Adobe Photoshop

Understanding HDR Toning in Adobe Photoshop CS5: Peachpit.com article

Understanding HDR Toning in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Want to get the HDR look without having to shoot multiple exposures? You can do this with the new HDR Toning feature in Adobe Photoshop CS5, which lets you apply HDR-style controls to a single image. In an article I wrote for Peachpit.com, I explain how to use HDR Toning and some of the differences between HDR Toning and the multiple-image Merge to HDR Pro command. On top of that, I give you tips on how to prepare an image so that you get the most out of HDR Toning.

Click the link below to read the article at Peachpit.com:
Understanding HDR Toning in Adobe Photoshop CS5

This article is an expanded version of a topic in my book, Real World Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers (Adobe Press).

Updating the Process Version in Camera Raw 6 and Lightroom 3: Peachpit.com article
Process version before and after conversion

Before (left) and after (right) updating the process version

Have you wondered about the mysterious little exclamation point icon that shows up when you edit older raw images in Adobe Camera Raw 6 or Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3? You can use it to migrate your existing raw format images to the new processing technology in Camera Raw 6 and Lightroom 3. In my latest Peachpit.com article, I explain the process version of a raw photo and how updating it will give you more detail and less noise, even with your oldest raw photos!

Click the link below to read the article at Peachpit.com:
Updating the Process Version in Camera Raw 6 and Lightroom 3

This article is an expanded version of a topic in my book, Real World Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers (Adobe Press).

Exploring Creative Lens Correction: Peachpit.com article
Image of article

The new Lens Correction feature in Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Camera Raw 6.1 or later, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 does a great job of removing various forms of distortion that you find in all kinds of lenses—from phone cameras to $1500 pro lenses. But there’s nothing stopping you from taking Lens Correction a step further: using it as a creative tool that can strengthen your compositions and spice up your images.

Click the link below to read the article at Peachpit.com:
Exploring Creative Lens Correction in Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3

Updates: Photoshop CS5 12.0.2, Camera Raw 6.3, Lightroom 3.3

Adobe photography application icons

Adobe has released a wave of updates for its professional photography applications:

Adobe Photoshop CS5 12.0.2 (no release notes link, see download/updates link below)
Adobe Camera Raw 6.3 (click for release notes in PDF)
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.3 (click for release notes in PDF)

As usual, you can read the release notes and download the installers from

http://www.adobe.com/downloads/updates/

or:

To update Photoshop and Camera Raw directly, start Photoshop and choose Help > Updates.

To update Lightroom directly, start Lightroom and choose Help > Updates.

I may pull out some highlights from the release notes here later when I have more time, but for now you can refer to the links above.

Print color profiling targets with no color management

Adobe Color Printing Utility 1.0

Adobe Color Printer Utility 1.0 released

If you print color target images because you build printer profiles, and you’ve been frustrated that the No Color Management option is missing from the Print dialog box in Adobe Photoshop CS5, you can breathe a little easier now. No, make that a lot easier. Adobe has released the Adobe Color Printer Utility, specifically designed to print RGB TIFF color profiling targets without the risk of having the test swatch colors distorted by a color management system.

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