All Entries Tagged With: "photoshop"
Searching with Metadata in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
There have been lots of reader questions lately about how to search and organize a large image library using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Working with metadata tools like keywords, colored labels, and star ratings is the only way to really harness the full potential of Lightroom as an organizational tool!
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 for Photographers Workshop with David Marx: Oct 31 – Nov 5
David Marx will be leading a week long Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 workshop for Photographers at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography in Missoula, Montana from October 31 to November 5. This class will be David’s last week long Lightroom workshop for the year. Don’t miss this opportunity to streamline your workflow and master Lightroom this fall.
Importing and Moving Files From Your Internal Hard Drive to an External Disk with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3
Two new video tutorials today for beginning Adobe Photoshop Lightroom users on how to import and move files from one hard drive to another using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. These videos are intended to help new Lightroom users find their photos, or the folders full of images, that currently live on their internal hard drive. Most beginning users need the extra help with this process and its great to know that Lightroom can do all of the heavy lifting.
Adobe Photoshop CS5 New Feature Highlights for Photographers Part I
Adobe Photoshop CS5 is out now and many of our readers would like to know which features of the new version are going to be useful for photographers. Top’s on my list of highlights though has got to be the new processing algorithms in Adobe Camera Raw 6. With the new code inside of Camera Raw, and soon in Lightroom 3, my images look better than they ever have before….
Adobe Creative Suite 5 Now Available!
Adobe Creative Suite 5, and all its parts including Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended, are now available. Adobe is even offering free shipping on Adobe CS5 Suites and on Photoshop for a limited time. Read on for more details.
Kevin Ames Demonstration of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Beta and Photoshop CS5 in Kalispell Montana: April 21
Photoshop expert Kevin Ames will be presenting a demonstration of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom v3 Beta and Photoshop CS5 in Kalispell, Montana next week. Kevin is the author of four books on digital photography, a frequent Photoshop World Instructor, and an expert at retouching glamour photos. Even better, this lecture is free and open to the public!
Adobe Creative Suite 5 Launch Event
Adobe announced that you can get your “first look at CS5″ on Monday, April 12, 2010.
Lightroom vs. Photoshop
Do I need to buy both Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop CS4? Digital photographers ask me this question all the time. It’s a good question and one that deserves more than just a simple yes or no answer. Each program has it’s own strengths, and although the two programs share some common features, they are not competitors.
Holiday Gift Ideas for Photographers from David Marx at TheLightroomLab.com
Over the past year, I have grown very interested in star trails, night time, and time-lapse photography. So this year I made two gifts lists. The first set of gifts are gadgets that I find useful for time-lapse and night photography. The second set of gift ideas are just general items related to my love for digital photography. I hope these list help you find the perfect gift for your loved ones this holiday season.
Lightroom Installation Issues with Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6)
Help! I have been trying to upgrade lightroom 1.1 to version two however Adobe Photoshop Lightroom v.2 will not install on my imac. My mac is using the 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Operating System. What’s wrong?
Scott Kelby’s “10 Things I Would Tell New Lightroom Users”
Scott Kelby, president of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, posted an article recently that might help Lightroom beginners. If you are new to Lightroom, I encourage you to read his “10 Things I Would Tell New Lightroom Users” in addition to browsing all of the articles in our Getting Started Tutorials section.
I don’t agree with all ten, though. Read on to find out where I disagree.
Ultimate Collection of Photoshop Tutorials: Photoshop Workbench Volume One
Come Celebrate the 200th Edition of The Photoshop Workbench with the Ultimate Collection of Photoshop Tutorials––Photoshop Workbench Volume One!
Lightroom 3.0 Public Beta Now Available!
Want to see what’s coming in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom v.3? Now you can! Check out this post to learn more about Lightroom v.3 beta’s new features and improvements.
Camera Raw Profiles in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Reader Question:I recently shot some pictures with a Nikon D300 in raw. When I downloaded these raw files into Lightroom 2.5 the brilliant colors that I saw on the camera changed to dull within Lightroom. It actually happened as I watched, one after another, the pics on lightroom changed from brilliant to dull after the download was complete. Any Clues?
Teaching Lightroom at the “Explore the Possibilities Seminar” Nov. 6-8 in Cleveland Ohio!
am delighted to be teaching Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Photoshop Elements techniques for the Western Reserve Photographic Society’s “Explore the Possibilities Seminar” in Cleveland, Ohio. For this program, I will be working along side my good friend and photographic hero Mr. Doug Johnson. For more information on this program….
Teaching at the ASMP Photo Tech 2009 Workshop: November 12-13
I’m headlining the show at this years Photo Tech 2009 Workshop presented by the ASMP Ohio Valley Chapter. It’s going to be a great educational event! I get two days to cover Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom with tips and techniques specifically tailored to the needs of today’s working professional photographer. This is going to be a fast-paced class with lots of emphasis on Adobe Photoshop Lightroom’s time saving secrets. While I love to toot my own horn, I am super excited about the other speakers too. Come learn from photographer / videographer Sam Riche, marketing guru Rosh Silars, and digital workflow expert Jay Kinghorn.
Moving Folders with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Months ago, I posted an article on how to move your Adobe Photoshop Lightroom catalog files over to an external hard drive. So for today’s video tutorial, I am going to show you how to move your photos from one hard drive to another without upsetting Lightroom. As a bonus, I’m also going to show you a little trick on how to create new folders from within Lightroom, and how to rename your folders.
Recommended Reading: My favorite Lightroom and Photoshop CS4 Books
My students often ask for book recommendations. Here’s a link to all of my favorite Lightroom and Photoshop books.
The Mega-Important Automatically Write Changes into XMP Switch
Today’s article is all about the “Automatically write changes into XMP” switch which lives inside of the Metadata tab. When I teach classes, I call this the “happiness vs. unhappiness switch” and from the factory it is set to unhappiness! The good folks at Adobe make fantastic software, but they don’t always pick the best words for their buttons and knobs. “Automatically write changes into XMP” should have been labeled “Auto-Save.”
Content-Aware Scaling with Adobe Photoshop CS4 Demo
This is a “behind-the scenes” video which demonstrates how I turned my original raw capture into a nice polished photograph using features of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop CS4. In this movie, I use Graduated filters in Lightroom’s Develop Module, and I use Content-Aware Scaling in Photoshop CS4 to create a beautiful eye-catching image.
Book Review: Photographer’s Photoshop CS4 Companion by Mark S. Johnson
It’s no secret that my software use for photography has moved heavily towards Lightroom. Adobe Photoshop, however, is still the gold standard when it comes to detailed adjustments to your photographs. Mark S. Johnson, an excellent author (and great friend of mine), has begun releasing chapters of his new book, Photographer’s Photoshop CS4 Companion.
Read on for a review of this book and detailed information about the topics in each chapter.
Photoshop CS4 Update Available
Adobe has released an update for Photoshop CS4. The update, version 11.0.1, is available by choosing Updates from the Help menu in Photoshop CS4.
Camera Raw 5.3 and DNG Converter 5.3 Release Candidates Now Available
Adobe has posted the release candidate versions of the Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 5.3 plug-in and DNG Converter 5.3 on the Adobe Labs website. The ‘release candidate’ label indicates that the plug-in is well tested but would benefit from additional community testing before it is distributed automatically to all of our customers.
Read on for more information about this release, as well as links to download.
The Lightroom Conference at Photoshop World
The largest Adobe Photoshop educational event in the world — Photoshop World Conference & Expo — announced that, for the first time ever, Photoshop World is adding a conference within a conference to its upcoming event in Boston, March 25-27, 2009.
Read on for more information.
You Suck at Photoshop – Episode 17: Automate: Photomerge
Donnie Hoyle maps his current predicament and merges toward a solution.
You Suck at Photoshop – Episode 16: Define Brush Preset
Donnie Hoyle finds himself in a hairy situation with an old friend.
You Suck at Photoshop – Episode 15: Define Pattern
Donnie Hoyle’s sex-dampening technique finds him reflecting on the patterns of his life.
You Suck at Photoshop – Episode 14: Video Stuff Reall Fast
Donnie Hoyle has no time to show you Photoshop’s video editing features.
Book Review – Luminescent World: The Stories (and Secrets) Behind Twenty-Five of My Favorite Photographs by Mark S. Johnson
My good friend and colleague Mark S. Johnson has just released his latest eBook, Luminescent World: The Stories (and Secrets) Behind Twenty-Five of My Favorite Photographs. For those of you who don’t know him, Mark is an incredible photographer and artist, and an even more incredible human being.
Check out this post for a brief review of the book as well as a link to purchase or download a free excerpt.
