Sharpening (Part 2)

Just a quick note to let you know that the X= blog has now posted the second part of their article on sharpening in Lightroom. This time they’re looking at export sharpening. Follow the link below to read the full article. X= : Sharpening in Lightroom (Part 2)

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Canon EOS 500D / Rebel T1i

Well news broke yesterday evening that Canon had a new camera out, with CNET apparently jumping the gun and posting a video review before Canon even made an announcement. But now its official. The features of the new camera, pretty much aimed at the Nikon D90 are: 15.1 Megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor Full HD movie [...]

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Sharpening in Lightroom

The X= blog has a good post on using Lightroom’s develop tools to sharpen your shots. Whilst previous incarnations of the sharpening tools in Lightroom might have disappointed, the tools available in v2 are much better. Unless you are specifically after a blurry finish I would advise you to always sharpen your images taken with [...]

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PMA 2009

The Photo Marketing Association (PMA) Annual Show was held this year at the Las Vegas Convention Center last week and of course there’s been a multitude of announcements from all the camera manufacturers. As always Digital Photography Review has a round up of all the action, including information on the over 100 products announced during [...]

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Only 10% Photoshop

I’ve just read a great article over on the xequals+blog which supports how I’ve been working with my photos for a while now. Their basic premise is that if you shoot in RAW and have Lightroom, then you shouldn’t really need to use Photoshop more than 10% of the time. Lightroom is designed to adjust [...]

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