Skylum Airmagic review Introduction In line with Photolemur (latest review here), Skylum Airmagic is a ‘one-click’ automated photo enhancer, this time for your drone and aerial images. Airmagic uses an artificial intelligence (AI) engine that has been fed thousands of drone images and knows more or less what corrections need to be done in order […]
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Why not to buy the DJI Mavic 2 Pro Hasselblad for photography
Why not to buy the DJI Mavic 2 Pro Hasselblad for photography Introduction I’m sure that many photographers are keen to move into the field of aerial drone photography. If you’re one of those people, the DJI Mavic 2 Pro might have caught your eye recently. This new drone from market leader DJI features a […]
Anthropics PortraitPro Body 3 review and tutorial
Anthropics PortraitPro Body 3 review and tutorial Introduction For those of you not familiar with the company Anthropics, they are the ones behind the very successful Portrait Pro plug-in for Adobe Photoshop. PortraitPro Body is one of their latest plug-ins, made to basically make your male or female subjects look slimmer or more muscular. Many […]
Photolemur 3 review: highly recommended
Photolemur 3 review: highly recommended Introduction Photolemur is an automatic photo enhancer that uses Artificial Intelligence to enhance your pictures, be it RAW files or jpegs. You can use it directly by drag and dropping images onto the interface directly or from applications such as Windows Photos, or both Mac and Windows versions of Adobe […]
mydigitaland.com camera store review: buy local
mydigitaland.com camera store review: buy local Introduction As an independent mirrorless camera reviewer, I’m always looking for the best prices for high quality camera equipment. Google directed me to a site called mydigitaland.com as the cheapest price available for my camera of choice, an Sony A99 II. A quick google search resulted in a bunch […]
Skylum Luminar 2018 Jupiter review
Skylum Luminar 2018 Jupiter review Introduction Since my original Macphun Luminar review about two years ago, a lot has changed. Most noteworthy, the mac-only Macphun released a Windows Luminar version late last year and was rebranded to Skylum. The 2018 version also came with a lot of new features (see an overview here), making it […]
Using LUT in Lightroom
Using LUT in Lightroom Introduction LUT is short for color Look Up Table and allows you to remap the colors from your camera. Every single movie you see uses this technique to achieve a unique look and feel, and it is quite different to using a ‘vintage’ preset Lightroom. Since you’re remapping all colors, and not […]
Luminar 2018 new features overview
Luminar 2018 new features overview (updated for Luminar 3 with libraries) Introduction Since my review of the original Macphun Luminar earlier this year, a lot has changed. Luminar is now fully functional on both Mac and PC, so Macphun decided a name change to Skylum was in order. Besides this, the latest version of Luminar […]
Anthropics Landscape Pro 2 review
Anthropics Landscape Pro 2 review Introduction Anthropics, the makers of the famous Portrait Professional retouching software are now applying their proprietary technology to new fields of photography. I reviewed the original Landscape Pro a few years ago, but they’ve recently released a new version 2.0 with lots of new features and enhancements. To call Landscape Pro 2.0 a […]
Digital Film Tools DFT Rays 2 review
Digital Film Tools DFT Rays 2 review Introduction DFT Rays is a plug-in that allows you to add realistic light ray effects to your images. This technique is known as volumetric lighting in computer graphics and can add a bit of polish and style to your photos. The beams of light are only added to highlight areas, […]