Archive for category Matt Kloskowski
Single Image HDR continued ….
Posted by Peter in California, HDR Simulation, Lightroom, Matt Kloskowski, Photomatix, Photoshop, Uncategorized on October 3rd, 2008
Whenever I get a chance to visit the Napa Valley region of California. I try to stop at V. Sattui Winery located in St. Helena.
In addition to decent wines and a great little deli, V. Sattui Winery has a really neat stone Winery building which, to my eye, is a great photographic subject.
The first image, shown below, is the original jpg image, as captured and rendered with “in-camera” processing.
(click on images for a larger view)
I have a large number of older images, much like this one, that were originally shot and “in-camera” processed as jpg images. Many are really nice captures but lack the “punch” I can now achieve when processing a RAW capture. Since I have so many old jpg images in my catalog, I have been investigating options for getting more out of these images without having to revisit the original location and to capture the image again in RAW format.
In addition to learning the “proper” methods for rendering High Dynamic Range Images, I have been experimenting with ways to simulate HDR processing using a single jpg. (see previous post)
I presently use Adobe Lightroom as my Digital Asset Management system (DAM) and I typically start my process there. As for HDR software, my present choice is Photomatix Pro by HDRsoft. As noted in the comments section of my previous post, there are other options such as Media Chance for making this conversion directly from a jpg file. Once I get the chance and some “play money”, I plan on looking into those alternatives.
Code Red
Posted by Peter in Matt Kloskowski on June 10th, 2008
Matt Kloskowski of the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips Blog, posted a new preset he calls “Sin City Look”. Basically what Matt is doing is draining all the colors out of an image and leaving just the reds.
I did something similar to this in a previous posting but I never created or saved a preset for later use.
Matt’s settings also seem to provide a much richer color rendering.
Here is a sample of a before and after image using Matt’s technique -
Before
After
You can get the presets from Matt’s Site by clicking here.
“the regulars are coming, the regulars are coming”
Posted by Peter in Historical Location, Massachusetts, Matt Kloskowski on April 17th, 2008
Paul Revere never said “the British are coming, the British are coming”, since he, like all the other colonist considered themselves British. He actually called out – “the regulars are coming”, meaning the regular British Soldiers.
Well this weekend, the regular tourist are coming to Lexington Green, where on April 19th, 1775, the regular British Army met the Militiamen of Lexington and started the American Revolution.
Since it was such a great day in the Boston area, I decided to take a break from painting, get out my bike and head to the Minuteman Bike trail for some much needed exercise.
I found it to be unusually quiet on Lexington Green. I am sure that it will not be that quiet this weekend.
Here is an image that I captured of the statue of Captain John Parker.
I decided to apply the Surreal Edgy Look Lightroom Preset developed by Matt Kloskowski and recently posted on his blog.
Adobe Lightroom 2.0 public beta released
Posted by Peter in Lightroom, Matt Kloskowski, Scott Kelby on April 2nd, 2008
Adobe Systems has released Adobe Lightroom 2.0 public beta at Adobe labs.
This is a significant update and includes many of the features that I personally have been looking for in Lightroom.
New enhancements are included in all the modules of Lightroom under the 2.0 beta .
The most significant to me are:
- Addition of multiple monitor support
- Improved integration with Photoshop via Smart Objects and Multiple image merging including loading files or virtual copies as separate layers. Improved file loading speeds. 10k pixel limit has been increased to 30k pixel per side.
- Localized Correction- such as dodging and burning
- Vignetting of a cropped image
- Printing to file added to Print Module and improved picture package creation. Yes, you can now export out to jpeg a custom print layout for future use !
- Improved Print Sharpening, based on the output media and resolution of the file.
I quickly tested the Frame Print Templates that I have created to see if they were compatible and did not find any issues thus far. Plus you will be able to print out to a file, samples of what a image may look like framed.
For further info check out -
- Scott Kelby’s Blog – Adobe Reveals Lightroom 2.0 Public Beta at Photoshop World Opening Keynote
- Matt Kloskowski’s Blog – It’s Lightroom 2.0 Baby! (Beta that is)
- Terry Whites Blog
- Adobe labs
- NAPP members (non-members for 30 days) check out the Learning Center video previews -
What’s still missing from my wish list ?
- Off line archival tracking, it would be real nice to track images that have been archived on a storage drive or DVD.
- Direct Export to Print Services for Photo Books such as Kodak Gallery. They can do it in Adobe Photoshop Elements with templates for wedding albums and portfolios.
- The ability to have a image Copyright Watermark overlay in the export option. Presently you can add the copyright that is in the Meta data. I suppose with the ability to print to file in the print module, you could add a custom identity plate watermark before printing to file.
- In the same family, I would like a watermark that is independent of the identity plate. Much like the signature effect that I created but separate from the identity plate.
- I know how to add special effects to the print Module such as frames, mats and edge effects but I would like to do so without using the identity Plate as I do now with my print templates.
What happens when you combine a “Cross” technique with a 5 Across technique
Posted by Peter in Dave Cross, Matt Kloskowski on March 3rd, 2008
A few weeks back Matt Kloskowski of Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips demonstrated a technique for simulating a Pano by creating a Lightroom Template he called 5 Across. See previous post
Well, this weekend, I was revisiting Dave Cross’s book – Photoshop Finishing Touches
and I ran across Dave’s technique for creating a film strip effect. I said to myself – “Self, that effect could be combined with Matt Kloskowski 5 Across technique and the framing techniques that I created …..” (3 Across or more)
I do realize that Photoshop can be used to create the same effect using Smart Objects to replace the contents, however I find Lightroom’s cataloging much easier to navigate and besides I did it just for the fun of trying.
Here is the template – Download Film Strip Template
One more thing that I am discovering about using these type of templates within Lightroom. Due to the size of the “overlays” used to simulate frames and the type of template present here, I’m finding that the load time on the print module can slow down a little. I would suggest that if you find a particular template that you like within a larger group of templates load only that template and load others on an as needed basis.
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