Testing Sky Replacements on a Variety of Photographs – Adobe Photoshop CC 2021 vs Luminar
Luminar 4 by Skylum Software was the first of the major photo editing programs to automate sky replacements. They did an excellent job with this feature, easily allowing skies to be replaced in landscape images. With the release of Photoshop…
How to Create a Water Reflection in Adobe Photoshop
Water reflections are a popular subject for photographers. But sometimes you just can’t get the best reflection in camera. Adobe Photoshop can create a realistic water reflection image and it’s not that difficult to do. This technique can be used…
How to Create a Displacement Map in Photoshop for Ripples in Water Reflections
A displacement map can be created in Adobe Photoshop to create the effect of ripples in your water reflections. We want the ripples in the reflection to be more pronounced at the bottom of the screen than the ones farther…
How to Roundtrip from Adobe Lightroom to Photoshop and Not Lose Your Layers
Adobe Lightroom Classic is capable of storing the layers you create in Photoshop, you just need to be careful how you save and launch your images. First, I will discuss the different options to edit your files when round tripping…
A Really Quick Way to Create a Mirror Image in Photoshop
I’ve previously published a blog on how to create a mirror image and another blog with before and after examples of mirror images. There are always multiple ways to do things in photoshop and I’ve recently discovered a really quick…
How to Create a Mirror Image in Photoshop with Before and After Example Ideas
When I can’t go out to take photos due to inclement weather or other reasons, I like to play to different post processing techniques. Creating mirror images is a way to put a creative spin on your already processed photographs.…
Before and After Examples of Mirror Images
Not every photograph works well for a mirror image. However, more types of images will work than you think. I’ve done mirror images with landscapes, buildings, macro, flowers and more. Mirror images creates a sense of balance in the photograph. …
How to use Photoshop to Selectively Edit Colors in Your Photos
There are several tools in Adobe Photoshop like the Hue / Saturation and Color Balance Adjustment Layers that allow you to adjust only certain colors in the image. The problem is that these adjustments layers will affect the color across…
Night Sky Photography – How to Increase the Size of the Stars
Normally in night sky or astrophotography the goal is to get pinpoint, small stars. The smaller the stars, the more they are in focus. However, there are times you want bigger stars in order to highlight them. Making a constellation…
False Color Infrared Photography Processing Tips
Infrared photography makes use of wavelengths of light that fall outside the visible spectrum and makes for some very creative photographs. Many people process their infrared photographs in black and white resulting in snowy white trees and foliage. But for…
