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Questions tagged [software]

Software is inherently required for digital photography, and opens up options for post-processing film as well. Questions related to the tools used for digital image editing, processing, organization, distribution, and presentation should have this tag.

Software is inherently required for digital photography, and opens up options for post-processing film as well.

Questions related to the tools used for digital image editing, processing, organization, and presentation should have this tag. These questions represent a large area of activity on this site, but aren't of interest to everyone — and are of particular interest to others. (We have a lot of "computer people" in the active user base.) Tagging such questions with helps people find or ignore them.

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What Windows software can I use to make a large photo collage?

I want to print a collage for my first photo-a-day project. I have 365 photos to place together, so it's going to need to be at least A1 size (594mm x 841mm). Neither Photoshop CS3 nor Illustrator CS2 will let me make a document this big, what else…
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Is it possible to replace background of photo, preserving shadows and emitted light?

I want to take a series of photos of table lamps (some on, some off) and later superimpose them on a picture of a different table (taken at the same distance and angle). What I want to know is how should I process the original images, so that I can…
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Make virtual tour from photos

I have been presented with an option to make a virtual tour for my school. Kind of like a Google's Street View but for a school building. It should be made so that everyone on the school's webpage can click on it and take a virtual tour of the…
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Simple paint program to adjust alpha values

I am looking for the most simplest of paint programs for adjusting the alphavalues of a picture. I only need a brush that will let me adjust the alpha values. I have GIMP installed, but am a total noob with it, and simply want to change the alpha…
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How to line up the subject in a series of photos?

I have a series of photographs each taken about 3 days apart over 4 months, there are about 60 images in total. I'd like to be able to present them as an animated gif but without the subject seeming to jump around when the picture was taken from a…
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Photo viewer for Windows that preloads next files in folder and allows rotating and deleting images?

I have large collection of photographs, I need to quickly iterate through it deleting unwanted ones and rotating some. So I want to find photo viewer that can: Preload next image(s) so there is no lag after attempting to view the next image…
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Is there a camera that processes the images captured and then transmits for printing?

I want to take photos of drawings on white paper, adjust the colours in the camera and then send the image and info directly to a printer company to have the image printed up. What camera do I need?
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Digital Photo Professional making copy of CR2 as jpg

I have a very novice-y question, but I can't find anything on this: I use DPF 3.15 for digitizing specimens at my work. I don't know what I pressed, but the software has been returning two kinds of images for every shot: one a CR2 and one a jpg.…
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What standalone software has bleach bypass effect?

I'd like to experiment with bleach bypass, and would like to know what standalone desktop (Windows) software will do it. I would rather buy outright than subscribe to adobe CC. I read elsewhere I could try Lightroom 6. Would I need Nik software…
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1980 Mt St Helens triple exposure

In 1980 I photographed the beginning of the main eruption. I was shooting Kodachrome 25, and quickly made 6 good exposures. Then my winder jammed and I made a triple exposure. Who can separate those 3 images? That was the 20th roll of film I ever…
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Undoing clone stamping

Is it possible to unclone stamp a picture. For example if you have a picture that has been cloned stamped over someone's face in the picture is there software that can unclone stamp it or predict and fill in the missing parts of the face?
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How do I set a start up folder for FastStone Image Viewer?

To distribute photos from a trip abroad to my hosts, I want to include FastStone Image Viewer on the CD with the photos. I want to set the parent folder for the three folders of images as the Startup Folder, but FastStone stores the entire…
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Is there a way to control my Nikon camera from laptop?

Is there a program that I can purchase so that I can use my laptop to view and control settings on my D3200 for shooting?
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Free photo viewer for Windows that preloads next files in folder and allows rotating and deleting images?

I have large collection of photographs, I need to quickly iterate through it deleting unwanted ones and rotating some. So I want to find free photo viewer that can: Preload next image(s) so there is no lag after attempting to view the next image…
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Why do Daminion photo previews off the local drive take a long time to appear?

I have Daminion local, not server here with a catalog of about 20,000 photos, mostly JPG. When I double-click on a thumbnail to see full-screen view, there's a significant delay now that I'd like to avoid. Low-resolution image usually appears fast,…
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