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It doesn't look like Patagonia is going to work out for
me next year (I was scheduled to go along as an
assistant). Rising costs and whatnot. I understand
that there are still three spaces available though, and I
can tell you, the trip is great. Plus you'll be with two of
the top landscape photographers in the world in David
Muench and Jack Dykinga. I've worked with both of
these guys. They're both great and this is a unique
opportunity to learn from both of them.
But that's not what this post is about. The really big
super duper news is that Don Mammoser and I
have
added a new workshop to our offerings: Arches
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When you go to print a photo or convert a color space
in Photoshop, you see plenty of options. One of those
options is Rendering Intent. What does that mean?
You can read the Photoshop Help file and it will tell
you what each Rendering Intent does. But the
descriptions don't really help you when it comes to
choosing which one to use.
A recent article in Lexjet's In Focus e-newsletter makes Rendering Intent clear. It tells you what each Intent does and under what circumstances you'd want to use one over another. For instance, if you have a picture with lots of pastel colors that blend from one to another (think of those early morning shots with reds, pinks, blues and purples in the clouds), you'll probably want to use Perceptual as your Rendering Intent.
Finally, it makes sense! |
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Last month I mentioned a new tool from Adobe, the
DNG Profile Editor. Well, I finally got around to
photographing the GretagMacBeth color chart
I bought so long ago--
Anyway, after photographing the chart I converted the
image to dng and then opened it in the DNG Profile
Editor. Click on the Chart tab and click on Create Color
Table. This happens instantaneously, which is great
when you compare it to the Chromoholics
and Rags
scripts, which can take a couple of hours. You can
then output the results as a camera profile, which will
be available in Adobe Camera Raw. You can then set
this profile to be the default for your camera.
I can report that using the color chart and the DNG
Profile Editor, and then comparing the results on my
calibrated monitor to the actual chart in my hand, the
profile created with the Profile Editor resulted in more
accurate colors than the default ACR profile.
So is this worth doing? I don't know. It depends on the
kind of photography you do. Most of us will process
our images so that they look good to us, not
necessarily so that the colors will be perfectly
accurate. But still, it's nice to know that you have an
accurate start on things. |
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Today is our dog Bailey's third birthday. I bought a nice
bottle of Pinot Noir for her but it turns out she prefers
the more robust Chateau de Mudpuddle (It
does pair well with her liver treats). Guess I'll
have to drink the wine myself. Darn.
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If you're new to the newsletter and want to see what
you've missed, or you've simply missed any
newsletters,
I've got an archive page of past newsletters (well,
most of them anyway). Click here to go to the Archives Page.
That's all for now. Enjoy the start of football season (my poor Seahawks) |
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