April 18, 2008
With the changes to detail in the new Beta, some people are uncertain about what can be done with the small preview window in the Detail pane of Develop. Here’s another quick movie (again MP4, I’m trying to keep the movie at a veiwable size), detailing this preview window (pardon the pun).
April 17, 2008
Here’s a short video on making a bunch of photos have a similar exposure, despite being from different cameras, with different settings. This feature is in V1 also, in case folk think it’s a new V2 feature! Video is in MP4 format, so you may need to right click and download.
April 11, 2008
Here is a quick tutorial about one of the subtle new features in the Lightroom 2.0 Develop module.
A less obvious innovation in Lightroom 2.0 is the ability to apply a negative Clarity adjustment. But now that it is implemented, one can foresee quite a few creative possibilities. Negative Clarity does the opposite of a normal Clarity adjustment as it softens the midtones, and the way that it does this produces an effect that is not too dissimilar to a traditional darkroom diffusion printing technique. The net result is that you can create some quite beautiful diffuse soft focus image effects which are particularly suited to black and white photography. It’s a bit like being able to add a cloudy sky lighting effect. Here’s how it works…
April 2, 2008
One of the key new features in Lightroom 2.0 is the Filter bar, which is accessible in the Content area whenever you are in the Library Grid view mode. The Filter bar combines Find panel and Metadata Browser features into one, along with the search functionality of the Keyword Tags panel. Basically we have a new, more streamlined approach to the Library module panels layout where one can broadly say that the left panels contain the catalog source locations such as Folders and Collections and the right hand panel contains the catalog edit controls, such as the Quick Develop and Keywording panel. The Filter bar is now the main place to go for making refined filter selections of photos in the catalog (although you can still use the Filmstrip controls for filtering by rating and labels).
February 25, 2008
Source: George Jardine on Lightroom and Digital Photography
Author: George Jardine
Photograph © 2003 George A. Jardine
George Jardine has posted a podcast video tutorial on the basics of color correction, using Adobe Lightroom.
“In this tutorial I outline the basics of color correction, in a situation where the color and density of the photograph are wide open to interpretation. Make sure you start with a calibrated and profiled monitor, and then learn to trust your eyes to bring out the very best in your photographs, using the Adobe Lightroom Develop Module.”
Duration: 6:04
February 25, 2008
Source: George Jardine on Lightroom and Digital Photography
Author: George Jardine
Photograph © George A. Jardine
George Jardine has posted a podcast video tutorial on working with RGB files using the Edit in Photoshop command.
“In this tutorial I outline the basics of using Lightroom’s Edit in Photoshop command, specifically as it pertains to RGB files. You’ll learn what your three basic options are, and how they are best used to begin taking advantage of the incredible variety of workflows available, when using Lightroom and Photoshop together.”
Duration: 9:28
February 7, 2008
The excitement of getting hold of a new camera can often be tempered by the frustrations encountered when having to learn how to work with a new piece of kit. First off I must say that I have so far been delighted with the EOS 1Ds MkIII camera in terms of the camera’s design and image quality. Canon have made a number of significant improvements that are very welcome. Although there have been some teething problems, the good news is that I have managed to overcome most of these. The main one though has been trying to get the Canon camera to work smoothly with the new Intel 24″ iMac that I bought at the same time as the camera, which has also proved difficult to set up in the studio, but more of that later.
February 4, 2008
I have spoken about ideas for easier backup in the past, but I’m just going to give some detail on the automatic backup feature within Lightroom. To set up Backup in Lightroom, we need to open the Catalog Settings. This is located in the File Menu and can be accessed by using the shortcut Command-Option-, (Ctrl-Alt-, On PC).
January 18, 2008
Just a quickie with some current Lightroom News:
That’s it for now. Have a nice weekend!
January 6, 2008
While covering ground mentioned on this blog in the past, Matthew Campagna of The Turning Gate has created 2 videos on setting up Titles and Captions in Web galleries. The more advanced video makes use of the ag:formatted feature I’ve mentioned here and on my Lightroom blog. It’s great to finally hear Matthew, after all the back forth via email and on forums. I have to say that it’s one thing reading something, but being a visual learner I find these videos especially useful. I do get a mention in video 2, but I have to confess that it was more prodding and asking questions that got me the information that is there, rather than any accidental discovery.
Go check out the videos here.