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How To Add Bokeh Effect In Photoshop

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Feb 25Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips No Comments
How To Add Bokeh Effect In Photoshop

Derived from the Japanese word ‘boke,’ meaning ‘blur,’ bokeh is a photography jargon commonly known to the world as a photography effect. Many photographers use this technique to create a soft out-of-focus blur in their photographs. It enhances the visual appeal of any image by making it appear dreamy and aesthetically pleasing. Often achieved by using fast prime lenses while photographing, it can also be created during the post-processing stage. Moreover, many photographers find that adding bokeh using Photoshop gives the most realistic effect. So, here’s an amazing tutorial that will take you through the step-by-step process of learning how to create the bokeh effect in Photoshop for any image.

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How to Blur the Background in Photoshop in 7 Easy Steps

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Feb 17Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips No Comments
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Imagine this: You capture an amazing portrait of the bride and the groom at a wedding. You are excited about that one epic photograph you can’t wait to share on your social media and website. So, when it’s time to finally view the picture on your computer, something in the image’s background distracts you instantly. As a wedding photographer, you already know that no matter how perfectly timed or focused your image, backgrounds can often ruin an otherwise perfect wedding photo. This is quite common when you are photographing in a crowd. However, whether it’s a distracting element or an unpleasant background in general, a little bit of work on Photoshop could fix your photograph. To help you make even your rejected pictures make it to the list of final deliverables, we offer you tips and tricks to blur background in Photoshop in this blog. 

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How to Use The Patch Tool in Photoshop

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Feb 03Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips No Comments
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The Patch Tool in Photoshop can completely transform your images by removing unwanted or distracting spots or objects from them. Therefore, making it one of the most helpful tools for photo editing. Even with several years of experience, you could still accidentally include something unflattering or distracting in a photograph. And once you have taken the image, the chances of recreating it are relatively low. In such cases, the Patch Tool, which belongs to the family of Healing Brush Tools, can become a life-saver. Moreover, just like a magic trick (which needs some practice, of course), this feature can also help you add or copy objects to further enhance your image. It may be a little confusing at first, but in this blog, we offer you some ways to successfully use this tool for your future edits.

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How to Add, Change, and Remove a Background in Photoshop

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Jul 26Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips 1 Comment
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Here at ShootDotEdit, we provide wedding photography edit services to pro photographers. We also love to provide you with valuable information to help fine-tune your skills and speed up your workflow. Today, we will cover how to add background in Photoshop. Plus, we will also discuss how to remove a background to ensure you have the skills necessary.

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How to Make a Logo Transparent in Photoshop

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Jul 26Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips No Comments
how to make a logo transparent in Photoshop

As a company that provides photo editing services for pro wedding photographers, we know your post-wedding workflow can be time-consuming and often stressful. That’s why we put together wedding photography editing tutorials, so you have the knowledge behind some of the processes necessary to make adjustments to your images. Today, we will dive into how to make a logo transparent in Photoshop. Keep reading to learn more.

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How to Add Grain in Photoshop

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Jul 17Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips No Comments
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As a wedding photographer who has a unique photography style, you know you want to create images that really impress your brides and grooms. And even though ShootDotEdit edits wedding images for you, for the best prices in the industry, we also believe in you having the talent and creative power to make that handful of images really stand out. And so we want to share some editing tips with you on how to add grain in Photoshop is a valuable skill to obtain. Adding grain can create a timeless film-like look for your images, which is something that can be quickly added to your photos in post production once you have the skills. In this post, we will specifically address how to add film grain in Photoshop to achieve the look you desire for your wedding images.

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How to Reduce Noise in Photoshop

Author: ShootDotEditOn: Jul 15Categories: Lightroom & Photoshop Tips 2 Comments
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As a wedding photographer, chances are you are no stranger to noise in your images. Digital noise is a discoloration of a photo that often degrades the quality. When you zoom in closely on an image, the noise may cause it to appear pixelated. There are several factors that can cause noise in your photos, including low light scenarios, high sensitivity modes, or slow shutter speeds. Unlike using Lightroom to reduce noise, Photoshop gives you a lot more versatility and refinement. So if you’re ready to dive into learning how to reduce noise in Photoshop for your wedding photography, read on! In the past, we have covered this process in Lightroom. Today, we will walk you through the specific steps needed to reduce noise in Photoshop.

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