Terry McDonald, Author at Luminous Landscape https://luminous-landscape.com The Photographer's Knowledge Resource Fri, 16 May 2025 11:47:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 RAW FILE OPTIMIZATION – PART 3A | Up-scaling Raw Files 1: Turning cropped files into high quality images with Lightroom, ON1 and Topaz https://luminous-landscape.com/raw-file-optimization-part-3a-up-scaling-raw-files-1-turning-cropped-files-into-high-quality-images-with-lightroom-on1-and-topaz/ Fri, 16 May 2025 11:41:07 +0000 https://luminous-landscape.com/?p=232832 Upscale Raw Files: Transform Small Crops into Large, High-Quality Prints

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