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Photoplus tutorial: Replace Colour

This is a Serif Photoplus tutorial. Photoplus is a comprehensive image editor that allows the user to replace colour in the image for interesting effects.
Replacing colour in Photoplus is very similar to the way that is done in Photoshop.
Firstly, using an appropriate selection method selection the area that include the colors to be replaced.

Next go […]

Making GIMP photo editor easier to use

GIMP is widely reputated to be the most powerful free alternative to Photoshop. It is the defacto free photo editing software. For 3D enthusiasts, it can also be used to create texture maps as well as post-editing.
As a Photoshop user, I appreciate GIMP’s power. However, I also find the latter’s interface and quirks frustrating too. […]

How to optimize the digital photos for the Web

You have taken the photos using the digital camera. You will like to post it up on the web.
If you want to put the digital photos on the web, they must ideally be properly optimized. This is to make sure that they load in the least time possible.  You will want the file size to […]

Daz Studio - digital posing and modelling

Ok, I know this is not directly related to photography. But nevertheless, I think, many a digital photographer might be interested in this.
Daz Studio is a FREE program that allows the manipulation and rendering of virtual models. It can render pretty realistic 3D humans.

Strange Beauty
by: GreyPixel
This program is both available for Mac and Windows user. […]

Adding effect using Fyre

In this tutorial, we will talk about using Fyre software to add special effects in a photo. However Frye is not a typical image editor such as GIMP, Photoshop, Photoplus or Corel Photopaint. For those who doesn’t know what Fyre is, it is a free software that can generate nice, silky and soft looking fractals.
Fyre […]