Doug - thanks so much for posting! Your tutorials are awesome and everyone should own the dvd, imho
Alcina - glad you enjoyed the Radial Filter / Healing Brush video. There's some interesting, fun things you can do with some of the new technology and tools inside Lightroom 5 these days!
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I just started using Lightroom 5 and am having trouble removing backscatter easily. Is there an easy and fast way to do this in Lightroom or do I have to use Photoshop?
Hi Hatul,
Lightrooms Spot Removal tool (also called the Advanced Healing Brush) is designed for removing sensor dust and cleaning up spots of dirt on your lens, but you can certainly use it for backscatter too.
Lightroom 5 has added a new feature to the tool called Visualize Spots, which when active, turns your photo into a temporary black and white mask to help make locating and removing backscatter easier than ever.
One word of advice/caution: Remember, the tool was originally designed for removing sensor dust, meaning just a small amount of cleanup circles. If your image has tons of backscatter you want removed, Lightroom will do the job, but the program will most likely slow down significantly, (sometimes to a crawl) if the number of corrections you make goes above 30 or so based on my personal experience. For challenging edits like heavy backscatter, Photoshops cleanup tools may offer a better solution if a bogged down edit session bothers you.
On a side note, if you have both Lightroom and Photoshop, you can integrate them so your cleanup workflow gets the best from both applications.
Hope this helps!
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Shouldn't this be in the classifieds area, I know the sneak peek is free, but he is essentially selling LR tutorials.
Bill
bvanant - Thanks for the reply. If you use Lightroom I hope you had a chance to watch the
Healing Brush / Radial Filter clip - there's some really cool tips inside I know you won't find anywhere else. Yes, it's true I sell all sorts of tutorials for
Lightroom and
Photoshop but I also try to provide plenty of free in-depth tutorials both in video and written formats. You'll find links to them here on ScubaBoard as well as other diving forums and of course my
website.
When I release a new product I normally place those notices in either the Classified section or the section for Scuba Industry News with the help from the Admins. The tutorials however, are better placed here, under Tips and Techniques where they'll have the most targeted exposure towards the people who benefit most from them - underwater photographers. And, on the occasions when I do directly mention any of my
current offerings in the forum (which is rare by the way) I do so in the Classifieds where they belong.
Often, I'll put up tutorials in a written format like this
one that explains in great detail how to use
Lightroom's Local Editing Tools. Or this
one, that explains a Photoshop technique on
quickly removing a color cast. But sometimes, it's just easier to watch a video clip rather than reading about the retouching process - for in-depth edits, a visual approach almost always carries more impact, and helps the reader better grasp the concept IMHO. These tutorials also link to my site so viewers can read the techniques I talk about in a nice layout that is easy to follow.
I'll be posting more tutorials for everyone to enjoy (both for Lightroom and Photoshop) in the upcoming months and hope you'll gain some valuable editing knowledge from them.
But I'll leave you with
one last tutorial here that I posted a while back on ScubaBoard. It highlights many advanced uses for Photoshop's retouching tools when using the Clone Source panel. There are some fantastic tips in this article even for seasoned pros!
Bill - I like the
nudis you have on your site, so I figured you might get a kick out of the tutorial above. I made the lessons during a workshop in Lembeh when someone asked about repairing a destroyed nudibranch. I hope you like it!
Happy Holidays everyone!
Doug