In addition to writing this blog, I will be contributing occasionally to O'Reilly Media's Inside Lightroom blog. Visit the blog today to read my first post, on maximizing compatibility of Photoshop files so that you can import them into Lightroom. Go to O'Reilly There are twelve writers and alot of great information, so visit often (and [...]
Sometimes I use Bridge to look at images, and from there I decide which ones to import into Lightroom. It is then easy to simply drag the images over into Lightroom. Size your Bridge and Lightroom windows so that you can see both. In Lightroom, go to Library Grid view (shortcut G). It does not matter [...]
I showed you how to use the spot removal tool in Lightroom and Camera Raw, and how to copy your spot removals from one image to others in Lightroom in my spot removal video. However, I didn't mention how to copy your spot removals from one image to others in Camera Raw. (Thanks, Teri for this [...]
Let's create the perception of a shallower depth of field in this image, with the police cars sharp, and the background more out of focus. Duplicate the background layer (Ctl/Cmd-J), and add a layer mask to it ( circle-in-a-square symbol at the bottom of the layers palette.) We will blur the duplicate layer, and [...]
Here's a nice summary of Photoshop CS4 new and upgraded features that pertain to photographers, from John Nack of Adobe: http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2008/11/cs4_for_photographers.html There are a couple new very powerful features, and then there are alot of changes that make it easier to get around in Bridge and Photoshop, and easier to do things that you could already [...]
Scrubby sliders are one of Photoshop's great time saving features that you may not discover on your own. In many places in Photoshop, when you click and drag left or right on the name of a numeric setting, it adjusts the setting down or up -- with no need to go into drop down boxes or [...]
