Tutorials Below are photographic and image-editing tutorials written by John Hallett Photography. These tutorials are free and derived from my own experiences. Most are based on Adobe software using Microsoft Windows operating system. Some are available as a downloadable PDF document but you will need a PDF viewer to read them. A free one is available at the bottom of the page. Coming soon: Lightroom 2 tutorials Key to software-based tutorial types: Tutorial based on Adobe Photoshop CS4 Tutorial based on Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Tutorial #1   A simple workflow - digital camera to web page (updated) Tutorial #2 Resizing an image for Alamy (updated) Tutorial #3   A contact form for a web page Tutorial #4 Incorporating a Lightroom web gallery into an existing website Tutorial #5   HDR - What's that all about? A beginners guide (updated) Tutorial #6   Strobism - My learning curve (part 1) (updated) Tutorial #7 Improving a bland sky using Gradient Fill (a digital ND Grad) Tutorial #8 Perspective cropping - to cure converging verticals Tutorial #9 Achieving Level Horizons Tutorial #10 Selective Exposure Adjustment using Layer Masks Tutorial #11 Reducing Shadows with the Shadow/Highlight Tool Tutorial #12 Working with Layers Tutorial #13 Creating Differential Focus using Quick Mask and the Lens Blur Tool Tutorial #14 Converting to Monochrome with the Black & White Adjustment Tool Tutorial #15 The most useful Blending Modes for landscape photographers Tutorial #16 Dodging & Burning (the clever way) Tutorial #17 Combining two images together (replacing a sky) Tutorial #18 Content-Aware Scaling (also introducing 'alpha channels') Tutorial #19 Creating a Panorama Coming Soon Tutorial #20   Using flash with Second Curtain Syncronisation Coming Soon Tutorial #21 Selective adjustments with the Adjustments Brush Coming Soon Tutorial #22 Cropping and Straightening Coming Soon Tutorial #23 Creating a watermark brush Coming Soon Important notice: Every website and download recommended in these tutorials has been checked and found them to be virus and malware-free. However, John Hallett Photography can take no responsibility for any virus or malware that may infect your computer. Always use an up-to-date anti-virus program and check every file before opening them. A free anti-virus program can be found here   If you notice errors or omissions in any of the tutorials - or indeed just want to make a comment, please make contact   Click this link to go to the FREE Foxit Reader download page Please note: I promote the use of Foxit Reader rather than the more usual Adobe Reader since the latter is known to be the target of exploits / trojan attacks.

 

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