Category Archives: Tutorials

Realistic Lightning Effects

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Jimmy

One of the exciting new additions to Eye Candy 7 is the Lightning effect. Unlike actual lightning in nature, you have fine control over where the bolt appears and what it looks like. This lets you decide how to add … Continue reading →

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Group Presets in Exposure

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Jimmy

Here is a new video tutorial about group presets in Exposure. Complete presets such as Fuji Velvia 100F change every parameter to achieve the look. In contrast, group presets only change a handful of parameters at a time. For example, you … Continue reading →

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Exposure Grain Size

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Jeff

Let’s talk about how to control film grain size in Exposure. First, I’ll acknowledge that individual film grains can only be seen with a microscope. The little fractal lumps you can see in film are clusters of many grains. Still, … Continue reading →

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Adjusting exposure using Exposure 4

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Robert

We received a question about lighting techniques when you plan to use Exposure in your post processing workflow. The blog article can be found here. This did, however, bring up another interesting question. You can find the original support article … Continue reading →

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Eye Candy Gold Video

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Jimmy

Here is a new video about gold in Eye Candy 7. I demonstrate techniques for making gold using several different effects from shiny gold chrome to old rusty gold. As mentioned in the video, here is a custom settings file for … Continue reading →

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Flower photography with Tony Sweet

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Jimmy

Here is an article by Tony Sweet where he jazzes up a photo with Bokeh and Snap Art. He shares plenty of workflow tips as he transforms a good shot into a great shot. – A classic dilemma in flower photography … Continue reading →

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iPhone Photography: Slow Shutter Cam

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Jeff

Now that you have the free Alt Photo and installed the latest update, let’s talk about other fun iPhone apps. Here is one for shooting long exposures. Slow Shutter Cam Note that this is Slow Shutter Cam by Cogitap Software, … Continue reading →

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Lighting for Exposure

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Jeff

Recently Doug James asked the following question in a blog comment. Question Since I bought Exposure, I have spent countless hours experimenting with different filters either straight up or as a combo of more than one and never tire doing … Continue reading →

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Eye Candy Reflections Video

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Jimmy

I just finished up a brand new Eye Candy 7 video. It shows how to use the Shadow effect to make convincing mirror-like reflections.

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Watercolor Portrait with Marilyn Sholin

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Jimmy

Here is an article by Marilyn Sholin about using Snap Art for portraits. — Watercolor is an extremely expressive medium. It takes a lot of tedious control and expert coloring skills to make an attractive picture, even with software. Portraits … Continue reading →

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