Question: I admit that I am rather dense in certain areas, and the concept that cropping a photo reduces its integrity/clarity eludes me. If a photo is crisp and clear and you crop it a bit, how does that degrade the photo's quality?
I want to learn how to do layers (once learned, I may find them not as useful as the way I've done things up to now).
It is time for me to know how to manipulate my pictures to make light corrections, in RAW or NEF, I know.
I've been limping along with Photoshop Elements long enough, and although I don't mind deleting most of my photos, ocassionally there is one that I just know would be fine if I were to manipulate it in RAW/NEF (which, yes, means that those photos need to be taken in RAW/NEF)
QUESTION: What is the best software to buy, and is it true that I should have two programs, like cs5 and lightroom?
I am kind of dense and shall probably want to take a class (or watch lots of YouTube videos) in order to learn how to use it.
Now that I take most pictures in manual, I would like to go up a notch with my software.
What's best lately?
pedalmasher wrote:
I purchased Photoshop Elements 11 three months prior to the upgrade to 12 and they tell me that I do not qualify for a free upgrade. I will upgrade, but it will never be to another one of Adobe's products. :(
I just got a letter from Adobe in the mail in which they informed me that between Sept 11 and Sept 13, 2013 someone hacked them and accessed certain customer order information, including mine (probably).
They went on to say that names, payment card expiration dates, encrupted card numbers, and other information was stolen.
They offered a one year complimentary credit monitoring membership, and they recommended that I monitor my account for incidents of fraud and identitiy theft, etc.
Bill Houghton wrote:
Two ways it can go for majority for them.
Most of them end up on a hard drive in China when the computer is traded in for new and improved model.
The majority of the remainder end up being crushed up on there cell phone every two years because they don't know how to get them out and onto a computer. Just my personal point of view. LOL
Think about it. Do your really care what other peoples photos look like for the most part. A party, a friend waving good bye. A bush in some ones garden, a bug, a bird at the feeder.
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Yeah, huh?
(Although there is something to be said for photos like the above. Memories are good things and pictures freeze time and are so fine to revisit.)
Bri wrote:
After spending the day out and about with the Panasonic GH3 I returned to open the RAW files in CS5 Camera RAW. They would not open as I required Adobe Camera RAW 7.3 or later. Went on line to find CS5 can not download the latest Adobe Camera RAW 8 which can open the GH3 files. I can only access that through Photoshop CC.(cloud). Adobe have me bent over a barrel but that is the end for me I will switch to Oloneo at a fraction of the price and a great product too. For 10 years I have used Adobe products but greed has got to them and I want no further part of their product which is a pity as they also produce a great product if you can afford it.
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Haven't heard of Oloneo --- > Are they established and reliable? Cost? Prerequisite software necessary?
CaptainC wrote:
Good quality filters will have NO visible effect. That has been tested and proven. The B+W brand, for example, will have no effect.
Now cheap filters are a different story.
I have a Nikon "NC" filter.
$49.00
http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Product/Lens-Filters/2479/52mm-Screw-on-NC-Filter.html
Are NC filters (neutral color) good for lens protection, or do they, too, affect how light affect the lens?
Are they the same as clear filters?
Thanks to everyone for the valuable information.
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I need to buy lens protectors for my lenses and bought a couple of neutral density filters. Now I find out they may not be "neutral" at all. Is that so? Any advice?
Thanks, in advance.
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[quote=traveler90712]Everybody will provide you with great information. A word of caution (actually a bunch or words :-) ).
Ensure both the tripod and ball head, each, can support one and a half to two times, total weight of both the camera and largest lens you own. [/
Excellent, thx