How is Luminar NEO different from Luminar 4 and Luminar AI?
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Last month, Skylum introduced a brand new software named Luminar NEO. Since it’s the company’s third image editing tool, lots of users were left confused. Who is it for? What is its main purpose? And most of all – how is it different from the two older Skylum’s software, Luminar 4 and Luminar AI? Well, […]
The software company Exposure has just released their brand new update of their flagship software Exposure X7. As a direct rival to lightroom, Exposure X7 is a powerful RAW photo editing package the company say that it will handle anything you throw at it in terms of photo editing needs. New features include intelligent masking, […]
VSCO’s paid app now finally has content-aware object removal tool
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Most phone photo editing apps allow you to remove unwanted objects from your photos. VSCO has finally decided to join the party and it has introduced the new Remove tool to its app. If this is your go-to editing app, from now on, you’ll be able to remove unwanted objects without leaving the app. VSCO’s […]
Not labeling edited photos is now illegal in Norway
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Norway has introduced a new law aimed to tackle unrealistic and potentially dangerous beauty standards. From now on, any social media post made for promotional purposes has to clearly state if the photos or videos in it were altered. Those who don’t do it will be fined or even end up in jail. I stumbled […]
VSCO Launches New Set of Filters that Simulate Infrared Photography
VSCO has announced three new infrared filters -- two color and one black and white -- that were originally shared with the VSCO community in early June but are launching publicly today.
The new filters are "simulated infrared filters" and give photos the look as though they were captured on an infrared sensor. IR photography refers to light that is beyond the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation that humans can see, although they can feel it as heat. The warmer something is, the more infrared radiation it emits, which is why this type of photography has applications in science, medicine, astronomy, and more -- as VSCO explains in its press release.
Color IR film was originally developed by Kodak for military surveillance use in the 1940s which made it easier to spot hidden targets. The film converted invisible IR light into a pink or red color that was noticeable in an image, which resulted in bubblegum pink forests and crimson red plants all while keeping the rest of the landscape ordinary looking.
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Later on, IR film was released as a consumer product in the 1960s -- becoming especially favored during the emerging psychedelic movement -- and was used in creating iconic album covers for artists, such as Jimmy Hendrix, Frank Zappa, and Donovan. Photographers, such as Richard Mosse, who documented the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, also embraced this type of film as part of his work.
Although Kodak's color IR film is now discontinued, it still appeals to many photographers who remove the IR blocking filter in digital cameras to create other-worldly images with striking colors. To replicate this type of result, VSCO explains that its IR filters are an approximation of the most common visual features of real IR photos without actually having access to IR information. This means that greens and yellows are turned to pink and red, blue skies are darkened, and brightness is influenced by the red channel.
Image by Joel Flory
The first filter is built with landscapes in mind, covering a large spectrum of greens and yellows found in plants. This filter is unsuitable for portraiture as it affects skin tones, which is why VSCO has developed the second filter which allows users to preserve natural skin tones while still making the most of IR filter effect for the rest of the image. Also, the filter strength slider in the app has been designed to move between pink greens and red greens to capture the full look of IR photography.
Image by Carter Moore. Source: VSCO Image by Carter Moore. Source: VSCO
The third filter is a monochrome one, which turns plants and greens pale white while simultaneously darkening the skies, resulting in more dramatic landscape images. For this filter, the strength slider adjusts the brightness of the IR look on plants.
Image by Carter Moore. Source: VSCO
Users will be able to apply these filters to their images in the VSCO app. Examples of early-access images uploaded by users with the VSCO IR filters applied can be seen on the VSCO press release.
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Nik Collection 4 is here: New features and faster, more precise editing
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DxO has just announced Nik Collection 4. There are some new features like Meta Presets, whereas some old features have been improved, including interaction with Photoshop and Lightroom. So, let’s see what’s new and what’s pimped up in the latest Nik Collection. A new, user-friendly design One of the new things in Nik Collection 4 […]
When we think of online privacy, we typically think of social media, editing, browsing or shopping apps that open our private lives up to the potential world. Or, at least to advertisers. But these aren’t the only things we should be worried about, as this report by the folks at Surfshark illustrates. Amongst the eighteen […]
Colorcinch is another free browser-based editing tool
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If your editing software is not available to you for any reason, using a browser-based one is a great option. Colorcinch is one that recently appeared, and it’s a pretty capable and fast option. It’s also free to use (although there’s a paid premium version too), so let’s see what you get and how it […]
Free Lightroom alternative: Moving your images from Darktable to GIMP
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This is the final part of a five-part series on the free and open-source Lightroom alternative, Darktable by photographer Chris Parker. Chris didn’t write a post to accompany the fifth video in the series, but we didn’t want to leave the series of posts unfinished, so here we are. If you missed them, check out […]
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