Monday, December 31, 2018

Sunday, December 30, 2018

How to Speed Up slow Lightroom?

How to Speed Up slow Lightroom?


Adobe about LR:

"The Spot Removal Tool and Local Corrections Brush are not designed for hundreds to thousands of corrections.
If your image contains many (hundreds) of localized adjustments, consider using a pixel-based editing application such as Affinity Photo or Photoshop for that level of correction..."



Top 10 Ways To Automate Lightroom!
Ultimate Guide To Speed Up Your Lightroom Workflow! 
Learn to use keyboard shortcuts as much as possible:






How to Significantly Speed Up Lightroom

Stop Working Off of an External Hard Drive
Stop Culling in Lightroom
Adjust Import Settings



10 Tips to Improve Lightroom Speed and Performance Without Additional Hardware


How to Use Lightroom CC Faster


Adobe updates Lightroom Classic and finally makes it faster


Lightroom Performance Tips

  1. SSDs
  2. Switching off Services
  3. Graphics Processing
  4. Camera Raw Cache
  5. XMP Changes
  6. Setting Preview Sizes
  7. Keeping 1:1 Previews
  8. Optimising Catalog
  9. Clearing History
  10. Preset Housekeeping
  11. Apply Bulk Presets quicker
  12. Histogram and Solo Mode
  13. Hiding Modules
  14. Culling outside of Lightroom
  15. 1:1 Previews
  16. Using Import Presets
  17. Apply Sharpening and Noise Reduction last







7 Tips for Making Lightroom Run Faster


30+ Outstanding Adobe Lightroom Tutorials & Tips




Optimize performance adobe lightroom
https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/optimize-performance-lightroom.html

Use optimal settings in Lightroom
Pause ‘Sync With Lightroom CC’ while making edits in Lightroom Classic
Keep standard-size previews as small as possible
Keep the catalog and preview cache in the same folder
Leave autowrite XMP turned off
Optimize the catalog
Increase the Camera Raw cache size
Spot Removal tool, local corrections, and History panel - don't use too much :o
Order of Develop operations
Avoid corrections that you don't need
Zoom options
Delete the Lightroom previews cache
Reduce the number of presets




How to Backup Your Lightroom Catalog

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How to Merge Lightroom Catalogs



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6 Ways to Organize Your Lightroom Folder Structure








Order of Develop operations

The best order of Develop operations to increase performance is as follows:

Spot healing. Geometry corrections, such as Lens Correction profiles and Manual corrections, including keystone corrections using the Vertical slider. Global non-detail corrections, such as Exposure and White Balance. These corrections can also be done first if desired. Local corrections, such as Gradient Filter and Adjustment Brush strokes. Detail corrections, such as Noise Reduction and Sharpening.

Note: Performing spot healing first improves the accuracy of the spot healing, and ensures the boundaries of the healed areas match the spot location.

source adobe:
https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/optimize-performance-lightroom.html







1. Use fastest drive for catalog, cache and current photos. Make new catalog for any new job, then proceed with these steps.

2. Render smart previews then CHANGE the name of photos folder [this is different from just checking that box mentioned in article], LR will render smaller files [from 24MPX, it makes about 2600x1700 px files, which are large enough for checking focus and noise etc].

3. Use import preset with camera specific ISO etc, your choice.

4. Import ONLY presets you will use, making LR caching 10000 or so presets is not good. [some people are preset hoarders], This speeds up LR a lot.

5. Make 1:1 previews of SMART previews [when they are detached from the folder], to have import preset, smart preview and 1:1 on start.

6. Flag pics that you will edit [cull], rather than doing black flag on non-chosen pics [morale thing, you reward yourself, you are more likely to edit with more 'oomph' //optional

7. After whole cull and edit, change the name back to have original files in LR, check sharpening and noise reduction, and export.

8. After job is exported to JPGs, export whole catalog with files onto a slower archive folder. Name it, so that you know which job was that.

9. New pictures? New catalog, and from 1 to 9 again, Starting on fastest drive with clean new empty catalog, import photos as instructed.

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That's my workflow, and I don't see how it could be any faster [culling maybe, but with smart previews it's ultra fast]. Hope this helps anyone, I can go into details if someone wants to learn more about my workflow. It works for superfast PCs and slow laptops, so far haven't seen it go any faster.

source:
https://fstoppers.com/originals/how-significantly-speed-lightroom-195082




Lightroom Exporting - Any ways to speed it up  or try demo and Switch to Capture One.
Much faster to export files





Hello, Lr Classic

I know from my experience on the KelbyOne Help Desk, as well as from various forums and conversations with other Lightroom users, that improving performance has been high on everyone’s wish list. Adobe has apparently taken this issue seriously and devoted most of its resources for this version to identifying various points in the workflow where speed can be improved. One of the first places you may notice an improvement is in launching the program, which should be more noticeable with larger catalogs. I’ve definitely noticed an improvement here.





www.lightroompresetshoppe.com/speed-up-your-lightroom-workflow-ultimate-guide/




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Friday, December 21, 2018

Migrant Mother - Florence Owens Thompson

Migrant Mother - Florence Owens Thompson




Florence Owens Thompson  -  1. září 1903 – 16. září 1983

Migrant Mother

Florence Owens Thompson was the subject of Dorothea Lange's famous photo Migrant Mother (1936

Library of Congress



While the image was being prepared for exhibit in 1941, the negative of the photo was retouched to remove Florence's thumb from the lower-right corner of the image...
source: wiki





Florence Owens Thompson
















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Friday, November 30, 2018

How I shot the LRRH Advertising Campaign

How I shot the LRRH Advertising Campaign








How I shot the LRRH Advertising Campaign

joao carlos photo


https://joaocarlosphoto.com/how-i-shot-the-lrrh-advertising-campaign/









Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Browser Color Management Guide

Browser Color Management Guide



3 Color Management Issues - Browser Color Management Guide | Firefox color profiles srgb web color



Complete Guide To Browser Color Management – Color Management Issues Explained




Firefox FF - about:config

Gfx.color management.mode
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Gfx.color_management.enabled

ICC color correction in Firefox
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/3.5/ICC_color_correction_in_Firefox


Web Browser Tester 
Is your web browser Color Managed?
https://chromachecker.com/info/en/page/webbrowser

http://www.colormunki.com/game/huetest_kiosk

http://html5test.com/index.html

browsers color profiles



How To Enable Color Management For Firefox
  1. Open a new tab in Firefox
  2. Type “about:config” into the URL field
  3. Access the Firefox config after the notice of warning.
  4. Filter for “color_management” in the search field.
  5. Change “gfx.color_management.enablev4” to the value “true”
  6. Change “gfx.color_management.mode” to the value “1” to enable color management for all tagged and untagged colors.
  7. Add the URL of your custom monitor profile as value for “gfx.color_management.display_profile”
  8. Restart Firefox for the changes to take effect.




















Gamut – Wikipedie
color space
icc

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Panorama Head

Panorama Head






Acratech Long Lens Head with Fixed Clamp











Monopod Tilt Head with 58mm Clamp for Camera Telephoto Long Lens Bird Watching




360°Panoramic 2-Way Pan/Tilt Tripod Head Quick Release Plate Sirui L10 RRS MH-02












360°Swivel Panoramic Tripod Monopod Tilt Head Telephoto Lens Quick Release Plate

Andoer M-12 Monopod Tilt Head Panoramic Head Telephoto Bird Watching






 Sirui L-20S 2-Way Pan/Tilt Head SUL20S














Shop Made Quick Change Toolpost - tool



Shop Made Quick Change Toolpost



Thread: Shop Made QC Tool Post

What is the most useful workshop tool that you have made

THE MAKING(English Version) (314)The Making of Steel Balls





























Samurai Bow (Ancient Japan Documentary) | Timeline

Longbow vs. Horsebow - Archery Comparison    speed test

Building a Viking House with Hand Tools: A Bushcraft Project (PART 1)















tripod



Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Lightroom 7 - Classic CC

Lightroom 7 - Classic CC




Best photo editing software review comparison - RAW Converters Comparison


April Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw Releases: New Profiles and More



    3rd Party Profiles

    We’ve worked with a large number of 3rd party preset makers to help them create profiles, and a number of them have made sets available already. If you’re interested in exploring ways of expanding the range of Creative profile options, be sure to check out one of the companies below...

    Brian Matiash
  • Contrastly
  • DVLOP
  • Jared Platt
  • Matt Kloskowski
  • Nicolesy
  • Prolost
  • RNI


Matiash  free adobe LR 7 profiles

The Artist Profile SAMPLE Collection for Lightroom and ACR



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FREE LIGHTROOM CREATIVE PROFILES PRESET PACK

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photoshop lightroom classic



... new feature in Lightroom Classic CC, our desktop-optimized photo app, Lightroom CC, our cloud-based photo service, and Adobe Camera Raw: a massive update to the Camera Profiles feature, now known simply as Profiles. We’ve also got even more updates in Lightroom Classic CC, Lightroom CC Desktop, Lightroom CC iOS, and Lightroom CC Android/ChromeOS ...

source adobe














 standard vs vivid

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

JPG compresion vs JPEGmini

JPG compresion vs JPEGmini



JPEGmini.com

JPEGmini - Reduce file size, not quality




Jpeg - džeiˈpeg
https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG


As the title would suggest, Google has released a new open source JPEG encoder called Guetzli that uses a new open source algorithm to create JPEG files that are “35% smaller than currently available methods” (though if you dig a bit you’ll find they actually say it’s more typically 20-30%). That’s according to Google’s own literature from their Research Blog, and that’s a significant claim if for no other reason than there exits JPEGmini ...



JPEG XS | The File Format Of The Future


Technical explanation of JPG Image Format



12-bit file depth  -    4,000 different tones for each color channel
14-bit file depth  -  16,000 different tones for each color channel
16-bit file depth



JPEGmini Plugin for Capture One 12





What's the difference between 16-Bit vs 8-bit?


Tutorial - How (And Why) To Make 16 bit Saturation Masks in Photoshop



Using Channel Mixer for Color Grading in Photoshop  bw

colors
The Most Natural Way to Increase Saturation and Enhance Color in Photoshop



DOWNLOAD THE PRESET: PiXimperfect
     


capture one

#MingCai #CaptureOne
Tutorials An EASY Way to Achieve DeHaze Effect in Capture One 11 | Capture One Tutorials

#dodge #dodgeandburn #captureonepro
Quick Dodge and Burn Trick for Capture One Pro






8-bit Use a 16-bit Workflow to Maximize Image Quality   65563








SHOOT IN RAW? EDIT IN 16 BIT MODE? SEE IT ALL HERE!
| Check out my short video breakdown that will help you understand the differences between 8bit and 16bit images and editing in Photoshop ...



Why You Should Never Upload Your Images to Unsplash






Capture One + Affinity Photo = Powerful Workflow









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Monday, October 1, 2018

Nikon 50mm 1.4 af d repair

Nikon 50mm 1.4 af d repair 





Working with the aperture blades in AF NIKKOR 50mm 1:1.4 D





AF NIKKOR 50mm 1:1.4D Desmontando encaixe





Nikon Nikkor 50 mm 1.8 Series-e : Repair - Part I



Nikon Nikkor 50 mm 1.8 Series-e : Repair - Part II













Oil on the aperture blades in AF Nikkor 35mm 1:2







Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm 1.4G repairing and dissasembly, Part 1







A full review of the Nikon 50mm 1.8D vs 1.8G and 1.4D vs 1.4G





















Start Shaping Colors with a Secret Code in Photoshop!







Why Chinese Manufacturing Wins



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhen





Medium format cameras- a buyers guide

Medium format cameras- a buyers guide





Medium format cameras- a buyers guide: Part 2


Hasselblad vs Mamiya RZ67 (6×6 vs 6×7 Cameras)















hasselblad 503 vs mamiya rz67

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Do NOT Buy The GoPro 6

Do NOT Buy The GoPro 6



iPhone XS  vs Huawei P20 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus



Minimalist Travel Camera Essentials | Ultimate Travel Vlog Gear Review



Do NOT Buy The GoPro 6! (GoPro Hero 6 vs 5)




How To Make a TRAVEL VIDEO - 10 Tips you need to know






Ultralight Travel Packing List: 10 Countries, One 7kg Bag














iPhone XS Max VS Huawei P20 Pro

iPhone XS vs. XR vs. XS Max: iPhone buying guide for 2018