Questions tagged [photography]
Questions about taking pictures with a camera.
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What copyright do I need to worry about in regards to personal photos of sculptures or famous buildings?
I would like to use my own photos of sculptures or famous buildings that other people made in personal projects (not for real clients) that are poster advertisements and upload them to my Behance ...
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Backup storage solution for video/RAW photographs
I work as a designer/photographer for a <10 person startup. We rely heavily on photography and video in our work. Currently we use Google Drive to store edited photos and graphics, however, have no ...
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Regular panoramic photo to iPhone panoramic [closed]
How I can change the format or the register of a panoramic photo made in Photoshop to a iPhone panoramic photo, this is because the new feature of Facebook admit only that ones
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Logo formats for a web site and digital photographs and using for print [duplicate]
Someone is designing a logo for me. I need to use it for a web site, as a watermark on digital photograph as well for printing on photos, business cards, etc. What formats should I confirm for all ...
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Reason to use vector art instead of photos (How to convince a client one style is better than the other)
Context: I did some vector art to use in a login page and adverts. I got cool reviews about it, but my boss prefers real photos instead of vector art. The photos and vector art are for a Business ...
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Extremely large tiff file editing for aerial photography
I am trying to do some touch up work on an extremely large .tiff file. The file is roughly 80GB(It is an aerial photo). The software I normally use for viewing such a large file is ArcMap(unrelated ...
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Does a feathered vignette for a child's portrait look good?
Hello I'm working on picture of a little boy.
I think the upper left corner of the picture needs something.
Does this feathered vignette look good and professional?
What might an alternative be?
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What do I call a design with tinted elements on top of a photograph?
How can I call the below kind of designs (tinted elements on photograph)
I want to know, because to use the terms in search and so.
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Remove dust from photo
What technique I should approach to remove dust from blue circles in attached picture? Actually I would like to have clear illustration instead of photo. How to achieve that?
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Can anyone throw me some photograph ideas? [closed]
In my graphic design course, we have been set a brief which requires us to go out and take 50 photographs of things that relate to this list of 50 sayings. I've got a fair amount done all ready, but ...
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Large Format Photograph Printing
I've got a client who wants me to create a large format banner to go hang at the rear of his property. The bulk of this banner is a photograph of his shop, with some text at the top.
For the ...
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Which file format is best for printing? [closed]
What would be the best image format for printing images or designs created with Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator or to print images form a digital camera?
If I have the option of exporting different ...
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I have to get a large number of photos approved for my project. Is there an online tool or platform that can help me with this?
We've had a photographer do a three day shoot to provide imagery for the project I'm working on. From the thousands of shots she took we want to get down to an initial set of 75 images that have been ...
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How to create or take a large photograph for displays? Is it worth it?
I am working on a single panel screen for a display, 106" x 82" (2692.4mm x 2082.8mm). The highest quality photos I have are 18" x 12" (457.2mm x 304.8mm) at 300ppi.
Of course I don't have to make ...
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Is there a name for the type of photography or layout where items are arranged on a grid?
Is there a name for this layout?
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Where can I find celebrity photos for commercial use?
Every commercial-use photograph website I've looked at (flickr, shutterstock, getty images, etc) have plenty of pictures of celebrities, but literally none of them have model releases, so they can't ...
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What shading technique/effect was used in this calligraphy?
Do you know what technique was used in this calligraphy? I would like to use Illustrator CS6 to achieve this look.
The effect looks like glow in the dark.
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How can I put my name in the lower corner of my pictures using photoshop? [duplicate]
How can I put my name in the lower corner of my pictures using Photoshop? Specifically, how can I put my name in mass numbers of my pictures using Photoshop? I have 1500 photos from a recent biology ...
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How to create a very big photo (like for a billboard) [duplicate]
So I'm designing a CD cover for my friends band. And I will have to use a photo of them for that cover. How am I supposed to create it so that it won't pixelize if they want to use that for a big ...
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Resources for old vintage (1960's and older) photography for use?
I've been searching for some good resources for old photos for use in designs. I've checked out the Flickr Commons, but I'm wondering if there were alternative sources I don't know about for copyright-...
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2D dimensions from photograph
Suppose I want to take the dimensions of an object of negligible width on a flat surface from a photograph and am able to calibrate in the sense that I know the distance per pixel of some line drawn ...
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What items is a company's brand identity typically applied to?
I'm a newbie in Branding of products in the market using Graphics Design and as per my question, I would like to know what items are supposed to be branded for a photographer as a client?
Branding is ...
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Portrait Photograph, How do I get this
I am trying to achieve the runny ink look below on a portrait of a girl I took yesterday. At first I thought this look was the result of an error in the development process, but seeing other versions ...
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Oops, my shutter speed was too fast. How do I fix this light banding?
I was out photographing some performance art this weekend and took a picture that I really like. I had set the camera set to auto ISO to handle the rapid lighting changes, but this unfortunately ...
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Simple watermark logo for photography
I'm trying to make a little logo to put as a watermark on my pictures, and perhaps to put it in a website.
Since it's personal, I had the idea to use my initials (C and B) to form the shape of a ...
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What kind of filter / treatment /lighting / style is done on this photo?
Can anyone help identify what kind of filter / treatment via photoshop was done to this photo? Or is it some kind of lighting treatment? Or perhaps some kind of color grading was done to it?
I ...
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What resolution should large formatted photography be for print? [duplicate]
I have been given a request to re-size and up the resolution on a handful of images to be printed 40 in. x 30 in. to be hung on the walls in a new facility conference room where clients will see them. ...
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How to achieve better consistency with stock / vendor photos taken from different distances?
I'm working on an e-commerce site and one problem I face is having to deal with furniture vendors and the way they shoot their photos.
Some shoot products photos up close and others from far back. ...
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Get the reduced opacity color of a layer in Photoshop
I have a layer which is completely filled with a color to which i am changing the opacity value to say some 80%. Is it possible to get the color code of the layer with the reduced opacity?
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DPI/PPI resolution for product zoom images
I'm working on an ecommerce site and I am trying to figure out at which resolution to save product images.
We usually go for 72DPI but I believe now we should be using PPI, but also that to account ...
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How to resize tiff file for print
I have a question for you about resizing tif image for print.
We are creating a 6x10 inches Indesign brochure right now.
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63M, 3840x5760 px, 300 resolution
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Classification schemes for photos
Those that have seen the moodstream tool at gettyimages.com might have expected that there are better image classification and management tools than what is currently available in Adobe Creative Suite ...
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Why does an image get Larger when I up the DPI?
I am currently working on a print media project that requires a 300 DPI minimum for all images. I thought I had to discard a bunch of photos that were 180 DPI at their default resolution. However, I ...
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Gimp: removing background from product images
I often have the task of making the background of product images pure white.
While preserving the best possible image quality, what is the quickest way to adjust colors such that the background ...
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Hiding Pixelation using Photo effects: "LOMO"
I have an Image in size 20"*30". I wanted to get it printed on canvas but it is pixelated, I got some ideas that applying "LOMO" effects or Grains on the image can help avoid pixelation and image can ...
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How do I fix this photo (poor quality, saturation, color) in GIMP?
I have a photo with poor quality and lighting that needs to go in a print newsletter. There is some lighting issues, and a blue-ish color in part of the image. I'd like to fix the image using GIMP.
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How can I get this HDR or painted blur effect from a photo?
How can I get this HDR or painted blur effect from a photo in Photoshop, Gimp, Inkscape or some other software?
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Plagiarism vs Inspiration
Artists, writers, musicians, designers, businesses, even the creative DIY blogger mom at home must decide for themselves where to draw the line between being “Inspired” and “Copying” other’s hard work....
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Zoo animal art work and copyright
How much should I consider about copyright?
Taking a animal photo from zoo and upload to microstock:
-> will this call copyright problem?
Tracing the zoo photo convert to "vector art":
-> copyright ...
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How to Create a Shiny Colour Swatch Puddle
I was wondering how you would create something like this:
Source: orlybeauty.com
As you can see, there is a shadow in the bottom left, which gets lighter as you move diagonally to the top right. ...
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Can we create cylindrical panorama from a polar panorama
I have been trying to search a way out to convert polar panorama to cylindrical panorama. But I couldn't get anything on it.
So, I would like to ask if is it possible to do so?
Thanks
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Editing photo dimensions in large batches
If I had the time, I would go through each and every photo to make sure that the dimensions and quality are pixel perfect. However, I'm in a time crunch, and need to make the couple hundred photos ...
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Can I use my own photographs of a company's product for commercial purposes?
I am designing a music-based mobile app that will need lots of instrument graphics and sounds bytes, etc.
Would I be in legal trouble if I photographed my Fender guitars and
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How to color correct in Photoshop to match a color card
I'm trying to get accurate colors for a digital-photographed painting. The photo includes a color card ("Kodak Gray Scale", with cyan "C", yellow "Y", magenta "M", and a 19-step gray scale going from ...
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What are good sets of photographic portraits to use in mockups?
I've been using the same set of photographic portraits in my mockups for a long time, and I'm looking for a more extensive set of square, male and female avatars/photos (portraits).
What are good ...
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How to enhance text and line drawing scan in photoshop?
I have photographed text and writing with usual camera. Picture contains black printing lines and blue pen writing.
Picture contains the following artifacts:
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Is this a photo or 3D render, and how would I give a photo a similar effect? [closed]
Is this a photo or rendered image?
How can I achieve a similar affect post production with a photo? Are there any actions already available that might do this?
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Stock Photo resource collections for Salons?
I apologize in advance if this may be off topic (I'm new here so I am not quite sure)
But I have sifted through many Stock Photography resources and I have found very little to none, reasonably ...
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What is the name of a photographic effect where there are subtle shadows in corners?
If you take pictures and the aperture settings are not ideal, you will see a light shadow in the corners.
Example:
This effect is a sign of bad quality, but is also often used as a design element ...
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Web storage for graphic data [closed]
I need good web/cloud (paid/free) storage for my graphic work. It's lots of data with photos and videos too. Any ideas?
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