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My Journey into Astrophotography: from film, to digital, to dedicated astrocamera

The author describes his progression from observing the night sky through to capturing spectacular images of celestial bodies using a dedicated astrophotography set-up.

DxO releases PureRAW 5 image-processing software with expanded performance and greater precision

Version 5 of DxO PureRaw 5 introduces powerful local adjustments, allowing photographers to fine-tune noise reduction and lens sharpness optimization with absolute precision...

Photoshop Tricks and Tips for Beginners: Adding a border around two images

In the second article of the series, Keith explains how to customize layer size to accommodate two side-by-side images in a single composition.

Photoshop Tricks and Tips for Beginners: Adding a border around your image

In the first article of a new series, Keith provides a short 'how-to' on getting started using layers.

Studio Portrait Photography: Adding colour with a Lume Cube Tube Light

In his third article of the series, Keith unleashes some colour fills on his portraits, using the Lume Cube Tube Light Mini.

Cropping Part 2: Enhancing cropped images using Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Gigapixel AI, from Topaz Labs, offers photographers the opportunity to digitally enhance heavily cropped images. In this article, the author explains how to use it and illustrates its impact using several wildlife shots.

Cropping Part 1: Seven reasons to brandish your crop tool

Cropping images can be controversial, but it is a handy way to help you get exactly the image you had in mind when you took your photo. Here are some examples where cropping improves the look of an image.

Macfilos is back with a busy schedule and, soon, with a new look

The Macfilos team is back from their summer break, and raring to go. We've stayed busy, writing articles that we'll share in the weeks ahead.