Photoshop save quality setting
Hey Neil, If you do some editing in Photoshop, what quality setting do you use to save the JPEG? Is there a noticeable difference in printed quality between saving at 10 vs 12 quality level? Joe
View ArticleWorkflow: Film to LR3 to print
Normally I shoot with digital camera... but we shot film at Disney for vacation. I taught my nieces' and daughter how to shoot with a Nikon F3hp. What a blast, when we got to Lightroom we use presets...
View ArticleNeil's 'Secret Sauce' Action Sets for Post-Processing now available!
Neil now has uploaded a super set of post-processing action sets [there are 2] for a great price of just $US10.00; cheaper than a pizza.Also contains a PDF file on using with full explanation of each...
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SOOC to final edit
I have recently calibrated my monitors (Thanks to Trev!) and that got me thinking of how accurate my processing has been. I thought of one better and figured this might be a helpful discussion for all...
View Articlehow to save images for the web
I've got a problem here, it seems I am making some mistakes when saving for the web. What I mean is that I upload some pictures to a web gallery and they look pretty bad after I save them to about...
View ArticleSkin tones
Sometimes I take photo’s at family party’s . I use Neil’s techniques a lot, bounce flash via a wall and a little bit of the ceiling according to situation (the light coming from a nice angle), black...
View ArticleAlbum Builder, Album DS or...?
Do you know professional 'album maker softwares'?Looking on the web I found two examples:http://www.fundysos.com/album-builder/http://www.albumds.com/site/Are there other (better) choices? Are these...
View ArticleDefault Import settings in LR for Nikon Files
A while back I thought I saw that Neil posted his import settings in LR for his D3. I can't seem to find it though.I'm curious as I seem to have to much red/magenta in my nikon files.Does anyone else...
View ArticleBackground fix with layer mask?
Hello.I'd like to ask for an advice, how to do something. I borrowed image from photographer Jodie Otte (hope she won't mind, since it is just for purpose of this question).As you can see, background...
View ArticleLightroom 4 - Auto-WB?
I recently picked up LR4, and I'm trying to get comfortable with it. I've been using Photoshop since about 3.0, long before I was ever a photographer, so the develop module in LR feels familiar (if...
View ArticleNew desktop computer, tips?
Hi there,I have this far been using my old laptop for all my post-processing etc with Lightroom (now 4) and Photoshop on occasion. It feels like it has started to leg behind quite a bit performance...
View ArticleRemoving red cast from carpet reflection
Hello.I need some help here, if someone is an expert in photoshop or lightroom. Recently I took some pictures of a family and in one set of photos, they were standing on red carpet. In a way it was...
View ArticleLR4.1 tethered capture fails with 5D Mark III
Yeah, that's right... the 5D Mark III is tethered to my macbook with LR4.1 in tethered mode, the bar appears and "pretends" everything is ok, showing the camera's name on the left and all the other...
View ArticleHow many images can I fit into a 14 pg Book ( on average of course )
Hi I'll be designing my 1st coffee table book from adoramapixs soon and was wondering. How many images can I fit into a 14 pg Book ( on average of course ) Lou Recine
View ArticleGraphics/Video Card & PSU
I do lots of video editing, so I bought a big graphics card ($270, link below). It plugs into the PCI-E port, but I just realized that it needs power supply as well, and it takes 2 6-pin cables. My...
View ArticleCharging for Prints vs Flat Fee
I've been shooting professionally for about two years and have so far only charged a flat rate for shooting and editing, and have given my clients full rights to the digital files to print how they...
View ArticleWhere do I find sliders in cs4
I'm watching a tutorial on photoshop for photographers. He is using sliders...Exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, blacks...all at the tips of his fingertips. I'm using cs4 in tandem w/ LR3...
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Lightroom 3 hates me.
My newest problem is sizing. I use LR in tandem w/ cs4. I do most of my editing in cs4 then save back to LR for cropping/sizing and exporting. I shoot Nikon D90 in RAW. After editing in cs4, I save to...
View ArticleSynching cameras to obtain chronological order
Hello Neil,Could you please provide some insight on this subject? I spend way too much time arranging files after a shoot with multiple cameras. Thank You!
View ArticleCollage makers
I'm looking for a program for creating large photo collages with a little more to offer than arranging a few rectangles onto a page, please, if anyone is using something that they can recommend. I've...
View ArticlePanorama Question - Blending Modes in PS
I took a large panorama (almost 30 photos) but I'm having trouble with one detail.On the right side of the panorama, I have one frame that does not have any direct sunlight, and in the neighboring...
View ArticleSizing 4 images on one page
How do I get four images on one page like this...https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=10151194923639099&set=a.10151194773884099.479425.106773379098&type=1&theater When I try I get...
View ArticleIssues with Printing on an Epson 3880 through LR4
Has anybody else experienced problems printing through LR4 specifically to the Epson 3880?I have tried everything including watching Matt Kloskowski's videos on Scott Kelby training and all I can get...
View ArticleGIMP Postprocessing
Hello, I'd like to know if someone is using GIMP instead of photoshop for postprocessing, and which plugins would be equivalent (or almost) to the ones described in Neil's post...
View ArticleNeil's Lightroom 4 settings
Neil, Some time ago you posted settings for light-room 3 and Nikon.Do you have equivalent for light-room 4?thx
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