Camera’s View

Just finished reading botanical DREAMING by Mark S. Johnson.

Two words come to mind - Inspirational and Beautiful.

If you have followed Mark’s work on the Radiant Vista website, you know he is a great teacher of Photoshop techniques. This book confirms that he is also a excellent writer and a very good photographer.

If my recommendation is not good enough for you, botanical DREAMING was also recently mentioned and highly praised by Scott Kelby on his Photoshop Insider Blog.

I have been a subscriber to Mental Floss Magazine for a number of years. I’m a knowledge junkie and Mental Floss is the magazine for knowledge junkies.

What I didn’t realize until today was that there are some interesting Photography related articles both in the magazine and also posted on their blog.

Take for example this blog posting about Amazing 70-year-old color photos.

From this article I found the The Library of Congress’ Photostream on Flickr where there are over 3500 images from the archives of the Library of Congress.

Check it out !

Lightroom presently allows you to add a stroke border to any image before printing.

(click on image for larger size)

However, in order to put a rounded corner the only option was to apply the effect within Photoshop.

I have created a Lightroom Template that will allow you to apply rounded corners to every image in your Lightroom catalog without leaving Lightroom.

The template presented here is presently designed for 5×7 output. When time permits I plan on creating different sizes options.

You can download the template here -> Lightroom Print Module Rounded Corner Template

Note !

• Please follow the procedures provide by Adobe for installing presets within the specific Lightroom modules.
• Need installation help - check out Matt Kloskowski’s video
• It is highly recommended, whether you are installing these presets, others that you have found on the web or may have purchased elsewhere, to backup your database before proceeding with the installation.

Look forward to your comments.

If you haven’t done so already, check out the new Adobe Media Player.

Once you download the player find Adobe TV from within the player or by clicking the link.

Once in Adobe TV, you will find many free tutorials for Photographers and Photoshop users. There are many of the familiar shows and tutorials such as those from the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) and Kelby Training. In addition to these fine tutorials there are also exclusive video tutorials from Adobe Photoshop Evangelists.

I just finished viewing The Complete Picture with Julieanne Kost.

This is one of the most thorough introductions to various Photoshop and Lightroom techniques that I have found on the web.