Digital SLR Photography - UK (2019-12)

December 2 019 DigitalSLR Photography 85

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ALIGN ANDCROP:OncetheimagesopenasLayersthetoponewillbeactiveso
holddownShifttandclickonthebottomLayer.NowgotoEdit>Auto-AlignLayers
andwhenthedialogueopensmakesureAutoisselectedandhitOKKIf there’scanvas
visibleat theedgesoftheimageselecttheCropToolandsettoOriginalRatio,dragover
the whole imagebefore moving the guide back in.HitEnterrtocommit to the crop.

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SHOOT INBURSTMODE:Set thedronecameratotherelevantshootingmode,
suchasaperture-priorityat f/5.6fora largedepth-of-fieldandsetISO100-400.
Whenit comestosettingISO,trytokeepshutterspeedaboveone-secondlong unless it’s
windy,in whichcaseaimforaround1/60sec.Next,setthecameratoburst mode so when
you press the shutter fiveimages will be taken in quick succession.

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CONVERTTOAASMARTOBJECT:SelectalltheLayersin thestackagain,right-click

the mouseandselectConverttoSmartObject.Oncethisprocesscompletes,the

Layersbecomea single smartobject.Now,gotoLayer>SmartObjects>StackMode>

Mean. Afterthisgotothemenuat thetoprightoftheLayerspanel(fourhorizontallines),

andselectFlattenImage. Nowapplyany adjustments and save in the desiredfileformat.

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PROCESS,SYNCANDEXPORT:LoadyourRawfilesintoLightroomandprocess

thefirstofthefiveimageswithallthedesiredadjustments.Oncefinished,hold

downShifttandleft-mouseclickonthefifthimage.Next,clickontheSyncbutton and

whenthedialogueboxopensclicktheCheckAlllbuttonandpressSynchronize.Next,

right-mouseclickontheimagesandgo to Edit In>Open as LayerssinPhotoshop.

IMPROVE QUALIT Y BY NOISE STACKING

ISO100:WITHOUTNR

ISO 100: NOISE STACKED

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