Darryl C. Nicholas

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Digital Darkroom
The Digital Darkroom
Using Photoshop To Correct For Color Casts
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Jan 01, 2004

When I read this press release headline, "Canon launches world's first film scanning capable, bus-powered 2400x4800dpi CIS scanner," I was intrigued. Then learning that the CanoScan LiDE 80 also features 48-bit color depth, only requires...

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The Digital Darkroom
Using The Extract Tool; Selecting Hard-To-Select Subjects
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Jun 01, 2005

I am frequently asked how to cut people out of one picture and paste them into another. All such work is preceded by first making a "selection" of the area that you want to cut out. Selections can be made many different ways. And, to some degree, the method you choose usually has to do with the nature of the material or people who you want to select.
With...

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The Digital Darkroom
Using The Info Tool To Create Better Prints
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Mar 01, 2003

In color photography there are six photographic colors (red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, and yellow) plus density and contrast. In order to look at a print and correctly identify what might be wrong with the color balance it is necessary...

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Digital Darkroom
The Digital Darkroom
Using The Shadow/Highlight Tool; A True "Highlight" Of The New Photoshop CS
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  May 01, 2004

Of all the new tools in Photoshop CS, the one that I have heard the least about is the Shadow/Highlight tool. And, yet, for photographers, it is an extremely useful tool. Think of it as an alternate method for the Curves tool, one that often gives people...

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Digital Darkroom
The Digital Darkroom
Working With The Desktop
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  May 01, 1999

I've worked in a conventional,
wet darkroom almost all of my life. I can remember see-sawing black
and white film back and forth through open trays to develop it when
I was about 10 years old. I've beenthere...

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What Shape Is Your Picture?
Aspect Ratio Of Photographic Images
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Jun 01, 1999

So, let's see--you shoot with a 35mm camera and occasionally want the lab to make an 8x10 print for you. That's nice. Except whenever the lab does that, they always cut off the edge of the picture. Or, they make a 7x10" print and you...

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