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Lightroom 4 Beta Available for Download – I Create Content #53

by A.J. Wood January 10, 2012 Adobe

Early this morning Adobe posted the Lightroom 4 public beta on Adobe Labs. If you’ve caught the buzz, this is a significant update not only adding new features, but once again improving a tremendous product. The HOT TOPIC is soft proofing, and there’s plenty to see with Maps, Books, base level video editing, and improvements [...]

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REVIEW: Cyberlink PhotoDirector 2011 vs Adobe Lightroom 3

by A.J. Wood July 4, 2011 Adobe

Last month over 75,000 people participated in the beta program for Cyberlink’s new photo editing tool PhotoDirector 2011. I had the opportunity to take a look at the program, and compare it to existing programs, i.e., Adobe Lightroom 3 & Apple Aperture 3. Many initial reviews have compared PhotoDirector to Lightroom, and you cannot deny [...]

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Adobe Releases Creative Suite 5.5 Update

by A.J. Wood April 11, 2011 Adobe

By now you’ve heard the news, Adobe released the Creative Suite 5.5 upgrade today. Yes, I said, “upgrade” as this is a paid release, not to be confused with an “update” typical of dot releases. While early buzz is a mixture of excitement and complaints, what people should focus on is Adobe’s commitment to staying [...]

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Retouch a photo using Adobe Lightroom 3 – Part 1

by A.J. Wood November 30, 2010 Tutorials

After losing my voice for a few weeks, I’m back with another Tip Tuesday episode. Today I have Part 1 in our Portrait Retouching series using Lightroom. I’ll start off with some of the basic tonal corrections to get us going. Enjoy the video!

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Lightroom 3 – High-speed Retouching Demonstration

by A.J. Wood November 9, 2010 Tutorials

Before I get into today’s video tip, don’t forget the NAPP Giveaway contest starts today. Now it’s time for another high-speed retouching demonstration. Today, at a subscriber’s request I’m using Lightroom exclusively for this retouch. While it’s not a replacement for Photoshop, there are a number of adjustments that can be done without bringing in [...]

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Tip Tuesday – 09/28/2010

by A.J. Wood September 28, 2010 Tutorials

Greeeeeeeeeetings & Salutaaaaaaations!!! Well, I’m mostly recovered and I managed to get a recording done for everyone. Today we’re looking at Clipping Masks, and how they are different from Layer Masks.

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Tip Tuesday – 09/07/2010

by A.J. Wood September 7, 2010 Tutorials

Welcome to another Tip Tuesday video. We kickoff part 2 in our “Fix a Tiger Photo” series, this time demonstrating how to extract the tiger for a better composite image. Check it out:

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Join TipSquirrel.com for the Lightroom 3 Series

by A.J. Wood September 6, 2010 Adobe

If you aren’t a regular reader over at TipSquirrel.com this is a good week to start. Today Tipsy kicks off the Lightroom 3 series which will run the next two weeks. This is your opportunity to win great prizes, view tutorials, read the latest tips, and did I mention win prizes? As an added bonus [...]

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