The Turning Gate Pages and Client Response Gallery both use the free FormToEmail script to process and email contact forms. It’s really slick. Using FormToEmail, your email address isn’t visible to email address mining bots so you don’t get spammed. Well, not as much as you would otherwise. I just found out that if someone […]
TTG Publisher released into the wild
I’ve been testing the new Publisher plug-in from The Turning Gate for the last few weeks, and last week the release version was made available. You can read what I’ve previously written about it here. I gotta say that I’m completely amazed at how well this works and how easy it is to update galleries […]
Focus blending in Photoshop CS5
Similar in purpose to the Helicon Focus program, Photoshop CS 5 is capable of taking several images of the same shot, each focused at a different point, and blending them to create a single shot with everything in focus. Theoretically. It usually works pretty well, or at least gives you a good starting point to […]
Using Markdown syntax in TTG web engines
Markdown syntax makes formatting text on your TTG generated web pages fast and easy. You can include headings, emphasis, hyperlinks and more. Matthew Campagna, the author of all The Turning Gate plug-ins, has included a lot of Markdown examples in his TTG Pages plug-in. But not everybody using TTG plug-ins are using Pages (though I […]
Exerting greater control with masking in Photoshop
With layer masks in Photoshop, any changes you make to the layer to which the mask is attached will be controlled by the mask: black will conceal and white will reveal. And gray? Well, shades of gray apply the mask at a percentage that corresponds to the level of gray. In other words, as black […]
So you say you want a resolution? Well, you know…
Resolution is probably the thing that gets folks confused the most, especially when it comes to printing. First off, there are two different kinds of resolution when it comes to printing. There is print resolution and printer resolution. I’ll deal with printer resolution first so we can dismiss it. Printer resolution is the resolution the […]
The basics of using The Turning Gate website and gallery Lightroom plug ins
the basics of using Lightroom plug-ins by The Turning Gate
Maven Filters
High quality magnetic photo filters that will change your photographic life!
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Topaz Labs
Awesome plug-ins to reduce noise, sharpen, and resize images. Affiliate link!
Think Tank
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Lightroom Classic The Missing FAQ
Highly recommended. This is my go-to Lightroom book. Click on the book image. Affiliate link!