How to QUICKLY and EASILY create the Coloured / Gel Lighting Effect in Lightroom using Masks …
CREATING ARTISTIC MASTERPIECES using PHOTOSHOP and NO A.I. with Bert Monroy
Watch the recording of this LIVE Broadcast as i chat with Photoshop Legend and Artist Bert Monroy discussing how he creates incredibly detailed Masterpeices of Art using Photoshop. Bert also give us a look into how he uses traditional Photoshop techniques ( no A.I.) to create life-like realism and effects.
Adobe SIMPLIFIED Terms of Service - June 18th 2024
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 …
RELEVANT LINKS:
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 Express Hacks Every Photographer Should Know | Dave Clayton
Watch the recording of this LIVE Broadcast as I chat with Graphic Designer Dave Clayton and discover more about Adobe Express … the “Creative App for All” and see how we can use it to quickly create graphics, social media posts, automate, schedule, add stylised captions to videos and ultimately helps us to be more creative, time efficient and productive.
links mentioned in the video:
Adobe Express: (Access via Creative Cloud App on Desktop / Mobile) or: https://new.express.adobe.com
Dave Clayton’s Website: www.itsdaveclayton.com
Facebook: @itsdaveclayton
Instagram: @itsdaveclayton
Dave Clayton’s Newsletter Sign Up + FREE eBook Downloads: BIT.LY/INDESIGNBOOK
Nigel Thomas’ Landscape Photography Exhibition
Canolfan John Burns Centre, Kidwelly, Wales. SA17 5AB
Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th June 2024
10am - 5pm
email: nigetom@btinternet.com for more details
Ian Munro’s “Hope Foundation Dog Rescue” Fund Raiser: ( LINK )
Talking Lightroom and Photography with Adobe Lightroom Product Manager Katrin Eismann
Watch the recording of this LIVE Broadcast when I was joined by Adobe Lightroom Product Manager and Photographer, Katrin Eismann as we discuss her process for capturing stunning Travel Photographs, her Personal Projects, kit and also take a look at Lightroom’s latest technology for Photographers and some hints and tips for best results.
links mentioned during the broadcast
Katrin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katrineismann/ ( @katrin_eismann )
Lightroom Academy: lightroom.adobe.com/academy
Adobe Community Forums: https://community.adobe.com/
Marc Muench Photography Workshops: muenchworkshops.com/workshops/
Generative AI Remove, Sony Tethering and more ... Lightroom UPDATE May 2024
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…
PERFORMANCE UPDATES
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.
SLIDESHOW IN DESKTOP
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.
CLOUD TO LOCAL STORAGE (DESKTOP)
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 …
SONY TETHERING SUPPORT (CLASSIC)
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
TONE CURVE IN VIDEO (DESKTOP)
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
LENS BLUR ENHANCEMENTS
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
GENERATIVE AI REMOVE
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
From Movie Magic to Photographic Mastery | Lisa Carney
Thoroughly enjoyed chatting with Hollywood Movie Poster / Art Work Retoucher Lisa Carney and uncovering the HOW, WHAT and WHY of her personal work, her photography, process, retouching, personal projects and travel.
At the beginning of this recording check out the slideshow of her images and then learn how she captures and edits them because I guarantee, like me, you’ll be blown away!
Links mentioned in the video
Website: lisacarney.com (Portfolios, Photoshop Tutorials, Courses and more … )
Grief ( Art as Therapy - Personal Project ) LINK
Instagram: @lisacarney
The Lightroom Virtual Summit 2024: bit.ly/lvs-2024
Glyn’s Adobe Lightroom Community Page: LINK
Unsurprisingly, Lisa was a HUGE hit judging by some of the comments posted already from folks watching the recording …
Editing my Photographs in Lightroom on my iPad Pro
Now that I’ve been able to calibrate the screen on my iPad Pro, I’m really enjoying it when from time to time I retouch some of my pictures on it; reason being that the results on my calibrated iPad Pro are extremely close to how they look on my calibrated BenQ SW 272U Display.
I always struggled taking it seriously before now because it wasn’t calibrated and thought …
“What’s the point when I’d then have to go and make corrections
in Lightroom on my desktop afterwards?”
But now this is definitely not the case …
I actually had the technical folks at Calibrite reach out to me after having seen the iPad Pro calibration video I shared on my YouTube channel, asking if I’d be able to do a 2nd calibration to check whether the one I did was indeed accurate; and it most definitely was …
Target Luminance = 100cd/m2
Achieved Luminance = 99.355cd/m2
Target X = 0.3127
Achieved X = 0.313
Target Y = 0.3290
Achieved Y = 0.331
So yeah … the calibration of the iPad Pro screen worked a treat!
If you didn’t see the video I put together showing how to calibrate the iPad Pro and whaich also makes sense of what all this Luminance, X and Y stuff is all about, here it is …
So now, knowing that my iPad Pro screen calibration is good, I’m definitely making more use of it; not for every edit but just for those times when I just fancy sitting with my feet up in front of the TV and tinkering and when out and about on a phot shoot and then grabbing a coffee.
Also on those occasions if I haven’t finished the editing, when I get back home in front of my main computer I can just pick up in Lghtroom on my desktop from where I got to in Lightroom on my iPad Pro; such is the way that Lightroom syncs across all devices.
Clever stuff!
Actually on the subject of getting home and diving back on to my main computer, I’ve some new kit coming that is going to improve my workflow, set up and backing up, so I’ll make sure to share about that here and in a video 👍🏻
💥 Solving a LIGHTROOM Preset Headache ( Lightroom and Classic )
The Adobe Lightroom Community is a great resource for Lightroom Presets but how do you get them? How do you install them? How do you install them into Lightroom and / or Lightroom Classic?
In this short video I show exactly what you need to do …
Here’s the link to the Adobe Community PAge where you’ll find the Preset that I’ve made available:
Download my Minimal Teal and Orange Preset for Lightroom and Camera Raw
If you’re a Lightroom Classic , Lightroom or Photoshop / Camera Raw user ...
I have just added the finishing touch steps that I used on the recent portrait of my friend Steve Healy onto the Adobe Lightroom Community Page so that you can save as a preset, download and install to use ... and adjust settings to taste.
Just use this link: https://lightroom.app.link/B4mq80BlSIb
