Adobe Terms of Service - June 2024 | FACTS NOT CLICKBAIT

Adobe updated their Terms of Service, and how this was done and the wording used caused quite a strong reaction across the internet. Some people took to posting videos with clickbait titles that served only to incite anger and spread unnecessary worry across the creative community, while gaining large view counts in the process. In this video I stick to the facts: what Adobe's clarification actually says, how it relates to the Terms of Service update of 10th June 2024, and where Adobe's privacy policy and its information on content analysis and machine learning fit in.

useful links

• Clarification on Adobe’s Terms of Service: ( LINK )

• What to know about Adobe’s Terms of Service Update (10th June 2024) ( LINK )

• Adobe Privacy Policy: ( LINK )

• Manage your Adobe Management Information Preferences: ( LINK )

• Adobe Content Analysis FAQ / How Adobe uses Machine Learning: ( LINK )

• Adobe General Terms of Use: ( LINK )

Adobe release A.I. Noise Removal in Lightroom and Camera Raw

April 2023 brought some updates to Lightroom and Camera Raw, headed up by the release of Denoise AI noise reduction. Here I run through what's included, starting with Denoise and then moving on to the enhancements to AI masking, the arrival of Adaptive Presets and a number of workflow improvements, including changes to scrolling. It's a quick way to get up to speed with what the update brought and where each of the new features fits into your editing.

iPhone Photography of the iconic Portland Bill Lighthouse

Despite temperatures going down to -8, I couldn’t resist heading down to Portland Bill Lighthouse again to catch the incoming tide and hopefully some better light at sunrise.

My GoPro Hero 10 wasn’t having any of it with the batteries immediately losing all power but thankfully my Insta 360 X3 was having no problems, so I did manage to get some Behind the Scenes footage (below)

Here though is my favourite shot from the morning; captured using my iPhone 14 Pro Max and the Lightroom Mobile App camera, and then edited in Lightroom Mobile and Photoshop on my iPad …

I’m absolutely LOVING the mobile workflow.

Being able to take a photograph with my iPhone and then moments later be sat in a nearby café editing the photographs I’ve just taken on my iPad because they’ve automatically synced across, just blows me away.

BUT to then edit in Lightroom and jump back and forth to Photoshop on my iPad too is just so much fun.

It doesn’t stop there though, because when I get home and sit in front of main computer, the images and all of the edits I’ve done are there waiting for me to tweak and finish off if needed.

Incredible!

To add to this, IF I was using my main camera I could have an equally easy and joyful editing experience by simply loading the images off the memory card onto my iPad Pro and into Lightroom Mobile whilst sat in the café … or wherever 😃

Seeing how this has progressed since Lightroom Mobile and Photoshop on the iPad were introduced, genuinely excites the heck out of me! Sure, Lightroom Mobile and especially Photoshop on the iPad don’t have the exact same functionality as the desktop version (yet) … but it’s coming and to be honest, the workarounds aren’t much to figure out anyway.

I’ll be putting a video together for my YouTube Channel showing this soon.

In the mean time though, here’s a 44 second YouTube Short I put together giving a look ‘Behind the Scenes’ of this Portland Bill Lighthouse Photo Shoot …

WORTH THE RISK? Taking Photographs over the SEA with my Drone

On the first day with my new drone, the DJI Air 2S, I dared to fly it out over the Atlantic Ocean in Cornwall to photograph a lighthouse, a photograph that simply wouldn't have been possible without it. It was scary, but the results were incredible. This video takes you behind the scenes on the photo shoot, and then through the retouching steps in Lightroom for some of the coastal images I came away with.

Rocky Nook Webinar: Photoshop Layers and Selections Workshop

This coming Thursday (13th January 2022) at 7pm (UK) / 11am (PST) I’m joining up with my publishers Rocky Nook to do a FREE webinar based on my latest book, The Photoshop Layers and Selections Workshop.

Registration is FREE by using the link below…

Hope to see you there,
Glyn

TRY THIS if you need BIGGER BACKGROUNDS in your Photo Shoots

If you ever place a background behind people when you're photographing them, whether that's an individual or a group, there'll be times when it just isn't big enough. Here I show how to use Photoshop to do all the hard work of blending images together to fake a bigger background. It's simple and fast, it can save the photo shoot, and it saves you money too.

Selections and Masking in Lightroom Mobile

After Adobe Max, the internet was on fire with videos about the major update to selections and masking in Lightroom and Camera Raw. What I hadn't realised was that the exact same features had also been added to the Lightroom Mobile app, which is incredible in itself, and even more so when you realise the selections and masks sync with the desktop and web versions of Lightroom. Here I edit a photograph on my phone that was taken on my phone, including selections and masks, all within Lightroom Mobile, for a fully non-destructive workflow.