The Light's Right

Coaching: Session 6

mitch — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:43:46 +0400

Come along and feel free to look over my shoulder as I coach readers through the steps of a basic B&W conversion. We'll start with some fixes to perspective, move on to basic adjusts to tone, perform a quick B&W conversion, refine the result with some targeted adjustments, and then resize and sharpen.

Yield the Wheel

mitch — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:51:05 +0400

Yield the Wheel is a neat tutorial. Most of us have probably overlooked using the mouse wheel in Lightroom. (Assuming you use a mouse, even occasionally.) When you're working with batches of files, this little trick with the mouse can come in handy.

Combining Multiple HDR Images to Avoid Haloes and Noise

mitch — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:39:15 +0400

I wrote about combining multiple HDR images and noise in a coaching session. Mark S. Johnson makes some very helpful videos. Good, solid technical instruction. He released a video this week that talks about using multiple HDR images to redice haloes and noise.

Lightroom Gets the Red Out

mitch — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:24:19 +0400

Red eye. Don't you just hate it. Lightroom includes a handy tool in the Develop module for red eye removal. Gene McCullagh demonstrates how to use it.

What's a GPU and Why Should I Care?

mitch — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:16:16 +0400

With the arrival of CS4, Photoshop has added increased support for GPUs. Some of us even hve multiple GPUs. I use tandem GPUs, for example. So, what is a GPU? What difference does it make? Jay Kinghorn explains.

The Ultimate Adjustment Layer in Photoshop: Using Smart Objects

mitch — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:35:03 +0400

David Saffir explains why, if you want the ultimate adjustment layer in Photoshop, you need to work with Smart Objects.

Grunge Cracks

mitch — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:39:44 +0400

This link will complement Corey Barker's video on reverse restoration. BittBox has a collection of experimental grungy cracks that's freely downloadable.

Don't forget to check out the many free textures here on The Light's Right, too. Some are also ideal for giving photos a grungy look.

What's It All About: Deconstructing an Image

mitch — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:32:35 +0400

What is it about? As Michael Reichmann notes, an important question that causes any photographer to pause and reflect on their own work as a part of the creative process.

Reverse Restoration

mitch — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:26:52 +0400

Corey Barker demonstrates how a recent photo can be made to look old and weathered by applying a bit of texture.

Cringe at the Fringe: Chromatic Aberration in Lightroom

mitch — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:00:08 +0400

Brandon Oelling writes some interesting tutorials for X-Equals. His latest topic is chromatic aberration: what it is, how to identify it, and (most importantly) how to correct it in Lightroom.