The October 2023 update to Lightroom and Camera Raw introduces Point Color .. a POWERFUL way to target and manipulate colour โฆ
UPDATE ๐ฅ The FACTS ABOUT GENERATIVE FILL in PHOTOSHOP 2024
Generative Fill and Generative Expand in Photoshop ... Low Resolution or High Resolution? Will that change? Will it cost me to have High Resolution results? Is it 1024px square or 2000px square? Does using a smaller selection work better? What about the future? What about credits?
There's a PROBLEM with GENERATIVE FILL AI in PHOTOSHOP 2024 ๐ณ Photographers ... Be Aware!
Is Generative Fill AI ready for some SERIOUS use by Photographers and not just for images posted on social media???
โขUPDATE: Generative Fill dimensions remain at 1024 pixels square
THIS is why I do what I do โค๏ธ
A few weeks back I took the portrait of the wonderful Di Edwards; wife of the late David Edwards ( World War 2 Veteran) and a family that, thanks to my 39-45 Portraits Project I have become very close to.
Well, yesterday ( 31st July 2023 ) I popped over to Abergavenny, Wales to see Di and her son Chris and to take the printed portraits over to them and I simply could noty have wished for a better reaction.
As the title of this post says โฆ THIS is why I do what I doโค๏ธ
Hereโs the portraits that I took; both of which were using natural light coming in through a large sliding patio door that leads out onto Diโs garden โฆ
Di and her son Chris
When leaving, as always we had a hug but Iโll forever cherish that she said โIโm blessed to have you as a friendโ
Ditto that Di โค๏ธ
Di and her late husband, David Edwards โฆ the best of human-kind right there !
WW2 Veteran David Edwards photographed in April 2019
Squarespace makes it easier to add Photographs
Now THIS is a great update from Squarespace, making it so incredibly easy to add photographs to your website from a phone or tablet without having to import, export etc โฆ
LIGHTROOM UPDATE (June 2023)
Itโs June 2023 and Adobe have just added some updates into Lightroom Classic and Lightroom Cloud which includes Lightroom Mobile.
So, hereโs a quick run through of the main bits ๐๐ป
Here too is a link to the Official Adobe Lightroom Website giving full detail including all the mior updates including new cameras and lenses added โฆ
Guest Blog Post on Scott Kelby's Photoshop Insider
Really proud to be a Guest over on Scott Kelbyโs Photoshop Insider website today ( LINK )
I followed Scottโs blog when I first started out and still do to this day. Back in the day Scott used to run a โMotivationalโ post every Tuesday and Iโll never forget the morning I started reading as usual and saw that his Tueday post was about me.
Weโd not met and become friends at that point but Scott was telling his readers about my work and recommeding they go check it out. That meant a lot!
So much has happened since then and a big motivator of that was and is the support Scott has shown me over the years, so to be back on his blog today is something special for me โฆ itโs kind of where it all started.
Thanks Scott and thanks to Brad Moore for reaching out.
PHOTOGRAPHERS ... STOP USING HDMI to connect your Monitor / Display ๐ณ
Photographers ... who knew that connecting your computer to your display with a HDMI cable actually be the reason you're colours look bad and your prints look nothing like they do on the screen?
This video explains all why
IMPORTANT NOTE:
This video is NOT refering to the HDMI cable but the HDMI settings. In some systems for example with an NVIDIA Graphics Card it is possible to dive in and alter the setting so give the Full Range (0 - 255) however this isnโt possible on some other systems including Mac. In this case, amn alternative connection between computer and display is advised e.g. USB-C
NOISE REDUCTION ... Which one is the BEST?
Now that Adobe has released Denoise AI Noise Reduction in Lightroom and Camera Raw how does it compare to other Noise Reduction Software by Topaz, DxO, On1 and Luminar?
Adobe release A.I. Noise Removal in Lightroom and Camera Raw
April 2023 and Lightroom gets some updates with the release of Denoise A.I. Reduction, A.OI. Masking Enhancements, Adaptive Presets and Workflow Improvements โฆ
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00:00 - Introduction
00:24 - Denoise
02:31 - A.I. Masking
04:09 - Adaptive Presets
04:31 - Workflow
05:12 - Scrolling