User-created articles: Software Techniques

Noise removal through simply taking a number of the same shot, and median combining them in post.

There are many programs, available in the market, which claim to be the greatest chroma key software programs in order to increase sales. The open source programs which make use of green screen technique are called chroma key programs.

A complete portrait session walk-through including capturing the image, and all of the step-by-step postprocessing to finish the image.

If you want to introduce special effects in your videos or photos, you can try a free green screen software program and get an edge in making high quality photos and videos.

Have you ever tried to reduce the contrast and been frustrated by the resulting faded and washed-out colours? This article shows how low contrast can be achieved without changing the colour saturation. Especially useful in brightening images for printing.

A method for reproducing Calvin Hollywoods "Freaky Details" effect in GIMP + G'MIC

A (hopefully) comprehensive look at methods for converting images to B&W (grayscale) in GIMP. Covers just about every available option, as well as pointers and thoughts on using them.

Chroma Key effects can give your photography a very creative look. Read out this resource to get complete knowledge about Chroma key software and technology.

Using open source software (Enfuse) to blend focus stacks of images in macro photography to increase depth of field.

First thing after taking photos and importing them to a PC is to organise them in a way that allows finding them in the future

"Content Aware Fill" in GIMP using Resynthesizer and the "Heal Selection" script provides an amazing means to build textures to replace portions of an image.

A home gown way to make your own cloud service for storing and accessing your photos remotely with an iPad or Laptop

each and every camera make and model produces different (maybe slightly) color tones of the subject. Monitors and printers also do the same. Therefore in order to keep constant and predictable results it is inevitable to use different tools and techniques to manage colors in our photos.

Beginners repeatedly ask the question "Photoshop or Lightroom". This article tries to summarise the rationale behind using either or both programs

There are many methods of approaching skin retouching and smoothing, but few that provide as much power and capability as frequency separation in GIMP through the Wavelet Decompose plugin.

Photographers can have lots of different kinds of portfolios. With the advent of Apple's iPad, we can now have app portfolios. This article discusses how to make your very own app portfolio, to advertise your business, garner revenue from app purchasers, or simply show off your photography.

An article about the differences between Categories and Keywords. Helping you to understand the best way to describe your photos so you'll always be able to find them easily.

Learn the keypoints to transform any girl into a magazine's cover girl