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Tip Tuesday: Advanced Sharpening

Tip Tuesday: Advanced Sharpening

Posted by | Sep 11, 2018 | , |

Go under the Filter menu, under Sharpen, and choose Smart Sharpen. As the name implies, this is a smarter way to sharpen your image (with new math that’s much more advanced than the Unsharp Mask filter, which believe it or not, was in Photoshop version 1.0). The Smart Sharpen filter lets you apply more sharpening with less of the “bad stuff” associated with sharpening (like increased noise, halos that appear around the edges of objects, or little specks or artifacts in the sharpened image). Here’s how Adobe recommends you use this filter: First, make sure the Remove pop-up menu...

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Tip Tuesday: Hide the Edit Pins from View in Lighroom Classic

Tip Tuesday: Hide the Edit Pins from View in Lighroom Classic

Posted by | Sep 4, 2018 | , |

It’s an easy-to-remember shortcut: to hide the Edit Pins (seen circled above in red) on your image in the Develop module, just press the letter H on your keyboard. To bring them back, just press H again. If you just want them hidden temporarily, press-and-hold H and they’ll stay hidden as long as you hold that key down. When you release the key, you can see the pins again.   Excerpted from the newest title from #KelbyOneBooks: How Do I Do That In Lightroom Classic, 2nd Edition, by Scott Kelby....

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Tip Tuesday: Add Copyright Info While Importing to Lightroom

Tip Tuesday: Add Copyright Info While Importing to Lightroom

Posted by | Aug 7, 2018 | , , , |

This is a two-parter, because it starts with you creating a metadata template with your copyright info (you do this before you even open the Import window and luckily you just have to do this once). In the Library module, go under the Metadata menu (up at the top of the screen) and choose Edit Metadata Presets to bring up the Edit Metadata Presets dialog (shown above left). Just type in all your copyright info, then from the Preset pop-up menu, choose Save Current Settings as New Preset, and give your preset a name (I named mine, “Scott’s Copyright.”...

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Tip Tuesday: Finer Increments in Quick Develop (Lightroom)

Tip Tuesday: Finer Increments in Quick Develop (Lightroom)

Posted by | Jul 31, 2018 | , , , |

In Lightroom Classic, there’s a version of Develop module’s Basic panel right within the Library module, called the Quick Develop panel. The idea is that you can make some quick, simple edits right there in the Library module, without having to jump over to the Develop module. The problem is, it’s hard to use because there are no sliders—there are buttons you click instead that move in set increments (which makes it frustrating to get just the right amount)—but for a quick edit, it’s… okay. Now you can adjust in smaller increments when clicking the single-right-arrow: if you Shift-click...

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Tip Tuesday: Hiding Tourists, Cars, Buses, etc.

Tip Tuesday: Hiding Tourists, Cars, Buses, etc.

Posted by | Jul 17, 2018 | , , , , , |

This shot was taken in the heart of Rome, Italy. I was standing in a small park across the street from Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland). No matter what time of day you’re standing in front of it, the view will pretty much always have cars, buses, scooters, and tourists right in front of it. Using Photoshop to clone all those cars and buses out of the way would be a nightmare, because you’d have to rebuild a lot of the front of the building. So, instead, try this…

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