photoshop

This is a guest post by professional photographer Scott Rowed, describing his experience in switching from Windows to Linux. Does Linux have the tools for a professional photographer? A few months ago I would have answered "no". After switching primarily to Linux I gradually migrated my computer activities away from Windows. While there are some good open source imaging tools in Linux, there always seemed to be some missing function, forcing me to boot into Windows for serious image editing. I'd developed a complex workflow for Windows over the years. Irfanview for browsing the RAW files…
This clumsy photoshop job over at Pharyngula puts me in mind of one of my favorite blogs, Photoshop Disasters. Disclaimer: I take no responsibility for the hours of time you will waste over there.
No, it's not how evolution really works, but it's awfully cool anyway. The Experiment from Colin Trenter on Vimeo. I love Photoshop, but am I the only one who thinks this resembles a cross between a Rorschach test and a SyFy Channel commercial?
...documented in detail at the Photoshop Disasters Blog. The number of major corporations guilty of egregious image manipulation errors is surprising.
Acromyrmex versicolor - the desert leafcutter Here's the original: photo details: Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens on a Canon 20D f/13, 1/250 sec, ISO 100 MT24-EX twin flash diffused through tracing paper Photoshop modification (top photo): desaturated yellows increased contrast, burned edges, and added noise
If you've been paying attention to cinematography or photography the last few years, you'll undoubtedly have noticed the popularity of a particular grainy, desaturated, slightly surrealistic style. This look was popularized in films like 300 and Saving Private Ryan, and has become commonplace in glamour photography and advertisements for everything from perfume to shoes. Inexplicably, this high-fashion style has yet to penetrate the ever trendy world of Ant Photography. So last night I conducted some ground-breaking photoshop experimentation and created the above image. I'm pleased with…
Photos posted to myrmecos.net rarely go straight from the camera to the web. Through some combination of errors related to exposure and the innate properties of digital sensors, raw images can be a surprisingly poor match to what is seen through the viewfinder. Raw images are often relatively flat in appearance, with colors that are shifted or off-hue. For instance, Canon cameras by default impart a warm reddish hue to their files that is especially apparent in macrophotography. The nice thing about raw files, and indeed the main reason for using them, is that they are malleable enough to…