Digital Darkroom Tutorial

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Artist's Comment:

_{So here it is - the monstrous Darkroom Tutorial.
I had the idea last September and have been working on it on and off ever since. Had I known it would take me *this* long, I don't know if I would've started on it... I just hope it's worth it and people will find it useful!}

Please tell me what you think of it! I'd also love to see the deviation(s) where you got to use something you learned from it

Content:

<sub>~ Removing unwanted parts (phone masts, skin blemishes,...) ~
~ straightening crooked images ~
~ removing distortions from images ~
~ shooting & stitching panoramas ~
~ canvas size & crop tool ~
~ using levels ~
~ using curves ~
~ using hue/saturation ~
~ using channel mixer / black&white
~ using color balance ~
~ adjustment layers vs. image > adjustments ~
~ combining adjustments ~
~ removing red eyes ~
~ adding borders ~
~ adding text ~
~ adding a watermark ~
~ save for print & as deviation ~

and it is loaded with tips and tricks on using Photoshop and making the most of its tools!

Hopefully, this will be useful for photographers and photomanipulators alike</sub>

Please Note:

_{Just because you altered your image a little with one or more techniques from this tutorial does NOT mean it is a photomanip! A manip consists of more than one image by definition. You can submit your altered photos to the photography category (there even is a seperate Digital Darkroom category if you want to put emphasis on your alterations) as long as the photo was taken by you! If you didn't take the picture and are practicing Darkroom Techniques on stock, please use your scraps or if you must the Digital > Miscellaneous category. It is not fair to the photographer to do some touch-ups (no matter how long it took you) and then upload the result as if you took the pic - give credit where credit is due, please. Read more about the difference between Digital Darkroom Photography and Photomanipulation here [link]}

More Tutorials

_{There is a list in the tutorial itself [link] including all further tutorials mentioned within the lessons and some additional ones, too (plus a list of outside resources used for this tutorial).
You can find more tutorials written/recorded by me in my Tutorials Collection in my own gallery as well as in my faves: Photoshop Tutorials ~ Photomanip Tutorials ~ Miscellaneous Tutorials ~ as well as at ~photoshop-tutorials' gallery}

Special Thanks

_{goes to `bluem00n, ~Healersmoon and *MultiCultureFruit for beta reading - you girls rock! Another big thank you goes to Fiona (aka $chix0r) for offering up some of her server space so you don't have to download this monster}

Suggestions for additions/alterations as well as critique and/or praise are always welcome!