Thomas Fitzgerald

Thomas Fitzgerald

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Photographer & Motion Graphics Designer from Dublin, Ireland Where to find me: https://linktr.ee/fxgeek

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Thomas Fitzgerald
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Someone recently commented that AI Denoise is just "slop" and that a denoised photo isn't real anymore, but denoising and generative AI do very different jobs. New blog post on why a denoised photo is still your photo, just cleaner. blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.com/blog/2026/10...

blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.comAI Denoise Isn't Generative AI: Debunking the Misconception — Thomas Fitzgerald PhotographySomeone recently left a comment on one of my videos insisting that AI Denoise was just “slop” and that a denoised photo wasn’t a real image anymore. It made me realise that some people think AI…
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New Blog Post: "Steve Jobs said touchscreen laptops don't work. Apple is about to make one anyway" A look at the touchscreen MacBook rumours for next week's Pro and Tell event... blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.com/blog/2026/10...

blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.comSteve Jobs said touchscreen laptops don't work. Apple is about to make one anyway — Thomas Fitzgerald PhotographyNext Wednesday, Apple is holding its "Pro and Tell" event. If the rumours are right, we're about to get something many of us never thought we'd see: a MacBook Pro with a touchscreen. It's reportedly…
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The masking system in Lightroom is, in my opinion, its most powerful feature, and many people don’t realise just how useful it can be. A while back, I tried editing a photo using only masks to prove the point, with no basic sliders at all: blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.com/blog/2024/7/...

blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.comVideo: Edit your photos using Only Masks in Lightroom — Thomas Fitzgerald PhotographyEver since Adobe added the new masking architecture in Lightroom a few years ago, it’s totally changed the way I work with the software. I find myself using masks way more than I used to and it’s led…
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That this (Pixelmator Pro) was ever released like this is shocking to me. Even more shocking is that this is a paid product (part of Creator Studio). It's marginally less bad if you turn the Liquid Glass slider all the way to opaque, but my god, this is awful.

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I've posted my full review of macOS Golden Gate from a Designer's point of view. It's mostly about the design, and it's a bit long, but I tried to be as comprehensive and fair as possible!

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New Blog Post: An Unusual Issue Slowing Down Lightroom Classic (And How I Fixed It) — Thomas Fitzgerald Photography blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.com/blog/2026/8/...

blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.comAn Unusual Issue Slowing Down Lightroom Classic (And How I Fixed It) — Thomas Fitzgerald PhotographyI had taken some photos over the weekend, and I was processing them in Lightroom when I noticed that the software was acting unusually. When I applied a preset, the preview worked perfectly, but it…
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New Blog Post: "Editing My London Photos in DaVinci Resolve" - A look at how (and Why!) I edited some photos of London in Davinci Resolve's new Photo Editing Mode: blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.com/blog/2026/7/...

blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.comEditing My London Photos in DaVinci Resolve — Thomas Fitzgerald PhotographyOn a recent trip to London, I took quite a few photos and some video at the top of the Shard, one of London’s most famous buildings. I have already posted a few of these , and there are a lot…
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New Blog Post over on my Designtography blog: "Is it time for Apple to chage it's Hardware Design Language?" - where I look at how Apple has basically been doing variations of the same aluminium rounded corner design for nearly 20 years now. medium.com/designtograp...

medium.comIs it time for Apple to change its hardware design language?With all the talk recently about Apple’s software design since the introduction of Liquid Glass and the backlash that followed, I’ve been…
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New Photo Essay: "The Colours and Textures of Summer" "I have always been fascinated by flowers and plants, not necessarily from a “nature” point of view, but by the wonderful colours and textures of the natural world. I guess the designer and artist in me just won’t quit." .....

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New Blog Post: Adobe has recently been adding Lots of new features in Camera RAW that aren’t in Lightroom. What's going on here? blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.com/blog/2026/6/...

blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.comLots of new features in Camera RAW that aren’t in Lightroom — Thomas Fitzgerald PhotographyWith the last few Photoshop releases, Adobe has kept adding new features to Camera RAW. Usually, these would be added to Lightroom either at the same time or with the following release, but so…
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I have to say, I'm really liking macOS 27. Been running the developer beta for over a week now and its really solid. I really like what they've done with the updates to Liquid Glass now too. Much better than macOS 26. Feels much more polished.

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I’ve taken far fewer photos than usual this year - thanks to weather, burnout, self-doubt, distraction and more. I wrote a candid (and slightly philosophical) post about the creative fog a lot of us are feeling lately (and some nice photos too) www.thomasfitzgerald.photography/photoblog/20...

thomasfitzgerald.photographyA terrible start to the year (photographically speaking) — THOMAS FITZGERALD PHOTOGRAPHYA reflective photo journal on why I’ve barely photographed in 2026 so far: months of relentless weather, creative self-doubt, distraction, and even a gear issue, plus a candid look at the wider…
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"This blog post was absolutely , definitely not sponsored by Squarespace"... blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.com/blog/2026/6/...

blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.comThis blog post was definitely not sponsored by Squarespace — Thomas Fitzgerald PhotographyI’ve been publishing this website in one form or another since back in 2011. That’s fourteen years ago! Over that time, I have changed a lot, the world has changed a lot, and this website has…well,…
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New Video: "How to turn any photo into a 3d image with Nik 9 Analog Efex." - I found a cool hack with Nik 9's Analog Efex plug-in that lets you create a 3d image that you can view with red/blue 3d glasses. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH9c...

youtube.comHow to turn any photo into a 3d image with Nik 9 Analog Efex.In this video, I show you how to combine two of the new features in Nik Collection 9’s Analog Efex plug-in to create a working 3d Anaglyph (blue/red) effect on your image. By combining the Chromatic…
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New Blog Post: Fujifilm X-E4 Screen Flipping Problem and How to fix it blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.com/blog/2026/5/...

blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.comFujifilm X-E4 Screen Flipping Problem and How to fix it — Thomas Fitzgerald PhotographyI’ve had my Fujifilm X-E4 for a long time now, and for the most part it’s a great little camera. I’ve used it as my main “lightweight” travel and walk-around camera for years now. Any time I want to…
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New Video: "Capture One Adds Native Affinity File Support. How to Edit in Affinity from Capture One" - A quick tutorial on how to set up Capture One to send your images to Affinity and back! youtu.be/xwWRzH_WeyU

youtu.beCapture One Adds Native Affinity File Support. How to Edit in Affinity from Capture OneCapture One recently added support for native Affinity files in Capture One. You can now edit in Affinity from Capture One using the native Affinity file format. This makes round-tripping between the…
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New Blog Post: DXO Releases Nik Collection 9. A first look review of the new suite. blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.com/blog/2026/4/...

blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.comDXO Releases Nik Collection 9. A first look review of the new suite. — Thomas Fitzgerald PhotographyDXO has just released the latest version of their venerable photography plug-in suite. Nik Collection 9 adds a whole host of new features, including some across-the-suite changes and some new filters…
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Lightroom Classic just got a huge quality-of-life upgrade: AI tools like Denoise and Super Resolution now run in the background, so Lightroom doesn’t get hijacked while they process (especially when batching). I made a quick video showing how it works: youtu.be/mmVSgK0x0u0

youtu.beLightroom 15.3 Adds Background AI Processing for Denoise and Super ResolutionAdobe has released the latest version of Lightroom Classic, and this release adds a much requested feature. AI functions like Denoise and Super Resolution now process in the background and no longer…
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In case you missed it - I did some tilt and shift (faux) photography in Edinburgh a little while ago and these are the results! (and also a tutorial on how I did it) www.thomasfitzgerald.photography/photoblog/20...

thomasfitzgerald.photographyMiniature Edinburgh — THOMAS FITZGERALD PHOTOGRAPHYI was recently in the wonderful city of Edinburgh for a few days, and while I was there I was taking some photos of the cityscape from the viewpoint of the castle. Now, I’ll have a bigger photo essay…