Did you know there are over 200 shortcuts in Lightroom? Lightroom 4 has been the core of my workflow for some time now, it´s such a powerful application that it is considered the industry standard by many pros. My relationship with Lightroom is a kind of love hate affair. I love what it does, it works almost exactly in the way I want. So where´s the hate?? The thing is I spend far too many hours using Lightroom than I would like, I´ve
Read more... →Over the weekend I´ve added 4 more Lightroom presets which you can download for free, just head on over to my Facebook Page and there yours. I´ve added three retro style presets, aptly named retro I, retro II and retro III, and one which I´ve called Gold finger, that will hopefully add a little sparkle to images. This brings the total upto 12 and I plan on adding more, I think the next batch will be a series of monotone presets
Read more... →I originally posted this piece several years ago but as my blog and it audience has grown so dramatically since then, i thought I´d re-share it with you – I did´nt want any of you to miss out. As my monthly wallpapers are becoming more and more popular and people are starting to ask me ‘How you do dat Tom..?’ so I thought it might help a few folk out if I shared the process which I go through to
Read more... →Day 5 of the download preset for Lightroom giveaway. Today´s plugin creates a sepia style that can be great for your portraits, to be honest I don´t often process my images in sepia although I do quite like the effect, perhaps I´ll be doing it more often now I´m playing around with all those lovely new features offered in Lightroom 4. You should know how this thing works by now, to reveal the download link just click to like
Read more... →Day 4. Ok, another day another free download preset for Lightroom. Today’s preset is called Vignetting – again this one is pretty obvious what it does both from the name and the preview. Apart from the nice big fat vignette it also boosts the vibrance and brings out some details in the shadows. Day 4. Ok, another day another free Lightroom preset. Today’s preset is called Vignetting – again this one is pretty obvious what it does both from the name and the preview. Apart from the nice big fat
Read more... →Day 3 of posting a free Download preset for Lightroom. As I stated yesterday these plugins are designed not as a one click solution to all your processing needs but are more to give you a starting point to work from. 4 preset. As I stated yesterday these plugins are designed not as a one click solution to all your processing needs but are more to give you a starting point to work from. Day 3 of posting a free Lightroom
Read more... →Day 2 of posting a free download preset for Lightroom, these plugins are designed not as a complete processing solution but more to give you a starting point to work from while processing your images. Today´s preset is a simple one that boosts the contrast (in several different ways) and brings out a bit more detail in the shadows. This preset was created for Lightroom 4 but may still work in previous versions. To install the plugin: – Click the
Read more... →Every day this week I will be posting download preset for Lightroom and help give you some inspiration when processing your images. Today´s preset is a black and white high contrast preset that uses some of the new features that are now available in version 4. This preset was created for Lightroom 4 but may still work in previous versions. To install the plugin: – Click the Facebook like button and share a message with your friends – The downlonad link
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