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Scanning 101: Part 1 – Configuring Your Scan Software and Using DNG

Hey all, today marks the first in an on-going series on LifeInDigitalFilm focusing on the art and science of scanning film. Unlike most scanning resources on the web, I am going to focus on scanning for a RAW workflow, targeting Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw in particular. Today is a short introductory piece, but for [ READ MORE ]

Backyard Bargains – Film Gear at Yard Sales and Flea Markets

Before I get into today’s divergence from the norm I would like to take a moment to remind you to sign up for the X-Equals+Digest. Twice a month Brandon along with myself compile a collection of great links, news, tip and tricks for your consumption. If you need more to convince you, each issue comes [ READ MORE ]

Tutorial: Presets, In Depth – Part 3: Updating, Modifying and Combining Presets in Lightroom

In a departure from the past few articles, today I am going to focus strictly on Lightroom today. The manipulations of the preset files can be accomplished in ACR as well, but for clarity’s sake I am going to focus on Lightroom. I will address ACR at a later date, or if you need help [ READ MORE ]

Tutorial: Presets, In Depth – Part 2: Creating Presets (and designing them to play together nicely)

Alright, sorry for the delay, but making money takes precedence over the blog, and I am sure my clients see it the same way. But anyways, let’s continue our exploration of Lightroom and ACR presets. Today we will discuss the methods by which you can create presets for Lightroom 2 and ACR. I am [ READ MORE ]

Tutorial: Presets, In Depth – Part One: Installing and Reading Presets

Again, apologies to my regular visitors, and all of you who already know the information I am about to regurgitate. There will be a new preset release soon, as in tomorrow, so please bear with me. If you are new to Lightroom, then go ahead and read on. Okay, so you just downloaded some [ READ MORE ]

Tutorial: Presets, In Depth – Introduction

Right off the bat, I would like to apologize for the following posts. Many of you will already know everything I am going to get into with this article (and the next part in the series). I have always assumed that if someone found my blog and presets that they already knew quite a bit [ READ MORE ]

Random Items: ACR presets and Customizing LIDF Presets for Your Needs

So lately I have been fielding some questions via e-mail and reading some great criticism on other blogs. All in all, I feel the response to my presets has been amazing, but in the interest of always improving, I want to say a few thing that may help clear up some common issues. Issue 1: [ READ MORE ]

Tutorial: Monochrome Magic in Lightroom (ACR too!)

Small Stroll 2, originally uploaded by GrayImaging. Okay, so as you can tell, I enjoy my black and white photography. The majority of my presets were B&W at first. To that extent I have spent quite some time making monochrome images in Lightroom. So now I will share what I have learned. [ READ MORE ]

Tutorial: Snapshots (The Lightroom Version Control System)

When I shot a wedding about six months ago, I came to the startling realization that I had some major flaws in my photographic workflow. It was my first job of significant size, about 2000 images shot during the day. When I brought it into Lightroom, it was not too bad; I went [ READ MORE ]

Tutorial: How to convert LR presets to ACR

[This article has been rewritten and published at x=blog 01192009] I recently stumbled upon a method by which you can import Lightroom develop presets into Adobe Camera RAW for use with Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. I’m sure someone has written this up before, but I have never seen it, as I discovered this by chance. In [ READ MORE ]