Tabla de contenidos para September 2022 en Practical Photoshop

WATCH THE VIDEO https://bit.ly/3por7Xw Famous locations like the Colosseum in Rome are both easy and difficult to photograph. Easy because – well, look at it: it’s incredible. Difficult because this site attracts people by the thousands every day, so it’s hard to find an angle that isn’t swarming with people. This is where a strong neutral-density filter can be a huge asset. It allows us to take minutes-long exposures, which means that people moving through the frame don’t register in the image. What’s more, it can create lovely motion blur in the clouds, which serves both as an eye-catching visual and an visual metaphor for how this grand structure has stood for millennia while activity buzzes all around. But how strong is strong? 10 stops is a popular strength, but…

01 CORRECT NOISE The camera sensor heats up during a long exposure, causing increased noise and hot pixels. You can use Lightroom’s noise reduction tools to reduce this, but a better option is DxO’s PureRaw, a plugin that can automatically fix an astonishing level of noise and produce a better Raw file. Try it at www.dxo.com. 02 FIX COLOR CASTS Strong ND filters will invariably leave the image looking slightly cool. In Lightroom, grab the White Balance eyedropper and click on a neutral point (like the path here) to fix color casts. Sometimes light can leak in and give edges a magenta cast. This can be fixed with a Radial Filter, set to reduce magenta tint. 03 COMBINE FRAMES Long exposures can be tricky to get right in changeable conditions,…

FREE CREATOR STAGE For the content creator and the pro creative alike, the Creator Stage will offer a whole realm of ideas for content creation. Then let your imagination run riot in our playground, with funky sets, optical illusions and giant props - bring your friends and have fun! NEW PROGRAMMES COMING SOON VIDEO HUB Combining the best brands and expertise in video, the Video Hub will showcase video kit and offer the opportunity to discover more about filmmaking-whether your ambition is adding video to your services or becoming the next Netflix chart-topper. SPONSORED BY SUPER STAGE SATURDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 13:15-14:30 Chase Jarvis - £12 The extraordinary power of creativity applied 15:30-16:45 Colin Prior - £12 A state of imagination SUNDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER 13:15-14:30 Cristina Mittermeier - £12 Enoughness 15:30-16:30…

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01 CLEVER AUTO SETTINGS The Auto button at the top of the Basic Panel (Cmd/Ctrl+U) can be a great way to kick-start your image editing: it employs machine learning to intelligently correct your photo by comparing it to thousands of other similar images. What’s more, you can apply auto settings to individual tonal sliders in the Basic Panel by holding Shift and double-clicking on the slider, or auto-correct Temperature or Tint in the same way. 02 LEARN CURVES The Curve is the most powerful tonal tool in Camera Raw, yet it can be tricky to master. To get a better idea of how it works, grab the Target Tool from above the curve box, then drag left or right over part of the image. Points will appear along the curve…

1 STURDY TRIPOD The camera needs to be still for several minutes, so a tripod is a must. We need to remain in place for a while, so set up in a spot that won’t get in the way of passers by or other photographers. If a tripod isn’t practical (or permitted) in the location you’re visiting, you could use a wall or your bag. 2 NEUTRAL-DENSITY FILTER A 16-stop ND filter like our Formatt-Hitech Firecrest stretches your exposure times to minutes. In bright sunshine, a 1/500 sec shutter speed becomes two minutes 11 seconds (compared to just two seconds with a 10-stop ND): a good length for blurring clouds and removing passers by. 3 PEOPLE AND VEHICLES One of the benefits of shooting long exposures in busy spots like…

As well as being useful for blurring clouds and removing tourists, strong ND filters are fantastic for blurring the motion of water. The churn is transformed into streaks of silky white blur. Notice too how reflections will come out clearer when the water is smoothed out with a long exposure. You don’t necessarily need a 16-stop filter for this: motion blur can be achieved with exposure times of just a few seconds. But with a strong ND, you’re free to use wider apertures. If you want maximum sharpness, you can set the aperture to the lens’s ‘sweet spot’, which is usually around 2-3 stops down from the widest aperture – around f/5.6 or f/8.…

If you’re passionate about photography or video, this is the event for you. The only show of its kind in the UK, The Photography Show & The Video Show is the perfect destination for amateur and professional creatives alike - and over four days in September, it’ll be the centre of all things imaging. 2022 will see a show floor nearly twice the size of 2021, with the latest kit on hand to try out (and buy!). Our headliners, including Cristina Mittermeier and Colin Prior, will share top-level advice on the Super Stage (see page 16) and you’ll see some fantastic action and drama on the Photo Live Stage (see page 07). Brand new stages and theatres will feature alongside old favourites. Why not immerse yourself in travel and outdoor…

SATURDAY 17 SEPTEMBER, SUNDAY 18 SEPTEMBER BEGINNERS’ MASTERCLASS: PHOTOGRAPHY Saturday, 17 September or Sunday, 18 September (repeated), Piazza Suites 1-3 £10 Start your photography journey by learning some essential lessons from the experts. There’s a charge of £10 for this four-part programme, in addition to the show entry fee – choose either Saturday or Sunday morning. 10:30-11:00 The craft of composition Jess McGovern 11:05-11:35 Photography fundamentals: Understanding the exposure triangle Emily Endean 11:45-12:15 Choosing your first camera Laurence Norah 12:20-12:50 Getting started with editing Liam Man TURNING PRO MASTERCLASS Saturday, 17 September or Sunday, 18 September (repeated) Super Theatre £10 Looking to make the jump from enthusiast to professional photographer? This half-day masterclass will help you to understand the benefits of going pro and what to watch out for. There’s a…

WATCH THE VIDEO https://bit.ly/3QucX36 The latest updates to Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop include an exciting new approach to using presets. By building artificial intelligence into presets, Adobe has taken things a step further. Available in Camera Raw, Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic (v11.4), the new Adaptive Presets are powered by machine learning. They work in a similar way to normal presets – but, rather than altering the entire image, they zero in on either the subject or the sky in an image, before applying tailored tonal effects to that specific area. Additionally, a new control lets us fine-tune a preset’s strength, and new premium preset sets offer a host of effects tailored towards different subject matter. With these latest improvements, Adobe continues the trend in implementing AI into its applications.…

01 TAKE A TEST SHOT Before you attach the filter, take a test shot to work out a normal exposure of the scene. Use whatever exposure settings you’re comfortable with – a good option is Aperture Priority with ISO 100, aperture f/8. This is a good time to experiment with compositions and fine‑tune your framing. 02 LOCK THE FOCUS The 16-stop ND filter is almost opaque, so once it is in place on the lens, you won’t be able to focus or compose through the viewfinder. Get the focus correct now, then switch the lens to manual focus to prevent it from hunting. Fit the filter, making sure not to nudge the tripod out of place, and block the viewfinder to stop light leaks. 03 USING A 16-STOPPER A 16-stop…

Photoshop has many types of layers and adjustment layers available, but there are six that you’ll find you need to use again and again. Learning how they should be used may seem a little daunting for beginners, but once you’ve got to grips with them, you’ll find they play a part in the creative process of almost every image you make. 01 LEVELS This should be the first layer you add to an image, because it fundamentally alters the tonal range of the entire image. Create a Levels Adjustment Layer, drag the Black point slider inwards until it touches the lefthand edge of the histogram, and drag the White point slider inwards to the right-hand edge. This remaps the tones of the image to make more of the available tonal…