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Adding a Watermark in Lightroom 3 – Video Tutorial

Yanik — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:08:41 +0000

This is the third and last Lightroom 3 video tutorial that I’ll be posting on the new and upgraded features in this wonderful software. There are more new tweaks and upgrades but, for me, these three are the major ones that will affect the quality of my work. If you’d like more detailed tutorials on Lightroom 3, I invite you to sign up to any of the Lightroom 3 tutorials from Kelby Training.

In this Lightroom 3 video tutorial, I’ll be covering the upgrades made to the watermarking feature. You’ll notice that you have a lot more flexibility with placement and design which will make you watermark more professional.

If you missed my first 2 tutorials, you can check them out here:

Noise Reduction in Lightroom 3
Shooting Tethered in Lightroom 3

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Shooting Tethered in Lightroom 3 – Video Tutorial

Yanik — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:05:29 +0000

As you guys know, I’m a big fan of Lightroom. And with Lightroom 3 out, I’ve discovered many cool tweaks and upgrades like super fast importing and disk deletion as well as image preview generation. They seem like little things but it just keeps time on your side just a bit more.

On top of that, the guys over at Adobe added a great new feature in Lightroom 3 that I just love! Tethering. No more need for third party software to shoot tethered. Woohoo! Just plug your camera in your computer via the USB cable and you,re off! It’s really that simple. Watch the video and you’ll see how Adobe just made my life that much easier.

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Noise Reduction in Lightroom 3 – Video Tutorial

Yanik — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:08:23 +0000

It’s been a while since my last video tutorial but I’m back with a microphone that actually works now. So I thought I would test it out on a new tutorial.

Lightroom 3 just came out a few days ago and I couldn’t miss the opportunity to show you my favorite new upgrade. This isn’t a new feature in Lightroom 3. It’s an upgrade. But what an upgrade it is. It’s the luminance noise reduction. I actually never used it in Lightroom 2 since the results weren’t good. I would have to go into Photoshop and use Topaz Denoise. But now my workflow has been reduced thanks to the major improvements in the luminance noise reduction feature.

I’ve also added a few tidbits on some cool new tweaks that I like that don’t really need their own tutorial. Sit back, and enjoy the video.

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Creating Pseudo HDR Images in Lightroom 2

Yanik — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:19:39 +0000

If you haven’t heard yet, Lightroom 2 is great! Ok, ok you might have heard me mention it a few times but learning is about repetition.

So here I was post processing my Greece photos in Lightroom playing around with the main basic adjustment sliders when I thought to myself… hey! this kinda looks like an HDR photo. So I tweaked and tweaked until I got a pretty cool HDR look that looked cool. Then I thought that you guys might like to know how to do it too. So here I am.

Now, before I go on, and before the true HDR people out there burn me to the stake, I just want to say that this is NOT real HDR. It just kinda looks like HDR. Lightroom doesn’t have the ability to create HDR images without Photoshop or certain plugins like Enfuse. You can check out my tutorial on how to create HDR photos in Photoshop or in Lightroom using Enfuse. Ok, now that hat’s out of the way, let’s get to it.

You’ll see that it’s not at all complicated to create this HDR look in Lightroom. All you need to do is play with a few sliders. It’s all done Basic Panel. This is my workflow but you can do it in any order you want. I start off by bringing some of the shadow details out by using the Fill Light slider. Don’t be afraid to crank this one up.

Then I slightly increase the blacks or more contrast.

After that, if off to the Contrast slider and lowering it slightly.

Time now to boost the Exposure so that the image is properly exposed.

After properly exposing the photo, you might get some blown out highlights so the next step is to use the Recovery slider.

Now that we got most of the basic settings done, it’s just a question of tweaking Clarity, Vibrance and Saturation to your liking. And voilà! you’ve just created your pseudo HDR image directly in Lightroom.

To make things easier for you, I’ve created 2 HDR Lightroom presets to download. CLICK HERE to get them.

HDR1 is for high contrast scenes like a bright sky and a dark foreground. HDR2 is more grunge-like similar to what Topaz Adjust does. Both versions have a vignette option as well. Here are some before and after shots using these presets.

HDR1

HDR1 Vignette

HDR2

HDR2 Vignette

Here’s how you import Lightroom 2 presets. Unzip and place presets in a folder on your computer. In Lightroom, right click on any of your current presets and select Import… Find your folder with the presets and select them then click OK. Done!

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YPS’s Top Photography Tutorials of 2009

Yanik — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:49:05 +0000

I truly hope that all of you are enjoying this festive season and that you’re taking lots and lots of pictures!

Before sharing with you the top 5 most popular tutorials on YPS, I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support. 2009 was YPS’s first full year live on the Web. It’s still a baby at only 21 months. I’m filled with gratitude knowing that my posts are helping many passionate photographers from around the world. Your comments and support keep giving me the motivation to keep sharing my knowledge and photography adventures with you. From the bottom of my heart, thank you!

Now to the fun stuff. Without further ado, here are the top 5 most viewed YPS tutorials of 2009 on Yanik’s Photo School.

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Adding a Watermark in Lightroom 3 – Video Tutorial

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Shooting Tethered in Lightroom 3 – Video Tutorial

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Noise Reduction in Lightroom 3 – Video Tutorial

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Creating Pseudo HDR Images in Lightroom 2

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YPS’s Top Photography Tutorials of 2009

1- Adding Texture to a Reflection in Photoshop

2- How to Create HDR Images in Photoshop

3- Split Toning in Lightroom

4- Creating HDR Images in Lightroom

5- Lighting Tutorial on the Brooklyn Bridge

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