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5 reasons to get it right in-camera and not fix it in post

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It’s something we’ve been hearing in the worlds of both photography and video for years. Ever since digital became a thing, so did “Oh, we’ll fix it in post”. But most of the things that we often choose to fix in post can more easily be fixed in-camera on the day. Sure, it might take an extra 5 or 10 minutes of your time, but it could shave hours off your post production.

In this video from the guys at Aputure, we see five reasons why you should definitely fix things in-camera, and not rely on post for.

How to cut anything out in Photoshop

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Making selections in Photoshop gets easier with each passing year thanks to better tools. But, there are times when more precise selections are needed, most notably when there’s hair or fur involved in the photograph you’re trying to cut out. For times like these, more robust means of selection are required.

To help show off a handful of methods to achieve these more precise selections, Chris Spooner of Spoon Graphics has made a helpful tutorial.

Three effective ways to use lens correction in Photoshop

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Lenses are getting better in quality with each passing year. But, no amount of technology put into the IQ of a lens can change physics. Sometimes, especially when using wide-angle lenses, you end up with slightly distorted images due to limitations in the lens or camera.

Thankfully, these things are considerably easy to correct in post. Here to showcase just three of the ways you can make lens corrections in Photoshop is Tutvid.

How to reduce noise in an image without losing detail

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With each passing year, cameras are getting better and better at keeping digital noise to a minimum. Despite this, there are still times when you need to shoot at a high ISO and will inevitably end up with an amount of noise you aren’t pleased with.

Thankfully, this can be fixed in post production. The tradeoff though, is usually that details are lost in the image due to the smoothing of the noise.

To help show you how to reduce noise without compromising on the details of photographs, photographer Jimmy McIntyre has shared a helpful YouTube tutorial.

How to create a sunset effect in Photoshop

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Sometimes it can be hard enough to time the perfect golden hour portrait. What can be even more challenging is to perfectly capture the sun as it’s quickly falling on the horizon.

If you happen to miss it though, don’t fret. The Photoshop gurus over at Phlearn have shared a helpful tutorial showing how you can add your very own sunset effect in Lightroom with a few extra layers and clipping masks.

How to create light rays in Photoshop

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Light rays are a difficult phenomenon to come by. Not only do you have to have the sun perfectly placed along the horizon, the atmosphere around you must also be filled with fog, dust or other particles to capture the light as it’s passing through.

Thankfully, for those times when you have the perfect shot, but don’t have the rays to accentuate the scene, a little time in Photoshop can help add that extra little spice to the image to truly bring it to life.

Here to show us how to easily add light rays to photos is Aaron Nace of Phlearn.

Panasonic Reportedly Building Focus-After-Capture Feature Into Upcoming Cameras

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We’ve seen previous unveilings of post-focusing cameras, such as the Lytro Illum, which allow the user to change the focus of the image after it’s already captured.  And, a year ago, Sony even jumped on the bandwagon by acquiring their own patent for similar technology.

Now, according to reports, all Panasonic 4K-compatible cameras released in the next year will have built-in focus adjustment capabilities.  Booyah.

Battle Zone: Photographer Recreates ‘War of the Worlds’ Using Scale Models

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Lyn Caudle is a fan of The War of the Worlds, so much so that the photographer and visual effects supervisor decided to recreate the massive carnage in his hometown of Dallas.  Unfortunately, nothing was actually blown up or destroyed during the process.

After creating lifelike replicas of the “Martian war machines” from both the 1953 and 2005 versions of the film, Caudle set about compositing them with scene from his favorite city.

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