Underwater Photography Articles & Tutorials

Post-Processing Articles

Post-processing articles, tutorials and tips for underwater photography and video, including Lightroom, Photoshop, GoPro Studio, Premiere Pro and more.

At UWPG we constantly publish new articles on all aspects of underwater photography and video. We cover macro, wide-angle, dive destinations, gear reviews, tutorials and techniques, post-processing, marine life, photo essays, dive adventures, dive travel tips and other useful info for underwater photography.

The Basics of Editing Underwater Photos in Adobe
By Nirupam Nigam, April 18, 2022
How to organize and edit underwater photos in Adobe Lightroom
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Adobe Lightroom vs Photoshop for Underwater
By Jenna Szerlag, May 14, 2020
A quick comparison of Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop for post-processing underwater photos.
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Lightroom CC vs Lightroom Classic
By Bryan Chu, October 10, 2019
An in-depth comparison of Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic for editing underwater photos
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Color Space, Color Profiles, and Color Management
By Jenna Szerlag, August 12, 2019
How Color Space and Color Profiles Impact Underwater Photography
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Removing Backscatter with Photoshop’s Content
By Jenna Szerlag, June 18, 2019
A step by step guide to removing backscatter from your photos without compromising photo quality
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ProRes RAW Now Possible with Nikon Z6/Z7
By Nirupam Nigam, May 8, 2019
Nikon Opens the Doors to ProRes RAW Video Recording in a Partnership with Atomos and the Nikon Z6 and Z7
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Lightroom Tutorial: Custom White Balance
By Bryan Chu, January 31, 2019
Using lightroom's custom white balance function to make your photos pop
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GoPro Hero 6: How to Shoot Underwater Macro Video
By Todd Kortte, May 27, 2018
Tips and a fix for shooting macro video with the GoPro Hero 6
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Lightroom Tips & Tricks: The Spray Can Tool
By Erik Lukas, June 5, 2017
Learn how to use the spray can tool to add keywords and metadata to your images
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Lightroom Tricks: Adjusting Tones using the
By Erik Lukas, December 22, 2016
Make your images pop by fine tuning their tonal range with this quick Lightroom editing technique
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Vivid-Pix Land & Sea 1-click Photo Editing
By Chino Mendoza, August 25, 2016
Vivid-Pix has released their latest editing software for computer, mobile and tablet, offering 1-click and customized editing tools
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Lightroom Tips & Tricks: Crop Image Overlay Tool
By Erik Lukas, June 1, 2016
Learn to utilize Lightroom's powerful crop assist tool to create the perfectly framed composition with your subject
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Enhancing your Images with Photoshop
By Brent Durand, February 3, 2016
Step-by-step tutorial on using Adobe Photoshop to add interesting elements to your underwater photos during post-processing
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Color Filters vs. Post-Processing
By Brent Durand, December 7, 2015
We explore the pros and cons of using colored filters underwater vs. post-processing
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One-Click Editing with Vivid-Pix
By Brent Durand, November 17, 2015
We test the editing capabilities of Vivid-Pix with .jpg images from La Paz
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Optimizing Your Lightroom Workflow
By Brent Durand, July 14, 2015
Timesaving tips to process your images, including import settings, presets and findability
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Using Dehaze in new Adobe Lightroom CC
By Brent Durand, June 18, 2015
Lightroom's new dehaze feature could mean big things for underwater photography - let's check it out
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Lightroom for the Rest of Us
By Scott Gietler, July 24, 2014
Scott's Easy Steps for Getting Photos Edited and Out There
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How to Choose a Memory Card
By Brent Durand, January 27, 2014
Understanding Performance vs. Cost and What it Means to You
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Creating Videos with GoPro Studio 2.0
By Brent Durand, December 3, 2013
Create a Video in 5 Minutes – Seriously…
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5 Easy Steps To Process Your Underwater Photos
By Michael Zeigler, May 13, 2013
Enhance your "keepers" and be able to find them later!
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Removing Backscatter in Photoshop
By Todd Winner, February 18, 2012
Great tips on how to improve your final underwater images
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How to Register Your Images
By Bonnie Pelnar, September 24, 2011
Bonnie shares important information about how to protect your images by registering them with the Copyright Office.
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Why You Should Register Your Images
By Bonnie Pelnar, September 6, 2011
In this third installment on Copyright, Bonnie explains why you should register your images with the Copyright Office.
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Lessons on Copyright
By Bonnie Pelnar, July 21, 2011
Bonnie Pelnar shares important information about copyright, and what it means to you. This is the first part in a series.
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Copyright, Trademark and Patent – The Difference
By Bonnie Pelnar, June 17, 2011
Bonnie Pelnar explains the difference between Copyright, Trademark and Patent in part 2 of a series
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Lightroom 3 Adjustment Brush
By Todd Winner, April 1, 2011
Shooters Toolbox: Lightroom 3 Utilizing the adjustment brush Text and Photos by Todd Winner ...
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Lightroom Overview - Who and Why you should use
By Todd Winner, December 10, 2010
Who and why you should use Lightroom
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Lightroom Lens Correction
By Todd Winner, July 23, 2010
Todd shares how to utilize Lightrooms's lens correction feature
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