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Quick Tip: Using "Refine Edge" for Improved Masking
Refine Edge is an invaluable tool which transforms your hard, approximate selection into a soft, crisp, detailed selection! If you can't key your subject out...
Rob Taylor
28 Jul 2013
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Creating Realistic Composites, Part 2: Processing and Compositing
Welcome to the second installment of this two-parter on shooting with green screen for compositing. We're going to use the lessons from the first article to...
Rob Taylor
9 Jul 2013
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Creating Realistic Composites, Part 1: Shooting on a Green Screen
From the incredible imaginations of sci-fi movie directors to the impactful stills of photographers like Joel Grimes, composite imaging is used for making...
Rob Taylor
8 Jul 2013
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Build Your Own DIY Ringflash
Ringflash has a wonderful, unique look to it, whether they are macro or shoot-through portrait ringlights. You get a crisp, dimensional, almost hyper-real...
Rob Taylor
19 Jun 2013
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Understand How Autofocus Works: Part 2
After our first look into autofocus, we'll now take a more technical approach. I'm firmly of the belief that the more you understand about your camera and...
Rob Taylor
12 Jun 2013
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The Definitive Guide to Pinhole Photography: Part 2
Welcome to the second installment of designing and building your own pinhole camera! In this part, we'll be looking at alternative camera shapes and how to...
Rob Taylor
23 Apr 2013
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The Definitive Guide to Pinhole Photography: Part 1
We all love digital and its versatility, speed and convenience. However, if you're like me, sometimes you yearn to go back to something more pure and simple....
Rob Taylor
22 Apr 2013
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How to Turn a Busy City into an Abandoned City
Something about abandoned cities speaks to us on a deep level, whether due to a sense of personal loneliness in large cities or the ostensible fragility of...
Rob Taylor
4 Apr 2013
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How to Shoot Video on Your Canon Rebel
The explosion of filmmaking since its democratization in 2008 has meant increasingly cheap ways of exploring the possibilities of motion pictures. One of the...
Rob Taylor
27 Mar 2013
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Canon and Nikon vs. Everyone Else: Buying Your First DSLR
To the beginner, there's a bewildering array of cameras out there these days. They advertise a multitude of features often wrapped up in technical jargon and...
Rob Taylor
5 Mar 2013
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Quick Tip: How Does Shutter Speed Affect Video?
When talking about video, many people refer the "cinematic" or "videoish" looks. Cinematic is in. Everyone wants to make sure their videos look like they...
Rob Taylor
23 Feb 2013
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Learning Fundamentals By Practicing Other Media, Part 2: Painting
Welcome to the second installment of the series. We're looking at alternative art forms to pursue or peruse in the pursuit of broadened horizons. Moving on...
Rob Taylor
28 Jan 2013
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