advanced

What is Split Color Lighting, and How Do You Use It?

After I published a story on sunglasses for photographers, I got a ton of emails asking how I lit the series. So, while on the road for a recent photo shoot, I took some time at my AirBNB and wrote out how I approach what is called "split color lighting."

Canon Reveals Plans for ‘Advanced’ EOS R Model in Financial Presentation

Canon has released its financial results and presentation for the 2019 fiscal year, which included some interesting revelations about 2020. Despite believing the camera market will continue to shrink, Canon predicts 'stable demand' for professional cameras, and outright mentions plans to release an 'advanced' EOS R camera.

How to Do Frequency Separation with the Mixer Brush in Photoshop

Frequency separation allows you to retouch images by editing one aspect without affecting others. For example, it will allow you to soften the skin while maintaining its texture. Here's a 21-minute video by PiXimperfect on how to use this advanced technique to improve your retouching skills.

Apple Adds Advanced Editing Features to Photos App in macOS High Sierra

Alongside a bunch of hardware announcements—new iMacs, the iMac Pro, and a new iPad Pro—Apple also took some time at the WWDC to announce a new macOS: High Sierra. Jokes about this "fully baked" operating system aside, the new OS adds some intriguing "pro-level" editing features to the Photos app.

Scientists Building Security Cameras That Can “See” Crimes Before They Happen

Remember those weird floating "precog" psychics in the movie Minority Report? They could foresee crimes before they even happened, allowing law enforcement to prevent them from ever becoming a reality. While that kind of sci-fi foreknowledge will almost certainly never exist, scientists are working on an eerily similar system that uses cameras and artificial intelligence -- a system that they hope will be able to "see" crimes before they even occur.