Here are some quick tips and stuff to look out when editing landscape photos. Full guide - http://xlightphotography.com/how-to-edit-landscape-photos/

1. HOW TO EDIT
LANDSCAPE
PHOTOGRAPHY

2. “There is an eternal landscape, a
geography of the soul; we search
for its outlines all our lives.
- Josephine Hart

3. HELLO!
I am Sun Kway
I love to share the
knowledge of photography
by giving presentations.
You can find me at
@sunkway
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4. 1) THE SHOOT
▸ Editing is part of the post process.
▸ No amount of editing can fix a badly
composed or blurry photo.
▸ Get your photos correct on the spot.
▸ Use Photoshop to enhance, not fix your
mistakes.
▸ Shoot in RAW – It gives you more data to
work with.
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5. 2) THE MIND EYE
▸ You need to have a mental image of the
complete image even before you edit it.
▸ If not, you will just end up with just some
random effects and stuff.
▸ Does not need to be a solid plan, but at
least have an idea – A warm fuzzy image?
Dramatic? Mysterious?
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6. 3) COOKING THE RAW PART 1
▸ If you shoot in RAW,
Camera Raw will fire up
when you open it with
Photoshop.
▸ First step, adjust the
exposure to your liking
with the exposure
sliders.
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7. 4) COOKING THE RAW PART 2
▸ Step 2, sharpen the
photo.
▸ This is up to your own
choice, and the amount
of megapixels that you
have.
▸ General rule, do not
over-do it until the noise
pops out.
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8. 5) COOKING THE RAW PART 3
▸ Step 3, fix the lens
distortion.
▸ Can be easily done with
Camera Raw’s built-in
lens profile.
▸ Optional if your lens
have minimal distortion.
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9. 6) COOKING THE RAW PART 4
▸ If your photo is “dry” and
blend, you might want to
add a little more color to
it.
▸ General rule again, do
not over-do it until the
photo becomes a puke
of colors.
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10. 7) CLEANING UP
▸ In Photoshop itself, you
might want to zoom in,
“pixel peek”.
▸ Use the healing brush
tool to get rid of dust
spots.
▸ Use content aware to
remove unwanted
pieces of rubbish.
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11. 8) SEXY CURVES
▸ Layer -> New Layer
Adjustment -> Curves.
▸ This can be done in
Camera Raw as well,
but the advantage of
doing this in Photoshop
is the ability to mask
and target specific
spots.
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12. 9) MORE EFFECTS?
▸ At this stage, your photo
should be good enough,
but open to more
creative takes.
▸ Black-and-white, HDR,
Orton Effect – Your
choice.
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13. 10) MORE EFFECTS?
▸ Final step, don’t forget
to put in your
watermark.
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14. THANK YOU!
For the complete guide on
how to edit landscape
photos, please visit -
http://xlightphotography.co
m/how-to-edit-landscape-
photos/
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15. Credits
Special thanks to all the people who made and
released these awesome resources for free:
▸ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival
▸ Photographs by Startupstockphotos
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