History of the site
"All in all, excellent stuff. Congratulations." - Dan Margulis, March 2015
31-Oct-2024: New tutorial HDR from one Exposure plus downloadable PS action
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
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