Photoshoot and Beyond
NOTE: Recently at Adobe MAX, all attendees (including me) were given a Fuji X T10 mirrorless camera with an 18-55mm lens. At retail this set up goes for about $1,100 when not on sale. Right now I’m in the market for a new camera. I’m borrowing a Lumix GX7 from a friend and I’ve played with […]
The first rule in creating a Lightroom catalog is to develop a folder structure that makes sense to you. Following these simple tips will ensure your Lightroom catalog will be organized and efficient. 
I have two computers – a beautiful 5K iMac at my studio, and a MacBook Pro that I travel with. My schedule can get crazy, especially when I’m traveling 2-3 weeks in a given month. It’s not practical to take my entire photo library with me when I travel, so I often find myself creating a temporary catalog on my laptop and merging it with my main catalog back at the studio.
Coming soon to Adobe Photoshop CC, you’ll be able to edit your toolbars – rearrange tools you use often, hide tools you don’t, and even sync them to the Creative Cloud for on-the-go work. Howard Pinsky is a Photoshop & Lightroom educator based out of Boulder, Colorado. Since 2007, he has accumulated over 500 free […]
If you’ve had the pleasure of converting film slides of days gone by to the digital format, you may have experienced that bittersweet feeling of excitement mingled with a tinge of disappointment upon the first viewing the dust, debris and tiny fibers accumulated by storage over the years in the scanned result. Building on a […]
After a massive outcry from frustrated users, Adobe’s Tom Hogarty announced yesterday that the next dot release of Lightroom 6 would restore the previous import experience. Lightroom 6.2 took away several features that many photographers (including me) used on a regular basis as a critical part of their workflow. Removed the Move feature during import, leaving […]
Once we imported our photos to our catalog, we need to quickly review each image and select our favorites. The trick is NOT to make this a time consuming task. One option is to use the Flagging system to temporarily select your favorite images. It’s important not to get hung up on an image. If […]
This week we catch up with two photo experts. First up is Adobe evangelist Julianne Kost who talks about some of the hidden gems in Lightroom. Then we catch up with photographer Jake Peterson about his work in the field. Get the show here or get it on iTunes — Don’t forget to post a review on iTunes. […]
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Inspired by the cover image of Rich Harrington’s recent post ‘An In-Depth Look at Selling, Budgeting, and Planning Video Projects’ in this tutorial I’ll be looking at how to take text and manipulate it so that it looks like it’s hanging from ropes. I’ll be exploring how to change the text to shapes, moving and […]