Here are a few tips for getting the most out of Lightroom instead of relying too heavily on PS for those everyday shots.
One Brief Moment
"A photograph is a stop in time for just one brief moment." – Charles Dobbs PhotographyArchive
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As a buddy of mine says…”if it’s free…it’s for me!”
32 Free Software Solutions For Photographers | DIYPhotography.net.
Lightroom’s Survey view is a tool that makes choosing one image from a group of images a simpler process.
Most users don’t realize that you can create your own custom panels for Photoshop CS4 and for the new CS5. You do this using a free download called Adobe Configurator. In this post, I’ll show you how to get started making your first Photoshop CS4 panel using Configurator 1.0.
My personal opinion is this is not theft. You cannot “own” settings.
A New Type of Theft – Can Post Production Settings be Owned?.
One of the challenges of landscape photography is that it’s so dependant on the changing weather. This is particularly true when shooting sunrises and sunsets. You can travel for hours to get to the perfect location, only to find a dull sky, nothing like the image you had hoped for.
via Create Amazing Sunsets with Lightroom’s Split Toning Tool.
When you have a lot of similar images from a shoot, you can organizing them using the Lightroom Stacks feature. This allows you to stack images together so that only one image representing the stack appears in the Grid, Filmstrip and Loupe. This can clean up the screen reducing the number of images you see.
As rumored, Adobe has launched Photoshop CS5 and CS5 Extended – the latest versions of its image manipulation software. They will be available separately or as components of the Creative Suite 5 family of design and production software bundles. Both include revised interfaces and a host of new tools and refinements discussed in the accompanying story. Photoshop CS5 and CS5 Extended are expected to begin shipping next month for around US $699 and $999. Licensed users of the previous versions can upgrade for $149 and $349 respectively.
via Adobe unveils Photoshop CS5 & CS5 Extended: Digital Photography Review.
One real annoyance with Photoshop CS4 is that Print Package and Contact Sheet printing is missing. These options appeared in earlier versions of Photoshop but they aren’t installed automatically in Photoshop CS4.
