This year on the Christmas episode we talk A LOT about the industry business and pricing ideas, what we see for 2011 and even some great tools and gadgets to pick up for Christmas. Note that this is a long show. If it’s a bit much break halfway using the time index below and listen to it as two episodes.
by Gavin Seim: I’ll keep this brief because Photoshop CS5 has been out for months now and reviews have been floating all over. Rather than get redundant with an ultra in depth review, I’ll just talk a little about what I think. I’ll be frank and you can make your own decision from there.
Photoshop CS5. Full = $699 – $999.
My overall rating 6.5/10.
New features worth noting…
Content Aware tools are the big news in CS5. It works when lassoing and deleting sections of an image, using the healing brush and more. Neat tool, but not perfect. More on that below.
New “Mixer Brushes” blend color like paint, similar to something like Painter (but less powerful).
Crop has a rule of thirds overlay now (finally).
Remastered HDR tools and Pseudo HDR with HDR toning. Better, but not perfect.
Remastered Refine Edge. Will find more detailed edges for better masking and has automatic edge decontamination.
Puppet Warp allows you to modify in a new ways. Move limbs, horizon lines and more by defining control points.
New process versions and improved camera RAW.
Mini bridge right within PS.
Content aware fill. This feels more like a beta feature. It got hyped a lot prior to release. Probably over hyped. Once we got the product in our hands, reality set in. Content Aware was not the magical tool that Adobe made it out to be in demo videos and they took some flack for it. I think the problem was that they showed it as being so perfected. Erasing entire areas of photos, cleaning out power lines with a single stoke. It looked wonderful in theory.
Photo Couch is the companion podcast of Gavin’s f164 project and made for photographers. Nothing fancy here. Just short musings, tips and thoughts on photography. You can listen below, or subscribe for free and get all the latest episodes.
Here’s another episode of Photo Couch. Today I’ll talk briefly about maintaining image and file quality when prepping for a large print. It’s something I’ve been working with a lot lately. As always you can find it in the feed as well (link above). Hope you get something useful from it. I plan to go more in depth on a future Pro Photo Show episode… Gav
Updated 04/11. Note. FB no longer allows you to “Suggest To Friends”. In absence of this feature you can use the “Share” link and suggest the page by posting it on your wall.
Many of you are already fans over on the Seim Effects Facebook page, but if you’re not check it out because you’ll find news and updates, tips and various cool freebies.
Anyways I have a special deal for you FB friends. If you think I’ve earned a little word of mouth and are willing to help out I’d like you to tell your friends. In return I’m giving back a special thank you gift. Suggest the Seim Effects page to friends and get a $10 coupon good towards anything on the site. No strings. You simply have to suggest the page your Facebook photo friends by using the “Share” link (as pictured).
Click the “Share” link on the button left of the page. A window will popup.
Post the page to your wall. You’re welcome to add a personal recommendation.
Alternately click the link in the same window to email the suggestion to specific photo friends (at least 15).
Finally, email me (effects@seimstudios.com). Let me know you posted to wall or suggested to at least 15 friends.
I’ll send a special one time coupon ASAP that’s good for $10.
This is an honor system, so as my habit is I’m trusting you to be fair. When you send me that email I’m trusting you’ve really followed through. If using the email method, there’s no need to suggest t0 friends who are not interested in photography, but you must suggest to at least 15 friends.
This coupon is a flat $10 discount good on any Seim Effects goodies, including the new Power Workflow 3. It’s my thank you for being a customer and helping spread the word about a better way to edit photos. Let me know if you have questions… Gav
Today’s Host... Gavin Seim. This week Gavin gets in depth about his month and a half photo trip spanning various areas of the USA. He looks at things he saw and learned and ways to improve it all going forward.
Sunsets hidden falls. Gavin's favorite from an evening Yosemite. Did some experimenting with blacks on this. Image links to f164 post. More info in that post soon.
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