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The Best Plugins for Photoshop and Lightroom in 2022

Photoshop and Lightroom are mainstays in most photographers’ workflows for a reason. While other options abound, no other set of programs matches the popularity and widespread adoption of Adobe’s signature photography software. But while Photoshop’s manipulation capabilities and Lightroom’s processing and editing power are certainly robust, both offer even more power beyond the software…
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How to Clean a Camera Lens

Realizing that your lens was dirty during a shoot is not a great feeling. While some specks of dust and other consequences of a dirty lens can be fixed via spot healing and other post-processing, it’s much easier to make sure your lens is clean to begin with and save editing time. Plus, attention to the state of your lens will help it retain its value over time and increase its longevity. …
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Ancestry.com Now Lets You Automatically Colorize Historical Photos

Ancestry, the largest for-profit genealogy website on the planet, has integrated an automatic colorization feature that it says lets users bring make black and white photos more lifelike. The company says it already enables the ability to capture, digitize, retouch, and preserve old family photos, but it is now adding the ability to colorize them with a new tool. This allows users to gain…
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Gear in this story

Sigma’s new 16-28mm F2.8 lens offers an ultra-wide focal length range, fast continuous maximum aperture and impressive close focus capabilities. All in a remarkably small and lightweight package. So how well does it perform? Check out our sample gallery, shot around Seattle and the Long Beach peninsula, here in Washington State, to see for yourself. View our Sigma 16-28mm F2.8 DG DN sample…
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