Machinery HDR Effects 2 Review
The creators of Machinery HDR Effects 2 recently contacted me requesting a review of their new HDR tone mapping software. I am really glad they did as this is one powerful tone mapping program. Machinery adds many exemplary features to the world of HDR tone mapping....
Removing Distractions
You know, there are a lot of people who take pride in capturing the perfect shot in camera and doing nothing to it in post, purists as they call themselves. They meticulously frame the shot, get the composition just perfect, adjust the exposure and white balance to a...
HDR Noise Reduction: Blur Tool
So by this point I probably have you sold on this whole HDR thing, but what about that damn HDR Noise? I like to call it HDN, High Dynamic Noise, and pardon my English it is a pain in the ass! However, there are some methods for getting rid of it. In this tutorial...
Do You Dropbox?
Let me tell you a quick story and then get into where I could have used Dropbox, the ultimate free online storage resource. So, last year at Photoshop World in Vegas I am hanging out with a great fellow photog, Eric Doggett, we are talking photo stuff and getting into...
Flashback
This weekend I noticed that my post processing workflow is continuously changing, my style is evolving, and I am working much faster than I was a year ago. I was curious about just how much my style and workflow has changed so I dove into my archives and pulled up an...
Topaz Adjust 5 High Pass Sharpen Technique
Ever thought of using Topaz Adjust to make a High Pass sharpen base? It is a pretty neat technique that adds a little more umph to your High Pass sharpening without over doing it. I really like the Topaz Adjust 5 interface and find myself using it more and more in...
Looking for RAM?
I recently upgraded the RAM in my PC. I was in dire straits with my machine, running on 8 GB of DDR 3 1333 Ram. Sounds pretty fast right? Well try editing a 16 bit .PSD file that is 32"x36" with over 25 layers, yeah that is a whopping 1.6 GIG picture, in Photoshop...
Singled Out
Being singled out is usually not very fun as it comes with some negative connotation, like the kid in grade school singled out as the stinky one. In photography it is almost the opposite, not that being the stinky one is cool, but being singled out can really pull...
The Power of Curves
I am reminded of the Back to the Future theme song by Huey Lewis and the News, "That's the power, that's the power of Curves", oh wait that was the power of love. Anyway, the curves adjustment layer runs a lot deeper than you think in the post processing world. If...
HDR Concert Page
A new page has been added to EverydayHDR, HDR Concerts. I will be hosting these concerts every last Wednesday of every month. The first one turned out brilliantly, I could not have hoped for a better turn out from the many excellent artists that were involved....
