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Source: TIPA Technical Image Press Association

In the TIPA awards, Lightroom 2 has just been voted winner of the Best Photo Software category.

“Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 is the photographer’s essential toolbox for managing, adjusting and presenting large volumes of digital photographs. With enhancements such as dual-monitor support, radical advances in non-destructive localized image correction, and streamlined search capabilities, Lightroom 2 is a compelling upgrade that simplifies photography from shoot to finish.”

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For some  Lightroom and Camera Raw users there has  been a certain amount of confusion surrounding the White Balance Temp slider interface. In this movie I run through the basic principles of how to use the White Balance tool and explain how the Temp and Tint sliders are used to ‘assign’ a white balance setting rather than actually ‘create’ a white balance setting (which is where the confusion arises). Plus did you know that the White Balance sliders can also play a signifcant role in black and white conversions?

Please note this video is in Quicktime format. A player can be downloaded from apple.com.

Here’s a short video on speeding up your Develop workflow. Using 4 single shortcuts, you can fly through the basic panel. I’ve also included a shortcut that I discovered earlier: resetting the image. The movie is a Quicktime movie, and a player can be downloaded from Apple.

X Equals have packaged all their free presets in to a bundle and it’s available via Adobe Exchange. It’s being called the X=IMAGE KIT because it includes all the foundation presets they use to bang out killer black and whites, mimic some great films, and alter the mood of any image. As always, these will remain free of charge, licensed under Creative Commons – Attribution 3.0 (USA). For support you can contact them via their webform.

Continuing with the Toolstrip, here is a short video on using the Redeye tool in the Develop Module of Lightroom. This is a Quicktime Movie and a compatible player is downloadable from Apple.com

Source: Lightroom-Blog.Com

Sean McCormack’s Lightroom 2 Made Easy book has just gone on sale recently.

Sean writes: “I guess it helps when the publisher tells you, but my Lightroom book is finally out! It’s not listed as available on Amazon.com, but is on Amazon.co.uk for a measly £7.49 (50% off list). It’s so cheap you should buy 2 :)”

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The default Lightroom Develop panel settings don’t include an invert tone curve for converting a negative image into a positive, but it is possible to create one of your own. There are several ways you can do this and the method illustrated here in this movie is the simplest you can use to create a custom invert setting.

This tutorial came about in response to a photographer who wanted to photograph negatives with his digital SLR and process them directly in Lightroom. This is the solution I suggested, but as you will see, you do end up in a situation where all your major tone edit controls work in reverse, so you have to use the Blacks slider to control the highlight clipping point and the Exposure slider to set the black clipping point. However, the ability to create this type of setting for use in Lightroom does extend the range of Develop settings and what you can do creatively in Lightroom by applying invert tone curves to produce creative effects such as the Smoke presets creates by Sean McCormack.

Please note this video is in Quicktime format. A player can be downloaded from apple.com.

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Those of you who attended my sessions on Lightroom at the recent Photoshop World conference in Boston may remember me saying that some of the session content could also be found here on the Lightroom-news website.

In this movie I wanted to show a comparison between the Saturation and Vibrance sliders and in particular the damaging effect a Saturation boost have on the highlight channel clipping. I also go on to show how to restore detail through the use of targeted HSL adjustments and finally, an example of where screen preview color management may fall apart and how to relate the Vibrance adjustments you make in the Develop module to the actual final print.

Please note this video is in Quicktime format. A player can be downloaded from apple.com.