Grüetzi Galera!
On this Tuesday Photo CHat we had the CHance to CHat about some of the latest and shiniest news in the Photo World and a lot more. Most importantly, it was another great opportunity to meet (virtualy!) other like-minded people and keep our creative juices flowing.
On the agenda this time:
- 0:09 – Planning the next activities: Photowalks, Camera Gear Flea Market.
- 13:10 – Online Knowledge Resources.
- 13:33 – Magnum Quarantine Talks.
- 15:19 – Hasselblad Webinar – Tom Oldham.
- 16:06 – Free Learning from CreativeLive (affiliate link – cheers!).
- 16:47 – News: CaptureOne releases discounted Nikon version.
- 22:26 – Edit My Photo
- 39:46 – Colour Mask on Photoshop and Lightroom
- 58:09 – Photo CHallenge #4
- 1:02:43 – Next meetings and activities
We meet weekly at 19:00 CEST to our Tuesday Photo CHats, you can see/download the PDF presented during the meeting and watch the full recording on Facebook and Youtube (on Youtube there are links to each specific section of the video). Everything written below is in full detail in the recordings.
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Video Recording of the Meeting
Shortcuts to each section of the video
- 0:17 Photowalk news
- 03:05 FREE Online Knowledge
- 03:14 Ted Forbes – CaptureOne New Features
- 04:34 Unmesh – All Blend Modes explained
- 06:08 Unmesh – apply textures with realistic perspectives
- 07:13 Free Classes at CreativeLive (bit.ly/2TnlDgq – affiliate)
- 08:26 Recap from the latest tutorials and links to them
- 09:38 Topaz Labs Software Suite: it can assist you by using AI and Machine Learning to fix noise on crazy high ISO photos, remove camera shake and motion blur to some extent, mask difficult selections and much more. You can grab a 15% discount with the code: http://topazlabs.refr.cc/cesarm1
- 16:09 Topaz Labs – Sharpen AI
- 24:00 Topaz Labs – Mask AI
- 38:26 Topaz Labs – DeNoise
- 52:55 Studio Simulator teaser
- 59:58 Photo CHallenge #4
- 1:03:59 Next Activities
The Main Topics
Post-Lockdown
The first post-pandemic photowalk will happen in June, all details will be on the #Meetup group and on Facebook.
Free Knowledge
Ted Forbes is a long time poscaster who I’ve followed since forever. He knows and shares oodles of goodies, the latest being a concise explanation of some new features from CaptureOne.
The phenomenal Unmesh is one of my favourite photoshop gurus. This time he brings two great tutorials:
CreativeLive has these classes for FREE this week:
That is an affiliate link to Creativelive. If you purchase from them using it, you will pay the same and a couple of cents will help this blog, that’s much appreciated!
Techie Photo Bits
Quick Recap
In the previous sessions we discussed:
- New Features on CaptureOne by Daniel Tscharner
- Automatic Tagging Software by Ed Lejnse
- Luminosity Mask by Jan Aidel
- Colour Mask
- How to post on Instagram from a computer
- And loads of online knowledge ready to be consumed
Topaz Labs Software
Topaz Labs has an amazing set of applications that use AI and Computer Learning to improve photos without quality loss. From eliminating ISO noise to recovering out-of-focus images, the power of AI comes to the rescue (and actually saved one job when I didn’t notice I bumped on the speed wheel and used a slow shutter speed for some time). I go into many details from each app in the video, the summary is:
- The ones I love are: Sharpen, Denoise and Video
- I have a love-hate relation with Mask AI and Gigapixel
- My style and workflow don’t care about: JPEG to RAW, Adjust AI
When I bought the bundles I own I got a discount link that allows you to get 15% off. Feel free to test the apps for free and save money with the link!
Studio Simulator
Our dear Ed Lejnse will share with us his experience with a stutio simulator during the next meeting.
Photo CHallenge
Installment #4 is on and waiting for your photos, upload them and see the gallery here.
The next CHallenge will be a little different and held in our Facebook Group.
Don’t miss next week’s virtual meeting
Do you have something to suggest for our discussions? Please shoot me a message and we will make that happen.
Thanks to all who participated, I always finish our CHats with new energy and ideas!
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