Category Archives: Basic Edits

Resize an Image

When you have finished editing your masterpiece, you may want to save a copy with a different size. For example, for WCC competitions, images can be no wider than 1920 pixels and no higher than 1080 pixels. Continue reading

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Basic Edits – Selections

Selections are used to define areas to be selectively adjusted, to cut and paste parts of images, and to limit where edits are applied. Continue reading

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Basic Edits – Layers and Masks

Layers and Masks are an essential part of a non-destructive workflow, allowing you to modify an image, make repairs, and limit adjustments to specific areas of the image. Continue reading

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Basic Edits – Levels and Curves

With Levels and Curves you can fine tune the tonal range and even colours in your images. Levels In Photoshop the Layers dialog has many features. The main ones are labelled below. Try out the AUTO settings – it will … Continue reading

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Basic Edits – Highlights and Shadows

Highlights and Shadows Whilst the exposure controls control the mid-tones, the Highlights and Shadows controls work on these ends of the tone range. In addition the Whites and Blacks controls adjust the upper and lower limits of the brightness range … Continue reading

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Cropping

Cropping is a powerful technique that allows you to remove un-needed picture parts and distractions and focus attention on the subject. Continue reading

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Basic Edits

Almost every photo you take will benefit from some basic edits to tweak the exposure and tonality, cropping, colour balance etc. Continue reading

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Basic Edits – exposure and contrast

A brief introduction to basic editing adjustments to improve the appearance of your images. Continue reading

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Lightroom and Photoshop

Lightroom is an excellent image editor as well as having powerful digital image management functions. Photoshop is often regarded as the gold standard in image editing. Continue reading

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Some resources

There are lots of resources on the WCC website https://www.waverleycameraclub.org. In particular have a look at the resources page from the top menu https://www.waverleycameraclub.org/resources/ where there are a number of documents on how to do things. If you are planning … Continue reading

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