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The trick with any sort of photographic editing is to avoid JPEG totally, if possible, the fact that a lot of the data that is stripped out is tonal data means that you're starting at a disadvantage and of course more data is lost every time you save a file.
All my cameras except the compacts and phones shoot raw which means there is more data in highlights and shadows that is normally visible on screen, which means you can push things.
Of course there will always be a problem in getting an image to match what you see with your eye as the dynamic range available in digital media is a fraction of what we see, that's why HDR is such a useful tool :)
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Crucial 256GB SSD,
WDC WD30EZRX-00D8PB0 3TB,
Toshiba HDWD130 3TB
Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 2TB,
External (USB3)
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK SCSI Disk 8TB
2.5/3.5 Hot Swap Cradle, USB3 + eSata (client HDDs)
NAS
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The trick with any sort of photographic editing is to avoid JPEG totally, if possible, the fact that a lot of the data that is stripped out is tonal data means that you're starting at a disadvantage and of course more data is lost every time you save a file.
All my cameras except the compacts and phones shoot raw which means there is more data in highlights and shadows that is normally visible on screen, which means you can push things.
Of course there will always be a problem in getting an image to match what you see with your eye as the dynamic range available in digital media is a fraction of what we see, that's why HDR is such a useful tool :)
Mmmm Max's photo album is all Jpeg (insert is only a small part of it) would I do better to convert to say PNG for keeping ?
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It wouldn't hurt, but to be honest if your camera only takes JPEG then the best thing is to set the camera to use the best quality available, (least compression ), at the largest size possible, cards and hard drives are fairly cheap these days, (it's actually a good idea to set all your original JPEGs to read only once you upload to PC)
Most importantly if you do any edits on an image, always use a save as not save, Saving as a PNG at this stage would be a useful thing in case you need to re-edit, or save in PSD/TIFF if you have layers or masks.
Leaving the original filename the same and only changing the file extension helps keep all related files together
If you ever need to try a different edit you can re-open the original untouched image
Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Real World Computing (Custom by Me) OS Windows 10 Pro x64 x3, Ubuntu CPU AMD FX8350 Vishera 8 Core @4GHz Motherboard Asus M5A78L-M USB3 Memory 32GB [4x8GB] DDR3 1600 MHz Graphics Card Asus nVidia GTX750TI-OC-2GD5 (2GB DDR5) Sound Card ASUS Xoner DG (2.1 speakers) + SPDIF to 5.1 System + HDMI Monitor(s) Displays Acer G276HL 27", (DVi) + Samsung 39" HDTV (HDMI) Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @60Hz + 1920 x 1080 @60Hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless K710 & K400 Mouse Logitech Wireless MX Master & M570 Trackball PSU Aerocool Templarius Imperator 750W 80+ Silver Case AeroCool X-Warrior Devil Red Tower Cooling Stock CPU, Rear 120mm, Front 2x120mm, Side 2x120mm Hard Drives Internal
Crucial 256GB SSD,
WDC WD30EZRX-00D8PB0 3TB,
Toshiba HDWD130 3TB
Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 2TB,
External (USB3)
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK SCSI Disk 8TB
2.5/3.5 Hot Swap Cradle, USB3 + eSata (client HDDs)
NAS
Seagate ST4000DM000 Internet Speed Orange Fibre Broadband 37Mb/s Down - 9.5Mb/s Up Antivirus Bitdefender Total Security 2018 Multi-device Browser Chrome (always run latest Non-Beta) Other Info Also run...
Desktop - 6Core 8GB - Windows 10 Enterprise x64,
Laptop - Quad 8GB - Windows 10 Pro x64
Netbook - Ubuntu Not used often ;)
2 x Nexus 7 Android tablets
Samsung 10.2" tablet + Keyboard and Logitech T620 Mouse
Samsung Galaxy S7
Sony Z3 Android Smartphone
HTC One Android Smartphone
Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built OS Win 7 Pro x64, Win 10 Pro x64, Linux Light x86 CPU Core i7 3770K Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z77P-D3 Memory Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB Graphics Card ASUS GeForce GTX 650 Ti Sound Card On board Monitor(s) Displays ASUS 22 W/S Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
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One thought about uninstalling the older versions of Photoshop CC after installing Photoshop CC 2014 for Lightroom Users
the way that the installer works may cause issues
If you use lightroom and you install Photoshop CC 2014 then uninstall the earlier PS CC version(s) you may find that Lightroom loses some or all it's links to Photoshop CC2014, (Edit in .. Edit as Layers Merge to HDR pro Etc)
If you know that you do not need the older versions it's best to remove these Before you install CC 2014 .
If you do install PS CC 2014 and later decide to remove Photoshop CC and lose the LR links Uninstall both Lightroom 5 CC & Photoshop CC 2014 and then Re-install PS 2014 then LR 5 CC to reset the links
Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Real World Computing (Custom by Me) OS Windows 10 Pro x64 x3, Ubuntu CPU AMD FX8350 Vishera 8 Core @4GHz Motherboard Asus M5A78L-M USB3 Memory 32GB [4x8GB] DDR3 1600 MHz Graphics Card Asus nVidia GTX750TI-OC-2GD5 (2GB DDR5) Sound Card ASUS Xoner DG (2.1 speakers) + SPDIF to 5.1 System + HDMI Monitor(s) Displays Acer G276HL 27", (DVi) + Samsung 39" HDTV (HDMI) Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @60Hz + 1920 x 1080 @60Hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless K710 & K400 Mouse Logitech Wireless MX Master & M570 Trackball PSU Aerocool Templarius Imperator 750W 80+ Silver Case AeroCool X-Warrior Devil Red Tower Cooling Stock CPU, Rear 120mm, Front 2x120mm, Side 2x120mm Hard Drives Internal
Crucial 256GB SSD,
WDC WD30EZRX-00D8PB0 3TB,
Toshiba HDWD130 3TB
Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 2TB,
External (USB3)
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK SCSI Disk 8TB
2.5/3.5 Hot Swap Cradle, USB3 + eSata (client HDDs)
NAS
Seagate ST4000DM000 Internet Speed Orange Fibre Broadband 37Mb/s Down - 9.5Mb/s Up Antivirus Bitdefender Total Security 2018 Multi-device Browser Chrome (always run latest Non-Beta) Other Info Also run...
Desktop - 6Core 8GB - Windows 10 Enterprise x64,
Laptop - Quad 8GB - Windows 10 Pro x64
Netbook - Ubuntu Not used often ;)
2 x Nexus 7 Android tablets
Samsung 10.2" tablet + Keyboard and Logitech T620 Mouse
Samsung Galaxy S7
Sony Z3 Android Smartphone
HTC One Android Smartphone
I never saw that coming,
All the updater said was a new version of photoshop was ready like it has done several times in the passed,
3d engine was rendered useless every little 3d attempt said 3-4-5 hours
Had enough of that update craziness,
Glad someone sees cc as a good thing
I did find out recently Windows Movie Marker has gotten pretty easy to use :shocked:
Not sure if there's any tricks to it though,
First step in was pretty
The only real mess is all of the different and specific mobile device options ?
Not sure what that's all about but I'm pretty sure it's to load to the device and not for actually viewing on youtube and stuff like that,
The youtube share bit never worked not sure why name and password were correct but I did end up with three freaking I'm not sure what they are sort of different accounts via the same gmail address lol
Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built OS Win 7 Pro x64, Win 10 Pro x64, Linux Light x86 CPU Core i7 3770K Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z77P-D3 Memory Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB Graphics Card ASUS GeForce GTX 650 Ti Sound Card On board Monitor(s) Displays ASUS 22 W/S Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Razer Blackwidow Expert 2013 Mechanical Keyboard Mouse Logitech G300 Gaming Mouse PSU Corsair CX 750w Case Black Night Cooling 120mm fans front/back, Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo Hard Drives Intel 320 Series SSD, WD Caviar Black 1TB Internet Speed 20mb Unlimited Antivirus ZA Antivirus + Firewall Browser Cyberfox Other Info Powered USB Hub, External Drives 3 x 1TB, Phone Dock.
One Photoshop extension that made my life considerably easier is PaintersWheel.
Sadly it's not yet supported in CC, but it's great for everyone using CS4, 5 or 6
Another great tool like that, which is IMHO even better, plus integrated in for as far as I know every version of Ps, is Kuler.
Related to Kuler, there is this online variant which also works great!
Now for advice I really only have three things; Groups, Layer Masks and Backups!
Groups are a great way to organize your layers and stop your project from becomming a mess.
Layer Masks are basically editable erasers:) Instead of cropping the background off of a layer, making it unable to use in the future, simply apply a layer mask, that way you can always access it later on.
And while you're working with layer masks anyway, take a look at the Refine Edge tool! It's virtually impossible to make a precise selection of hair or stuff like that, but with the Refine Edge tool you can get pretty darn close.
As for backups, I have hit myself in the face more than once late in projects when I wanted to edit that one rasterized text layer or that one shape, but didn't have a copy of it anywhere. I am sure that everyone who uses Photoshop, GIMP, CD, Cinema4D or any other (layer based) graphic program has had this. That's why it's essential to have a backup of all important layers.
A snip from the GFX Team subforum, courtecy of Julian;
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Does Dream scene software overheats the Graphics Card ... Is Dream scene a safe software for Windows 7 or a gaming PC ...
By safe i mean , does it makes a Graphics card overheat.Since it will be constantly running a a desktop background.
I have a Gaming PC with 16 GB ram and a 2gb Nvdia gtx 960 GB Graphics Card.So,i wanted to have some cool animated...
Confusion with graphics card driver software Hi there,
firstly excuse me since I'm not much knowledgeable about these stuffs
I use a Hp laptop and it has ATI Mobility Radeon 4500 series. Few months ago I had hardware problem with my laptop. So took it to a repair shop and then they fixed it (they said that there was problem with the BIOS...
Graphic Cards
Looking for some graphics software Have had a look at Paint Net and Gimp but am not sure if they will do what I want to do.
I haven't had much to do with graphics per se' and haven't got a really decent GPU and I don't mind a paid for app as long as it isn't going to break the bank.
So any suggestions please?
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