Photoshop tips

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Hey folks lets post a tip about editing images..I found one from a web site its about fixing the sky.



How To Fix the Sky

Retouch the sky the realistic way without resorting to obvious fakery

One of the toughest aspects of landscape photography is getting a rich, deep sky without underexposing the ground. Sure, there are camera-based solutions such as optical filters, but sometimes these aren't practical. It's easy enough to add drama to the sky in Adobe Photoshop -- the hardest part can be doing it realistically and avoiding the telltale white halo that screams, "I totally faked my sky!"

Here's an easy way to double the density and power of your whole sky, with a concurrent trick to disguise your work. You'll need Photoshop for this one (sorry, Elements users), but any fairly recent version will do.

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Selecting a range of colors is just one way to get the sky selected. For a quicker but rougher selection, grab the old Magic Wand tool, set the tolerance to at least 100, and click on your sky. You may get something that's close enough to work with. Photoshop CS3 users can also give the Quick Selection tool a shot. If you go that route, be sure to make your brush size extra large.

Opposite Effect

If you got the sky right in your original photo, but the ground is too dark, you can still use the techniques in this article. In Step 4, use the Color Range selection to pick the ground. Then, in Step 6, choose the Screen Blend Mode instead of Multiply. This will lighten the ground. If you've gone too far, decrease the layer's opacity when you're done with Step 8.

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resizing in Photoshop



See this link for more information.

http://shapeshed.com/journal/batch_resizing_in_photoshop/

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How To Fix An Underexposed Photo

The easiest way to avoid underexposed photos is to adjust your aperture settings, your shutter speed and your film speed when shooting. That's sounds pretty easy, right? Forget it. Photoshop was invented for the "I-can't-find-time-to-read-the-manual" photographer. Who cares if it's too dark or too light, we've got Photoshop!

So how easy is it to fix an underexposed photo? Very easy. Open your photo up and choose Image> Adjustments> Shadow/Highlight (CS-only. For pre-CS look below). You'll see an immediate change in your photo and it will probably be too extreme, but don't panic. Photoshop ships with defaults that are often way over the top. Just play with the Amount Slider and the Tonal Width Slider until you find just the right balance. And you're done!

Fixing Underexposed Photos, Pre-CS � The Layer Sandwich Trick
If you don't have CS, then the following trick will help you achieve similar results. I actually find this method produces better results.

Step 1 � New Layer
Open your photo and make a copy of the Background Layer by choosing Layer> Duplicate Layer, or by dragging it to the New Layer Icon at the bottom of the Layers palette.

Adobe Photoshop tutorialStep 2 � Change The Blend Mode
In the Layers palette change the Blend Mode of the new layer from Normal to Screen. This will lighten the photo uniformly.

Step 3 � Repeat
Now repeat the entire procedure again. Create a new layer, change the blend mode to screen, and then take a look at the result. Continue doing this until you go from "oh-my-god it's almost perfect" to "oh-my-god I've ruined it!"

Step 4 � Lower The Opacity
Now leave that last layer active even though it's taken you too far and lower the Opacity using the slider at the top right of the layers palette. This lowers the intensity of the effect. When you've found the right amount, you can flatten your image.

Step 5 � Flatten And Save
Choose Layer> Flatten or use the palette�s flyout menu and choose Flatten Image. That's it. Save your file (File> Save) and you're done.

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How To Fix Overexposed Images

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/jennifer/fix-overexposed.html

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How to make a lens flare in Photoshop



Open Photoshop, open the image


Go to Filters, then go to Renders and then choose Lens Flare


Move the target by using left mouse to wherever you want the flare to starts


Choose the britness level



Choose the lens type, from small to big


Hit OK

Source:Ehow.com

[Plex]

I found this link using Canon DPP software. Its taking raw pictures from the camera and converting it to jpeg etc.

http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/infobank/image_download/dpp.do

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How To: Combining Two Raw Files In Photoshop

http://www.popphoto.com/Features/How-To-Combining-Two-Raw-Files-In-Photoshop/Step-1