Composition is so incredibly important; it can make or break a photograph.
Here's 3 ways that we can alter the composition and make images bigger using the CROP TOOL in Photoshop to show our pictures off at their VERY BEST for screen, print or social media.
Hope you like it,
Glyn
If you ever place backgrounds behind people (individuals or groups) when taking photographs and wish the background was bigger, here’s how you can use Photoshop to do all the hard work blending images together to fake it.
Enjoy,
Glyn
Colour Look Up Tables (LUTs) are a Game Changer when it comes to colour grading your images in Photoshop, but what if you do more in Lightroom or maybe Lightroom is all you use; can you still use them?
The short answer is YES.
However, they do need to be installed first of all and to do so, although a simple process, doesn’t just mean clicking an “INSTALL LUTs” button.
There’s just a few steps involved as well as a hidden keyboard shortcut, but I promise you that it is an easy process as you’ll see in the short video below…
In the video when going through the steps to install LUTs into Lightroom (Cloud) , I show how you need to navigate to a specific folder on your computer where Camera Raw has previously stored them.
Here’s where you’ll find the folder depending on whether you’re using Mac or Windows:
~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw/Settings
Note: On a Mac, you can use the keyboard shortcut of Command + Shift + G to bring up the ‘Go to Folder’ dialog
C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CameraRaw\Settings
*Replace [username] with the actual username you use for that specific computer
Hopefully that’s now got you all sorted Importing, Using and Managing LUTs in whichever version/s of Lightroom you use, but if you do have any questions / comments then as always, feel free to make use of the comments section and I’ll get back to you..
Cheers,
Glyn
It’s my own fault that this year I didn’t manage to grab one single Autumn / Fall photograph; I’ve spent every opportunity photographing down on the coast here in Devon or over the border in Cornwall.
Until next year though (when I WILL get some Autumn / Fall photographs) here’s a couple of ways we can use Photoshop to fake it; the first using a single Adjustment Layer and the second using a new Neural Filter.
When you see the video, which one do yo think works / looks best?
Enjoy,
Glyn
Printing can be incredibly frustrating and costly if it doesn’t turn out right.
Despite following the advice of calibrating your screen and using paper profiles, the results just don’t look good and certainly don’t match what you see on the screen.
Good News though…it might not be down to something you’re doing wrong; it may actually be an issue somewhere with the software and / or the printer.
In this video, I show you how we can fix that if you’re using Lightroom as your printing software AND Canon Printers…in particular the newer models.
Enjoy,
Glyn
In this latest video (which is under 7 minutes long) on my YouTube Channel I go through a Super Fast technique for faking the look of detail, texture and sharpness in eyes.
Of course nothing beats getting it all ‘in camera’ but for whatever reason that just didn’t happen and the eyes are lacking punch, this works an absolute treat…
If only it was this easy in real life to get rid of sunburn!
Alas no…but here’s a super fast and easy technique for dealing with sunburnt skin in your pictures by making use of just one Hue & Saturation Adjustment Layer.
Hope you like it,
Glyn
Ok so yesterday I shared a new video on my YouTube Channel going through a recent-ish photo shoot I had with a female surfer.
In the video I go through a Behind the Scenes showing what went into making the picture whilst on location but then show how just one slider in Photoshop made the final picture, I believe, a winner.
As is always the case, it’s the small things that make the BIG difference in Photography and Retouching, and that’s exactly where the Neural Filters in Photoshop comes in when used sparingly.
You’ll see what I mean in the video but also, and I think importantly, why the filter had to be used in the first place.
Cheers,
Glyn
A while back now I did a LIVE Stream on my YouTube Channel showing how to use the incredible Frequency Separation Technique; without doubt the most useful technique to learn and use in Photoshop.
Following the LIVE Stream I then created an Action to help automate the process and made this available for free as a download to folks who joined my email community / newsletter.
However, if I’m honest, the Action was a little bit clunky in that it worked great when there was a layer in Photoshop called Background OR named a certain way. My Bad!
So, I’ve fixed it, and
Since Adobe Max a couple of weeks ago, the internet has literally been on fire with videos about the major update to Lightroom and Camera Raw with regards to selections and masking; never has there been a more appropriate time to use the phrase “Game Changer”.
But, am I the only person that didn’t realise until now that those exact same updates had been added into the Lightroom Mobile App which in itself is incredible, but even more so when you realise that the selections and masks sync with your desktop and web versions of Lightroom. Incredible!
Here’s a video I put together explaining exactly what I mean…
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