May 9, 2011 by Mike Wong • 12 Comments
I was going through some of my photos from earlier this year and came across this one. As soon as I saw it, I thought of a couple of effects in PhotoTools that I had to try on it.
Here is the original photo that I shot back in January 2011.
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February 23, 2011 by Mike Wong • 2 Comments
I wanted to share with you a comment and an email about our DSLR Camera Remote HD app for the iPad that I received recently from photographer and film maker Andy McKay. Andy recently purchased the DSLR Camera Remote HD and employed it immediately on the set of a music video he was working on. Here are a couple of photos that Andy sent me (and has given me permission to include on the blog here) that show the app in action on the set. You can read all of Andy's comments and wish list for future feature updates on his Tumblr blog here.
DSLR Camera Remote HD in use - Photo copyright Andy McKay - Used with Permission
DSLR Camera Remote HD in action - Photo copyright Andy McKay - Used with Permission
December 10, 2010 by Mike Wong • 9 Comments
For one reason or another, I've seen a lot of photos and images on blogs and via Twitter that have mentioned that one or more of the onOne products have been used to enhance the image. I thought it would be cool to show them to you here, so after asking permission first, here they are with links back to the original blog post. All photos are copyright of their respective owner.
Photo copyright Jacob Lucas. Jacob used FocalPoint 2 on this image.
Photo copyright Steve Beal. Steve used FocalPoint 2 on this image.
Photo copyright Robert Lussier. Robert used PhotoTools 2.6 on this image.
November 23, 2010 by Mike Wong • Comments Off
A little while back, I was introduced to fine art and advertising photographer Doug Landreth (web site). Doug is based in the Pacific Northwest out of Seattle (just up I-5 from us) and in addition to his fine art work, also leads a photography workshop called "Scratching the Surface".
After talking to Doug for a bit, he told me about how much he enjoys using and teaching Mask Pro 4.1 so I asked him if he would share a couple of examples of how he's using Mask Pro. Here's the first composite Doug forwarded to me to share with all of you. All of the images below are courtesy and copyright Doug Landreth. His words accompany the images.
From Doug...
"I'm conducting workshops for photographers that focus on the creative process and the photoshop techniques I use in my fine art. My work is heavily constructed and many times combines large numbers of images to construct a whole new image. I discuss layers, layer masks and selections extensively and of course I show my students the many benefits of using the suite of tools provided for making great selections in Mask Pro. I'm including this image because, #1, it's fun, but most importantly we use it as a tutorial on making selections for compositing images."
"I pass out the 4 raw files used in the composite and walk everyone thru the process of masking out the parts of the images we want to use and we gradually build this image... dare I say, from the ground up 
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"It's a great project for Mask Pro for several reasons.... we mask the original building image with a combination of color based selection and pen tool selection, the rocket ship is the hero hard edge selection with the pen tool, and the face is a great combination of both the hard edge pen tool selection as well as a selection of the hair."
"Several points that resonate with the students are that all the tools can be used in the same selection process, the path created by the pen tool automatically becomes a selection with a refinable edge, and there is no chance that 45 minutes into a complex pen tool selection that the path will disappear with no hope of recovering it (a chorus of groans from those who've experienced this in Photoshop )."
"Another major benefit I demonstrate is the ability to use all these tools and view the results against the background they've been placed over to see the final appearance as well as the color decontaminate feature. It is also important for them to know that the mask and any of it's soft edges are a greyscale image. I show them how they can further refine the mask results with some burning or dodging of the shadows or highlights of the mask to contract or expand areas of the mask they need to refine. That's a real eye-opener."
To learn more about Doug's workshops or to see more of his work, please visit his web site at http://www.douglandreth.com.
September 30, 2010 by Mike Wong • Comments Off
Recently, we had our most popular and highest attended webinar yet. Brian Matiash, a good friend and amazing photographer, did a one hour webinar that showed how he uses PhotoTools 2.5 Professional Edition to enhance and stylize his HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography and images.
Earlier this week, I posted the recorded webinar to the onOne University so if you missed it or just want to watch it again, head over there now and you can watch it for free.
We're still working on getting all of the questions that were asked answered and when we do, we'll post them here on the blog. Thanks to all of you who attended and thank you also to our good friends over at X-Rite for co-sponsoring the webinar with Brian.
