PHOTOGRAPHY EXPOSED

PHOTOGRAPHY EXPOSED

by John Peters A.R.P.S.

W-I-P WORK IN PROGRESS - UPDATE SCREENSHOTS TO REFLECT PROPER/ORIG USE OF PAINT.NET

PAINT50 -PAINT.NET

1. GENERAL SELECTION The first function in our list.

Magic wand. A tool for general selection of 'similar' pixels.

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GENERAL SELECTION

So, in this example, we shall use PAINT.NET to select the sky area which in this example, the pixels in the sky are all of a similar colour and density, making our selection using the magic wand tool faairly easy.

First, to use this image in the demo, we should download it, it will likely be stored in your DOWNLOADS folder.

Download the image or BACKGROUND image file.

Once downloaded, we first open the image as the background or main image. Load PAINT.NET, then using the menu at the top left: FILE / OPEN, select your downloaded file from DOWNLOADS and open it. Notice how Paint.net names the image or first layer as 'background', see the bottom right of Paint.net.

1. GENERAL SELECTION The first function in our list.

TOP TIP When editing, it sometimes pays to enlarge the photograph you are working on. Use Ctrl & + together to enlarge, Ctrl & - together to reduce.

2. UNDERSTANDING LAYERS
3. GENERAL BLENDING
4. REPLACE SKY
5. REPLACE A BACKGROUND
6. MAKE AND USE PAINT.NET TO CREATE THE EFFECTS OF AN 'ND' (NEUTRAL DENSITY) FILTER
7. MAKE AND USE PAINT.NET TO ADD A GRADUATED LAYER OF COLOUR OR GREY (ND)
8. SELECT A SPECIFIC AREA TO APPLY AN EDITING FUNCTION
9. ADD MOTION BLUR
10. ADD A VIGNETTE