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Ice Flow

Here is a great noise reduction tutorial that can be used in all later versions of Photoshop. I have never bought noise reduction software as I don’t shoot at high ISOs, and now have even less reason to do so. Gaussian Blur is a Photoshop only thing it uses more complex logarithms than a normal blur filter, to give a more even blur. Andrew uses Gaussian blur in his technique. Noise levels are getting lower and lower with each DSLR release and this technique should be all that is required now a days.

The tutorial can be viewed HERE

Peace River - Alwin Holland Campground

Photomatix released a beta of their next revision. Photomatix is a High Dynamic Range image creator that is easy to use. The camera cannot capture the entire dynamic range of most scenes taken in sunlight, at sunset, night scenes, etc. With HDR images you take a series of pics, -2 stops, proper exposure, and + 2 stops, and at least that many exposures. The frames are then layered, aligned, by the software, and then tone mapped to be able to view it and print it. Just another thing that is making digital photography very exciting. Link to Photomatix Pro 3 beta. Check the link weekly as that seems to be how often a new release is issued. Windows Mac Also here is the link to HDR Labs site. This is THE HDR site and has links to free HDR software including the free Picturenaut

The button for the tutorial in the beta program does not work so here is a Link to the Photomatix tutorial on their web site.

Here is a link to an article in Digital Outback Photo on using Photomatix 3 and the new Exposure Blending Mode.

Here is a link to an excellent tutorial on exposure bracketing for HDR images.

Update March 27, 2008 Photomatix 3.0 Released

There is no picture in the player. (still learning)