A special joint TWiP + SmugMug episode!

SmugMug, the world’s most influential name in photography acquires the most popular photography podcast!

In this show @Frederick Van Johnson @Steve Brazill and @PhotoJoseph briefly discuss TWiP’s hiatus, then tear into GoPro and the failure of their Karma Drone. Then we’ll discuss low-light photography tips and finally we’ll round things out with a panel discussion around their favorite cameras.

TWiP welcomes Renee Robyn to the TWiP family. She will be taking the reigns of TheFIX and turning the ship in an entirely new direction!

Photoshop Video Compositing with Seán Duggan

In this episode of TheFIX we complete the compositing project from Episode 081, taking the steampunk radio composite and using it to explore video compositing in Photoshop. Host Seán Duggan shows how to use common Photoshop compositing skills such as layers, layer masks, smart objects, and blending modes to combine stills and video clips to create a video composite. The great thing about working with video compositing in Photoshop is that you can utilize a lot of skills with layrs, selections, masks and smart objects, that you may already know. Need to nrush up on Photoshop video basics? We have a previous episode of TheFIX that covers it. See the link below.

Signing Off

This will be my last episode hosting TheFIX. I've been hosting the show for a year now, after taking over from the original host, Jan Kabili. It's been a great ride and over the course of 54 episodes I've really enjoyed bringing you a range of guests to talk about a variety of post-processing topics covering Photoshop, Lightroom, mobile apps, plug-ins, and backup strategies. I want to give a shout-out to Frederick Van Johnson and thank him for the opportunity to host this show. And if you're not familiar with some of the other photography podcasts on TWIP, definitely check them out. There are many cool shows with talented hosts. It's a great resource! TheFIX will be going on a hiatus but a show about post processing is certain to make it's way back to TWIP in the near future, so stay tuned! Thanks to everyone who tuned in to listen to or view the show. I appreciate it! As I like to say at the end of the semester to students in my digital imaging classes...Go Forth and Pixelate!

Links Mentioned in This Episode

TheFIX 039: Video Editing in Photoshop

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Where's Seán?

* Check out Seán's new weekly series Mobile Photography Weekly on Lynda.com (the current week is always free with no subscription required), as well as some of his other courses, including Learn Photoshop Compositing: 10-Minute Techniques and Photoshop: Create a Portrait Collage.

* Check out his website to learn more about his photography, workshops, and all of his Lynda.com courses.

* Connect with Seán on social media:  Facebook   |  

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Tame Your Lightroom Library with Rob Sylvan

In this episode of TheFIX photographer, teacher, and author Rob Sylvan joins host Seán Duggan for a discussion about some of the things that can go wrong with a Lightroom catalog, and ways you can prevent common problems from occurring. We also talk about his new book, How to Tame Your Photo Library with Lightroom, which has just been published by Adobe Press. Rob has been KelbyOne's Lightroom Help Desk Specialist for over ten years and that experience helping people all over the world with their Lightroom questions makes him very qualified to write this book! He also writes a regular Lightroom column for Photoshop User magazine, and pens articles and hosts a live monthly Lightroom Hangout at PhotoFocus.com.

Links Mentioned in this Episode

Lightroomers.com    |    Digital Photo Workshops    |     Photofocus.com

10 More Things I Would Tell a New Lightroom User – article by Rob Sylvan

About Our Guest

Rob Sylvan is a photographer, teacher, and the author of How to Tame Your Photo Library with Lightroom (Adobe Press), as wll as several other photography books. In addition to being KelbyOne’s Lightroom Help Desk Specialist, he also writes the “Under the Loupe” column for Photoshop User magazine, and blogs about Lightroom at Photofocus.com. He is the author of several photography related books, eBooks,and videos including Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC / Lightroom 6 Learn by Video by Peachpit Press.

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Where's Seán?

* Check out Seán's new weekly series Mobile Photography Weekly on Lynda.com (the current week is always free with no subscription required), as well as some of his other courses, including Learn Photoshop Compositing: 10-Minute Techniques and Photoshop: Create a Portrait Collage. Check out his 

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Personal Project Profile: Apocalyptech by Jeff Shaffer

In this episode of TheFIX, commercial photographer Jeff Shaffer provides an in-depth look at Apocalyptech, a personal project featuring a series of intricate and detailed Photoshop composites. Apocalyptech was created as Jeff's thesis project while earning his Master of Professional Studies in Digital Photography degree from New York’s prestigious School of Visual Arts. In the interview we take a look at the entire process for creating this personal project: Developing the initial concept for the story, looking at the work of other photographers who provided visual inspiration for the look and feel of the series, the creation of rough storyboard-like sketches that were the first visuals for the story and informed how the background composites were created, as well as the casting of models to play the main characters, and photographing the models in the studio to match the lighting and perspective in background plates that Jeff had already created. We wrap things up with a look at one of the layered Photoshop files and Jeff deconstructs how the composite was put together.

Links Mentioned in This Episode

Jeff Shaffer website     |     Apocalyptech site

Inspirations:  TokyoGenso     |     Lori Nix     |     David Trautrimas     |     Viktor Koen

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About Our Guest

Jeff Shaffer’s advertising photography has garnered numerous awards from art director’s clubs and other publication design groups. Based in Philadelphia, he has worked on national ad campaigns and annual reports for such prominent clients as Pfizer, Neiman Marcus, Ralph Lauren, Tanqueray, and Heineken. Jeff’s fine-art photography draws its inspiration from futuristic cinema and graphic novels, relying heavily on post-production manipulation in the style of computer graphics. He refined those skills while earning his Master of Professional Studies in Digital Photography degree from New York’s prestigious School of Visual Arts.

Images below from Apocalyptech by Jeff Shaffer

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Photoshop Compositing: Steampunk Radio

In this project-based episode of TheFIX, host Seán Duggan uses elements from four photos to create a simple Photoshop composite of a steampunk radio. If you are interested in learning more about compositing, there are a lot of essential Photoshop skills covered in this show, including retouching, image mirroring, transformations, selections, working with shape tools to create paths for selections, layers,  layer masks, smart objects, and layer styles. This is actually part 1 of a two part project; in a subsequent episode, the steampunk radio will be used as an element in a video composite. Note: The final image in the gallery below is an enhanced version that was completed after the recording of this show. The radio composite created in this episode was added into an old camera case and further modified with additional elements. A deconstruction of this final version will be shown in Part 2 of this project, which will air in two or three weeks.

Links Mentioned in This Episode

Interested in learning more about compositing? Checkout two of Seán's courses at Lynda.com:

Learn Photoshop Compositing: 10-Minute Techniques      |   Photographing for Compositing in Photoshop

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Where's Seán?

* Check out Seán's new weekly series Mobile Photography Weekly on Lynda.com (the current week is always free with no subscription required), as well as some of his other courses, including Photoshop Compositing Project: Replacing a Sky and 

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Photoshop Toning & Color Tinting

In this episode of TheFIX, host Seán Duggan shares some tips and techniques for creating color toning and tinting (i.e., "hand coloring") effects for black & white images. Beyond those key topics, this show also features useful tips on adjustment layers, layer masks, blending modes, and alternate ways of applying color tinting. Starting with a historical image from the Library of Congress, we start off with a look at how to create a basic sepia toning look. From there, we mix it up a bit and use multiple sepia layers and layer masks to create a varied and irregular toning effect, as well as a sepia look that also applies a darkening effect that contributes a tonal richness to the image. Next we shift gears and go over the basic "dance steps" for using adjustment layers and layer masks to create a hand colored look.

The hand coloring for the women factory workers photo was created after this episode was recorded, using the same type of techniques shown in the episode on the puma fountain photo. You can see the result below, as well as screenshots of the final layers panel for the colorized photo.

Links Mentioned in This Episode

Library of Congress Flickr Page

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Where's Seán?

* Check out Seán's new weekly series Mobile Photography Weekly on Lynda.com (the current week is always free with no subscription required), as well as some of his other courses, including Learn Photoshop Compositing: 10-Minute Techniques and Photoshop: Create a Portrait Collage...

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Concert Photography with Alan Hess

On this episode of TheFIX, Alan Hess provides a behind-the-scenes look at what it's like to photograph concerts and other high-profile live events. Alan shows some of his favorite concert images, and also shares some cool processing tips, including creating default Lightroom process interpretations on a per-camera basis that will also work in Camera Raw, and using the Library panel in Photoshop to easily add personal branding to your images.

About This Week's Guest

Alan Hess is a San Diego-based photographer specializing in concert and live-event photography. From small club shows to big arenas, Alan enjoys the fast pace of shooting on the fly, the rush of the house lights going down, and the drive to capture the "show" in images of the first three songs. Alan is currently the house photographer for a large concert venue in Southern California and when he isn't out shooting concerts, he is writing photography books. He is the author of fifteen books covering everything from Concert Photography to Pet Photography including books on the Nikon Creative Lighting System, Night and Low Light Photography and three books on getting the most from your iPad. Alan has contributed to Photoshop User magazine and has been a part of the Instructor Dream Team at Photoshop World since 2009.

Links Mentioned in This Episode

Alan Hess Photography     |    Enthusiast's Guide to Multi-Shot Techniques     |     Enthusiasts Guides Series

Kelby One Online Class: Concert Photography with Alan Hess & Scott Diussa

Rocky Nook Book Giveaway

A quick reminder about the current Rocky Nook Book Giveaway: Check out last week's episode page for details on how to enter to win the Ricky Nook book of your choice. The entry period for this giveaway is the usual two weeks. Entries close at 11:59pm PST on Tuesday August 23, 2016.

 

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