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Happy Holidays From Layers Magazine!

RC Concepcion — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:01:48 +0000

Hey everyone. RC here – wanted to take a moment to wish all of you a very happy holidays and share a picture that I recently worked on.

We sure appreciate all of you, and we’re always so happy to be able to bring you the best tutorials and reviews of the Adobe Creative Suite. Above is a shot that I did over the holidays when I was looking to capture a cool Daughter/Santa moment in a Norman Rockwell type fashion. If you’re interested, There’s a little bit more info over on my Google Plus page.

(click on the image to see it larger or visit 500px.com for a larger image

Again, thanks for everything.. we’ll definitely see you guys soon!

Scaling a Raster Signature Using a Workpath in Photoshop

RC Concepcion — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:40:33 +0000

Learn how to take a signature file and scale it up in Photoshop using a Workpath.

If you’d like to take a look at the first part of this tutorial, RC shared it on his Google+ Page.

Adobe Launches Carousel Mobile App

RC Concepcion — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:48:58 +0000

RC here from Layers Magazine, and I’m excited to tell you that Adobe has released a new app that solves a problem for consumers wanting to access their image library across machines. The product is called Adobe Carousel and has a combination of iOS app, Mac app to let you synchronize your images wherever you go. (Adobe also plans to release an Android and Windows version of this soon down the line. You can have them notify you at this link

Here at Layers Magazine I’ve spent some time playing with this app on the beta team, and the app certainly shows a lot of promise in this consumer space. The concept is pretty simple. With the Carousel app, you upload your images onto their cloud based storage. Adobe Carousel gives you options between a monthly and annual subscription – as well as a 30 day trial subscription. With this subscription, you have the ability to upload an unlimited number of JPGs to your Carousel.

Imagine setting up a family carousel of images. Once you have it set, you can allow up to 5 additional people access to this carousel, and others can upload and edit these images – providing great collaboration tools. You can provide adjustments to the images as well as crop and rotate – so you even have a good editor, right on your mobile device.

Here’s a great thing about it. So the Carousel service allows you unlimited JPG uploads – but your iOS device isnt limited. If you own a 32GB iPad, theres only so much space you have on your iPad to dedicate to images. Because these uploads are in the cloud, only the images that you are looking at and editing are available to you. The images you have stored on the cloud are available to you on demand, freeing the space that you have on your iOS or desktop device – a boon to consumers that take a lot of pictures.

Make sure you click on the links above to take a look at the app in more depth, and to sign up for a free 30 day trial. One of our contributors here at Kelby Media Group, Rob Sylvan (who is also the author of Lightroom 2 for Dummies) has a walkthrough of the Carousel app for you guys to check out. Click on the link below to get you started:

Rob Sylvan – A Lightroom Carousel Walkthrough

Make sure that you guys Follow me on Google Plus or on Twitter and let me know how you do with it!

Wacom Introduces the Cintiq 24HD

RC Concepcion — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:01:19 +0000

RC here with some really cool news from the likes of Wacom. Wacom has just released a brand new Tablet/Monitor- the Cintiq 24HD. A beautiful 24 inch display with a resolution of 1920×1200, 92% of Adobe Gamut, built in stand, and all of the pressure sensitivy and response that Wacom is famous for – this is going to be one of those lustworthy items for the holiday season. I know i’m going to want to get it:

Don’t believe me? Take a look at the video below!

Setting DPI Preferences in Lightroom and Photoshop

RC Concepcion — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:43:44 +0000

Have you ever wondered why some images have a printed size that’s bigger than others, yet taken with the same camera? Chances are it’s because of the DPI of the image. Learn how to set your dpi preferences in both Photoshop and Lightroom to maximize size and quality.

Watermarking Images in Lightroom

RC Concepcion — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:44:59 +0000

RC shows photographers how to watermark their images using Lightroom.

Correcting White Balance Pre-HDR

RC Concepcion — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:28:23 +0000

RC shows viewers how to correct white balance values before combining multiple exposures in an HDR image.

Will You Switch to Premiere Pro CS5.5 at 50% off?

RC Concepcion — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:11:24 +0000

If you are a video editor and you’ve used Final Cut Pro 7 – this was a very bad week for you. We’d love to hear from you on what you think of the recent change in Final Cut. Today, Adobe made a very big incentive for people to move to Premiere Pro CS5.5 – cutting the price by a massive 50%.

Tell us what you think?

Trial Download of Premiere CS5.5 here

Check out our Premiere Pro Tutorials

“The HDR Book” Now Available | Nik Radio Interview

RC Concepcion — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:00:00 +0000

Hey everyone! RC here just giving you guys a quick heads up on the book release front. I am ecstatic to announce that my new book “The HDR Book” is now available to order. 13 Projects all original files – The hows and whys of HDR and Post Production.. there’s something in here for everyone, and I am so happy to share it all with you.

About The Book
I really wanted to cast a wide net into the stylings of HDR, and really focus on the post processing of the images once they are done. If you use Photomatix, Photoshop CS5, or Nik Software’s HDR Efex Pro (which is what I prefer), you can see screenshots of presets, and follow along from start to finish.

(Like this shot? There’s one like it in the book for you to play with (Click on the image to see it bigger at Flickr or Click here to see it at the 500px Site)

Another thing I did.. I included 13 projects – and you get ALL of the RAW files for you to use.. as you wish..

Want to know more about the book? Check out this page I wrote about it.

Where Can You Order My Book

Click Here to Order The HDR Book from Amazon.com
Click Here to Order The HDR Book from Barnes and Noble

Signed Book
Now, If you order the book from Kelby Training – these will be the books that I will have access to signing on the get go. So, if you’re looking for an autographed copy, click on the link below to get them:

Click here to get an autographed copy of The HDR Book from Kelby Training

If you or someone you know is into (or considering) getting into the world of HDR, I would totally appreciate you giving the book a look over..

My Interview with Nik Radio
Not too long ago, I did an interview with Scott Sheppard and the folks over at NIk Software. I had such a blast chatting about with Scott on all sorts of things – from Photography to HDR, Software, Post Production – you name it!! We even got into a couple of cautionary tales on why you should absolutely back up your images.

Click on this link to check out the Nik Radio interviews. Mine should be at the top of the list for this week. a Special thanks to Scott Sheppard for chatting it up with me on all things Photoshop and Photography.

Automatic Cross-Fading in Adobe Audition

RC Concepcion — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:02:00 +0000

RC shows viewers some tips for cross-fading in multitracks when editing audio files in Adobe Audition.

RC recommends incompetech.com as a great source for royalty-free music.

Also, RC has provided sample files as examples of tracks mixed with crossfade enabled and without.