Dark Side of the Lens

By Simon Natator

What's Dark Side of the Lens about?

Dark Side of the lens is a blog for the aspiring home photographer, scrapbooker or photo enthusiast. The backbone of this blog is based upon the free video tutorials to assist the "not so advanced user" to learn how to best use Adobe Photoshop Elements to improve their photos through digital image editing. Look for our free Podcast in the iTunes Music Store.

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Dark Side of the Lens episodes:

06.08.2009
Printing your photos on canvas
Canvas is a very forgiving medium, with the ability to hide a wealth of sins in many photos, though it is still the usual case of the better the photo the better the end result. However, due to the nature,...
06.06.2009
Photoshop Elements: Levels Part 2
As promised, here is the second video to complete our exploration of “levels” in Photoshop Elements.
06.05.2009
Photoshop Elements: Levels Part 1
I remember when I was first learning digital photo editing and I stumbled across something called “levels”. Some of my photos had looked grey and dull, though I did not realize it at the time, and these suddenly sprang to...
06.04.2009
Photoshop Elements: Adjustment Layers
I remember when I was first learning digital photo editing and I stumbled across something called “levels”. Some of my photos had looked grey and dull, though I did not realize it at the time, and these suddenly sprang to...
06.03.2009
Photoshop Elements: Layer Masks - Part 2
Photoshop Elements does not include the layer mask functionality, in its native form at least. However, it does include adjustment layers, and these little beauties have their own layer masks. In this video I show you a rather clever trick...
06.02.2009
Photoshop Elements: Layer Masks - Part 1
Within the topic of layers there are two specific areas that I would define as being the most powerful aspects of layers. These are layer masks and Adjustment layers. In this video, and the next, I will address the former...
06.01.2009
Photoshop Elements: Layers - The Basic Principles
I have had several requests from people (thank you) for some tutorials on using layers in Photoshop Elements. I had intended to leave this until a little later in the piece, but there’s no harm in bringing it forward a...
05.31.2009
Photoshop Elements: Cropping your Photos
Unless you frame every shot perfectly (can anyone outside of a studio?) you will inevitably want to “reframe” some of your photos where your subject is not quite where you want them, or maybe to take out distracting objects close...
05.30.2009
Photoshop Elements: Understanding RGB Color
The most commonly used color space in Photoshop Elements is RGB. This tutorial explores the meaning of RGB and how to make sense of it all. With an increased understanding of this color space you should find it far easier...
05.29.2009
Photoshop Elements: Basic User Interface
The first of a series of podcasts on Photoshop Elements 6. This week I give a basic introduction to the user interface in Photoshop Elements 6 with a tour through the Welcome Screen, Organizer and Editor.

What's Dark Side of the Lens about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Dark Side of the Lens episodes:

Printing your photos on canvas

Photoshop Elements: Levels Part 2

Photoshop Elements: Levels Part 1

Photoshop Elements: Adjustment Layers

Photoshop Elements: Layer Masks - Part 2

Photoshop Elements: Layer Masks - Part 1

Photoshop Elements: Layers - The Basic Principles

Photoshop Elements: Cropping your Photos

Photoshop Elements: Understanding RGB Color

Photoshop Elements: Basic User Interface