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Tone-Curve Tricks: A Half Dozen D NOTE: Images with an icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size. Photo being processed: D200 + 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1/100 sec, f/4.5, ISO 320 — map & image data — nearby photosOn Top of the (Monochromatic) Worldvia the “Monochrome” preset discussed below Note for Lightroom 4 and Later: The presets in this article were developed for “Process: 2010”, which was standard in Lightroom 3.Lightroom 4 and later, however, default to a different process version, so these presets will appear to do nothing. However, if you switch back to “Process: 2010” in the “Camera Calibration” section of Develop, the preset will have its full effect. The tone curve is one of the ways that Adobe Lightroom offers to adjust an image. Photo being processed: D200 + 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — 1/500 sec, f/5, ISO 250 — map & image data — nearby photosAdobe Lightroom Develop Modulein the second LR3 public beta Moody Play.

Top 33 World’s Strangest Buildings (sorted by 4.520 visitors vot If you are bored panda like me, you know that the best way to fight boredom is finding all kind of weird stuff. And now, that you’ve found that page, you are just about to kill your boredom. Do you love architecture? [Read more...] Strangebuildings.com has a wonderful collection of the world’s most unusual architecture and together with Bored Panda presents you an incredible list of 33 strangest buildings in the world, and best of all, it’s not just another random list, but it is based on 4.520 unique visitor votes. So don’t blame panda for this exact order, blame yourself for voting this way, or for not voting at all. Well enough of those boring talks, prepare your hand for scrolling down the list, while bored panda eats another bamboo leaf. P.S.: if you want to find out more information about the building (date it was built, architect, interior shots) don’t forget to visit Strangebuildings.com. 1. (Bamboo leaf for angelocesare via www.boredpanda.com) 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

Learning Center – Lightroom 3 Craft & Vision | Great photography happens where craft and vision converge Free Photo Editing Software: The Best Photo Editor Programs for Cropping and Editing Pictures If you want to edit your digital photos without editing your budget, choose one of these top ten free photo editing programs, or choose all ten of the best software applications! Open-Source Programs and Freeware for Photo EditingThe word “free” doesn’t mean what it once did. How many times have we heard phrases like “Free Gift Offer” or “Free with the purchase of...”? We usually find out that “free” really means you only have a trial version to evaluate a product or it's just an enticement to buy a low-cost software program. I’ve done my research (so you don’t have to) and have come up with a top ten list of basic photo editing software that is really available for download and use at no cost.

My Plugins NOTE: Images with an icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size. Adobe has released a second free beta for Lightroom 3 (“Lightroom 3 Beta 2” — Lr3b2) with a lot of bug fixes and speed improvements, and a few new goodies not found in Lr2 or the first Lightroom 3 beta, including: Basic video-file support. For an overview of the user-visible changes, see the release notes in the Lr3b2 download, or even better, the traditional go-to exhaustive list is Victoria Bampton's “What's New” post. Is Lr3b2 Ready for Prime Time? Do make sure to see the “Primary Known Issues” in the release notes, including warnings about being a beta and keeping backups and data loss and such, but for what it's worth, unlike the first beta which was pretty rough, I think this one is good enough for prime time, and I use it for all my new photos. I don't use Lr2 anymore, except for testing and for old stuff. New Plugin Stuff

45 Creative Minimal Wallpapers tripwire magazine 45 Creative Minimal Wallpapers For Your Desktop May 12, 2011 · 15 comments by hannah Here at Tripwire Magazine we are not getting tired of showcasing some of the best minimalism designs we can collect all throughout the web. Another minimal design that we are surely proud to showcase are the minimal wallpapers that you can download. Advertisement 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. iMac 21. 22. 23. 25. 26. 27. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. Source: Thanks to Simple Desktops! Your Turn To Talk Have you tried to design minimal wallpaper before? Author : Hannah Milan Hannah Milan is the founder and curator of MOObileFrames, a collection of wireframes, sketches and user interface drawings that focuses on mobile applications. Tagged as: desktop, minimal, minimal wallpapers, minimalism, minimalist, simple, simpledesktop, Wallpapers { 12 comments… read them below or add one } Reply Hi Robert, Kind regards, Sofie

Lightroom Secrets Photographer's toolbox - your source for Lightroom Plugins and Web Engines Important Questions to Ask Before You Take a Photo Here’s a list of important questions you should ask yourself before you take a photo. These questions will help you take more creative photos. They will make you think about the photography process instead of merely being a person who switches roles with a machine and lets the camera decide while being the automaton who merely pushes the shutter button. These questions aren’t always easy to answer. It’s especially important to note that none of these questions are limited by your gear. that I picked up for $400 used on ebay . And since this article is about a list of questions, I thought I'd write the entire article in question format - you dig? Is this the best angle to take the photo? High Angle: I took this image from the 7th floor. Taking another picture at eye level? Is this the best distance to take the photo? Get closer: Did you ever think a drop of water could look so interesting? Are you standing at the exact spot where someone handed you a camera to help them take a photo?

Snapshot on Export” Lightroom This plugin allows you to have Develop snapshots created automatically upon image export and, optionally, set image metadata like keywords. This plugin works in Lightroom 5, Lightroom 4 and Lightroom 3 (though some features may be missing in older versions of Lightroom). The same download works for both Windows and Mac. See the box to the upper right for the download link (in orange) and installation instructions. Introduction Creating snapshots on export can be useful so that even if you later make develop/cropping changes to an image — on purpose or by accident — you'll be able to inspect (or even revert to) the as-exported state. For example, I incorporate this plugin into the Export Preset that I use to generate photos I intend to include on my personal blog. Essentially, it's a form of data backup, and like other kinds of backups, it can provide a bit of piece of mind. Overview If you don't see the panels in your Develop module, tap the tab key. Lower-left corner of the Export Dialog

Adobe TV Adobe Lightroom Adobe Photoshop Lightroom software is essential for today's digital photography workflow. Quickly import, process, manage, and showcase your images, from one shot to an entire shoot. Learn about the awesome Lens Correction feature in Adobe Lightroom 5 with Mikkel Aaland. Products covered: Learn how to seamlessly move images between Lightroom and Photoshop with the exact control that you need. Learn how to set up the import preferences in Lightroom and import select images from a compact flash card. In this episode of Adobe Creative Cloud TV, Terry White takes on the task of explaining and showing the differences between Adobe Bridge and Lightroom. Learn how to place photos into book designs. Learn how to apply changes to other photos in Adobe Lightroom 5 with Mikkel Aaland. In this episode of Creative Cloud TV, Terry White shows how to do a complete end-to-end non-destructive portrait retouch using just the Develop Module in the NEW Lightroom 5. Learn Lightroom 5

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