Photography and Web Discoveries of the Week – 11 Jun 2010
This week was dominated by the release of Lightroom 3, but we continued to make a small number of photography and web discoveries. Travelling to the US this week on business, one newly discovered quote that resonated with me was “Nothing happens until you press the shutter”…. I need to do this more. Software Updates [...]
Photography and Web Discoveries of the Week – 28 May 2010
Continuing our “Photography and Web Discoveries of the Week” series, we have Photoshop and Canon 5D firmware updates, the Photographer’s Ephemeris solar angle calculators, and more. News Alamy changes submission size – Stock agency Alamy has reduced the uncompressed minimum file size requirement from 48MB to 24MB. Software Updates Canon 5D firmware update – Newly [...]
Discoveries of the Week – 21 May 2010
Travelling quite a bit over the last couple of months, I have been slack at updating my blog. In an effort to get back to regular entries I am starting a “Discoveries of the Week” series, which is aimed at sharing the gems of information, apps, articles, etc I have found while trying to improve [...]
The Internet on a Slow Connection – Less is More
The internet is a very different experience on a slow connection, as I was reminded when I ran over my wireless data allowance recently and was limited to 64 kbps. The art of optimizing page download speed seems to have been lost, but there is hope on the horizon. The usage indicator on my BigPond [...]
Lightroom RGB Percentage vs Photoshop RGB numbers
Trying to get my Lightroom refined images as close as possible to Photoshop optimized versions, I discovered that the Lightroom RGB percentages do not match Photoshop RGB numbers. Lately I have been finishing my underwater images in Photoshop, as Lightroom does not offer the amount of color correction control I waned. However, reimporting my corrected [...]
New Camera Raw, Lightroom and DNG converters releases
Adobe Labs has announced “‘release candidate” updates for Photoshop Camera Raw 5.6, Lightroom 2.6 and DNG Converter 5.6. The updates extend file support to 19 new camera models including:- Canon EOS 7D Canon Powershot G11, S90 Mamiya DM22, DM33, DM56, M18, M22, M31 Nikon D3s Olympus E-P2 Pentax K-x Panasonic FZ38 Sigma DP1s Sony A500, [...]
Adobe Releases Lightroom3 Beta
Adobe has released a beta version of Lightroom 3 for public preview, which includes easier importing, better noise reduction and sharpening tools, improved slideshow capabilities and direct publishing to online photo sharing sites like Flickr. Library module – The import system has been rebuilt to make importing photos into the software easier. You can now [...]
Photoshop CS4 bug – Color Sampler to Curves shortcut in Windows
I was doing some color correction recently and noticed there is a bug in the Windows version of Photoshop CS4 when using the color sampler tool shortcut that places a point on the Curves Adjustment layer. Using the colour sampler tool in Photoshop CS4 you can select a point on an image, which places a [...]
Lightroom Version 2.5 and ACR 5.5 Released
Adobe have released Photoshop Lightroom version 2.5 and Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) Version 5.5. The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.5 update includes enhancements for: Additional camera support for several new camera models including the Nikon D300s, Nikon D3000, Olympus E-P1, Panasonic DMC-FZ35 and Panasonic DMC-GF1. Lightroom Bug Fixed – Lightroom 2.4 on Windows continued to display [...]
New Safari 4 Browser Release – Color Management Error
Apple has released a new version of the Safari browser. I like to use the Safari browser for its colour management capabilities, but Safari 4 appears to have a error in how it handles ICC profiles. I am traveling at the moment, so do not have the benefit of my large screen, but am running [...]
Adobe CS4 Install Disk Failure
I recently purchased a copy of Adobe Creative Suite CS4 Design Premium to upgrade my CS3 system, but an installation disk causing “Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)” failures was very trying on my patience. For some reason software problems always seem to occur when you have other important things to do. The Problem When I [...]
Be Careful with Scanner Auto Settings
Using scanner auto settings can cause problems when scanning images. Turning off the auto settings, and using manual settings can make image correction easier and more accurate. The Problem I was recently scanning some images using my CanoscanFS4000US slide scanner (Canonscan FS4000US ICC profile). After scanning the images and assigning the custom profile, a number [...]
Canoscan FS4000US ICC Profile
I decided to get serious about profiling my Canoscan FS4000US slider scanner, due to having several years of slides from the period before my switch to digital. My Canoscan FS4000US scanner is a couple of years old now (costing around $1500AUD when new), but provides high resolution images from slides and negatives. For years I [...]
DNG converter and Profiles Update
G10 CR2 RAW format I recently purchased the Canon Powershot G10 so I could shoot RAW from a compact platform, and take advantage of the extra bit depth. I have been using Lightroom2.1 and CS3/Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) 4.5 for my processing workflow. Neither of these supported the G10 CR2 RAW format. Note: – As [...]
Lightroom2 Keywording
I have updated my Lightroom2 keywords recently using the CKVC controlled vocabulary list. After updating the lists, I went through and tidied my keyword structure, and have now set about reviewing the keywords used for each image. During this review I noticed that extra keywords from further up the keyword structure (parent keywords) were being [...]
CVKC for Bridge and Lightroom
I recently purchased a version of the controlled vocabulary software from David Rieick’s website (www.controlledvocabulary.com). The CVKC software for Lightroom is slightly different to the version for Bridge, due to Lightroom allowing synonym designations, which are displayed in the CVKC file in {} brackets. e.g Bridge format:- action >aim >>aiming >arm wrestling Lightroom format:- action [...]
Keywording and Controlled Vocabulary
This morning I was reading an article in Better Photoshop Techniques (one of my preferred photography magazines), and came across an interesting article by photographer Nick Rains about image keywording. I have been thinking quite a bit about this subject of late, and how I can improve my workflow. Nicks article discussed the technique of [...]
Firefox V3 Browser Colour Management
To enable color management, type about:config into the Location Bar (address bar) and press Enter. Scroll down and double click on the gfx.color_management.enabled item to set the Value column to true and restart Firefox. More information. Note: to use this feature you must have a colour managed monitor, otherwise web pages may look worse. // [...]
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