Oct
10
The Topaz Labs bundle of photography software is my absolute favorite image processing tool. I’ve written a few short reviews on a handful of Topaz plug-ins, but this is my first comprehensive review of the entire bundle. While it makes huge economic sense to purchase the entire bundle of plug-ins, you can purchase each plug-in […]
Sep
1
Until recently if asked the question “What is the best HDR photography software?”, I would have instantly and without hesitation said “Photomatix“. This answer is still true to a large extent, but Photomatix definitely has a contender now. Oleono HDREngine is HDR software that I just heard about recently from a member of my Facebook […]
Aug
11
So I just started delving into some stock photography software that should make selling photographs online a little bit easier. One of the reasons I actually stopped uploading to some of the less profitable microstock sites is the large amount of time involved in uploading and keywording. It stopped making sense to me to spend […]
Aug
11
Not everyone can afford to pay for RAW editing software such as Photoshop or Lightroom. So, I have compiled a list of free RAW editing software for the photographer on a budget. I can’t personally vouch for any of these programs as I use Photoshop and Lightroom for all of my RAW conversion. 1. Able […]
Jun
1
If you haven’t yet, you can download a free and fully functional trial version of Topaz Simplify from the Topaz Labs site, here: Download Topaz Simplify Topaz Simplify started off as possibly not useful software for me…to be perfectly honest. However, now that I have tried the entire Topaz Bundle, I can say that […]
May
15
If you haven’t yet downloaded the free and fully functional 30 day trial of Topaz Clean, you can do so from here: Topaz Labs Downloads If you decide to purchase a license for Topaz Clean, or any other Topaz product, you will get an instant 10% discount by entering the coupon code “photoluminary” (without quotes) […]
Apr
4
Edit: The newest version of Topaz Simplify, which has come out since I wrote this review, is much much better! There are a lot more presets to work with and more overall control. I would definitely recommend trying it out. After being introduced to both Topaz Adjust and Topaz DeNoise Photoshop plug-ins, I decided […]
Apr
2
If you decide to purchase any Photomatix product at some point, you will get a 15% discount on your purchase, by entering the coupon code “photoluminary” (without the quotes) into the Online order form. Photoshop CS5 (now CS6) offers what is advertised as a substantially improved HDR feature, over past versions of the software. The […]
Mar
30
You will get an instant 15% discount on your purchase of Photomatix Light, or any other Photomatix product, by entering the following coupon code into the order form: photoluminary Welcome to my Photomatix Esentials (Light) tutorial and review. While I would always first recommend Photomatix Pro to any photographer that is serious about professional HDR […]
