Tim and Renee chat about today's full-day workflow seminar for photographers in Bedford, MA (near Boston), as well as a bonus question from Renee about why Lightroom isn't referred to as a "CC" product even though it is available as part of a Creative Cloud subscription. They then discuss the questions and answers from the Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter for March 31 to April 4, 2014. This includes questions about whether it is possible to split up the files Lightroom uses to track information about your photos, renaming photos that have had "-Edit" added to the filename more than once by Lightroom, why photos appear sharper in the Develop module than they do in the Library module in Lightroom, how to calibrate a monitor, and when to convert from 16-bit to 8-bit per channel modes.

Links from this Episode:

Pixology Magazine:
http://pixologymag.com/

X-Rite ColorMunki Display:
http://amzn.to/LxV4Zl

“Mastering Lightroom” Workshop at Maine Media Workshops:
http://www.mainemedia.edu/workshops/photography/mastering-lightroom

Tim and Renee chat about scanning slides in a digital world, both from the standpoint of nostalgia and in terms of image quality. They then discuss the questions and answers from the Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter for March 24-28, 2014. This includes questions about the lack of network support in Lightroom, converting the color space for images being saved as JPEGs, getting a larger text preview in Photoshop, black and white in the context of RAW capture, and color management for digital cameras.

Links from this Episode:

Boston-Area Full-Day Workflow Seminar:
https://timgreyinbedfordma.eventbrite.com

GreyLeaning Video Training Library:
http://greylearning.com/

X-Rite ColorChecker Passport:
http://amzn.to/NSk1nf

Tim and Renee discuss a story about Adobe's stock price going up while earnings are down, and what that unusual bit of data might mean. They then discuss the questions and answers from the Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter for March 17-21, 2014. This includes questions about adjustment order in Lightroom, which drive to put your Lightroom catalog on, how to apply adjustments based on luminance in a photo using Photoshop, whether it is safe to delete the preview file in Lightroom, and the issue of pixel dimensions versus file size when saving a photo as a JPEG.

Links from this Episode:

Boston-Area Seminar on Workflow for Photographers:
https://timgreyinbedfordma.eventbrite.com/

The Economist Article on Adobe Creative Cloud:
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21599370-adobes-bold-embrace-computing-cloud-should-inspire-others-super-subs

Lightroom Workshop at Maine Media Workshops:
http://www.mainemedia.edu/workshops/photography/mastering-lightroom

Getty has made an announcement regarding a new option to embed images from the Getty library for free, with a few limitations. Tim and Renee discuss some of the potential impact this announcement will have on photographers and the photography industry, before discussing the questions from the Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter for the week of March 10-14, 2014. This includes questions about digital media card speed, a monitor display problem, sort order after working in Adobe Bridge, the Lightroom catalog and XMP files, and color spaces.

Links from this Episode:

PDN Article: “Getty's Free Image Program: New Revenue Model, or a Surrender to Copyright Infringement?”:
http://www.pdnonline.com/news/Gettys-Free-Image-P-10446.shtml

PDN Article: “ASMP to Getty Photographers: Time to Bail”
http://www.pdnonline.com/news/ASMP-to-Getty-Photog-2608.shtml

Boston-Area Seminar on Workflow for Photographers:
https://timgreyinbedfordma.eventbrite.com/

Lightroom Workshop at Maine Media Workshops:
http://www.mainemedia.edu/workshops/photography/mastering-lightroom

Tim and Renee discuss the Gigapan image captured from atop 1 World Trade Center in New York City, and published by Time magazine. They then discuss the questions and answers from the Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter for the week of March 3-7, 2014. This includes questions about removing metadata for photo contests, getting a smooth stroke with the Brush tool in Photoshop, whether a polarizing filter is necessary anymore, adding a rain effect to a digital photo, and cropping multiple images to the same size and aspect ratio.

Links from this Episode:

Time Magazine Gigapan of 1 World Trade Center:
http://time.com/world-trade-center/

The Making of Time Magazine Gigapan of 1 World Trade Center:
http://time.com/10672/making-the-world-trade-center-panorama/

GreyLearning:
http://greylearning.com/

Boston-Area Photography Workflow Seminar:
https://timgreyinbedfordma.eventbrite.com/

Mastering Lightroom at Maine Media Workshops:
http://www.mainemedia.edu/workshops/photography/mastering-lightroom

Tim and Renee discuss the notion of adding cellular capabilities to digital SLRs, as something of a follow-up to last week's discussion of mobile phones seemingly replacing the compact camera market. They then discuss the questions and answers from the Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter for the week of February 24-28, 2014. This includes questions about converting to 8-bit per channel mode after finalizing images in order to reduce storage capacity needs, the benefits of 16-bit per channel mode, converting to sRGB for sharing images online, a gauge for proper viewing angle on a laptop, and a flat folder structure for image management.

Links from this Episode:

GreyLearning Website:
http://greylearning.com/

Acratech Viewing Angle Gauge:
http://amzn.to/1ftoQ3K

X-Rite ColorMunki Display:
http://amzn.to/LxV4Zl

Workshop at Maine Media Workshops:
http://www.mainemedia.edu/workshops/photography/mastering-lightroom

Tim and Renee discuss the decline in sales of compact cameras, and what it means for photography. They then discuss the questions and answers from the Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter for the week of February 17-21, 2014. This includes questions about backing up a catalog and images in Lightroom, editing and deleting watermark presets in Lightroom, preparing images for submission to competitions, preparing an image for a 2.5-inch frame, and the relationship between camera size and depth of field.

Links from this Episode:

Backing Up via Export in Lightroom:
http://greylearning.com/courses/content/LR5-01-02-05.html

Boston-Area Full-Day Workflow Seminar:
https://timgreyinbedfordma.eventbrite.com

Tim and Renee open this episode chatting about online image theft (and why Tim doesn't worry about it too much, even though it is common). They then discuss the questions and answers from the Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter for the week of February 10-14, 2014. This includes questions about compression for TIFF images, importing Photoshop PSD files into Lightroom, focus stacking in Photoshop, watermarking photos, and vibration reduction (and other factors) as it relates to choosing a specific lens.

Links from this Episode:

GreyLearning website:
http://www.greylearning.com

Helicon Focus from HeliconSoft:
http://www.heliconsoft.com

Tim Grey Webinar: "Photoshop: Questions Answered":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMNlM3GFEtg

Back home in New York City after several weeks in Austria, in this episode Tim and Renee chat about photographing in rather cold conditions (and the lack of motivation that results). They then discuss the questions and answers from the Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter for the week of February 3-7, 2014. This includes questions about adding circles and arrows to an image in Photoshop, adjusting the equivalent of image size and canvas size when printing in Lightroom, whether resizing shapes in Photoshop negatively impacts quality, keeping HDR images and their source photos organized, and whether it is safe to delete photos after they have been imported into a Lightroom catalog.

Links from this Episode:

GreyLearning website:
http://www.greylearning.com

Lightroom 5 Video Training Bundle:
http://timgrey.com/lightroom

Boston-Area Full-Day Workflow Seminar:
https://timgreyinbedfordma.eventbrite.com/

Recorded in Vienna, Austria, Tim and Renee open Episode 24 with a chat about a new course covering night photography tips for the GreyLearning website. Tim and Renee then discuss the questions and answers from the Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter for the week of January 27-31, 2014. This includes questions about migrating from Aperture to Lightroom, workflow for external editing in Lightroom, the best tool for noise reduction, a workflow for noise reduction, and metadata fields.

Links from this Episode:

GreyLearning website:
http://www.greylearning.com

Lightroom 5 Video Training Bundle:
http://timgrey.com/lightroom