History of the site

History of the site

"All in all, excellent stuff. Congratulations." - Dan Margulis, March 2015


01-Nov-2023: Dan Margulis posts extensive analyses of some of my downloadable actions 

03-Oct-2023: New tutorial Bring out colors plus downloadable PS actions

16-Jan-2023: Picture Postcard Workflow: MMM Color Split plus downloadable PS actions

25-May-2021: Revision of Exposure and Contrast adjustments pt.5: Using the eyedroppers

09-May-2021: Exposure and Contrast adjustments pt.6: The Auto options

07-Mar-2021: Exposure and Contrast adjustments pt.5: Using the eyedroppers

13-Feb-2021: Exposure and Contrast adjustments pt.4: Exposure

07-Feb-2021: Addition of portfolio Van Dynatos naar David: The book

15-Jan-2021: An update of the Office in Transformation portfolio

01-Jan-2021: New tutorial How to replace a white, blown-out sky

11-Oct-2020: Exposure and Contrast adjustments pt.3: Curves

25-Aug-2020: Uploaded a fix version of the MMM Finetuned action (version 3a)

16-Jun-2020: Exposure and Contrast adjustments pt.2: Levels

05-May-2020: Exposure and Contrast adjustments pt.1: Brightness/Contrast

13-Apr-2020: New tutorial Lightroom and Camera Raw default raw import settings

17-Jan-2020: An update of the Office in Transformation portfolio

08-Dec-2019: Uploaded a new, improved version of the MMM Finetuned action (version 3)

26-Nov-2019: Finished restructuring page designs for better mobile usability.
                    All pages now look good on mobile, even though they were designed for monitor display.

25-Oct-2019: Started restructuring page designs for better mobile usability

19-Sep-2019: An update of the Office in Transformation portfolio

11-Jun-2019: A complete renewal of the Portfolio pages

20-Jan-2019: A new photo on the Who Am I page; and

                    A general statement about PPW Straight on the Picture Postcard Workflow page

30-Dec-2018: Two more examples of the PPW Straight workflow

10-Dec-2018: Two examples of the PPW Straight workflow

22-Nov-2018: Channels pt.3 - The powers and blessings of Apply Image

02-Nov-2018: Details and analysis of the PPW Straight workflow

24-Oct-2018: An overview of the PPW Straight workflow

24-Oct-2018: New downloadable action Clarity Power and updated action MMM Finetuned v2

14-Oct-2018: An introduction to the PPW Straight workflow

20-Sep-2018: Channels pt.2 - Channel Mixer and Calculations

26-Aug-2018: New tutorial Color variation in Lightroom

08-Jul-2018: Added references to the new PPW Panel v.5 with its My Own Actions subpanel

05-Jul-2018: Channels pt.1 - The basics

10-Jun-2018: Picture Postcard Workflow: The Helmholtz-Kohlrausch action explored

17-Apr-2018: The PPW Sharpen review pt.3 - The "toning down" layers

29-Mar-2018: The Unsharp Mask filter pt.4 - Why "Unsharp Mask"?

12-Mar-2018: The PPW Sharpen review pt.2 - The "Hiraloam" layers

17-Feb-2018: The Unsharp Mask filter pt.3 - High radius, low amount sharpening

29-Jan-2018: The PPW Sharpen review pt.1 – The “conventional sharpening” layers

01-Jan-2018: The Unsharp Mask filter pt.2 - The parameters in practice

12-Dec-2017: Sharpening by halo maps tutorial plus downloadable PS action

18-Nov-2017: The Unsharp Mask filter pt.1 - The basics

26-Oct-2017: Histograms pt.2 - The other color modes

08-Oct-2017: Updated portfolio Retouching (no longer exists)

01-Oct-2017: Updated 4 portfolios: Architecture and Street, Details and Abstract, Landscape and Nature and

                    Villages and Countryside (no longer exist)

15-Sep-2017: Picture Postcard Workflow: Analyzing the Velvet Hammer action

24-Aug-2017: New tutorial A Better Dehaze

24-Aug-2017: Start of a new series: Tutorials and Actions. Plus new page with downloadable Photoshop actions

17-Aug-2017: Redesign of the Home and Contact pages, plus new Who am I? and History pages

29-Jun-2017: Histograms pt.1 - Basics and numbers

26-May-2017: Picture Postcard Workflow and raw processing: Clarity and Dehaze

15-May-2017: Revision of PPW and raw processing: Shining light on contrast

09-May-2017: Revisions of Color profiles pt.2 - The pitfalls and  PPW, raw and the sharpening workflow

29-Apr-2017: Bit Depth pt.3 - 32-bit, HDR and tone mapping

06-Apr-2017: Picture Postcard Workflow and raw processing: Shining light on contrast

26-Feb-2017: Picture Postcard Workflow and raw processing: How to treat color?

09-Feb-2017: Bit Depth pt.2 - The magic of 32-bit coding

14-Jan-2017: Picture Postcard Workflow and raw processing: What about noise reduction?

28-Dec-2016: Restructured the menus to make room for more articles

22-Dec-2016: Bit Depth pt.1 - 8-bit and 16-bit compared

30-Nov-2016: Picture Postcard Workflow, raw processing and the sharpening workflow

21-Oct-2016: Color profiles pt.2 - The pitfalls

18-Oct-2016: Revision of the Color Profiles pt.1 - The basics page

04-Oct-2016: Picture Postcard Workflow and raw processing: The importance of white balance

14-Sep-2016: Picture Postcard Workflow and raw processing: An introduction

28-Jul-2016: Color Profiles pt.1 - The basics

28-Jun-2016: Picture Postcard Workflow: Evaluating the Reduce BH Sky Halos action

23-Jun-2016: Revision of the Photoshop by the Numbers page

11-Jun-2016: Picture Postcard Workflow: An action to reduce Bigger Hammer sky halos

11-Jun-2016: Revision of the Picture Postcard Workflow page

04-Jun-2016: Revision of the About and Contact page

29-May-2016: Image Resolution pt.3 - How many MP?

07-May-2016: Picture Postcard Workflow: Some simple channel blending strategies

23-Apr-2016: Image Resolution pt.2 - Why resizing?

31-Mar-2016: Picture Postcard Workflow: Some thoughts on the philosophy

Feb/Mar-2016: Various cosmetic improvements of the site

10-Mar-2016: Image Resolution pt.1 - The basics

25-Feb-2016: Picture Postcard Workflow: Analyzing the Lesser Hammer action

11-Feb-2016: Color Correction by the Numbers pt.5 - The final judgement

    (previously part of the Color by the Numbers compared with other methods article)

01-Feb-2016: Picture Postcard Workflow: One year later

14-Jan-2016: Color Correction by the Numbers pt.4 - Some miscellaneous techniques

21-Dec-2015: Picture Postcard Workflow: MMM Finetuned revisited

12-Nov-2015: Color Correction by the Numbers pt.3 - The tricky mixed lighting

27-Oct-2015: Added Portfolio Retouching (no longer exists)

15-Oct-2015: Picture Postcard Workflow: Why I don't like the False Profile technique

01-Oct-2015: Color Correction by the Numbers pt.2 - The case of the blue shadows

27-Sep-2015: Revision of the Analyzing the layers of the Bigger Hammer article

26-Sep-2015: The color yellow (previously part of the Color names page)

17-Sep-2015: My connection with the Picture Postcard Workflow

20-Aug-2015: Picture Postcard Workflow: Analyzing the layers of the Bigger Hammer

28-Jun-2015: Color Correction by the Numbers pt.1 - The basics

18-Jun-2015: Rewrite of the Photoshop by the Numbers main page

28-May-2015: An updated version of the book review

25-May-2015: Modern Photoshop Color Workflow: A review of the book

24-Apr-2015: Picture Postcard Workflow: How to effectively use the MMM action

11-Apr-2015: Numbers and Colors: How they relate

16-Mar-2015: Picture Postcard Workflow: Color by the Numbers compared with other methods

06-Mar-2015: Dan Margulis and others give their comments on the site
                    - in particular, see 
this message now on groups.io

03-Mar-2015: Mention of the site on the Yahoo Applied Color Theory forum

03-Mar-2015: LAB Color Boost compared with RGB Saturation boost

19-Feb-2015: Some thoughts on color names

13-Feb-2015: How to set proper endpoints in the PPW workflow

13-Feb-2015: Received the first e-mail via the contact page

03-Feb-2015: Added a Contact form on the About page, which was renamed to About and Contact

01-Feb-2015: Picture Postcard Workflow: Overview and Comments

22-Jan-2015: Portfolios added

13-Jan-2015: HSB: The ultimate split into Hue, Saturation and Brightness

08-Jan-2015: The Specialties of the LAB Color Space

29-Dec-2014: CMYK and its relationship with RGB

24-Dec-2014: Color Coding and the RGB Color Space

22-Dec-2014: Home page, About page, Introduction for Photoshop by the Numbers series

22-Dec-2014: Website online