The right amount of sharpness is crucial to all photography. Not every photo can be pin sharp, and sometimes it’s best to get rid of an outright blurry photo. Sharpness can be affected by factors such as lens parameters. As long as the image isn’t completely blurry, it can be sharpened with editing in post-production. This is a skill that will always be useful.

Almost everyone who’s spent more than a little time with a camera shoots to RAW. After all, RAW lets you make bad photos average, average photos excellent, and excellent photos even better. That’s because it offers significantly more image data than, for example, JPG. And thanks to this it gives you room for much better edits. So let’s take a look at how to work with it.

Do you shoot landscapes but find the sky is either blown out or hidden in shadows? The solution is HDR—merging multiple exposures into one balanced photo. In this article, I show you how to easily create HDR images in Zoner Studio, when exposure blending makes sense, and when tone mapping is the better option. I also share tips for taking the right source photos.   

Photo editing is a great way to make your shots stand out and take them to the next level. But it’s also where many beginners run into trouble. Instead of improving their photos, they often end up ruining them with heavy-handed editing. It’s a common rookie mistake. Almost everyone starting out tends to push the sliders as far as they can go. Learn how to avoid beginner mistakes and get better results from your editing. 

Blown highlights (overexposed areas) are a common problem, especially for beginner photographers. The good news: they’re easy to avoid — if you follow a few rules while shooting and know a few quick corrections in Zoner Studio. Below you’ll learn how to rescue areas that are too bright or too dark in your pictures.

When taking pictures, most people focus on light, composition, and technique. But few stop to think about which format to save their final photo in. Yet this choice can make a big difference in quality, file size, and post-production options. In this article, I’ll walk you through the most common image formats and show you how to easily convert them in Zoner Studio.  

Add some sunshine and atmosphere to your photos. In this article, we’ll walk you through step-by-step instructions for easily creating a realistic sun effect in Zoner Studio. You can do

Non-destructive edits are edits that don’t destroy your original picture file. They keep you from having to take care of two separate versions of a picture—one edited, the other not. In short, they make editing work with large collections faster and easier to manage overall.

The options for editing photos in the Develop module of Zoner Photo Studio X are endless. In this installment of our series, we’re focusing on more advanced editing, including straightening a crooked horizon, using the Gradient Filter, local filters, or retouching. Get your photos ready and discover how you can improve them!

Enhancing exposure and contrast in your photos are among the most basic adjustments. There are many options for adjusting exposure and contrast in Zoner Photo Studio X. You can choose between several possible techniques for contrast alone. Check out these techniques and get rid of dull images once and for all.