To help with understanding the recently released Terms of Service by Adobe and the following uproar, on Tuesday 18th June 2024, Adobe released a more simplified worded version that goes on to explain what all of the legal terminolgy REALLY means …
Simplified Terms of Service: ( LINK )
Terry White Video: ( LINK )
Jason Levine on X: ( LINK )
Paul Trani on Instagram: ( LINK )
* Note: For the video released prior to this CLICK HERE
Adobe recently updated their Terms of Service, however how this was done and the wording used did cause quite a strong reaction across the internet.
Some people took to posting videos with clickbait titles that served only to incite anger and unneccesarily spread worry across the creative community … and ultimately result in them gaining large view counts.
Clarification on Adobe’s Terms of Service: ( LINK )
What to know about Adobe’s Terms of Service Update (10th June 2024) ( LINK )
Adobe Privacy Policy: ( LINK )
Manage your Adobe Management Information Preferences: ( LINK )
Adobe Content Analysis FAQ / How Adobe uses Machine Learning: ( LINK )
Adobe General Terms of Use: ( LINK )
With the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings fast approaching, I’m incredibly honoured and proud that portraits from my 39-45 World War2 Veterans Portraits Project were chosen to appear in the Spirit of Normandy 80th Anniversary D-Day Landings Official Commemorative Journal …
Top Row: Laurie Weeden, Allan Scott, Stan Swansborough
Bottom Row: Bob Stoodley, Ted Owens, Gordon Drabble, Victor Urch
The purpose of the project was primarily my way of giving back to the Veterans but also to Honour, Remember and to Educate and so seeing the portraits in such a publication, a personal copy of which will be given to King Charles, is wonderful and serves again to keep the memory of these incredible people alive as their names will be seen and read by those who look through the pages.
Cyril Stanley Ford
Should anyone wish to have a copy of the journal, drop me a message using my CONTACT PAGE and I can then put you in touch with the Editor in Chief who will be able to help you out.
So today (Tuesday 21st May 2024) Adobe made available some fantastic updates and enhancements to both Lightroom v 7.3 (including Mobile) and Lightroom Classic v 13.3 which amongst other things sees the integration of Adobe’s AI, Adobe Firefly and (finally) tethering support for Sony amongt others things.
So, here’s a run through of the changes from today in this recording of a LIVE Broadcast I did on the day of release, and also below I’ve written down all the detailsincluding useful links…
In addition to some bug fixes and stability improvements across all platforms, you’ll also notice a speed increase when using Denoise.
Also in addition to the updates and additions detailed below Adobe also mention …
HDR Optimisation
Instant Access to Photo Libraries in Lightroom Mobile and Desktop apps
Lightroom’s all new mobile editing experience streamlines the mobile toolbar to prioritise the most popular features, whilst making it faster and more intuitive to edit.
It’s now possible to show images in a slideshow from within Lightroom Desktop.
To start a slideshow you access it via the View > Start Slideshow
On release, the controls and the look of the slideshow are very limited with the images playing at full screen and being able to adjust whether the slideshow loops and adjust the speed of the slideshow to be Extra Slow, Slow, Medium and Fast.
Until now it was only possible to have cloud based albums in Lightroom Desktop, but with this update that all changes because from now, we can make Albums available and viewable offline just like Collections in Classic where we could sync them to the cloud or not.
To do this simply right-click on an Album and choose Make Album Available Offline …
It’s taken some time but finally Adobe have worked closely with Sony and as a consequence, Lightroom Classic now supports Sony Tethering.
Sony Tethering in Lightroom Classic offers full control over main camera settings, capture and LIVE view
CURRENTLY SUPPORTED SONY CAMERAS …
The process for tethering to Lightroom Classic with a compatible Sony camera is a very simple process, working exactly the same as it does for other compatible brands.
• Note: Camera needs to be in Remote Shooting or PC Remote mode via USB Connection settings.
A full list of ALL cameras that are supported (not just Sony) can be found here: LINK
I’m not someone that edits video within Lightroom but I know that there are many that do, so the addition of Tone Curve in Video for Lightroom Desktop is going to be a very welcome update.
Adobe state that …
You can now edit the Tone Curve when editing video in Lightroom Desktop
These edits are viewable across Mobile and Web
Videos now supports Presets with Tone Curve information
The Lens Blur Effect is finally out of Early Access and available to all, and Adobe states that its release also brings with it …
Copy and Paste Support
Added focus slider in Mobile
Support for Presets and New Adaptive Presets
Improvements to the subject detection and complex edges
Lens Blur
NO Lens BLur
With Visualise Range turned on to show which areas of the image are in and out of focus
Lens Blur Adaptive Presets
Adobe have now integrated their Adobe Firely AI as Early Access into Lightroom Desktop, Mobile, Web and Lightroom Classic for the purpose of … Removing distractions and unwanted objects from your photos
Found in the Remove section amongst the exisiting Remove Tool, Heal Tool and Clone Stamp Tool (and Red Eye Removal) you use it in conjunction with the Remove Tool by simply ticking the Generative AI checkbox …
Maximum Resolution of the ‘Removed’ area is currently 2K, so a very generous starting point considering this is to be used purely for removing unwanted distractions and objects …
To use Remove with Generative AI simply brush generously over whatever it is that you want to remove.
You can then Add or Subtract from this area to refine it …
3 variations are then given and you can click through to see which you prefer OR simply Refresh to try again until you get a result that you’re happy with …
There is also an Object Aware checkbox which Adobe state is to to be used to Preserve Background Details whereby the AI will analyse the initial selection you made and identify what it is you want to remove without having to fill in the entire selection, meaning you could just brush around the outside.
So for example in the picture below, let’s say that I want to remove the cardboard box and string that the little boy has over his shoulder …
I’ll use Generative AI Remove but also use Object Aware, so then rather brush to select the entire box I’ll just quickly brush around the outside including the string …
The AI then looks at what I’ve drawn around to ee if it can identify the main object, and looking at the selection it made below it did a pretty good job …
I then use the Add option in the Refine section to brush over the string that was missed, so that it’s included in the remove …
… and this is the result
As with all features and tools there are ways to use them to produce more pleasing results, so here’s just a few for Generative AI Remove …
There a couple of differences when using Generative AI Remove in Lightroom Desktop and Lightroom Classic and I show those in the LIVE Broadcast recording at the top of this page
Finally (for now) keep a look out for some more videos coming soon where I take a deeper dive into some of the new features, but in the mean time here’s a link to the official news release from Adobe ( LINK )
Cheers,
Glyn
On Wednesday this week I was at Cardiff and Vale College in South Wales, having been invited to speak to a group of Photography Students for a couple of hours.
It was so good to be amongst people who were clearly excited about their Photography but also in particular about the possibilities with their retouching using Lightroom .
During my time with them I first of all went through some tips and techniques for Portrait Photography, focusing (no pun intended) on the ‘people’ side of things as opposed to the technicals, and all with the intention of helping the person in front of the camera to relax.
After a short break I then went through retouching a portrait using ONLY Lightroom and going through my new workflow which shows how I am now doing tasks such as Dodging and Burning, my 2010 Technique and Lighting Effects, which up until very recently I would have only ever done by using Photoshop.
“Had a great time at Glyn’s lecture yesterday. I had been researching about how to take good portraits. What Glyn shared about techniques (with just one light!) was really encouraging. I was still using Photoshop for my editing, but the techniques demonstrated in Lightroom were amazing. I must sign up to his channel!”
“Thank you Glyn for yesterdays photography workshop. Your expertise and passion made it a truly enriching experience. Looking forward to applying the new skills I’ve learned. Many thanks for your valuable time.”
“Yesterday I attended a talk/presentation hosted by Glyn Dewis. This presentation was not only hugely informative but presented me with a number of questions to ask of myself. If I were to make comment on one thing from the presenter/presentation it would be the unswerving passion for the subject and inspiring others to achieve of their best. ”
HUGE thanks to everyone for making me feel so incredibly welcome and for my great friend Anthony Crothers (College Staff / Tutor) for inviting me in.
Since I first released my TIMELESS Photography & Retouching Course there’s been the inevitable updates in both Lightroom and Photoshop PLUS I’ve now fallen in love with using Constant Light when taking portraits.
So taking all of this into account, I thought it was only right that I should record some new content to add into what is already, by far, my most popular course.
If you have already enrolled in TIMELESS, then you have LIFETIME UPDATES at no extra cost, so the new content will automatically appear in the Course Curriculum and you’ll see it and be able to watch it when you login from Monday 25th March 2024.
After the 25th March 2024 update has been added in, the price to enroll will be increasing for new students due to the course now containing even more content …
Current Price (up to 25th March 2024): $32.40 / £27.60 / €32.35
New Price (from 25th March 2024): $40 / £35.40 / €41.50
To enroll in TIMELESS at the pre-update price before the new price is introduced, check it out using the button below …
A short film I put together for the "Video Creators Virtual Summit 2024" about my Special Place ... Lyme Regis, Dorset in the UK
I hope you like it
Glyn
NEW in Photoshop 25.5.0 released February 2024, we can now create Adjustment Layer Presets AND Export and Import Adjustment Layers Presets …
Really impressed with how Adobe have added the Remove Tool and Generative Fill into Photoshop on the iPad.
Works a treat!
© Glyn Dewis 2024
