http://darksideofthelens.com Digital photo processing with Photoshop and Photoshop Elements for the not so advanced user Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:38:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 http://darksideofthelens.com http://darksideofthelens.com/wp-content/plugins/maxblogpress-favicon/icons/darkside.ico http://darksideofthelens.com/2009/01/out-and-about-for-a-few-weeks/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2009/01/out-and-about-for-a-few-weeks/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:38:10 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=512 Well, it’s that time of year and I am going off for a break, returning mid February. During this time I’ll not be updating the blog as I will only have sporadic access to the web. Unfortunately comments, questions, requests etc may take a little while for me to get to, but I will get to them [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2009/01/out-and-about-for-a-few-weeks/feed/ 6 http://darksideofthelens.com/2009/01/notification-of-new-tutorials/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2009/01/notification-of-new-tutorials/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:08:54 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=527 I have had several people ask me how best to be notified when I put up a new video, as I don’t email everyone to let them know (though I can do so if enough people request it). Well, the best way is to to use the RSS links on the page and you’ll be notified [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2009/01/notification-of-new-tutorials/feed/ 2 http://darksideofthelens.com/2009/01/your-prints-on-canvas/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2009/01/your-prints-on-canvas/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:24:34 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=521 For years now I have absolutely loved seeing my photos printed on canvas. Canvas is a very forgiving medium, with the ability to hide a wealth of sins in many photos, though it is still the usual case of the better the photo the better the end result. However, due to the nature, especially the texture, [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2009/01/your-prints-on-canvas/feed/ 0 http://darksideofthelens.com/2009/01/levels-part-2/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2009/01/levels-part-2/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:00:05 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=501 Well, hopefully everyone has recovered from an excellent New Year by now. If not then good on you for having such a huge party!!! As promised, here is the second video to complete our exploration of “levels” in Photoshop Elements Questions, problems or comments please simply drop me a line. Simon http://darksideofthelens.com P.S. There might be a small delay [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2009/01/levels-part-2/feed/ 2 http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/12/levels-part-1/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/12/levels-part-1/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:10:22 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=482 I remember when I was first learning digital photo editing and I stumbled across something called “levels”. Some of my photos had looked grey and dull, though I did not realize it at the time, and these suddenly sprang to life as I learned how to use the levels adjustments in Photoshop. Although not quite as [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/12/levels-part-1/feed/ 3 http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/11/tutorial-images-now-available/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/11/tutorial-images-now-available/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:00:07 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=475 The tutorial images for the earlier tutorials are now available in the free member’s area. I apologise that these took me a while to get up but things here have been somewhat out of control, to put it mildly. I still intend toi recommence producing videoa within the next week as I have a heap [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/11/tutorial-images-now-available/feed/ 4 http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/10/say-hello-to-robert/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/10/say-hello-to-robert/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:29:50 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=464 Yes, I have been slack over the last few weeks, sorry. But I do have a rather valid excuse Our baby, Robert, decided to arrive somewhat earlier than we expected, over 4 weeks early in fact. He spent some time in the special care unit, but has just come home and is doing very [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/10/say-hello-to-robert/feed/ 4 http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/10/slight-change-to-the-feedback-system/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/10/slight-change-to-the-feedback-system/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:14:03 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=451 I have been getting some great feedback, thank you all, as well as some excellent questions. However, the way I had the blog setup meant that they all came directly to me, when the questions will usually benefit others as well. I have therefore slightly changed my feedback and questions system to more of a guestbook [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/10/slight-change-to-the-feedback-system/feed/ 0 http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/10/tutorials-available-as-podcasts-on-itunes/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/10/tutorials-available-as-podcasts-on-itunes/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:57:46 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=436 For those with iPhones (boy do I love mine!), iPod Touch’s or other similar devices that can view video podcasts, you can now download my video tutorials from iTunes (for free naturally). The videos have been specially formatted for mobile devices. Simply go to the iTunes store and search for “Dark Side of the Lens”. At present [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/10/tutorials-available-as-podcasts-on-itunes/feed/ 0 http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/09/adjustment-layers/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/09/adjustment-layers/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:44:54 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=426 Another in the series of video tutorials on layers in Elements 6, this time on “Adjustment Layers”. There are several different types of adjustment layer, such as levels or hue & saturation. In this tutorial I demonstrate the use of an adjustment layer, using a hue & saturation adjustment layer as an example. Don’t get too hung [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/09/adjustment-layers/feed/ 9