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Author Archives: Brian Lawler
Three-color photography, digitally
This entry originally appeared on What They Think in July, 2010. In my last blog I described the work of Sergeii Prokudin-Gorskii, a Russian photographer who documented Czarist Russia with a special three-color camera. His work took him over tens … Continue reading
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Photographer to the Czar
This entry originally appeared on What They Think in July, 2010. Eight years ago, while visiting the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., I happened upon a photograph that captured my attention, and started a journey that has taken me … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, Photography
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Indent-to-here, and using GREP to insert it
This entry originally appeared in July, 2010 on What They Think. A seldom-used, but extraordinarily powerful command in InDesign is the Indent-to-here command, which is generated by hitting Command-\ (Control-\ on Windows) at the point where you want an indent … Continue reading
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AppleScript is a terrific tool for prepress
This entry originally appeared on What They Think in February, 2011. A few years ago I wrote a small book called Beep! It’s about AppleScript. That book, now in its fourth edition, has never been printed on paper. I use … Continue reading
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Mask of ingredients
This episode originally appeared on What They Think in February, 2011 This is my last blog on masking. I promise. At least for a while. My challenge today was to mask a photo of ingredients for a recipe in a … Continue reading
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The Mask of Zero!
This episode originally appeared on What They Think in February, 2011. In my continuing effort to make masking easier (nearly impossible), I have come to the conclusion that masking technique must be selected on an image-by-image basis. There is no … Continue reading
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I wanted to thank that Masking Man
This episode originally appeared on What They Think on January 22, 2011. Today I’ll take you on a journey to mask one of the same images I used last week, a photo of my gracious wife (she being gracious for … Continue reading
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Who was that Masking Man?
This blog originally appeared on What They Think on January 18, 2011 In our last episode of Masking Man, I demonstrated how I had used a duplicated channel, which I then modified with the Levels tool, to make a mask … Continue reading
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The challenge of masking images
This blog originally appeared on What They Think in January, 2011 It’s simply amazing how many images need to be masked. By masking an image, I can separate the subject from the background, and that seems to be my second … Continue reading
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New FontShop iPad book is a stunning visual experience
…and it’s a useful tool for typographers! FontShop, an online font vendor, has for years published a wonderful book available called FontBook. It’s about 6×12 in. and three inches thick, and it costs about $100. I have bought two editions … Continue reading
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