Welcome to the 6th edition of "Typography Blendr"! This is a series to show some highly creative, beautiful typography works from around the web.
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Typography can be all on it's own a work of art, but it's about how you bring out your creative side that truly shows the colors. In this 6th edition series, it's hard not to look over and over again at these wonderful pieces.
The video above is either an example of why being a big time photographer's assistant is the best or worst job in the world, but we'll let you make that distinction.
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Chris Crisman videotaped his assistant Robert Luessen to take on the task of going through a 5G human centrifuge. Between being maybe the worst or best job when it ultimately comes to being the photo assistant you are definitely in a position of unusual possibility.
SuperPlayPost from developer Bich Tran is loaded with sophisticated features, including image output, full 1080p HD resolution, 6 customized videos per project, 60 adjustable frames, 400 background patterns and images, 36 image filters, 64 video filters an intuitive “drag & drop” interface and more. There is also zero waiting time to apply edits, and sharing to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and more is quick and easy.
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Video editing an sharing is just as important as image editing and sharing. Considering the mass appeal that Vine has gotten. Being not only just a photographer doesn't cut it anymore, adding video to your resume has turned out to be the better choice.
Hey guys, something new here today, a basic photo editing video, this is how to give your photo a vintage/retro looking effect instead of using the basic Ins... (New tutorial!
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Since social media editing can only take you so far, this tutorial shows how to achieve that retro/vintage look without the limitations.
The new image filters will let you add cute little graphic stickers onto your photos, depending on where you are.
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Pairing your snapped photo with a cute sticker, phrase or even the logo of the amusement park or place that you've just left. Geofilters gives you that bit of flare that was missing from Instagram.
Slingshot tries to capture the fresh interface and ephemeral photo and video sharing of Snapchat, but its mandatory-participation gimmick is more draconian than fun.
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Facebook wants teenagers to be on the cutting edge. Which brings Slingshot to your attention. It acts as a gimmick in some fields but destined to be a bit of a challenge for the fun of it.
One of the most versatile and powerful secrets of Photoshop is the luminance mask.
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Getting the luminance mask and the channel mask mixed up isn't necessarily uncommon. So this article and video directs you in the right path towards what tonal range to change up using the luminance mask.
If you have a friend who just got into photography and they ask you to recommend a first lens to buy in addition to the standard kit lens, chances are very good you're going to tell them to go prime.
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Why prime? if someone asks this, please direct them to Toby Gelston not only does he have an answer but a reason to say why Prime lens are the ultimate go to lens.
With an easy setup, you can send docs, photos, and webpages from your Android or iOS device to compatible printers. Here’s how to get started.
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Printing wirelessly is a fantastic easy way to keep moving and achieving what needs to be done. Even better is when you can do all of that from your phone or tablet.
Ever wanted to just drop everything, jump in your van, and travel across North America photographing its incredible vistas? Well that’s just what timelapse photographer Joel Schat has done.
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Timelapse as we have shown before, is a form of handy work that should not go unnoticed. Now pair that with traveling North America and the landscapes that are vast and expanse when you view this video...just may surprise you even more.
Smartphones and other tech are quickly converging on eachother. Smartphones have already replaced a number of stand-alone devices like calculators, MP3 players, flashlights, point-and-shoot cameras and so much more.
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Processing an image will be done a lot more differently with this Android update that is soon to be available. Google (maybe after canceling any further improvements with Aperture and iPhoto) are taking on Android and giving it a new level of filing called Android L.
What would noted photographer Ansel Adams do if he packed an iPhone in his pocket? Likely one of two things: seek out the best noir settings among the vast range of available color shooting apps or perhaps dig up a dedicated black and white app.
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An app purely created to be devoted to the monochrome snapshot. Packing a punch full of worthy photography that Ansel Adams himself would marvel at. Becoming apart of this new movement is a click and an app away.
Sometime back, we had posted about amazing controls of Adobe Camera Raw dialog in Editor. Today we are sharing some examples of images changed using "Blacks" control in this dialog.
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If a photograph is not as spectacular as you would suspect it to be. Blacking out the background can add a depth that the image didn't previously support.
Vintage/Retro filters are sticking around, Geofilters bring a glamorous style to well the glamor and taking photos that are chopped or cropped to perfection for Instagram.
Talk about jazzing up your photos. Filters, stickers, phrases....virtually whatever you can set your imagination towards. This app can handle it and make it happen.
What can be done to get those great cropped photos perfectly, as well as not having to get rid of half of the landscape photo you've just taken. You'll probably want to use the Camera's grid.
Take it from the grid and add a Geofilter to that new image. But never forget that you have the power to imagine up your own Vintage filter. Whatever the news might turn out to be we have it all right here, so come back next time for more.
With plenty of camera enhancement and photo editing mobile apps available online, photography has become a child’s play.
Here are a few android apps to help smartphone users achieve a professional finish in photography.
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Picsay, Procapture, Perfectly Clear and CYMERA with these Android Apps keeping you in the game with creating some of the most fashionable images available online.
Want to shoot compelling square images? Check out these tips and tricks.
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Instagram will crop your photo to fit their frame. However, you can create the effective crop when it comes to square photos. Also a few more tips when it comes to actually capturing your image, like how negative space is positive.
Giving the illusion of soft, glowing skin is a big thing if you want to pursue Fashion Photography. Also Slingshot for Android comes to view as well as Photoshopping a Cityscape into a silhouette.
A photo and video sharing app that has it's own flavor...so to speak. Slingshot takes some of the design from Snapchat that failed and revamped by basically recycling and then transforming into a minimalist opportunity.
Photoshop a Cityscape Silhouette with Reverse Text:
Welcome to a cool design concept. Posters or banners would highly benefit from this technique and tutorial.
Together we have a collection that can help start up virtually anything your mind has been set towards. Keep coming back to Image Effects, Filters, Masks and Other Image Processing Methods week after week.
Photoshop CC 2014 tutorial showing how to transform regular face portraits into glamorous, sexy, portraits like the kind you've seen in fashion magazines, posters and record album covers. ...
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When it comes to tutorials, getting one straight to the point means...getting straight to the point. To create that fashion magazine glamour finish, here is a why to make that perfect flawless skin shine.
The photo app to give kids a taste of what photo editing is all about without loosing the fun part. Within reason hear out the 5 examples when Prime Lenses are something to think about and that Luminance Masking Tool.
While the editing requirements are a bit beyond a kids ability, this app will bring forth basic skills and fun ideas about editing their own images that they take.
Between Channel Masks and the Luminance Mask it seems only fair that in this tutorial finding and selecting the tonal range you want to switch up should be in your control.
Why? Would be the question that comes with the headline, however watch the video to understand exactly why you would think about changing over to Prime.
Kid apps, photo editing with the luminance tool and generally getting a feel for Prime Lenses is not an easy business. But keep coming back each week to see what we've brought to the attention of Image Effects, Filters, Masks and Other Image Processing Methods.
GoPros are popular little action cams. Between the company’s brilliant marketing and the well-liked hardware, it’s not difficult to see why they decided to go public. But as impressive as the little cameras may be, they do have their limits. Most notably: the lack of exposure controls when it comes to capturing something.
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Even action cams need some filters to choose from and since they are limited when it come to exposure. A new line of holders and filters have been released for the Hero models.
The Typic Kids app lets tots trick out pictures from your iPhone’s camera roll.
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The Typic Kids app which focus' on a kids level of photo editing software. Starting them out as young as possible and introducing them to filters, custom frames, digital stickers and text to lay over their photos.
From time to time, a new program will make us rethink our previous installments. Or Android L will have us excited to the point of exhaustion. But before you finish watching that Time-lapse remember that the process put into it is well worth the adventure.
With updates and rejuvenating interfaces for some designs. ProShot is just one of those in a long list but keep your eye out for this one (if you are a Windows Phone user) because you're receiving the boost when it comes to burst shots and generally a faster reaction time built within the camera.
Think of this as the newest game plan for Android. And waiting on the sidelines right now is anticipating. Because RAW support has arrived and photographers don't really know what to do with themselves.
Watching North America through the lens of another gives us a sense of what we should appreciate more often. As the inspirational portion of this week, witnessing what may actually be the most beautiful shoots taken.
Together with the inspirational point of view and ProShot coming in at the right moment. Yet Android L just seems too perfect to pass up. Keep coming back to see more of what we've rounded up!
New in Adobe Photoshop CC 2014, Focus Area will allow you to automatically turn the in-focus areas of your photos into a selection! This is perfect if you’re looking to replace the background of an image.
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A tutorial for the Focus Area of Adobe Photoshop. Turning those focus areas into their very own selection for your benefit.
ProShot is a well-received Windows Phone photography app that delivers a DSLR range of controls to your camera. ProShot allows you to control settings such as ISO, White Balance, Shutter Speed, Focus and more.
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Wait for the next few days since this app is receiving an excellent update. Giving it more burst rate and general zesting up ProShot with a quicker snapping time frame.
Infrared Images seems as if they can take too much time in the post-processing, also consider this the black magic of Photoshop or just blackening the background. And a round of photo editing tips.
Taking a regular photo that you could have taken of a flower and transforming it into a backdrop of dramatic and pen point view. Using a blackened background.
From the Mac Apple Store, these filters that summarize a summer-haze feeling. This is a post about one person's favorite analog filters which could be a gateway to what you're looking for.
Filters, the black magic of Photoshop and Processing Infrared images in creative ways seems to fill this week. Come back next week for more on Image Effects, Filters, Masks and Other Image Processing Methods.
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Typography can be all on it's own a work of art, but it's about how you bring out your creative side that truly shows the colors. In this 6th edition series, it's hard not to look over and over again at these wonderful pieces.