What’s a DNG? For those of you not familiar with Adobe’s DNG image format (short for Digital Negative), it was introduced back during the Photoshop CS era, as a means of standardizing and simplifying the process of editing raw picture data. The need for this format stems from the fact that -to this day- camera Continue Reading »
Expanding Lightroom with Topaz Labs Plugins It’s been a while since I paid you all a visit here at Lightroom Secrets; it’s good to be back! Today I will show you how to expand Lightroom’s editing capabilities by integrating third party plugins into the mix. Typically, this is handled via the Plug-in Manager in the Continue Reading »
Sometimes there’s no way around it: we have to get out there and photograph in less than ideal weather and lighting conditions. The picture at right exemplifies this type of situation. My wife and I were on a weekend retreat and the days we had allotted for photography ended up being cold and overcast. But, Continue Reading »
Happy holidays everyone! Good to be back posting at Lightroom Secrets. One of my favorite features in Lightroom 3 is the ability to straighten out architectural images with help from the new Lens Corrections panel. While it’s no substitute for a real perspective correction lens, it can go a long way towards improving distorted images. Continue Reading »
Hello! Thanks for checking out my first post here at Lightroom Secrets. It’s great to be a part of the “digital discussion” here. This is Part I Â of a two part lesson. We’ll start by covering the steps you can take to shore up a series of raw images in Lightroom 3, before bringing them Continue Reading »
