Review Digital Camera World 06-22-2013

Digital Camera World

Adobe Lightroom Presets: how to make your photos stand out AND save time Jun 21st 2013, 23:01 In our latest Adobe Lightroom tutorial we show you how to work more efficiently by using Adobe Lightroom presets, which you can use to create a range of punchy special effects. Do you find yourself making the same edits and applying the same settings over and over to your photographs? If so, the chances are you can cut down your screen time dramatically by making use of Adobe Lightroom Presets. Adobe Lightroom presets are simply saved settings from one image that can then be used on any other image. They're great timesavers, and the way Lightroom is set up makes them easy to master. You can create, manage and apply presets via the Preset Panel in the Develop Module. What's more, you can also apply them through the Library Module's Quick Develop panel, and even when you first import your images. In fact, Adobe Lightroom presets are so easy to get to grips with and apply, that once you've made a particular effect or treated your image in a way that you like, there really is no need to ever make the effect from scratch again. You can simply make a new preset and then apply it forever after with a single click. Camera profile preset In this tutorial we're going to show you how to make two useful Adobe Lightroom presets. One of the most effective (and little known) ways to give your images a different look is by using the Profile options in the Camera Calibration Panel. By default this is set to 'Adobe Standard', but often this isn't the best choice. So we'll show you how to make an Adobe Lightroom preset that will change the profile, and then explain how to apply it during import so that your images immediately look better. Once we've done this, we are going to convert the image to black and white and then add a punchy split-tone effect, and of course show you how to save another handy Lightroom preset for this. How to make and use Adobe Lightroom presets 01 Change the profile Open Lightroom then go to the Library Module and click Import. Navigate to your start image and check the box next to it, then click Import. Next go to the Develop Module and find the Camera Calibration Panel on the right. Experiment with the Profile options – we've gone for Camera Neutral.   02 Make a preset Now go to the Preset Panel on the left and click the plus sign which will make a new preset. Click Check None and then check Calibration. Give your new preset a name and then hit Create. Now that our calibration preset is made we can apply it to other images during Import.   03 Apply during Import Go back to Lightroom's Library Module, hit Import and then navigate to presets_before02.CR2. Select the image and then go to the Apply During Import box on the right. Next open Develop settings, choose your newly made calibration preset (find it in User Presets), and then hit Import.   04 Make basic tweaks Go to the Develop Module then grab the Crop tool and crop in tighter to remove the messy edge. Next go to the Basic Panel and use the sliders to improve the tones. Input the following setttings: Temp 5000, Tint +5, Exposure +0.90, Contrast +20, Highlights +16, Shadows +7, Blacks -11 and Clarity +4.   05 Convert to mono Now we are going to convert the image to black and white, so go to the HSL/Color/B&W Panel and click B&W. Click the little target tool to the left of the panel and then click and drag this upwards over the skin which will lift the tones slightly. Next go to the Tone Curve and plot a shallow S-shape to add contrast.   06 Add a split tone For our split tone effect, go to the Split Toning Panel and set Highlights Hue 60, Saturation 20, Shadows Hue 241, Saturation 30. Finally click the plus sign again to make a new preset. Name it Punchy Yellow/Blue, check only Tone curve, Black and White and Split Toning, then hit Create. READ MORE Photoshop CC: the 10 most important features in Adobe’s new software Adobe Lightroom: what every photographer needs to know about the ‘alternative Photoshop’ 34 Photoshop effects every photographer must try once 101 Photoshop tips you really have to know Best Photo Editing Software? 6 budget alternatives to Photoshop tested and rate Guest Post: 11 Magnum photographers who changed the world Jun 21st 2013, 23:01 In their latest guest post, our friends at the photo management blog Photoventure pay tribute to eleven Magnum photographers who, often putting life and limb on the line, have done no less than change the world with the images they have taken. 1. Henri Cartier-Bresson Nationality: French Quote: "To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It's a way of life." Together with Robert Capa, George Rodger, David 'Chim' Seymour and William Vandivert, Cartier-Bresson founded Magnum Photos. But his other great contribution to photography was to coin the term 'The Decisive Moment'; a concept that has had a profound influence on street and reportage photography ever since. As such, Cartier-Bresson is widely considered to be the father of modern photojournalism. In an interview with Washington Post in 1957, he described the notion of the decisive moment: "Photography is not like a painting. There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture. Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the camera. That is the moment the photographer is creative. Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever."   2. Robert Capa Nationality: Hungarian Quote: "If your photographs aren't good enough, you're not close enough." Robert Capa was a co-founder of Magnum Photos and is celebrated as having redefined wartime photojournalism. Perhaps his most notable contribution to photography – and to the world – was to photograph D-Day as the American troops landed on Omaha Beach. Tragically, however, only 11 of his 106 images survived a photo lab accident back in London. These few pictures became the images that told the story of D-Day, and went on to influence Steven Spielberg when directing the blockbuster Saving Private Ryan. PAGE 1: Magnum photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson & Robert Capa PAGE 2: Magnum photographers Steve McCurry & Stuart Franklin PAGE 3: Magnum photographers George Rodger & W. Eugene Smith PAGE 4: Magnum photographers Dennis Stock & Martin Parr PAGE 5: Magnum photographers Philip Jones Griffiths & Philippe Halsman PAGE 6: Magnum photographer Josef Koudelka READ MORE Famous Photographers: 100 things we wish we knew starting out 10 things photographers can do to stop wasting pictures 15 common photography questions from beginners (and how to solve them) 44 essential digital camera tips and tricks Digital Camera issue 140 now on sale! Jun 21st 2013, 14:19 Issue 140 of Digital Camera, Britain’s best-selling photography magazine, goes on sale today. This month, our main feature tells you everything you need to know about taking superb black and white shots this summer. After all, mono doesn’t just look good during the winter. Our masterclass delves into ramping up the drama in shots, creating stunning infrared images as well as adding impact with editing software plus much more. Elsewhere in the issue, check out our guide to taking great coastal shots and understanding the essentials of depth of field. Our reviews section is as packed as ever – we’ve put the world’s tiniest DSLR, the Canon EOS 100D, through its paces, plus we’ve tested out the superb Canon EOS 700D. If you’re after a full-frame DSLR lens that won’t break the bank, then make sure you take a look at our exhaustive group test of eight possible purchases. And as if that wasn’t enough to get your teeth into, we’ve also conjured up FOUR great free gifts for what amounts to our best collection ever! There’s a fully working version of raw editing suite Capture One Express 6 plus a handy foldout guide to composition. Get the best out of your summer holidays this year with our mini-mag on travel photography and be sure to watch our packed video disc with all-new camera techniques plus Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom tutorials. Pick up Issue 140 now and discover why we’re Britain’s best! READ MORE Full-frame sensor size explained: how to exploit its advantages and cool effects 10 common camera mistakes every photographer makes 49 seriously good Canon DSLR tips, tricks, shortcuts and time savers Samsung Galaxy NX camera preview Jun 21st 2013, 09:28 Our testing team takes a look at the Samsung Galaxy NX features and what it offers photographers in their preview video of this new Samsung Android camera. The Samsung Galaxy NX has finally been unveiled in all its Android 4.2 Jelly Bean-powered glory, and our testing team has had a first look at the new Samsung camera. Samsung was one of the first manufacturers to launch a compact system camera, unveiling the first device fitted with an APS-C sized sensor back in 2010 with the original Samsung NX10. Since then, several iterations of the NX brand have been unveiled, while the rest of the manufacturers now have at least one CSC in their arsenal. The Samsung Galaxy NX combines a number of the advanced features found in Samsung’s NX camera range – in particular, a 20.3-megapixel APS-C size sensor and the Android Jelly Bean OS. The Samsung Galaxy NX is the world’s first interchangeable lens camera to feature Android… but for how long? In this exclusive preview video, Ali Jennings of our testing team takes a look at some of the Samsung NX key features and what they offer photographers. Samsung Galaxy NX Preview Transcript Of course the key feature that everybody’s talking about with the Galaxy NX is its connectivity options. It’s the world’s first interchangeable lens camera to be 4G LTE enabled, and it’s also got built-in Wi-Fi and GPS. It runs the Android Jelly Bean operating system which means that you can install a huge amount of different apps to use directly from the camera, including email, social networking and photo editing, such as Instagram. We’ve seen a few cameras equipped with Android now, but this is the first time a camera with a large APS-C sized sensor and interchangeable lenses has come with the operating system. The Galaxy NX features a 20.3 million-pixel APS-C sized sensor, which is also joined by a DRIMe IV image processor, which Samsung says should deliver speed and accuracy. Samsung has incorporated the same hybrid autofocusing system as we’ve seen previously on other NX system cameras, while it’s also capable of a maximum shutter speed of an impressive 1/6000 second. Probably the biggest thing anybody will notice about the Galaxy NX is its huge 4.8 inch touchscreen. This takes up the entire back of the camera, and as such there are no physical buttons on the back, with just a few on top of the camera. This screen is very responsive and easy to use, and while touchscreens aren’t to everybody’s tastes, it doesn’t take long before the lack of physical buttons becomes less of a problem than you might imagine. A scrolling dial on top of the camera can be used to change the shooting mode, while you can also use it in conjunction with the touchscreen to make changes to settings such as aperture or shutter speed, depending on the mode you’re in. Designed for both enthusiast and beginner photographers, the Galaxy NX has a range of fun features on board, including Multi Exposure mode, Animated Photo and Sound & Shot mode. There’s a fair few lenses now available for the NX range, with many of them featuring the innovative iFunction capability, allowing you to make changes to key settings, such as aperture, directly from the lens itself. For more on this camera, see our Hands-on Samsung Galaxy NX Review over on our sister site TechRadar. READ MORE 13 best free Android photo apps 13 best Android paid apps for photographers The world’s most unique cameras you never knew existed 16 new cameras we’d like to see in 2013

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