There’s realism, and then there are wrinkles. When we edit a portrait, we aim to make the subject look vibrant and authentic. We are not trying to smooth the model’s skin to make it as smooth as a newborn. In this demonstration of Adobe Photoshop’s Clone Stamp tool, we will work on separate layers as…
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We know stock photographers are hungry for information about how to shoot good pictures and achieve the most success in licensing them. As the industry grows, there are an increasing number of books on the subject. We recently came across one that does a great job of explaining our sometimes-esoteric business. Microstock Money Shots is…
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© CBurkhardt/Bigstock By Lawrence Wee HDR, or high dynamic range, images are created in a two-step process: the capturing of multiple images of a singular scene in the camera, and then off-camera processing. This article will address the first step, how you should take photos for HDR creation. To make a good HDR image, the…
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Come visit Bigstock at booth 242 at Photoshop World in Las Vegas, NV! We’ll be joining hundreds of our friends from September 1-3, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. As Photoshop enthusiasts enjoy seminars by the world’s leading Photoshop experts, we’ll be there to talk about the ways that photographers and illustrators can…
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Come visit Bigstock at booth 242 at Photoshop World in Las Vegas, NV! We’ll be joining hundreds of our friends from September 1-3, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. As Photoshop enthusiasts enjoy seminars by the world’s leading Photoshop experts, we’ll be there to talk about the many ways you can use the…
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Even if you use Adobe Illustrator all the time, it can be hard to remember the keyboard shortcuts that make the program so much faster to use. We’re here to help. Bigstock has created a handy quick-reference card you can print out, pin to your wall, and refer to for guidance when you’re working on…
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As long as there has been photography, there has been architecture photography. Here’s a gallery of fascinating building interior photos, all from the Bigstock collection. Warning: You may feel yourself getting pulled in to these pictures! © Yunfei Li/Bigstock
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In this tutorial, you will learn how to draw and color a face in Adobe Illustrator. By Natasha R. Graham Let‘s take the mystery out of creating a vector face using Illustrator. Although there is no single way of doing it, I will guide you step-by-step from sketch to the finished illustration using the magnificent…
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One of the questions we get asked the most from submitters is “What do the buyers want?” The answer is not so simple. We have customers from different parts of the world, all searching for different images, and different types of projects. The most important thing to remember is that variety is key. Try different…
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At Bigstock, we encourage photographers to submit images with model releases and, if appropriate, property releases, so buyers have the flexibility to use the images in advertisements. Sometimes, however, it makes more sense to submit an image as an editorial image—like the celebrity red carpet photo seen here. This post will help explain what those…
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