Are you constantly applying the same adjustments in Adobe Photoshop to all of your images? Do you feel like there should be an easier way to increase your work flow? Well there is good news, through the use of actions, you can automate your image modifications. Richard Harrington will share with you how to quickly reapply complex artistic effects to multiple images.
Top Ways To Automate Lightroom
Automating Adobe Lightroom can save huge amounts of time. This 2 part video series
hosted by Julieanne Kost will show important features and shortcuts that you use. Do you work in the development module or image grid area mostly? Learn the shortcuts that will relocate your views quickly.
Part 2 of the automation of Lightroom
How Technology Has Changed The Photography Industry
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If you have ever had a 15-year-old child before, you know your weekends are spent running errands just to give your child practice behind the wheel of the car. We have to log 60 hours of driving time before our daughter receives her license, so we are letting her play “chauffer” whenever we have the time. She is considerably better at it then she was a couple of months ago, so it’s easier now to look around at the scenery rather than concentrate on her skills.
This weekend we drove by an old Blockbuster store, and I started thinking about the change in the video industry. I remember a time when the big thing was to run up to the video store to get a movie for the weekend. That slowly morphed into Netflix, which gave you more convenience of getting your movies and dropping them off, but still didn’t solve the problem of getting the movie you wanted, when you wanted it. Change that today, and you can stream any video you want, anywhere you want. From mobile devices, Smart technology, and even your Google tv, you can have instant access whenever you want it. Which of course has caused old relics like Blockbuster to file for bankruptcy.
And of course industry change doesn’t end there. Look at landline telephones. More and more people are abandoning their traditional landline phones in favor of cell phone only. You used to pick your phone company based on how much they charged for long distance; now you use cell phones with one payment plan for all of your long distance needs. And if you talk continuously with people from around the world, use VoIP or Skype, and connect via the Internet. You can talk anywhere, anytime for one low price.
Every single industry that has had major change over the last 20 years is due to technological advancements. And photography is right in there with them.
Go back 20 years, and you purchased a camera based on the lenses you chose to use. If you wanted to change your output, you invested in different types of film. Film is where the magic happened, and together with a great lens gave you a dynamic photograph. You had to rely on your expertise to create the perfect image within the camera, because you wouldn’t see the results until the final processing took place. But the magic occurred at inception – at the moment you pressed the trigger and captured the image.
Darwinian Evolutions Of Photoshop
Have you every wondered what the original Adobe Photoshop looked like? What version a specific featured was added? What year did a version arrive on the shelves? We found a great graphic that explores the evolution of the amazing program used by photographers throughout the world. What would we do without the power of this fun program?
Infographic: The Darwinian Evolution of Photoshop by Tech King
Using Lightroom to Work With Landscapes
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Have you ever come across a wildlife photo that just pops with color, and you would love to use the same technique yourself? In this tutorial, you’ll see just how easy it is. Yanik shows you a before and after image he recently took in Costa Rica, and shows you the Lightroom tools he used to create the finished image. You’ll be creating your own magical images in just a few minutes of time.
Photoshop Yourself To Perfection
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Photoshop is amazing at altering imperfections. Imagine waking up after being out all night long, and using Adobe Photoshop to make it look like you had a full night’s rest…remove dark circles under your eyes, razor stubble or just changing your outfit color to match your mood.
What this video and see how Photoshop could change your day.
Photoshop’s 20th Anniversary – 7 Fun Facts About Photoshop
In honor of Photoshop’s 20th anniversary this month, I would like to share a few fun facts about why Photoshop is a photographer’s best friend, and how you can get the most out of using Photoshop. If you have any more tips or facts about Photoshop I’d love to hear them – please comment below. 
1. Photoshop was originally created by two brothers, Thomas and John Knoll. In 1987, Thomas began writing a program to display grayscale images on a monochrome display. Display, as it was originally called, caught the attention of his brother John, who recommended turning it into a full-fledged image editing program. Together they developed ImagePro, which was eventually bought by Adobe to create what we now know as Photoshop.
2. Adobe prefers people to use the term “photoshopping” when referring to photo editing to prevent its trademark from becoming generalized. Yet its never caught on as much as they had hoped, and today we regularly use “photoshop” as a verb.
3. The best place to learn all about Photoshop? The National Association of Photoshop Professionals of course. Scott Kelby is the president of NAPP, and knows more about Photoshop than just about anyone. He’s also in charge of putting together the Photoshop World Conference and Expo coming up March 24th in Orlando.
4. Want to learn even more about Photoshop? Stop by PhotoshopUserTV. Every week you’ll learn insider tips and tricks to becoming more efficient with Photoshop.
5. How many versions of Photoshop have there been? From Photoshop 1 through the current Photoshop CS4, there have been 11 major releases all together.
6. Looking for the perfect shade of green to use in your designing efforts? Check out this graph that will help you find the perfect color based on a box of 120 Crayons. Not only can you find the perfect color, but you’ll quickly have the hex code and RGB value for it too.
7. One of the funniest Photoshop channels on YouTube? You Suck At Photoshop is a Webby Award winning tutorial series by Donnie Hoyle. Do more than learn Photoshop – get involved in a soap opera as well.
Photoshop Tutorial – Retouching Blemishes
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One of the most time exhausting areas of photography is using Photoshop on every image, and retouching small items like blemishes. There are many tips, tricks, and techniques for improving skin tone and covering up blemishes, and one of my favorites is by using Photoshop’s healing brush and patch tool. You can blend unwanted areas and hide those tiny imperfections with ease. Sample areas of skin that are in great shape, and use it to blend and alter blemished areas. The healing brush will get the job done with little effort.
Check out this Adobe Photoshop Tutorial on Healing Brush Tool and Patch Tool to see how simple retouching can be.
Photoshop Tricks – Retouch Tutorial For Modifing Nose
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What do you do if your client wants a few modifications to his or her nose? Photoshop of course.
We found a tutorial that teaches how to modify the nose of your subject using the lasso tool and transform tool in grid mode. Once you have adjustments in place, simply erase the hard lines created by the transformation and your done. Simple Adobe Photoshop Tips increase work-flow efficiency and we want to help.
Developing a Raw File with Photoshop
As a photographer, do you shoot in raw capture mode? According to some of our recent surveys, the majority of photographers do. Raw images take large camera sensors and plenty of storage. But with todays digital equipment, file storage has become incredibly inexpensive.
Raw files allow photographers to adjust settings like exposure, color and saturation after the image is captured, giving you the ability to always go back to the original file if you decide to do something different. If you are new to processing Raw images, check out this video. Processing can take time; but with a little knowledge and expertise, you can quickly finish editing and move on to your next photo shoot. Check out this video: [Read more...]
