Lightroom is my preferred platform for viewing, selecting, editing and delivering images, but occasionally, I need to open images directly into Photoshop, or view a folder of images in Bridge. In either case, the XMP data is the key to making a seamless workflow for that kind of circumstance. This Lightroom lesson explains how to use XMP data to allow a synchronous interaction between Lightroom, Bridge and Photoshop Camera RAW. Using XMP Sidecar Files to Sync Lightroom with Bridge and Photoshop Camera RAW from Jared Platt on Vimeo. Don’t miss the Lightroom Workflow Workshop and PUG Tour coming to your city soon. We start in Pittsburgh in July and are traveling across the country throughout the rest of 2010. Go to www.jaredplattworkshops.com for more information and
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Lightroom 3.0 Review & Tutorial
Adobe Lightroom 3.0 is available and worth every penny. Here are my favorite new features in Lightroom 3.0 and how I use them. It’s a long one, but the aren’t any new episodes of 24 to watch, so you should have plenty of time. THE LIGHTROOM WORKFLOW WORKSHOP and PUG TOUR: The Lightroom Workflow Workshop Tour is coming to your city starting in July. I will be speaking at the local PUG groups and then holding a workshop in each city the following day. I am looking forward to meeting you all and teaching you everything I know about speeding up your workflow. First stops are: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Los Angeles and Vegas. Go to www.jaredplattworkshops.com. To learn more and to book your
Split Toning Color Images in Adobe Lightroom (Video Tutorial)
Post-Production is as much a part of the process of photography as is pressing the shutter, or lighting the subject. Because of this fact, I am driven to find the very best ways to enhance my images with the very best quality and in the most efficient way possible. This is what I teach in my workshops. One of the many tips I have mentioned in my workshops, which surprisingly receives gasps of awe is the idea of using the Split Tone options in Adobe Lightroom for color images rather for than black and white images. So, I thought I would pass this little tidbit of information on to you today. Split Toning color images in Lightroom. To learn more about the best workflow methods
Lightroom Catalog Portability and Syncing Tutorial
If you are using lightroom on more than one computer, say a laptop and a desktop, or perhaps you have an assistant to does some of your post processing work, or you have outsourced your post processing to Shoot Dot Edit, you will find that knowing how to share, transfer and sync Lightroom Catalogs as well as image XMP data will be invaluable. Most often, I am using this feature to take a little work with me on my laptop as I am traveling to teach a workshop. But many of you will also find this lesson useful in outsourcing your work to someone like Shoot Dot Edit. To learn more about the best workflow methods and Adobe Lightroom, go to www.jaredplatt.com. Watch for the
Inside the Image- Lightroom Custom Vignettes
Living in the desert is a unique experience. Forget about the 120 degree summer days and the horribly unfriendly plant life. To me, the weather is quite fascinating. I love the monsoon rainstorms and the lightning is fantastic. Other places in the world have their own challenging weather situations, many much more dangerous. There are tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, blizzards, etc… and none of these options are very appealing to me, which is why I prefer my native state of Arizona. But we do have our own unique weather effect: the dust storm. I was traveling back from a job in Tucson and took a back road route home (rather than the freeway). I enjoy doing this because everything goes by so quickly on the freeway
Tip of the Week with Mike Colon – Aperture Plug-In (and Lightroom too!)
Every week we are bringing you new tips from some of our top photographers and PUG leaders. A big Thanks and we love you goes out to Cinematic Studios for the filming and production of these clips! Mike Colon is an international wedding and lifestyle photographer based in Newport Beach, California. He was recently named a “Legend Behind the Lens” by Nikon. Mike talks about the Pictage to Aperture Plug-in. We have also just released the Pictage to Lightroom Plug-in. Both of these improvements have streamlined your workflow by making image transfers between Adobe Photoshop Lightroom/Aperture and Pictage easier than ever! Video Produced by Cinematic Studios.