My article was originally posted on TipSquirrel, February 23, 2010. I’ve updated the information to reflect the latest Adobe products. It may come as a shock, but with the pending releases of Lightroom 3 and CS5 currently on the brain, folks still have time to debate whether to use Lightroom or Adobe Bridge. Really? This [...]
RAW vs JPEG – Practical Use for Designers & Photographers
August 2, 2010 By 13 Comments
Last week Firgs opened up her Designer Roundtable discussion with the topic RAW vs JPEG and whether it matters to designers. I responded in the comments that designers could simply use the JPEG provided to them or take advantage of what RAW has to offer for more creative post-processing. She followed up with a question [...]
Photoshop – Sizing Images
January 16, 2010 By 2 Comments
As originally posted on Tip Squirrel July 2009. I’m not one to mince words, so let’s jump right into this morning’s lesson. We’re going to discuss Image Sizing. Often overlooked, sometimes confusing, easily dismissed, but oh so important. First thing is to get to the Image Size command: Press CMD+OPT+I (CTRL+ALT+I) to open the Image [...]
Set It Right In Camera with Photojojo’s White Balance Lens Cap
September 3, 2009 By 5 Comments
It’s a question that comes up often in my Lightroom & Photoshop classes – what’s the best way to white balance my images? In the world of post-processing there are a number of answers to that question. Photoshop has Levels & Curves, Layers & Filters, you can click with eyedroppers or use the new On-Image-Adjustment [...]
Effective Use of Lightroom Identity Plates
April 16, 2009 By 1 Comment
Which Lightroom Catalog is it? Identity Plates in Lightroom allow you to quickly recognize which catalog you are working in. If you live in multiple catalogs this can be extremely useful. (And if you use Lightroom to present images to your clients, the added branding always helps)
The Award for Worst Adobe Keyboard Shortcut
February 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Hola dear readers! How are you today? Maybe it’s the classes I’m teaching today (Dreamweaver then Lightroom), but I’ve got keyboard shortcuts on the brain. Here are some quick observations: 1. Why are the Preferences in Dreamweaver activated by CMD+U (CTRL+U) and not CMD+K (CTRL+K)? Was Dreamweaver Uninvited to the preferences party by InDesign, Photoshop [...]
InDesign Preference Issues
July 29, 2008 By Leave a Comment
“The great thing about InDesign is that preferences live with the document.” “The worst thing about InDesign is that preferences live with the document.” Top on my wish list for updates to InDesign would be a “Reset to Default” option for preferences. If you weren’t aware, preferences for InDesign reside within the created document. This [...]
