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More Than A Snapshot provides online photography education.

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This is the blog for More Than A Snapshot's Online Photography Classes.  In these blog posts I will give photography tips, tutorials, and show images.

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Do Photographers Need a Tablet for Editing in 2022?

Gary Detonnancourt

In this video I discuss my experiences with tablets and if photographers really need to have one.

Here is an affiliate link to the tablet I just purchased.

GAOMON M10K PRO 10 x 6.25 Inches Art Digital Graphic Tablet https://amzn.to/3o8YMo2

Become a Snapshot Member now for 50% off and get all of my online courses plus free bonus digital clipart and brushes every month.

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categories Image Editing
tags drawing tablet, do photographers need a drawing tablet, image editing, stylus, pen tablet, gaomon m10k2018, Photoshop CC, photoshop brushes, tutorial, discussion

How to Add Your Own Images to Photoshop CC 2021

Gary Detonnancourt

Free Sky Pack (3 Free Skies)

Save even more by becoming a Snapshot Member and get all of my online classes plus all of my digital assets, such as this Sky Pack, for one low price.

30 High-Quality Images for Sky Replacements
30 High-Quality Images for Sky Replacements
$19.99

30 High-Quality Images for Sky Replacements in Photoshop or Luminar AI. Check the description below for information about how to use these skies to do sky replacements.

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categories Image Editing
tags add your own images to photoshop for sky replacement, how-to, tutorial, photoshop tutorial, sky replacement, sky pack, sunset sky pack

How to do a Sky Replacement in Photoshop CC 2021

Gary Detonnancourt

Free Sky Pack (3 Free Skies)

Save even more by becoming a Snapshot Member and get all of my online classes plus all of my digital assets, such as this Sky Pack, for one low price.

30 High-Quality Images for Sky Replacements
30 High-Quality Images for Sky Replacements
$19.99

30 High-Quality Images for Sky Replacements in Photoshop or Luminar AI. Check the description below for information about how to use these skies to do sky replacements.

Add To Cart
categories Image Editing
tags how to do a sky replacement in photoshop, sky replacement, tutorial, free sky pack

How to Focus Stack Images in Photoshop

Gary Detonnancourt

Feel free to download the two images below and try it for yourself.

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If you’re interested in learning more about Photoshop, consider joining my Photoshop course or become a Snapshot Member and get access to all of my online courses and digital assets.

From Photoshop, click File - Scripts - Load Image into Stack

From Photoshop, click File - Scripts - Load Image into Stack

Click Browse to select the images. Then check Attempt to Align Images.

Click Browse to select the images. Then check Attempt to Align Images.

Click on a layer to select it, then Control or Command Click on the second layer to select it as well.

Click on a layer to select it, then Control or Command Click on the second layer to select it as well.

Click on Edit - Auto Blend Layers

Click on Edit - Auto Blend Layers

Click on Stack Images and check Seamless Tones and Colors.

Click on Stack Images and check Seamless Tones and Colors.

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30 High-Quality Images for Sky Replacements
30 High-Quality Images for Sky Replacements
$19.99

30 High-Quality Images for Sky Replacements in Photoshop or Luminar AI. Check the description below for information about how to use these skies to do sky replacements.

Copy of Copy of The Sky is the Limit with Luminar 4.gif
400+ White Smoke Overlays for Photo Effects and Textures
$19.99

This is a digital product with over 400 high-resolution smoke images in JPG format. They can be used in any image editing program that uses blend modes on layers, such as Photoshop.

Easy to Follow Instructions:
You will need to know the basics of Adobe Photoshop and know how to use layers. If you don’t have these skills please check out my Photoshop course.

You can show or hide layers, Rotate or flip, resize, or change the transparency. Use the eraser on your overlay layer (or mask and brush) to clean something. You can mix & match additional overlays to achieve a unique result.

JPEG format:
1. Place the smoke layer over your photo and set the layer blend mode to SCREEN (after that black background will be invisible).
2. Use the eraser on your overlay layer (or mask and brush) to clean some parts etc.
3. You can mix & match additional overlays to achieve a unique result.
4. Save your photo and finish the work。

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More Than A Snapshot: A Digital Photography Workbook
$9.99 $19.99

More Than A Snapshot will be your guide to becoming a better photographer. It can do this because it provides you with 28 comprehensive lessons on how to control your digital SLR. Even more important the lessons require you to go out and make images. Practice really does make perfect and this book will give you the guidance and motivation you will need to succeed.

91 Pages

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White Balance Business Card
$9.99

The white balance business card is a small portable grey card that can be used in a pinch for setting a custom white balance in camera or in software.  Keep one in your wallet and one in your camera bag and never be without a grey card.

You will recieve 5 cards.

26 Black & White Lightroom Presets
26 Black & White Lightroom Presets
$19.99

This digital download includes a zip file with 26 Black & White Lightroom Presets that can be used in the Develop Module of Lightroom Classic or Lightroom CC.

35 Edgy Street Photography Presets
35 Edgy Street Photography Presets
$19.99

These Lightroom presets have been specially created to work with street photos, travel photos, and night photos. They tend to have a lot of punch and will take your images to the next level. Remember you always have the amount slider to increase or reduce their effect.

categories Image Editing, Photoshop
tags how to focus stack images in photoshop, adobe photoshop cc, tutorial, focus stacking, align layers, blend layers, depth of field, macro, landscape, focus blending

A First Look at Topaz Sharpen AI

Gary Detonnancourt

Download a free trial here. https://topazlabs.com/sharpen-ai/ref/111/?campaign=SharpenAI315

The images below are the processed images by Topaz Sharpen AI. The first image of each set is the full size and the second is the 100% crop of the image. I found the results to be good. In the fourth image the sharpening messed up a spot in her hair when I looked at it in Sharpen AI but I don’t see the problem in this jpg. This could have just been a rendering problem in the software but this could also easily be fixed if you use some masking in Photoshop.

categories Topaz
tags Topaz, Sharpen AI, Sharpener Pro, image editing, plugin, app, software, how to, tutorial

How to Create a Slideshow with Photoshop CC

Gary Detonnancourt

Slideshows can easily be created with Adobe Lightroom, however, you can have more options and media choices if you make your slideshows with Photoshop.  I made this set of tutorials to show you how you can use Adobe Photoshop CC to make simple slideshows with just still images or mixed media slideshows that can include animation, video and text.

How to Make a Slideshow in Photoshop CC

Here are some of the important steps in the process along with screenshots.

  • Export Images from Lightroom at 1920 x 1080
  • Photoshop:  Click File>Open
  • Open one image
  • Click Window>Timeline
  • Click create video timeline
  • Click add Media to add more images
  • Drag images around to re-order them
  • Drag the edge of images to change the length of time they will be displayed
  • Add transitions between images
  • Add animations to individual images
  • Add a black background for images that may not be 1920 x 1080
  • Add Sound and adjust sound options
  • Click the hamburger menu on the right side of the timeline > Render video (see video #2 for more information.)

Basic Slideshow with still images only.  Music from Bensound

 
Enhancing a slideshow with video and text.
 

Adirondacks slideshow with Text and Video.  Music from Bensound

 
Featured
30 High-Quality Images for Sky Replacements
30 High-Quality Images for Sky Replacements
$19.99

30 High-Quality Images for Sky Replacements in Photoshop or Luminar AI. Check the description below for information about how to use these skies to do sky replacements.

Copy of Copy of The Sky is the Limit with Luminar 4.gif
400+ White Smoke Overlays for Photo Effects and Textures
$19.99

This is a digital product with over 400 high-resolution smoke images in JPG format. They can be used in any image editing program that uses blend modes on layers, such as Photoshop.

Easy to Follow Instructions:
You will need to know the basics of Adobe Photoshop and know how to use layers. If you don’t have these skills please check out my Photoshop course.

You can show or hide layers, Rotate or flip, resize, or change the transparency. Use the eraser on your overlay layer (or mask and brush) to clean something. You can mix & match additional overlays to achieve a unique result.

JPEG format:
1. Place the smoke layer over your photo and set the layer blend mode to SCREEN (after that black background will be invisible).
2. Use the eraser on your overlay layer (or mask and brush) to clean some parts etc.
3. You can mix & match additional overlays to achieve a unique result.
4. Save your photo and finish the work。

Book-Cover-600-web.jpg
sale
More Than A Snapshot: A Digital Photography Workbook
$9.99 $19.99

More Than A Snapshot will be your guide to becoming a better photographer. It can do this because it provides you with 28 comprehensive lessons on how to control your digital SLR. Even more important the lessons require you to go out and make images. Practice really does make perfect and this book will give you the guidance and motivation you will need to succeed.

91 Pages

wb-business-card.jpg
White Balance Business Card
$9.99

The white balance business card is a small portable grey card that can be used in a pinch for setting a custom white balance in camera or in software.  Keep one in your wallet and one in your camera bag and never be without a grey card.

You will recieve 5 cards.

26 Black & White Lightroom Presets
26 Black & White Lightroom Presets
$19.99

This digital download includes a zip file with 26 Black & White Lightroom Presets that can be used in the Develop Module of Lightroom Classic or Lightroom CC.

35 Edgy Street Photography Presets
35 Edgy Street Photography Presets
$19.99

These Lightroom presets have been specially created to work with street photos, travel photos, and night photos. They tend to have a lot of punch and will take your images to the next level. Remember you always have the amount slider to increase or reduce their effect.

categories Slideshow
tags slideshow, how-to, tutorial, Adobe, Photoshop CC, timeline, timelapse, still images, video, text, multimedia