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Tous les plug-in NIK en Francais

Les gens de chex NIK, ceux qui font SIlver Efex le meilleur convertisseur noir et blanc qui existe viennent de me confirmer au PMA à Anaheim, Califirnie, que tous leurs plug-ins ont maintenant une interface et le fichier d’aide en Francais. Téléchargez un demo gratuit www.NikSoftwares.com. 15% rabais code: JFOKane

Code rabais 15%: JFOKane

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Special advice for models (2 Youtube movies)

I agreed to answer questions by a model consultant as my personnal convivtions about the relationship between the photographer and the model. Here are my taughts on the subject: ( It is also aired in Russia)
Advices for models

www.modelmayhem.com
www.OneModelPlace.com
Models: meet your expectations

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Nouveaux ateliers et cours disponibles

Suite à de récentes formations reçues , Jean-Francois O’Kane offre dorénavant les cours suivant en rapport avec le traitement des images.  Ces formations sont offertes aux Clubs photo, aux magasins d’art et de photo, ainsi qu’aux individus sur une base privée.

>> Mes images, de la prise de vue à l’internet (Comment diffuser ses images [...]

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Présentation sur le HDR

Le HDR, la technique qui permet d’étendre la gamme de tonalités représentée par une scène
Cette conférence de 3 heures est offerte aux clubs photo et associations.
Voici le code pour obtenir 15% de rabais sur le logiciel PhotoMatix… http://www.hdrsoft.com/fr/index.html au moment de l’achat recherchez la boite CODE et inscrivez : TheStudioCoach (tel quel avec les majuscules [...]

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My Stuff: The lens baby

OK that is a cool toy for your brain and eye. This toy a a kind of no nonsense in the digital era, It is a lens contraption that fit your modern, automatic, super sharp and fast autofocus, that will allow you to do selective focus, pat tist and blurred images by pushing and pulling [...]

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My stuff: My softwares: Nik Color Efex Pro 3

Nik Color Efex 3 screen

The Nik well known suite of effects has gotten better by the in version 3 by the advanced user interface that gives you the full control and best of all the full preview of the effect that you are to apply. The Nik palette gives acces to all Nik effects and [...]

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I now shoot RAW how can I easily share JPEG images?

Here is the question I have received: . I photographed some pictures in RAW and would like to put them on a disc to send to someone. It occurred to me that she might not be able to view them if she does not have a program like photoshop, in which case I am going [...]

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Why do I get only three peaks on my histogram?

One regular question about the color balance coach target is: why do I get only trree peaks on my histogram?
as you can see on the left side of the hand-drawn graphics that the target is used facing the camera instead of facing the light. When you do so the difference of the light from [...]

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What you recommend for desktop use….the 6×8 Wacom or smaller/larger?

The larger will be the tablet the more precise it tend to be, but one
thing to consider is the total movement of the hand, I have on my desk
a 6×8 and I like it very much, when I get on the 4×6… I feel a rest
of not making such large movements with my hand…. the [...]

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FAQ PhotoMasterTarget/ColorBalanceCoach: Do I use the exposure info (F-stop and shutter speed) taken from the grey surface or the exposure info taken from the whole disc including the white and black colors ?

The exposure info that you will have when aiming at the target whole or grey patch, will be used as a starting point to set the final exposure using the 4 patches and representation on the histogram. The 4 peaks pattern on the histogram ill be the confirmation of proper exposure.
Once your histogram is perfect, [...]

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