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Vintage Edits editing Jul 01, 2024

By Matt Holmes

I have never done anything like this before, so hopefully it will all work & make sense! I have had a couple of people ask about my recent ā€˜vintage’ style edits & it was suggested I write one of these blogs, so here we go…

I have tried old fashioned/vintage style edits before, but n...

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Adobe AI Generative Fill editing Jul 01, 2024

By Nigel Harrison

Following on from the MergeĀ Meet regarding Adobe’s new leap in witchcraft technology Generative Fill, I thought I’d put up an example of what I found it can do.

I’ve been using Generative Fill for a couple of weeks now and thought I’d put it to the test the other day. This is a s...

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AI Denoise in Lightroom - A Game Changer editing Jul 01, 2024

By Bradley Rogers

For a while now, artificial intelligence has been creeping into our world. It’s not just about writing essays for GCSE students, or creating digital artwork from simple commands. It is now becoming more useful and intriguing than ever before. Maybe the most popular Ai system for p...

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X-TREME Editing editing Jul 01, 2024

By Bradley Rogers

I often get compliments on my creative edits. So I thought it would be an ideal use of the Member Blogs to share with you my edit process on the X-tiger shot from RIAT.

My edits often start without me knowing the final destination of the finished edit. I like to have play around ...

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Going Round The Twist editing Jul 01, 2024

By Bradley Rogers

Sometimes I find myself wanting to push the boundaries of my creative edits a little further, whilst keeping in the realms of possibility. Maybe it’s a hint of boredom or a need to try something different. We can all achieve great and credible flying shots whether it be at Airshow...

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Laid Back Lightroom editing Jul 01, 2024

By Steven Reid

I have been using lightroom for many years, apart from gap year with Capture One, whilst I was shooting fuji cameras. What brought me back to Adobe was the Creative Cloud support.Ā  I know many people may already be using the workflow I describe below, but I also know that many people...

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Low Key Black & White Edits editing Jul 01, 2024

By Richard Bryant

I have been spending the winter learning more about photography and editing.

Step one has been diving into Rich and Tom’s excellent training.

Step two has been going through other tutorials on You Tube.

One element of editing I have began dabbling with is Black and White. I tho...

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Don't Forget to Screw Your White Balance editing Jul 01, 2024

By Rich Cooper

I just completed some edits from recent ā€˜Ops Shoots’… And I wanted to keep it to two shots from each of the three events, and to keep the style (mostly) in a modern vintage look.

But that meant I couldn’t post this! And there’s a message behind it!

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Dabbling in Black Backgrounds editing Jul 01, 2024

By Hayman Tam

As aviation photographers, we strive to improve our images, whether by refining our technique or with equipment upgrades. In the post-processing workflow, the matter of style takes shape. I know my style has been evolving constantly, and one recent style phase I’ve been exploring is t...

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