Kolor, a company that specialized in image stitching and virtual tours. Unfortunately, Kolor closed its doors in 2018, but they left a generous gift for their loyal customers: a free license for AutoPano Giga.
AutoPano Giga is a powerful tool that can automatically stitch multiple photos into a seamless panorama. You can adjust the projection, the horizon, the color balance and more. You can also create 360° panoramas and export them to various formats.
Don't forget the email/registration code, just below the download links at
https://hdrmaps.com/blog/autopano-giga-is-now-free/
Windows version (Windows 7, 8, 10, 11):
https://download.hdrmaps.com/AutopanoGiga_x64_442_2018-09-10.exe
MacOS version:
https://download.hdrmaps.com/AutopanoGiga_Mac_442_2018-09-10.dmg
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Recomended Internet Sites for Editing Advice
Timeless photography lessons from Cartier-Bresson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpuDo82Qtjw
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