Last week I told you about my headshot factory. I've used this sort of setup to photograph as many as 300 people in one day. Unfortunately, that's the easy part for me. Making a portrait with a person is great fun. What's less fun is retouching 300 portraits over the next week or so. Each picture needs a little something, and most of them need the same things: Contrast, skin retouching, and eye brightening. The best way to improve contrast, retouch skin and brighten eyes in portraits is to use Perfectly Clear Complete (PCC). It recognizes each … [Read more...] about Portrait Tips: Automation is your best friend, part one
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Perfectly Clear Complete One of the products I use in my everyday portrait / fashion work is Perfectly Clear Complete. I would not normally bug our Photofocus Readers with this... BUT, this sale saves you $60.00 if you act now. During the sale the whole package is $89.00.It expires at 2:00pm TODAY! Video tutorial Perfectly Clear Complete makes finishing a folder of proofs a snap. The video below shows how to create a custom preset then apply it to a set of photos. Check it … [Read more...] about Flash Sale on Perfectly Clear! Save
Batch Rename Images Using Adobe Bridge
Naming your images on import is good practice but theres times when youd like to rename a batch of images after import, maybe youve whittled down the images and would like them to be sequentially numbered or, and I admit this happens far too frequently, your images are named Enter custom name here. The examples in this post come from a set of wedding photographs at Fotolia Select The Images Like most applications Adobe Bridge uses a couple of keyboard commands, known as modifiers, to select individual or a range of images. To select individual … [Read more...] about Batch Rename Images Using Adobe Bridge
Save time in Lightroom with Batch Processing
I was tasked to photograph a group of High School athletes and turn their images into the popular Sport Grit effect they saw me create with a group of college athletes. The shoot went as planned, however, when I applied my Sport Grit Lightroom preset, the images didn't look right. I realized, the college athletes were much older and didn't have blemishes like the High School athletes did. This caused my preset problems. I realized if I removed their blemishes and smooth their skin, I would get the same results. Instead of manually editing each … [Read more...] about Save time in Lightroom with Batch Processing
Batch-Applying Presets in Lightroom
When processing photos in Lightroom's Develop module, if you want to apply a preset you are only able to apply the preset to one file at a time. Sure, you can sync the files, but that one extra step can be a nuisance if you would like to simply use a preset. Thankfully, there is a very easy workaround by using the Quick Develop panel in the Library module! Here's how: Note: Click on each image to view larger. First, make sure that you have a preset ready to go. You can either create one in the Develop module, or download a preset online (here … [Read more...] about Batch-Applying Presets in Lightroom
Batch Renaming your Photos with Mac OS X Yosemite
Developing a file structure is one of the first steps in creating your workflow. Whether youre using Lightroom to manage your library or Bridge to view folders of photos, its much easier to find a specific photo if you use a descriptive filename. In my personal workflow, I include the date, project name, and image number. So for example: 2014-09-16_ND_Scout_0001.nef Most everything I shoot is on one day. However, if youre shooting for multiple days, with multiple cameras on larger shoots, then I recommend you include that information too. … [Read more...] about Batch Renaming your Photos with Mac OS X Yosemite
Simple Portrait Processing in onOne’s Perfect Photo Suite
It's well-known that the Perfect Photo Suite is great for adding effects, replacing skies, and adding texture. But did you know that it is also a great place to process portraits? Here are a few methods you can use to process a portrait (or a group of portraits) in onOne's Perfect Photo Suite: Perfect Portrait One of the more obvious ways to edit a portrait is to use the Perfect Portrait module. Here's how it works: 1. First, open a photo into Perfect Portrait. You can do this through Lightroom (File > Plug-in Extras > Perfect … [Read more...] about Simple Portrait Processing in onOne’s Perfect Photo Suite
Renaming your Photos on Import with Adobe Lightroom
Developing a file structure is one of the first steps in creating your workflow. Whether youre using Lightroom to manage your library or Bridge to view folders of photos, its much easier to find a specific photo if you use a descriptive filename. In my personal workflow, I include the date, project name, and image number. So for example: 2014-09-16_ND_Scout_0001.nef Most everything I shoot is on one day. However, if youre shooting for multiple days, with multiple cameras on larger shoots, then I recommend you include that information too. … [Read more...] about Renaming your Photos on Import with Adobe Lightroom
Batch Renaming your Photos with Adobe Bridge
Developing a file structure is one of the first steps in creating your workflow. Whether youre using Lightroom to manage your library or Bridge to view folders of photos, its much easier to find a specific photo if you use a descriptive filename. In my personal workflow, I include the date, project name, and image number. So for example: 2014-09-16_ND_Scout_0001.nef Most everything I shoot is on one day. However, if youre shooting for multiple days, with multiple cameras on larger shoots, then I recommend you include that information too. … [Read more...] about Batch Renaming your Photos with Adobe Bridge
Batch-applying presets using Lightroom
For those of you who use Lightroom, you are probably familiar with Develop presets and how to use them. However, something that has baffled me for quite some time is how to batch-apply a preset to a large group of photographs. The most common answer is always to process one photograph (or apply a preset to it) and then use the "Sync Settings" feature to sync your image together. That method has always felt laborious, especially when I'm using a preset and I'm not 100% certain what the settings are that I should sync, particularly with images … [Read more...] about Batch-applying presets using Lightroom
