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Nikon Capture NX2 Techniques: Active D-Lighting Use Example
Eric Bowles (ericbowles)
There seems to be some confusion about the use of Active D-Lighting. As a reminder, Active D-Lighting (ADL) is a setting in the camera that is used for high contrast scenes. It potentially applies an exposure adjustment to reduce exposure, and applies a complex curve to brighten shadows while protecting highlights. Find out the best settings, what implications are met in photo editing software, and more! Read more...
Capture One Pro 7 Review
Martin Turner (Martin Turner)
Reviewing Capture One Pro version 7, a significant advance on version 6, especially for Nikon users who now have access to Live View while tethering. Read more...
Photo Ninja Review
Ernesto Santos (esantos)
PictureCode is a serious contender in the raw converter/processor arena. With little effort you can easily produce excellent images with great color, detail, and separation of tones. Not to mention the noise reduction is something else out of this world. See the full review and judge for yourself. Read more...
Better Black and White Images in Lightroom
User
A guide to producing better black and white images in Lightroom. If you're going black and white with any photograph, the end result can be made stronger by doing things yourself and not just letting your software decide how to create the tones and contrast that ultimately make for a powerful black and white image. Read more...
DxO Optics Pro and DxO Film Pack Review
Martin Turner (Martin Turner)
DxO Optics Pro is a high-end raw developer designed to extract the maximum optical quality from laboratory calibrated lens combinations, but also offering maximum freedom to the user to use the same tools with unsupported combinations, or for creative effects. It is highly specified as a batch processor, having a simple out-of-the-box interface for optimizing an image. Read more...
Phase One Media Pro Review
Martin Turner (Martin Turner)
Media Pro is a fast, powerful and sturdy digital assets management system which integrates well with Phase One Capture One, but is also worth looking at even if you mainly use Photoshop, Nikon Capture or dXo as your primary raw developer. Read more...
Phase One Media Pro 1 Review
Mike Hagen (Mike_Hagen)
The Phase One Media Pro 1 Review looking at this Digital Asset Management suite. Read more...
Review Capture Pilot v1.2 With Camera Control
Mike Hagen (Mike_Hagen)
A few months ago I tested Capture Pilot v1.0 for the iPad and fell in love with the product. At the time, Capture Pilot’s functionality was limited to an image viewer with the ability to integrate with Capture One Pro for ranking and rating images. Even using Capture Pilot strictly as a viewer, it was a fantastic companion for the studio. Over these last few months, Phase One has been diligently at work creating new updates for their software and recently released Capture Pilot v1.2. Read more...
Epson Stylus Pro 3880 Guide
Thomas Berg (twberg)
This will not be a laboratory-style review but a blend of subjective report and tutorial. I intend to provide information and reliable hints as to avoid frustration by duplicating my mistakes; tailored to those who newly own this printer or seriously consider buying one. Read more...
Capture One Pro 6 interview with the Image Doctors
Jason Odell (DrJay32)
Jason & Rick interview Phase One's VP of Research and Development, Claus Mølgaard. Listen to the Image Doctor Podcast here. Read more...
PhaseOne Capture Pilot v1.1 review
Mike Hagen (Mike_Hagen)
Tethered photography has revolutionized the studio workflow by allowing photographers and clients to interact in ways never before possible. This is a review of the iOS product from PhaseOne Read more...
Capture One Pro 6 review
Martin Turner (Martin Turner)
Lightroom for grownups? Phase One's Capture One Pro software offers the ultimate workflow for Phase One and Leaf cameras, and much of this functionality — but not all — is available for Nikon shooters. It works at blazing speed, has extensive customisation to fit around how you want to work, and has some very refined features not available on competing systems. Read more...
DOF for Blackberry
DOF calculators at Nikonians (outdated) Read more...
Annotate! by Nikonians - The user guide
Bo Stahlbrandt (bgs)
Annotate! by Nikonians is a free software enabling you to annotate, find, share and keyword your images through an intuitive interface. Read more...
Annotate Expert Review
Bo Stahlbrandt (bgs)
Bo Stahlbrandt reviews the Annotate Expert software by Nikonians and gives tips on how and where to effectively use it. Read more...
SilverFast podcast review
Rick Walker (walkerr)
In episode #105 of the Image Doctors podcast, Rick and Jason interview Gerhard Wolff of LaserSoft Imaging, makers of SilverFast software (www.silverfast.com). The SilverFast suite of software includes sophisticated tools for scanning film with a wide variety of scanners, including Nikon models. Read more...
OnOne Plug-In Suite 5 Review
Ernesto Santos (esantos)
On One Software has a tag line for their newest plug-in suite for Photoshop. “Solve the Six Most Common Problems in Photoshop”, it says. Read more...
The OnOne Photoshop Bundle
Martin Turner (Martin Turner)
The OnOne Photoshop plugins bundle offers three industry leading tools, one-nice-to-have, an odd-box neither fish-nor-foul which you'll either find incredibly useful or incredibly annoying, and a tool that improves on a Photoshop built-in function. Read more...
nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 filters review
Neil van Niekerk (Neil_vN)
nik_Color_Efex_Pro filters are enhancement filters that work within Photoshop, allowing you a multitude of easily attained effects. Depending on which edition you get, there are up to 75 filters with which numerous effects and enhancements can easily be used on any digital image. Read more...
DxO Optics Pro Review
Neil van Niekerk (Neil_vN)
What DxO Labs say the software does: "DxO Optics Pro automatically enhances images produced by Digital-SLR, advanced Digicams, and their lenses with revolutionary optics, noise and lighting corrections packed in an all-new, easy-to-use feature rich application." Read more...
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