An even better b&w combining VitaminBW 2 and Shape

An even better b&w combining VitaminBW 2 and Shape About this tutorial This is the very first tutorial of the new instructional and training system with a mix of text, images, and quick video contents for an effective learning experience. In black & white...

Frequency Separation Made Easy

To put it as easily as possible, frequency separation is a Photoshop technique which separates the texture of an image from its shape creating two layers, one storing color and luminosity information and the other one, storing the detail. Activating a curve adjustment...

Spatial Frequency Separation in Theory

Usually one encounters spatial frequency separation for the first time in the field of beauty retouch. To put it as easily as possible, it is a technique which separates the texture of an image from its shape, allowing the retoucher to easily clone over defective...

VitaminBW: a Steady Path to Black-and-White

An interesting article on Black&White Techniques from moonphotoshop.com, the new website of Marco Olivotto   Black-and-white is pleasure and pain for any photographer – even those who don’t actually use it. About six months ago I stumbled into an interesting...

ALCE and 360° panoramic images

Two suggestion for ALCE processing of equirectangular images to be used building 360 degree panoramas.   By Davide Barranca   Equirectangular images, the ones used to build those beautiful, immersive, 360 degrees panoramas, may require some extra attention...