tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46573917350965772652024-03-13T16:29:10.983-07:00Lightroom & Photoshop for PhotographersChanging the Universe one pixel at a time.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-32577874270603960832018-10-25T12:35:00.001-07:002018-10-25T12:35:44.941-07:00Non-Destructive Editing (PS and PSE)<h2>Photoshop and PhotoShop Elements</h2>
<h3 style="font-size: 1.17em;">Content aware fill, the Spot Healing Brush and the Patch Tool</h3>
<p><strong>RULE:<br /> When editing in PS or PSE, Always Create a Blank Layer and do the edits in the blank layer.</strong></p>
<div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><strong> </strong>When using any of the tools like the Clone or Healing Brush or Spot Healing Brush to edit pixels, First create a Blank Layer and then in the use the Tools “Option Bar” to toggle on “Edit layers below”</div>
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<p>Here’s a short tutorial that uses <a href="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/HueSatHeal/">“Edit Layers Below”</a></p>
<p><img style="float: left;" title="PS-Layers.jpg" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UZg6n4cKtDA/Trr4BWgQNTI/AAAAAAAACZU/LIU6nULZVMs/PS-Layers.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="PS Layers" width="205" height="277" border="0" /></p>
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<h2><br /><span style="font-size: 1.5em;">How to make a “layer” when using The “patch” Tool</span></h2>
<p><img style="float: left; margin: 6px;" title="Patch tool.jpg" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-0U1GH32zIIA/T10fYMWb4II/AAAAAAAACj8/sRcPpum3rvU/Patch%252520tool.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="Patch tool" width="241" height="84" /> You probably noticed that the "Patch Tool" Located in the Tool bar (Keyboard shortcut "j") has no option for "editing layers below" The solution here is to draw your selection and use the keyboard combination: "Command + j" (Mac) or "Control + j" (PC). This puts your patch selection on a new transparent layer. Typically you'd use the patch to to cover a large patch of skin, or to make eyebrows symmetrical, or to smooth out edges on the hairline or banks.</p>
<p>When you make a selection with the patch tool, draw a contour that follows the upper shape of the eyebrow.</p>
<p><img style="float: left; margin: 6px);" title="patchtoolselect.jpg" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-S8LMiBp5rdY/T10fYgqyZFI/AAAAAAAACkE/pL3e10Pwu_k/patchtoolselect.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="Patchtoolselect" width="534" height="237" border="0" /></p>
<p>When you make a selection with the patch tool, draw a contour that follows the upper shape of the eyebrow.</p>
<p><br style="clear: left;" /> <img style="float: left; margin: 6px;" title="patchtoolcommad=feather.jpg" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-pH9FgYbhre0/T10fau3ZyXI/AAAAAAAACkc/8OV1Rbvkzeo/patchtoolcommad%25253Dfeather.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="Patchtoolcommad=feather" width="600" height="232" border="0" /></p>
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<p>NEXT: Use the Menu item:<br /> Select > Modify > Feather...<br /> Or Keyboard short cut Shift + F6 (PC and Mac)<br /> Then Choose 3 - 5 pixels<br /> This will make a soft edge around your selection.</p>
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<p><img style="float: right;" title="patchtoolcommad-j.jpg" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jbK68RcjnCw/T10faJ06K6I/AAAAAAAACkU/Eog7oCypvdA/patchtoolcommad-j.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="Patchtoolcommad j" width="534" height="237" border="0" />Now you can press the “Command + j” (Mac) or “Control + j” (PC).<br /> Notice that you now have a blank layer with your selection… Now select the Move tool<br /> Tool Bar keyboard shortcut The letter v<br /> Move the selection with the mouse down to cover the “rough” edges at the top of the eye brow…<br /> You might have to use the eraser or other tool to clean up the selection… and you might need to lower the transparency of the layer. You mileage will vary. Experiment</p>
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<p>I turned on the transform controls for the move tool so you can see the “selection”…</p>
<p><img style="float: left;" title="patchtoolcommad-done.jpg" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zEqvUDrfXQU/T10fbfDhkMI/AAAAAAAACkk/Jvyfp-6Rp4k/patchtoolcommad-done.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="Patchtoolcommad done" width="563" height="245" border="0" /></p>
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<p><img style="float: left;" title="patchtoolcommans-proof.jpg" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ofB9P1-ffBg/T10fb6MEHKI/AAAAAAAACks/kW4XidqdEf4/patchtoolcommans-proof.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="Patchtoolcommans proof" width="457" height="213" border="0" /><br /> <br /> Remember: Symmetry Rules! Even in "Particle Physics and the Big Bang Theory"<br /> <br /> <br /> If you need to make more edits! Like work on the "other" eyebrow You'll need to make a flattened copy of the visible layers...</p>
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<h2>RULE: Make a Flattened copy of the visible layers , If you can only directly edit pixels.</h2>
<p>Mac (Command + Option + Shift + E)<br />PC (Control + Alt + Shift + E)</p>
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<p>This is also useful if you want to use the Menu HDR Toning</p>
<p>Image > Adjustments > Shadow/Highlight…or any other "Adjustment" that do not have an "Adjustment layer".</p>
<p>Except...<br /> (Note Well) The adjustment HDR Toning…<br />Menu: Image > Adjustments > HDR Toning…<br />Automatically flattens all layers. So, if you want to preserve layers before you use this adjustment, save the file first as a .PSD and then do the HDR Toning…as it flattens all layers to make a "single" image!</p>
<p><strong>To Flatten Selected layers Keyboard Short cut</strong></p>
<p>Mac (Command + Option + Shift + E)<br /> PC (Control + Alt + Shift + E)<br /> and apply the Adjustment to the flattened copy of the all the layers…</p>
<p>To re-edit the Shadow/Highlights… you’ll need to delete the layer and repeat the process…</p>
<p><em>Enjoy! As Always ’holler (send an email) if you have a question or comment.</em></p>
<p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-72893264523254067912016-07-13T09:53:00.001-07:002016-07-13T10:02:04.682-07:00Lightroom for Mobile July Releases<p><span style="font-family: Myriad, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: -1px; background-color: transparent;">You can read the full </span><span style="font-size: 1.5em; font-family: Myriad, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: -1px;">news release at the Adobe Lightroom Blog website</span></span></p>
<p><a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2016/07/lightroom-mobile-july-updates.html"><span style="font-size: 1.5em; font-family: Myriad, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: -1px;">http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2016/07/lightroom-mobile-july-updates.html</span></span></a></p>
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<h2 class="entry-title" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; font-weight: normal; font-family: Myriad, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: -1px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px;">Two big updates for Lightroom for mobile are now available for download: </span><a style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #44709a; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" href="http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2016/07/lightroom-mobile-july-updates.html#LrM">Lightroom for iOS 2.4</a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px;"> and </span><a style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #44709a; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" href="http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2016/07/lightroom-mobile-july-updates.html#LrA">Lightroom for Android 2.1</a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px;">.</span></h2>
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<p class="wp-caption-text" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 5px 5px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px;">Photograph by Elia Locardi of the valley in Meteora, Greece. Shot in raw on a Fuji XT-2 and edited on location with an iPad Pro with Lightroom for iOS.</p>
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<p style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px;"><a style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #44709a; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" href="http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/files/2016/07/IMG_4385.png"><img class="alignright wp-image-2178 size-medium" style="background-color: transparent; border-style: none; margin: 4px 0px 12px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; float: right; max-width: 100%; height: auto;" src="http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/files/2016/07/IMG_4385-300x169.png" alt="IMG_4385" width="300" height="169" /></a>In version 2.4, two major improvements have been added: a raw technology preview and the addition of local adjustment tools. In addition to these major improvements, we’ve also added the ability to use keyboard shortcuts with physical keyboards connected to iPads, the ability to add your copyright to all imported photos, functionality to turn on lens profiles (if your camera and lens combination are supported), as well as the usual bug fixes and improvements.</p>
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<a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2016/07/lightroom-mobile-july-updates.html">Read more...</a></div>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Register for Clark College Class<br />Mondays, July 11 - August 8, 2016<br /> 6:00pm - 09:00pm <br />Sign up Now! <a href="http://ecd.clark.edu/course/class.php?ClassID=16127&CategoryID=252">Lightroom Essentials and Beyond</a></h2>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/index.html">Watch the slide show</a></h2>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Skip the slideshow? <a href="workflow.html">Click here!</a></h2>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-34673668474846671302016-01-27T12:21:00.001-08:002016-01-27T12:21:46.046-08:00Lightroom CC 2015.4 / 6.4 now available<h2 class="entry-title" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; font-weight: normal; font-family: Myriad, Arial, sans-serif; color: #44709a; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: -1px;">New Lightroom and Photoshop Camera Raw update</h2>
<p>You can read all of the release information at Lightroom’s Blog <a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/">http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/</a></p>
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<p style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px;">Lightroom CC 2015.4 and Lightroom 6.4 are now available on Adobe.com. The goal of this release is to provide additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom. This release also includes a new Boundary Warp feature for Creative Cloud members.</p>
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<p style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5;">Introducing Boundary Warp (New Feature)</strong></p>
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<p style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px;">Stitched panoramas often have non-rectangular boundaries. There are several ways to handle irregular boundaries. The most common approach is to apply a rectangular crop. This is straightforward, but important image details near the boundary may be lost due to cropping. Another approach is to use Content Aware Fill (in Photoshop) to fill in the transparent areas outside the boundary. This can be effective, but may require multiple attempts to obtain a satisfying (smooth, artifact-free) result. It can also be expensive and requires rendering out the panorama to an output-referred(non-raw) format. <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Boundary Warp</strong> is a feature that provides another approach to handling the irregular boundary of panoramas. The feature analyzes the boundary and warps the image so that its edges fit a rectangular frame. Here’s a visual example of the feature:</p>
<p style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px;"><a style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #44709a; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" href="http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/files/2016/01/bw_ani_1000x400.gif" rel="attachment wp-att-1879"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1879" style="background-color: transparent; border-style: none; margin: 0px auto 12px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto;" src="http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/files/2016/01/bw_ani_1000x400.gif" alt="bw_ani_1000x400" width="1000" height="400" /></a></p>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-52223565539960224532015-06-26T14:11:00.001-07:002015-06-26T15:45:53.690-07:00Camera Techniques Opportunity<div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><span style="font-size: 1.5em;">Are you happy with your photographs?</span></div>
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<li>Are they too dark?</li>
<li>Color and details washed out?</li>
<li>Out of focus? Blurry?</li>
<li>The composition is wonky?</li>
<li>The color is funny?</li>
<li>Not enough detail?</li>
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<p>No matter what kind of camera you own, you can take amazing beautiful photographs. How? Take the the Clark College class <strong>"How do I take Better Digital Photographs!"</strong></p>
<p>Learn 10 basic rules that will give you command of your camera and let you snap PHOTOGRAPHS you will be proud of…</p>
<p>You can signup for this hands-on camera class here... <a href="http://www.campusce.net/clark/course/course.aspx?C=3226">Better Digital Photographs</a></p>
Garry Stasiuk<br /> Your instructor!</div>
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How Do I Take Better Digital Photographs website
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<p>The images speak for themselves...</p>
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<p>Lightroom and Photoshop for Photographers at Clark College<br /> Starts on July 6th</p>
<p>Register now and learn how… with <a href="http://ecd.clark.edu/course/class.php?ClassID=14934&CategoryID=172">Lightroom and Photoshop</a> </p>
<p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-7488695680974899452015-06-16T12:44:00.001-07:002015-06-16T12:44:44.093-07:00Columbia River Nature Photowalk<h2><span style="color: #ff2d24;">Clark College: Columbia River Nature Walk, Saturday, July 11, 2015</span></h2>
<h3 style="color: red; font-family: Times; text-align: center; background-color: #ccc;"><span style="color: #fffb2f;"> <a style="color: black; font-size: larger;" href="http://ecd.clark.edu/course/class.php?ClassID=14925&CategoryID=29">Register here!</a></span></h3>
<p><a href="http://uofgts.com/PhotoWalk/"><img style="float: left; border: 1px black solid; margin: 10px;" title="BoardWalk-A.jpg" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wRB6FR7d7qQ/VYB8pZBvNMI/AAAAAAAADe4/yRjAViZVwtE/BoardWalk-A.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="BoardWalk A" width="301" height="247" /></a>On this walk, along the on the Columbia River boardwalk our subjects will include watery landscapes with Sailboats, Ospreys, Geese and Herons and the possible Eagle… After the walk, we will meet in a Clark College software lab to learn digital techniques for managing, improving and sharing your artistic views. <br />Learning Outcomes At the end of this course, the student should be able to:Discover what photo subjects interest other photographers. Improve photo techniques and skills by consulting with other photographers and shooting local flora, fauna, landscapes and people.Evaluate the resultant photograph in the camera.Improve a resultant photo from in-camera review.Down load Photographs to a computer.Evaluate the resulting photos on a Computer.Share photographs with other class members.Be inspired by your class photographers!Get exercise as we will walk approximately 3.5 miles.</p>
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<p>For a closer look at past Photowalk images check out these images</p>
<p><a href="http://adobe.ly/1G0WGHs"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Naturewalk.png" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5stPS7Aje-4/VYB8qMvGDaI/AAAAAAAADfA/LGkZdlxicRc/Naturewalk.png?imgmax=800" alt="Naturewalk" width="396" height="217" border="0" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://adobe.ly/1G0WGHs">http://adobe.ly/1G0WGHs</a></p>
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<p>See this webpage for map of walk and more info...<a href="http://uofgts.com/PhotoWalk/">http://uofgts.com/PhotoWalk/</a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-16235795516671602502015-04-22T12:09:00.001-07:002015-04-22T14:47:25.968-07:00Lightroom 6 --What's New?<p>Lightroom 6 is now available via a Cloud Subscription or as a Stand alone “forever” purchase.</p>
<p><img style="float: left; margin: 10px;" title="LR6-banner.jpg" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QshbfT-A-hU/VTfxybShLYI/AAAAAAAADd4/qdyn1W-wVZg/LR6-banner.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="LR6 banner" width="136" height="133" /></p>
<p>Adobe Product Manager, Tom Hogarty details the changes in Lightroom 6 in a blog post at photoshop.com. <a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/photoshopdotcom/2015/04/the-cc-photography-plan-keeps-getting_better.html">http://blogs.adobe.com/photoshopdotcom/2015/04/the-cc-photography-plan-keeps-getting_better.html</a> This post includes video highlights of the new abilities in Lightroom. </p>
<p>For a more detailed list of Lightroom 6 features, The blog post at Lightroom Queen, by Victoria Bampton, <a href="http://www.lightroomqueen.com/whats-new-lightroom-cc-6-0/">http://www.lightroomqueen.com/whats-new-lightroom-cc-6-0/</a> lists them all…</p>
<p>Note: The features in Lightroom 5 have NOT been changed, and as a result Everything you have learned about Lightroom 5 is available in Lightroom 6. Victoria Bampton has a free <span style="color: #444444; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px;">Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 – Quick Start Guide, a 76 page PDF eBook that is available here… <a href="http://www.lightroomqueen.com/free-ebook/lr5/">http://www.lightroomqueen.com/free-ebook/lr5/</a></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #444444; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px;">Craft&Vision at <a href="http://craftandvision.com/products/lightroom-6-up-to-speed?mc_cid=f0e9a9f79d&mc_eid=87d61c6f70">http://craftandvision.com/products/lightroom-6-up-to-speed?mc_cid=f0e9a9f79d&mc_eid=87d61c6f70</a> has an e-book “Lightroom 6 Up to Speed </span><span style="color: #555555; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px;">Everything You Need to Know About the Adobe Lightroom 6 Upgrade by </span><a style="color: #c85500; text-decoration: none; outline: none; font-family: 'Adobe Garamond W01'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; height: 20px; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 30px;" href="http://craftandvision.com/collections/piet-van-den-eynde">Piet Van den Eynde<br /></a><a style="color: #c85500; text-decoration: none; outline: none; font-family: 'Adobe Garamond W01'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; height: 20px; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 30px;" href="http://craftandvision.com/collections/piet-van-den-eynde">It’s $6.00 Canadian ($4.74 US) until March 29… </a></p>
<p><span style="color: #444444; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px;">By the way Lightroom 6 now takes advantage of your computer’s graphics card, and yes, it is much faster…</span></p>
<p style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px;">Enjoy!!! I am.</span></p>
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<h2 id="toc_0"><strong>Using Lightroom's Search Filters</strong></h2>
<p>Use the Library Filter for just Date, and turn off all the others (set to None)</p>
<p>Lightroom will display the photos sequentially, using the Camera's EXIF Data for "Time Captured" by Month, day, year and hours, minutes and seconds. Any photos with the same Capture time will be displayed side by side...</p>
<p>It would look like this in Lightroom's Library Module...</p>
<p><a href="http://www.uofgts.com/mac/emailletters/Lib-Filter.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 10px; border: 1px solid black;" src="http://www.uofgts.com/mac/emailletters/Lib-Filter.png" alt="Lib-Filter" /></a></p>
<p>Things to watch for are photos shot with a hi-speed "burst" shooting Mode where 3 or more photos are less than seconds apart. It would be best if you stacked photos shot in a rapid sequence, or bracket first.<br /> <br style="clear: left;" /> You can also try a search by Filename, and use as a filter Contains = "copy", or "1" or "2" ... sometimes when files are duplicated one of those extensions are added to the filename...</p>
<p><a href="http://www.uofgts.com/mac/emailletters/FileName.png"><img src="http://www.uofgts.com/mac/emailletters/FileName.png" alt="FileName" /></a></p>
<h2 id="toc_1">Plug-ins</h2>
<p><strong><em>Before you use or try any of these plug-ins, make sure your catalogue is up to date, optimized and backed up...</em></strong></p>
<h3 id="toc_2">Teekesselchen</h3>
<p>A <strong><em>FREE</em></strong> fast duplicate finder plug-in for Adobe Lightroom using EXIF meta-data.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bungenstock.de/teekesselchen/">http://www.bungenstock.de/teekesselchen/</a></p>
<p>I was really impressed with how fast this plug-in worked and how it is implemented. The online documentation is excellent.</p>
<h3 id="toc_3">LR Duplicate Finder</h3>
<p>A "commercial" plug-in by Jim Keier (England) Cost is £8.50 (currently about $13.50 in US Dollars</p>
<p>You can watch a video and purchase it on this page <a href="http://www.lightroom-plugins.com/DupesIndex.php">http://www.lightroom-plugins.com/DupesIndex.php</a></p>
<p>Laura Shoe, a Lightroom Guru also has a video with some useful insights, you can watch it right here!</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S4qpgkyql3U" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0"></iframe></p>
<h2 id="toc_4">Stand Alone Programs for Mac and PC</h2>
<p><strong>Mac</strong><br /> My favorite Mac duplicate finder Photo app is called PhotoSweeper</p>
<p>There is a Lite version <a href="http://overmacs.com/photosweeperlite.html">http://overmacs.com/photosweeperlite.html</a> $2.99<br ></p>
<p>and a "Full" Version. <a href="http://overmacs.com/photosweeperlite.html">http://overmacs.com/photosweeperlite.html</a><br > $9.99<br ></p>
<p>The PhotoSweepers work on iPhoto, Aperture and Lightroom Libraries. At the above websites you can even download a trial version.</p>
<p><strong>PC</strong></p>
<p>Awesome Duplicate Photo Finder</p>
<p>A free Tool for finding and remove duplicate photos on your PC. <a href="http://www.duplicate-finder.com/photo.html">http://www.duplicate-finder.com/photo.html</a></p>
<p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-31262657941181805912015-01-29T00:30:00.001-08:002015-01-29T00:34:48.860-08:00Lightroom - Class Review #2<p> </p>
<h2 id="toc_0">Lightroom - Class Review #2</h2>
<h3 id="toc_1">1. Importing and exporting catalogues.</h3>
<p>You can find details here on this blog at <a href="http://psforphotos.blogspot.com/2014/05/importing-and-merging-catalogues-in.html">http://psforphotos.blogspot.com/2014/05/importing-and-merging-catalogues-in.html</a></p>
<h3 id="toc_2">2. Control + J (PC) and Command + J (Mac)</h3>
<p><strong>The Library View Options, Grid View</strong> This panel lets you customize the metadata information displayed on the Library Thumbnails.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.uofgts.com/mac/emailletters/LibraryView.png" alt="" /></p>
<p><strong>The Loupe View</strong> panel lets you customize metadata in the Library's Loupe view or on the Develop Modules display... Press the "I" (eye key) to cycle through the data being displayed. The image farther down the page is displaying Loupe View metadata.</p>
<h3 id="toc_3">3. The Develop Module.</h3>
<p>For a synopsis of what each panel does in Lightroom check out the following web page. <a href="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/input.html">http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/input.html</a> Click the Tab: <strong>Develop --Global Adjustments</strong></p>
<p>You'll find keyboard shortcuts, and a brief description of what each panel does and links to the pages below and more...</p>
<p>This is a case study of the enhancing steps I took in Lightroom for the image "Rocky Creek."</p>
<p><strong>The Histogram:</strong> <a href="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/DevelopModule/index.html">http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/DevelopModule/index.html</a></p>
<p><strong>Photo Analyses:</strong> <a href="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/DevelopModule/part2.html">http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/DevelopModule/part2.html</a></p>
<p><strong>White Balance</strong> <a href="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/DevelopModule/part3.html">http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/DevelopModule/part3.html</a></p>
<p><strong>Basic Panel</strong> <a href="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/DevelopModule/part4.html">http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/DevelopModule/part4.html</a></p>
<p>and the</p>
<p><strong>Tone Curves</strong> <a href="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/DevelopModule/tonecurves.html">http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/DevelopModule/tonecurves.html</a></p>
<p>By the way, as you work on an image, you can compare the image you are working on to the way the image originally looked by pressing the backslash key "\" <em>(It's under the Delete key Mac, Backspace Key (PC))</em> <img src="http://www.uofgts.com/mac/emailletters/Before-After.png" alt="Before and After" /><br /> Under the Develop Module window in the Tool Bar (T Key) is a comparison tool that lets you see Before, and After images.</p>
<p>If you have any questions, send me an e-mail or bring them to class.</p>
<h3 id="toc_4">4. Making a "Watched Folder"</h3>
<p>A "Watched Folder" is a handy method for quickly importing files into Lightroom and have presets, keywords and settings applied to the images!</p>
<p>You can find instructions at the following web page "Click the Import Tab" <a href="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/input.html">http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/input.html</a></p>
<p>Next Class... Bring some of your images, we'll work on them in class.</p>
<p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-77120198450166738952015-01-16T15:45:00.001-08:002015-01-16T15:45:59.400-08:00Lightroom --Week 1 Review<p> </p>
<h2 id="toc_0">Lightroom -- Week 1 Review</h2>
<h3 id="toc_1">Welcome to Clark Colleges Lightroom Class</h3>
<p>If you do not have Adobe's Lightroom installed (or you own a purchased version) you can take advantage of Adobe's Creative Cloud Photography deal.</p>
<p>There are no previous product ownership requirements. You get Lightroom & Photoshop with additional free supplements. For example you can now edit your Lightroom photographs on an iPad or Android Tablet using a free app.<br /> <a href="https://creative.adobe.com/plans/photography">https://creative.adobe.com/plans/photography</a></p>
<p>If you are still not certain that you want to commit to Lightroom & Photoshop, at the above web page link, at the bottom of the page, you may download a 30 day trial version of Lightroom and Photoshop.</p>
<p>Also note, that if you wish, you can purchase the software at full price and use it "forever."</p>
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<h3 id="toc_2">Links to subjects covered in class</h3>
<p>The Class Lightroom Primer website portal page is located at <a href="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/">http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/</a></p>
<p>In class we discussed "Calibrating you Monitor" At the least, you need to set the contrast and brightness of your monitor.</p>
<p>Details on how to do monitor calibration, can be found at this link <a href="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/Calibration.html">http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/Calibration.html</a></p>
<p>Please read and watch the videos found on the <strong>"Things to do First"</strong> Tab <a href="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/index.html">http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/index.html</a></p>
<p>On that page is a link on how to set up your IPTC Metadata <a href="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/metadata.html">http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/metadata.html</a> and how to apply the data to existing files in your Library/Catalogue</p>
<p>We went through the steps To Import Your Photographs into Lightroom using the "Import" module</p>
<p>I have just updated information in the <strong>"Import..."</strong> tab on the Input Module page of the website (makes much more sense now... ) <a href="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/input.html">http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/input.html</a></p>
<h2 id="toc_3">Reminder</h2>
<p>This Monday there is no class as it is Martin Luther King day, January 19. As a result the next class will not be until the following Monday on January 26. See You Then... If you have any questions, send an e-mail.</p>
<p>I'll send YOU another e-mail next week with a reminder of what you should bring to class... and maybe more "news." I'll also tell you what will be covered in the next class.</p>
<p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-81225065751920024182014-10-21T11:07:00.001-07:002014-10-21T11:07:07.245-07:00Importing iPhoto and Aperture photographs into Lightroom.<p>Way back when, Lightroom 3 used to be able to directly import photos from Apple’s iPhoto and Aperture’s convoluted storage method. Apple changed the structure apparently after I abandoned iPhoto (version 5 or 6/), and it suddenly became much more difficult to import photos into Lightroom. On top of that this spring when Apple announced it was no longer going to support it’s Pro Application, Aperture there was some Panic from Aperture users about what to do.</p>
<p>Adobe to the Rescue. </p>
<p>Adobe has released a plug-in for Lightroom that will allow you to Import BOTH Aperture and iPhoto Photographs directly into Lightroom!</p>
<p>The caveat is, not everything will import, but most important of all, You will gain control of YOUR images trapped in Aperture or iPhoto!</p>
<p>Here are the details, directly from <a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/">Adobe’s Lightroom Blog</a></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">Celebrating The Autumnal Equinox By Garry T. Stasiuk </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">An Equinox occurs when the Sun is directly over Earth’s Equator. Even though an equinox occurs at Precise Moment in Time — 2:29 AM Universal Time on September 23, of this year. The time that event occurs around the world varies, depending upon what time zone you located in on the Earth</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">For the west coast of North America, the time of the Autumnal equinox is September 22, 7:29 PM PDT.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you live in Edmonton, Calgary or Denver the time will be September 22, 8:29 PM MDT</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Chicago is in the Central Time zone so the time the equinox happens will be September 22, 9:29 PM CDT, For New York it’s September 22, 10:29 PM EDT</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">For other locations around the world the time is:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For London, September 23, 03:29 AM BST -British Summer Time</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For Dubai, September 23, 06:29 AM</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For Tokyo, September 23, 11:29 AM</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For Melbourne, Australia Tuesday, September 23 at 12:29 PM —which is actually the First Day of Spring in the southern hemisphere.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Take A GeoChron Selfie</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">So, what can we do to celebrate the Autumnal Equinox? Take a selfie with your GeoChron in the background at the moment of equinox! And, send it to us via Facebook! Post the picture here,</span><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/GeochronUSA"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> https://www.facebook.com/GeochronUSA</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you need to look up the time of the equinox for your city, the “Time and Date” Website, has a handy chart</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20140923T0229&msg=Sep-%20tember%20Equinox%202014"><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 12pt;">http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20140923T0229&msg=Sep- tember%20Equinox%202014</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">A Sunset or Sunrise Photograph (selfie)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><img alt="Image1 15" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GUlqondTY8o/VBnmOBXrrsI/AAAAAAAADcQ/zWh3urtDOoQ/image1-15.jpeg?imgmax=800" height="200" style="float: left; margin: 10px;" title="image1-15.jpeg" width="300" />If you really want to celebrate the Equinox you can also take a photo (or a selfie) of a sunset on the 22nd or a sunrise on the 23rd. On those days the sun will rise directly out of the east and set directly in the west! Because the sun is at or near the Celestial Equator, the Earth’s Equator drawn in the sky... The sun will be really close the the East and West cardinal points for 3 or 4 days. So, if the weather isn’t coop- erating you have a three or four day window to take the photograph. This is a way for you to fix in your mind, the direction of East and West </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">for your location. We’d love to see those pictures too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Places to Visit for the ultimate Sunrise selfie</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />Other Solar Observatories around the world include, The Pyramids in Egypt, Teotihuacan in Mexico... the list is quite impressive. You can learn</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">more at this NASA website</span>The day of the Equinoxes was so important to our all ancient cultures, they built</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">solar observatories to mark the date when the sun rose directly out of the east. The most famous monument is Stonehenge in England. In North America there are Medicine Wheels at Big Horn Mountain, Wyoming, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Cahokia </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">in Clair County, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Illinois</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, and the Moose Mountain </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Medicine Wheel </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">in Saskatchewan, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Canada</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <a href="http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/%202005/locations/gaocheng.htm">http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/ 2005/locations/gaocheng.htm</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Post your photos at GeoChron’s Facebook Page<a href="https://www.facebook.com/GeochronUSA!"> https://www.facebook.com/GeochronUSA</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Other Celebrations?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Eat moon cakes. The Chinese celebrate the autumn harvest and one of the popular “Foods” is the Moon cake, usually filled with fruit, duck eggs, Lotus and sesame seeds. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">!<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you live in Japan, The day of the Autumnal Equinox is a holiday to celebrate their ancestors having reached the other shore, nirvana. The celebration is called Higan or Higan-e, and is part of the Buddhist tradition is to visit, clean and decorate your ancestors grave site.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">The Autumnal Equinox In Mythology</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /><img alt="Image1 17" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wwXJdqCvmOw/VBnmPFLiczI/AAAAAAAADcY/6RnS03MXuTg/image1-17.png?imgmax=800" height="163" style="float: left; margin: 10px;" title="image1-17.png" width="300" />In 2014, behind the Sun, with the aid of a Planetarium Program (Starry Night Pro), we can see that the Sun and the Celestial Equator is located between the constellations of Leo and Aquarius. No where near the Milky Way.<br /> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">If we go far enough back in time, to around 4400 BC, (image below created by Starry Night Pro V 6), we see the Sun, the Celestial Equator (Earth) and the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Milky Way </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">aligned at an Autumnal Equinox. Many cultures including the Greeks, the Polynesian, the Sumo of Nicaragua and Honduras, the Pawnee and Cherokee, and yes the Egyptians and the Mayan all spoke of a time when our ancestors souls could cross </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">from the mythical Earth into Heaven, the Milky Way. Perhaps this alignment was the first celebrated Autumnal Equinox so long ago! </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-50193804341378532422014-06-09T10:50:00.001-07:002014-06-09T10:53:33.173-07:00It's Your Turn<h2>The Oil Trains</h2>
<p>This is my rendition of the “Oil Train” </p>
<p>The Challenge: Use Lightroom to “Develop” your version of the image.</p>
<p>\<a href="http://www.uofgts.com//Lightroom/download/OilTrain.NEF"><img title="NewImage.png" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9ODJnzkyWZA/U5Xz5wyFCFI/AAAAAAAADZY/X3vqwHFxNv8/NewImage.png?imgmax=800" alt="NewImage" width="600" height="207" /></a></p>
<p>You can download the image by clicking or right clicking and save as… <a href="http://www.uofgts.com//Lightroom/download/OilTrain.NEF">Oil Train</a></p>
<p>The Link is a 36 megapixel NEF File. Have Fun!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-87678697838599198212014-05-30T11:29:00.001-07:002014-06-03T11:39:16.937-07:00Slideshows, Movies, Music and Books<h3>Homework</h3>
<p>In the June 9th class we’ll focus on making a Book/Slideshow ( a requested topic) </p>
<p>If you actually want to work along in class with your own images, You’ll need to do some prep work! Homework!</p>
<h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">OUTPUT Prep: Things you need to do First</h2>
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<li>In the Library Module</li>
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<li>Put all your book/slideshow etc image files into a collection.</li>
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<li>At a bare Minimum, fill in he Metadata information for each image with: Title, Caption, and Headline.</li>
<li>This is the <a href="http://www.iptc.org/site/Photo_Metadata/">IPTC</a> definitions for:</li>
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<p><strong>Headline</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>A headline is a brief publishable synopsis or summary of the contents of the photograph. Like a news story, the Headline should grab attention, and telegraph the content of the image to the audience. Headlines need to be succinct. Leave the supporting narrative for the Description field. Do not, however, confuse the Headline term with the Title term.</p>
<h3>IPTC Core Status section</h3>
<p><strong>Title</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>This field can be used as a shorthand reference for the image or “photograph” — primarily for identification. The title of an image should be a short, human-readable name — text and/or numeric reference —and may take several forms; for photographers this might be the filename of their original scan or digital camera file, for news organizations it might be the name of the story for which it’s to be used. (Note that there are new terms in the <a class="topic-link" href="http://www.iptc.org/std/photometadata/documentation/GenericGuidelines/Documents/gloss_iptc.htm" target="popup">IPTC</a> Extension which can also be used as image ID’s, if you are concerned about this field being overwritten later in the workflow). The Title term should not be confused with the Headline term, which is a short synopsis of the content of the photograph. There is a button in the panel which can be used to add the current file name to the Title field; however this will not work with a selection of images.</p>
<p><strong>Description</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>The Description field, often referred to as a “caption” is used to describe the who, what (and possibly where and when) and why of what is happening in the photograph. If there is a person or people in the image, this caption might include their names, and/or their role in the action that is taking place. If the image is of a location, then it should give information regarding the location. Don’t forget to also include this same “geographical” information in the Image panel (location, city, state/province, country) of the <a class="topic-link" href="http://www.iptc.org/std/photometadata/documentation/GenericGuidelines/Documents/gloss_iptc.htm" target="popup">IPTC</a> Core. The amount of detail you include will depend on the image and whether the image is documentary or conceptual. Typically, editorial images come with complete caption text, while advertising images may not.</p>
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<li>In the Library module Sort (drag and drop) the images in your collection in the order you want them to appear in the book or slideshow</li>
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<li>You can sort image order in the Film Strip, but it is MUCH easier to do In the Library.</li>
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<div><span style="color: #49413e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">When you have done the above</span></span></div>
<div><span style="color: #49413e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">If just want to bring the “collection” to class, “Right (Control) click the Collection in the collection panel and choose “Export this Collection as a Catalog…” and save it to a flash drive.</span></span></div>
<div><span style="color: #49413e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><img title="NewImage.png" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-WnowdDuKApI/U4jOG-_VSZI/AAAAAAAADY8/KcKOMrC3PQc/NewImage.png?imgmax=800" alt="NewImage" width="439" height="324" /></span></span></div>
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<div><span style="color: #49413e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">If you want to try and follow my notes go a head and </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; color: #49413e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Open your collection in the Book Module, click the Book Module Button </span></div>
<p><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; color: #49413e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">If you have been working on any of the “output” Modules, you can bring the work from that module </span><strong style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; color: #49413e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">as a collection</strong><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; color: #49413e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">. When you click Create Saved Slideshow or Book, Print or Web Collection, Lightroom will save your work as a special collection: </span></p>
<div><span style="color: #49413e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><strong><em>Bring your exported specialty module to class!</em></strong></span></span></div>
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<div>I’ve written out some additional notes on using the Slide show and Book Module.</div>
<h2>The Book Module Notes</h2>
<p>Click on the Book Tab <a href="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/output.html">Book Module Notes</a></p>
<p><img style="float: left;" title="" src="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/presenting/Changelayout.png" alt="" width="50%" height="50%" border="0" /></p>
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<p>Click on the Slideshow Tab <a href="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/output.html">Slideshow Module Tab</a></p>
<p>Here’s a sample slideshow saved as a video.</p>
<p><img style="float: left;" title="" src="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/presenting/Rocky%20Creek.png" alt="" width="600" height="400" border="0" /></p>
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<h2>USE of Music in your Productions.</h2>
<p><strong>“Royalty Free” Music</strong><br />Just do a Google search for Video production music… Most of the “Pay For” companies offer some “free” samples for your use… However, Average price for an unlimited license for a single tune is generally $9.00 or less… </p>
<p><strong>Music with “Creative Commons” Licensing</strong><br />It’s music that is “Royalty Free” and at no cost, because the Artist wants to share their music with you, it’s a way for them to get some “exposure” with a wider audience. The music is protected with a “Creative Commons” License or a similar type of agreement, which spells out how you can use the composition.</p>
<p><strong>Free Music Archive<br /></strong>Music ranges from Classical to just plain weird.</p>
<p><a href="http://freemusicarchive.org">http://freemusicarchive.org</a></p>
<p>The music in video/slideshow in this article is from the website MP3 2000<br /><a href="http://www.mp3-2000.net/song/canton-136-71-1-schvisen-633988">http://www.mp3-2000.net/song/canton-136-71-1-schvisen-633988</a></p>
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<p>See you in class! </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-2282728937672262432014-05-28T14:53:00.001-07:002014-05-28T15:00:14.799-07:00Importing and Merging catalogues in Lightroom<h2>Importing and Merging catalogues in Lightroom</h2>
<p>The Menu item is:</p>
<p>File > Import From Another Catalogue…</p>
<p>How you Import and Sync Images and Metadata from different catalogues will depend on your “setup”.</p>
<ul>
<li>A: Merging catalogues on your system or external drive(s)</li>
<li>B: Importing from another computer, either a laptop or desktop (e.g.: when shooting in the field)</li>
</ul>
<p>Here are the main steps to do an import from another catalogue…</p>
<h3>Step A: </h3>
<p>Determine the location of the catalogues on the COMPUTER(s). </p>
<p><span style="background-color: #e7e7e7;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: adobe-clean, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><strong>PC default Location c:\users\my pictures<span style="color: #333333; font-family: myriad-pro-1, myriad-pro-2, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">\Lightroom\</span></strong></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="background-color: #e7e7e7; color: #333333; font-family: adobe-clean, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><strong>Mac Default Location: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: myriad-pro-1, myriad-pro-2, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">//Users/[user name]/Pictures/Lightroom/</span></strong></span></p>
<p>This just helps you find them for the next step…</p>
<h3>Step 1.</h3>
<p>Start Lightroom loading your Master or Main Catalogue. </p>
<p><em>(Hold down the alt/option key when you startup Lightroom) Note that, Lightroom defaults to loading the last loaded catalogue…</em></p>
<p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="LR-CatLoadpng.png" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-j_tRkDkZMAk/Um60aMRVzXI/AAAAAAAADAI/Kw8DDiuaU6Q/LR-CatLoadpng.png?imgmax=800" alt="LR CatLoadpng" width="600" height="357" border="0" /></p>
<h3>Step 2: </h3>
<p>The Menu item is:</p>
<p>File > Importing From Another Catalogue.Use</p>
<p>Use the Mac’s Finder or the PC’s Windows Explorer to locate the “Other” catalogue.</p>
<p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Lightroom002.png" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SgJelbbr7XM/Um60b_P-LMI/AAAAAAAADAY/WTHNYjuXEoo/Lightroom002.png?imgmax=800" alt="Lightroom002" width="600" height="430" border="0" /></p>
<p>A double click on the .lrcat file will open the dialogue box below…</p>
<h3>Step 3:</h3>
<p>Check √ the Show Preview box lower left to see the thumbnails in the Import Catalogue.</p>
<p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="layout002png.png" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JJFwcVn7tus/Um60dl1BUMI/AAAAAAAADAo/LGCxgNVRnBw/layout002png.png?imgmax=800" alt="Layout002png" width="600" height="384" border="0" /></p>
<h4>Number 1 in image above… </h4>
<p>The 3 bars and the exclamation point indicates that there is “new” data</p>
<h4>Number 2 in image above… </h4>
<p>If you want, you may choose to preserve “Old” setting in your CURRENT catalogue, LR will make a virtual copy for you.</p>
<p><img style="float: left; margin: 4px;" title="Lightroom002png.png" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8zUZsji5aM4/Um60eiyAvrI/AAAAAAAADAw/aWm7H22kHiI/Lightroom002png.png?imgmax=800" alt="Lightroom002png" width="303" height="172" /></p>
<h4>Number 3 in image above… </h4>
<p><em>Choice #1:<br /></em>Add New Photos to Catalogue without moving…</p>
<p>Use this option if you are happy with where the files are located, and you just want to tell LR where they are…</p>
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<p><em>Choice #2:<br /></em>Copy new photos to a new location and import…<em> </em></p>
<p>Your photos are on a Laptop or another computer, or you are adding or consolidating your photos into a single catalogue…</p>
<p><em>Choice #3:<br /></em>Don’t Import new photos, You just want the metadata</p>
<h4>Number 4 in Image Above… Replace:</h4>
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<h3>Step 4 Click Import…</h3>
<h2>Other Hints… (Working in the field)</h2>
<p>If you are using a second copy of LR on a Laptop and you are using LR’s default location to store the photos, when you get back to your desktop you will have to do the following.</p>
<p>1. Using your laptop, plug-in an external drive.</p>
<p>2. Export your “Shoot" as a Catalogue to the external Drive. </p>
<p>Menu:</p>
<p>File > Export as Catalogue… To the External Drive.</p>
<p>3. Eject the External drive from the laptop and plug it into your desktop</p>
<p>4. Load your master Catalogue in LR and use the Menu:</p>
<p>File > Import from another Catalogue</p>
<p>Follow the above import steps…</p>
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<p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-24652557508683958562014-05-21T13:17:00.001-07:002014-05-28T15:05:07.174-07:00Photo Opportunity -Maybe Meteor Storm, shower or Fizzle?<p>Saturday Morning from 12:01 Am until dawn (May 24th)</p>
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<p><img title="" src="http://d366w3m5tf0813.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/Camelopardalids_2014-Radiant_HD1.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /></p>
<p>Details are available at Sky & Telescopes Website </p>
<p><a href="http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/mays-surprise-meteor-shower/">http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/mays-surprise-meteor-shower/</a></p>
<p>See Results here <a href="http://spaceweathergallery.com/meteor_gallery.html">Real Time Meteor Gallery</a></p>
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<p>Enjoy???!!!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-59717301933536857612014-05-20T11:11:00.001-07:002014-05-20T11:11:21.553-07:00Keyboard Shortcut on-line app for Lightroom<h2>Learning Aid </h2>
<p>by Waldo Bronchart<br /> <a href="http://www.waldobronchart.be">http://www.waldobronchart.be</a></p>
<p>He only asks for a "donation" via GitHub</p>
<p>For Lightroom, Photoshop and Blender… available for Windows, Apple and Linux keyboards</p>
<p>It’ s interactive and online keyboard shortcut app! Try it out at </p>
<p><a href="http://waldobronchart.github.io/ShortcutMapper/">http://waldobronchart.github.io/ShortcutMapper/</a></p>
<h1 style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 300; font-size: 1.8em; margin: 26px 0px 2px; color: #505050; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; text-align: center;">Application Shortcut Mapper</h1>
<p style="font-size: 0.7em; line-height: 0.5em; margin: 0px; color: #505050; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; text-align: center;">A visual shortcuts explorer for popular applications. This is a work in progress. More applications can be added by contributing on GitHub.</p>
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<p><a href="http://waldobronchart.github.io/ShortcutMapper/"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="lr-keyboard.png" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_6FSYsR-MEE/U3uaxQwa55I/AAAAAAAADYc/qbfRuwut7RU/lr-keyboard.png?imgmax=800" alt="Lr keyboard" width="600" height="186" border="0" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-74351184053251081192014-05-07T22:42:00.001-07:002014-05-07T22:42:16.694-07:00Perfect Effects 8 Offer – onOne Software<p><a href="http://www.ononesoftware.com/landing/pe8offer">Perfect Effects 8 Offer – onOne Software</a>: For FREE! Offer Ends May 12th</p>
<p>Perfect Effects 8 is a plug-in for Lightroom, and other Image editing Software.</p>
<p>Catch? There are seven other modules that they want you to purchase. OnOne Software is located in Portland.</p>
<p>The other plug-in that I’d want is Perfect Resize…</p>
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<p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-77133342645119282922014-04-11T01:15:00.001-07:002014-04-19T15:59:22.707-07:00Total Lunar Eclipse April 14-15 <div class="page" title="Page 61">
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<h2>A Photographic Opportunity </h2>
<p><img style="float: left; margin: 10px;" title="Leclipse.jpg" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ANrRGAsRsj8/UyNxm43fidI/AAAAAAAADK0/bDnKdYOPZTw/Leclipse.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="Leclipse" width="182" height="195" /><span style="font-size: 14px;">The photo at the left is a Total Lunar Eclipse I took with a Celestron 8, with a focal length of 2032 mm.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">That eclipse was on September 6, 1979 The photo was taken Somewhere near Bull Run off of Larch Mountain Road in Oregon. Sky and Telescope editors thought the dark splotch on the left was “unusual”.</span></p>
<div><span style="font-size: 14px;">The up coming Total Lunar Eclipse on April 14-15, 2014 is well placed for a photographic opportunity in the Pacific Northwest</span></div>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The Moon will be Almost Due South at the start of totality at 12:07am PDT. The Moon will be 38 degrees above the Southern Horizon. Totality will end at 1:35 am PDT</span></p>
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<p>This image is from “Starry Night” and shows the position of the moon at the beginning of totality as seen from Vancouver, WA…</p>
<p>Totality begins at 12:07 AM<br />Mars is just a little up and to the right of the Moon, quite bright at a magnitude of -1.5 Actually, Mars is at its closest approach to the Earth during the eclipse, the closest since 2007. Will any one see green flashes?</p>
<p>Spica is very, very near, about 2 degrees from the lower limb of the moon. Saturn is lower in the South Eastern sky.</p>
<p><img style="float: left;" title="eclipse2014.png" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OXhgHutepac/U0ekkgLMs6I/AAAAAAAADXA/_GqOVW2-6qI/eclipse2014.png?imgmax=800" alt="Eclipse2014" width="595" height="600" border="0" /></p>
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<p>The following table of eclipse times is from The April 2014 issue of Sky and Telescope</p>
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<p><img style="float: left;" title="NewImage.png" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5_6Q2Ilac2Q/UyNxlefLrpI/AAAAAAAADKs/0KOjypK3wio/NewImage.png?imgmax=800" alt="NewImage" width="515" height="352" border="0" /></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.uofgts.com/Lunareclipses/index.html"><img style="margin: 10px;" title="eclipse.png" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-WoxLgAkInUY/UyNxqBVdrQI/AAAAAAAADLU/HvMrB0zY8qE/eclipse.png?imgmax=800" alt="Eclipse" width="260" height="292" /></a></p>
<p>This image was taken with a Canon DSLR and a Sigma 70 - 300 mm zoom lens.</p>
<p>Exposure data<br />f/5.6 1.6 of a second, ISO 400 f.l. 300 mm</p>
<p>The image is well cropped…</p>
<p>Nice thing about a digital camera… you can see your results as you shoot…</p>
<p>You can see some of the 2008 and other eclipse photos on my website with a few surprises…</p>
<p><img style="float: left;" title="gts-eclipses.png" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-PFQfsPMQHdg/U0eki24Gm4I/AAAAAAAADW4/1YhcpGDBQ2M/gts-eclipses.png?imgmax=800" alt="Gts eclipses" width="502" height="600" border="0" /></p>
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<p>The Lunar Eclipse gallery was updated on March 19 </p>
<p><a href="http://www.uofgts.com/Lunareclipses/index.html">http://www.uofgts.com/Lunareclipses/index.html</a></p>
<h2>What you Need to Photograph the Eclipse!</h2>
<p>Tripod</p>
<p>A digital camera capable of a “Timed Exposure” or a Manual shooting Mode.</p>
<p>Set the Aperture of the lens fully open… (Smallest number… if thou has a f/2.8 to f/11 lens… use f/2.8)</p>
<p>Length of exposure? You are going to have to experiment here… Time will depend on the f/stop, haze in the sky, and what ISO you are using. For an eclipse use IS0 100.</p>
<p>Zoom up so the moon is a large as possible, or zoom to include part of a building or tree in the image!</p>
<p>If you have different lenses try them all out! You can experiment here as the eclipse lasts approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes </p>
<p>Set Focus to infinity… If there is a bright street light in the distance, use that to set focus… If your camera has a “live” view, use it! In Live view mode magnify the image in the display screen to check focus… If it is slightly hazy out, you ‘ll have a Dicken’s of a time trying to focus… remember it’s not you or the equipment, it’s the Pacific NW sky!</p>
<p>Once you have done all that… lockup the mirror — if you have an DSLR… Canon buries the mirror lock setting in its Function Mode…<br />If your Camera has a live view, the mirror is already locked up. </p>
<p>Just one more thing<br />Use the timer function to trip the shutter. If you lockup the mirror and use the timer release, you’ll minimize “camera shake” caused by the slap of the mirror and the delicate touch of your finger on the shutter.</p>
<p>Have patience and have fun!</p>
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<p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-86509798504897702862014-03-24T12:33:00.001-07:002014-12-01T11:00:40.319-08:00Lightroom -Last Class Review "Where to from here?"<p>Hope you enjoyed the class, and you had a wonderful Thanks giving… </p>
<p>In the Last Class we worked on How to find the real picture in the photograph. using Cropping</p>
<p><a href="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/crop.html">http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/crop.html</a></p>
<p>So, Now what... </p>
<p>Here are some other suggestions…</p>
<ul>
<li>Take another class, At some point Clark will have a Photoshop for Photographers Class</li>
</ul>
<div>Here are the links to Clark’s Registration</div>
<div>For</div>
<div>Take Better Photographs Part 1 and 2 January 10 and 24 (Saturday) All Day</div>
<div><a href="http://www.campusce.net/Clark/course/course.aspx?C=3226&pc=1&mc=29&sc=0">http://www.campusce.net/Clark/course/course.aspx?C=3226&pc=1&mc=29&sc=0</a></div>
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<div>A Photowalk February 28 (Saturday) All Day</div>
<div> <a href="http://www.campusce.net/Clark/course/course.aspx?C=3691&pc=1&mc=29&sc=0">http://www.campusce.net/Clark/course/course.aspx?C=3691&pc=1&mc=29&sc=0</a></div>
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<div>Photoshop for Photographers</div>
<div>Not available this winter term.</div>
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<ul>
<li>Visit Websites, go to the library…</li>
<li>… This is a Collection of Photoshop/Lightroom Websites, it’s a bunch of Links to most visited/popular blogs</li>
<li><a href="http://photoshop.alltop.com/">http://photoshop.alltop.com/</a></li>
<li>A Collection of LightRoom Websites</li>
<li><a href="http://lightroom.alltop.com/">http://lightroom.alltop.com/</a></li>
<li>National Association of Photoshop Users</li>
<li><a href="http://www.photoshopuser.com/">http://www.photoshopuser.com/</a></li>
<li>The best Photoshop Magazine in my opinion is PhotoShop Creative</li>
<li><a href="http://www.photoshopcreative.co.uk">http://www.photoshopcreative.co.uk</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Garry's Favorite web sites</p>
<ol>
<li>The Luminous Landscape<ol>
<li><a href="http://luminous-landscape.com/whatsnew/">http://luminous-landscape.com/whatsnew/</a></li>
</ol></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dpreview.com/">http://www.dpreview.com/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imaging-resource.com/news">http://www.imaging-resource.com/news</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.photographyblog.com/">http://www.photographyblog.com/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/">http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer</a></li>
</ol><ol>
<li>
<p>Join a forum and lurk!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.photoshopforums.com/">http://www.photoshopforums.com/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop">http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop</a></p>
<p>At some point someone will post a question… And you’ll be able to provide them the answer! Pay it forward!</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>There are lots of videos on the Adobe TV web site</p>
<p><a href="http://tv.adobe.com/">http://tv.adobe.com/</a></p>
<p>LUMINOUS LANDSCAPE has a bunch of video tutorials that they sell. Get them and their video Journal...</p>
<p><a href="http://luminous-landscape.com/videos/download-videos.shtml">http://luminous-landscape.com/videos/download-videos.shtml</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>And, Don’t forget the links to other reference material on the Class Lightroom Website Click the tab ‘Resources”</p>
<p><a href="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/index.html">http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/index.html</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>One more thing<br />Don't be shy, Stay in touch and share your photographs!</p>
<p>and</p>
<p>Photograph, Photograph, Photograph!</p>
<p>Then in Lightroom & Photoshop</p>
<p>Practice! Practice! Practice!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Best Wishes</p>
<p>Garry Stasiuk</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-12415721060631323402014-03-14T14:16:00.001-07:002014-03-18T12:32:07.068-07:00Photographic Opportunity --Total Lunar Eclipse<div class="page" title="Page 61">
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<p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The photo at the left is a Total Lunar Eclipse I took with a Celestron 8, with a focal length of 2032 mm.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">That eclipse was on September 6, 1979 The photo was taken Somewhere near Bull Run off of Larch Mountain Road in Oregon. Sky and Telescope editors thought the dark splotch on the left was “unusual”.</span></p>
<div><span style="font-size: 14px;">The up coming Total Lunar Eclipse on April 14-15, 2014 is well placed for a photographic opportunity in the Pacific Northwest</span></div>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The Moon will be Almost Due South at the start of totality at 12:07am PDT. The Moon will be 38 degrees above the Southern Horizon. Totality will end at 1:35 am PDT</span></p>
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<p>This image is from “Starry Night” and shows the position of the moon at the beginning of totality as seen from Vancouver, WA…</p>
<p>Mars and Spica are nearby and Saturn is in the South East.</p>
<p><br /><img style="float: left;" title="NewImage.png" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3Cy9Ov5wQ5E/UyNxoR3MjiI/AAAAAAAADLA/U-Ng22cm6Q4/NewImage.png?imgmax=800" alt="NewImage" width="600" height="368" border="0" /></p>
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<p>The following table of eclipse times is from The April 2014 issue of Sky and Telescope</p>
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<p><img style="float: left;" title="NewImage.png" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5_6Q2Ilac2Q/UyNxlefLrpI/AAAAAAAADKs/0KOjypK3wio/NewImage.png?imgmax=800" alt="NewImage" width="515" height="352" border="0" /></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.uofgts.com/Lunareclipses/index.html"><img style="float: left;" title="eclipse.png" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-WoxLgAkInUY/UyNxqBVdrQI/AAAAAAAADLU/HvMrB0zY8qE/eclipse.png?imgmax=800" alt="Eclipse" width="260" height="292" border="0" /></a></p>
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<p>This was taken with a Canon DSLR and a Sigma 70 - 300mm zoom lens.</p>
<p>Exposure data</p>
<p>f/5.6 1.6 of a second, ISO 400 f.l. 300mm</p>
<p>The image is well cropped…</p>
<p>Nice thing about a digital camera… you can see your results as you shoot…</p>
<p>You can see some of the 2008 eclipse photos on my website…</p>
<p>I updated my Lunar Eclipse gallery on March 19 and included other eclipses…</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.uofgts.com/Lunareclipses/index.html">http://www.uofgts.com/Lunareclipses/index.html</a></p>
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<p>New noise reduction routines in Lightroom should improve the image quality…</p>
<p>I’ll work on that!</p>
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<p>If you actually want to work along in class with your own images, You’ll need to do some prep work!</p>
<h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">OUTPUT Prep: Things you need to do First</h2>
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<li>In the Library Module</li>
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<li>Put all your book/slideshow etc image files into a collection.</li>
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<li>At a bare Minimum, fill in he Metadata for each image with: Title, Caption, and Headline information.</li>
<li>Sort (drag and drop) the images in the order you want them to appear in the book or slideshow</li>
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<li>You can sort image order in the Film Strip, but it is MUCH easier to do In the Library.</li>
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<div><span style="color: #49413e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">When you have done the above</span></span></div>
<div><span style="color: #49413e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">If just want to bring the “collection” to class, “Right (Control) click the Collection in the collection panel and choose “Export this Collection as a Catalog…” and save it to a flash drive.</span></span></div>
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<div><span style="color: #49413e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">If you want to try and follow my notes go a head and </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; color: #49413e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Open your collection in the Book Module, click the Book Module Button </span></div>
<p><img style="float: left;" title="book catalogue.png" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-HZ-IqKR6O7U/Uxz1B3TzCcI/AAAAAAAADKU/KogiFWMxxZs/book%252520catalogue.png?imgmax=800" alt="Book catalogue" width="485" height="374" border="0" /></p>
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<div><span style="color: #49413e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">If you have been working on any of the “output” Modules, you can bring the work from that module <strong>as a collection</strong>. When you click Create Saved Slideshow or Book, Lightroom will save your work as a special collection: Book, Slideshow, Print or Web Collection!</span></span></div>
<div><span style="color: #49413e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">You can export that specialty module and bring IT to class…</span></span></div>
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<div>I’ve written out some notes on using the Slide show and Book Module.</div>
<h3>The Book Module Notes </h3>
<p>Click on the Book Tab <a href="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/output.html">Book Module Notes</a></p>
<p><img style="float: left;" title="" src="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/presenting/Changelayout.png" alt="" width="50%" height="50%" border="0" /></p>
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<h3><span style="font-size: 1.17em;">The Slideshow Module Notes</span></h3>
<p>Click on the Slideshow Tab <a href="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/output.html">Slideshow Module Tab</a></p>
<p>Here’s a sample slideshow saved as a video.</p>
<p><img style="float: left;" title="" src="http://uofgts.com/Lightroom/presenting/Rocky%20Creek.png" alt="" width="600" height="400" border="0" /></p>
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<h4>USE of Music…</h4>
<p>You can purchase “Royalty Free” Music or you can use music that is “Royalty Free” because they are being shared by the Artist for your use.</p>
<p> The music is usually protected with a “Creative Commons” Licensing or a similar type of agreement.</p>
<p>Try this web site</p>
<p>Free Music Archive</p>
<p><a href="http://freemusicarchive.org">http://freemusicarchive.org</a></p>
<p>Music ranges from Classical to just plain weird.</p>
<p>The music in the video below is from the website MP3 2000</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mp3-2000.net/song/canton-136-71-1-schvisen-633988">http://www.mp3-2000.net/song/canton-136-71-1-schvisen-633988</a></p>
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<p>If you have time to burn, just do a Google search for Video production music… Most of the “Pay For” companies offer some “free” samples for your use… Average price for an unlimited license for a single tune is $9.00 or less…</p>
<p>See you in class! </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-20438371618527543482014-03-09T14:22:00.001-07:002014-03-09T15:15:30.705-07:00Compositing in Photoshop/Elements<p>Howdy</p>
<p>Sometimes you have a photograph of an individual, but the background is really distracting… So, you want to eliminate the background and add “something”.</p>
<p>The only way to do that is to make a composite image in Photoshop, PSElements or a Photoshop wanna be program.</p>
<p>Below are some examples with links to detailed instructions on how to complete the project.</p>
<h3>Sample 1: An e-card</h3>
<p>Composited in Photoshop Elements, <a href="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/extract-pse.html">Using the Magic Extractor in Photoshop Elements</a></p>
<p><a href="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/extract-pse.html"><img style="float: left;" title="quick-Final.png" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2gSCAC73mGs/UxzbobONLWI/AAAAAAAADJ0/GOWEF3CVxaQ/quick-Final.png?imgmax=800" alt="Quick Final" width="600" height="387" border="0" /></a></p>
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<h3>Sample #2: The Pen is mightier than the sword</h3>
<p>For the following technique you’ll need to learn how to use <a href="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/Pentool.html">Photoshop’s Pen Tool</a></p>
<p>and you’ll get results like this…</p>
<p>Making selections with the Pen Tool and <a href="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/Selection-Masks.html">refining the edges in Photoshop</a></p>
<p><a href="http://uofgts.com/PS-P2Site/Selection-Masks.html"><img style="float: left;" title="savanafinal.jpg" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-kwAoINo5ZTw/UxzbrA0TPvI/AAAAAAAADKE/X1J5zPE8EIY/savanafinal.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="Savanafinal" width="300" height="225" border="0" /><img style="float: left;" title="layermask.jpg" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HOlYwlMn69E/UxzbqTX7TJI/AAAAAAAADJ8/egwR8AeO2MU/layermask.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="Layermask" width="300" height="225" border="0" /></a></p>
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<p>Yep, learning Photoshop is whole other class!</p>
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<p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4657391735096577265.post-42144055697995065532014-03-06T00:42:00.001-08:002014-03-06T00:42:44.356-08:00<p>Develop Module, Soft Proofing, <del>Importing Presets, Using Presets,</del> Work Flow From Camera to Catalogue, To Photoshop And Back. More on Workflow, Exporting Images, emphasis on Size. Tone Curves: Parametric Vs Point Curves, Point Curves: Linear, Medium Contrast, Strong Contrast…</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.5em;">Exporting your Photographs</span></p>
<p>The question to ask yourself here is what are you going to do with the image file, where do you want to send your image files, and in which format (as a .jpg, .tiff, .png, .psd., raw enhanced, raw original)?</p>
<p><strong>Export To:</strong></p>
<p><img style="float: left;" title="export1.png" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-j-z8QEMk0AI/Uxg08ykgztI/AAAAAAAADJU/Pk3Vck6L6sc/export1.png?imgmax=800" alt="Export1" width="533" height="391" border="0" />Where? To an email, to a folder on a hard/flash drive, to a DVD/CD.</p>
<p>You make your choice in the Export To: Drop Down Menus. The Export to DNG and For Email (Hard Drive) menu choices give you some extra options.</p>
<p>In the example image I have added some “other” plug-ins to Lightroom, they are listed below the 3 standard Choices</p>
<p>You can find Export Plug-ins at the <a href="http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?s=5&from=1&o=desc&cat=278&l=-1&event=productHome&exc=25">Adobe exchange</a> (some are free some are Commercial), or just search the internet for Lightroom Export Plug-ins.</p>
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<p>In the Preset Window you can choose default settings for:</p>
<ul>
<li>Full Sized jpg’s,</li>
<li>for exporting as DNG files,</li>
<li>for email (Lightroom style) or</li>
<li>email but, also save images to a folder on a hard drive…</li>
</ul>
<div>If you want to add a new setting, choose a preset, “single click” to highlight it, and click Add, name the new preset and click Create…</div>
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<div>When you change the settings, right click on the newly created preset and choose “Update with current settings” </div>
<div>as shown below… Be careful in filling out the values in a “box” if you press the return key the Export will immediately startup…</div>
<p><img style="float: left;" title="ExportSettings.png" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OsoyfLWj_C4/Uxg0_easR5I/AAAAAAAADJc/IlE2RME9aBo/ExportSettings.png?imgmax=800" alt="ExportSettings" width="600" height="407" border="0" /></p>
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<p>See you in class…</p>
<p>There are other ways of “Exporting” your images. You can make slideshows, books, Web Pages, and make prints.</p>
<p>You can also publish your images to other services</p>
<p><img style="float: left;" title="NewImage.png" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WZ7USZXoibA/Uxg1AY9sSwI/AAAAAAAADJk/90Tqj4AaRXA/NewImage.png?imgmax=800" alt="NewImage" width="368" height="461" border="0" /></p>
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