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[KAT4DISNEY]

Adobe has some lightroom 3 tutorials online. I haven't watched these but did for lightroom 2 and they were very helpful.

Tutorials

I also just looked and Scott Kelby has a Lightroom 3 book that should be out very soon. His book for 2 was very good IMO. He goes into his own personal workflow and what some others do as well as the actual features of Lightroom.

 

[Mosca]

Get Scott Kelby's book for Lightroom 3. He gets to the heart of what you need to know. Some people don't like his sense of humor (I don't mind it), but the meat is there, and it is easy to understand.

 

[mom2rtk]

Adobe has some lightroom 3 tutorials online. I haven't watched these but did for lightroom 2 and they were very helpful.

Tutorials

I also just looked and Scott Kelby has a Lightroom 3 book that should be out very soon. His book for 2 was very good IMO. He goes into his own personal workflow and what some others do as well as the actual features of Lightroom.

Get Scott Kelby's book for Lightroom 3. He gets to the heart of what you need to know. Some people don't like his sense of humor (I don't mind it), but the meat is there, and it is easy to understand.

I had no idea there would be a book out already. Thanks for the heads up on that and on the tutorials!

The humor would be great in my opinion. I try not to take anything to seriously. Even more importantly, if it's easy to understand, it should be right up my alley........

Can't wait to start playing!

 

[DisneydaveCT]

...and I am off to WDW to celebrate my 50th . But more exciting than my birthday is being able to spend the weekend with my 16 y.o. DD who I haven't seen in more than 3 months.

I will also be joined by my , her DD, two of my DSis's and one DB-I-L.

 

[Gianna'sPapa]

Have a great time!

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

You might want to check out Matt Kloskowski's site Lightroom Killer Tips. He has a bunch of presets and also videos on many things. I love the ones that he shows you how he works through a picture. He too is part of the Kelby group. There is also Lightroom Blog and also Lightroom for Digital Photographers.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

and have a great trip!

 

[photo_chick]

Lightroom 3 is an improvement over Lightroom 2, with some new features, but much of it still works the same way.

 

[ssanders79]

If you want to get started you can check out your local library or book store for a LR2 book. While it will not be specific to LR3 the general workflows will be the same aside from the enhancements of LR3.

 

[Coffeemate]

Hello all,
I would like to find some coupons for Disney's Photopass Photo book. Does anyone know if there is any out there? We just got back from Walt Disney World and I would like to purchase a book with pictures from the Disney photographers but I don't want to pay $79.00ish for it. I know there is one for pics of our personal downloads for $49.00ish. Thank you for your help.

 

[mom2rtk]

I've been playing around on Lightroom 3 for a while, and really loving it.

Being new to this, I'm sure I will have lots of questions. Many thanks in advance to all of you who are willing to help!

First, sometimes the options seem overwhelming, especially when one has several thousand frames from a big vacation. Are there certain standard things you do to large batches of photos to just punch them up a bit? Maybe just bump up the exposure a bit, add a touch of contrast, bring up the blacks a bit? Something like that? Or do you individually adjust each frame?

Anyone want to give my their most common step by step on how they approach an image?

 

[klam_chowder]

If it says it expires on July 1...

does it expire at 12:01am as in very late on June 30th?

or does it expire at midnite July 1, which means you have almost until July 2?

As you probably guessed, mine is to expire but I've been too busy to do much about it...wondering if I should spend time. If it expires at the end of the day on July 1, it might be worth giving it a shot!

Any info much appreciated!

cheers,


PS. Not interested in paying Disney more money so I can spend more with them (i.e., extension crock).

 

[WilsonFlyer]

Assuming you mean pictures that have already been taken...

Your pictures are apt to start disappearing 30 days from the day they were taken. It could happen anytime afterwards.

I've always been able to get extensions a week at the time simply by e-mailing them and asking.

 

[photo_chick]

Each image is a little different and I treat each one individually. Here's basically what I do..

open the image
adjust the white balance
switch to black and white and adjust the contrast, brightness, etc.
go back to color and adjust a little more if necessary
If I need to "fix" anything like fringe or heal a spot this is when I do it.
noise reduction then sharpening if necessary
apply any kind of effects (grain, vignette, etc.)
export to jpeg or send to Photoshop

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

When I import I usually apply a preset I've done the includes what I do with most of my images such as bump up the clarity and a slight bump on the blacks. I'll also apply key words that apply to all the images on the import.

Next I'll go thru and mark images for deletion that are out of focus etc. At the same time I often mark my prefered images that I want to select and may do more edits. At some point here I'll apply additional key words.

Once I've completed any edits (cropping, recovery, fill light etc.) then I'll export directly to Zenfolio. Recently I've stopped saving my jpgs locally unless I have a particular reason to do so. I'm not necessarily recommending this but I feel comfortable enough with this for myself. If I need them I can download from Zenfolio.

 

[mabas9395]

switch to black and white and adjust the contrast, brightness, etc.
go back to color and adjust a little more if necessary

I'm curious why you go to b/w for your contrast and brightness adjustments?

 

[photo_chick]

I'm curious why you go to b/w for your contrast and brightness adjustments?

It's much easier to see the tonal values when you take color out of the equation.

 

[disneyboy2003]

Are there certain standard things you do to large batches of photos to just punch them up a bit? Maybe just bump up the exposure a bit, add a touch of contrast, bring up the blacks a bit? Something like that? Or do you individually adjust each frame?

Anyone want to give my their most common step by step on how they approach an image?

For me, each photo is different, especially on vacation where photos come from sooooo many different places and lighting conditions.

However, you don't necessarily have to adjust each photo individually, one-by-one. I usually have several similar photos that are taken around the same time, at the same place, in the same lighting conditions. With these several "similar" photos, I can make my adjustments to 1 photo and then "Sync" these adjustments to all the "similar" photos.

I do like to increase the blacks a little bit. I also like to increase the Clarity and Vibrance. How much I increase the other sliders in the Develop module will depend on the photo itself.

Hope you're getting the hang of using Lightroom. Looks like Scott Kelby's book The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Book for Digital Photographers (link to Amazon) is coming out on July 12!

The other book I'd really recommend, too, is Martin Evening's book The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers (link to Amazon), which came out earlier this month on June 8. As good as this book is, it's 672 pages, so it's *very* thorough. I'd probably use this more as a reference book.

Hope that helps!

 

[klam_chowder]

okay, thx a mint for the reply, 'bob'

cheers,

 

[mom2rtk]

I don't know if they will "give" you an extension..... now that they sell those extensions.......... Just so you're prepared! The mouse needs a little more cheese.......