You know that little graph in Photoshop, Lightroom, and on your digital camera called the Histogram? What does it tell you, and how can you use to rescue a boring photo? Watch my tutorial. We will cover this and check out some new features in Lightroom 2.0. Whoa, what about the FREE Lightroom pop quiz? Read on…
The Tutorial:
I’ll be working in Lightroom 2.0 for this tutorial, but the techniques can be applied in Photoshop as well. Don’t have Lightroom 2.0? You can download a 30-day trial version here.
(9mins, 67MB – give it a few minutes to start, trust me it’s worth the wait)
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The Pop Quiz:
[EDIT: Sept 8, 2008 - We have a winner,
Szabolcs. The Pop Quiz contest is closed. Thanks for participating and enjoy the tutorial.]
What’s an education blog without a pop quiz? So here’s your question:
The picture I am working on is of a church in Italy. The first education reader to post a comment with either the name of the church or the island it is on gets a FREE copy of Lightroom (ver 1 – Sorry, it’s all I have in the office right now). You must post your comment with an email that has a ".edu" extension. This way I know you are in education, and I can email you to get your shipping info. Good luck.
Hint: I don’t tell you this information in the tutorial, but I tell you where I am standing and which direction I am facing to take the picture.
Comments
Is it The Dorsoduro church? Commonly the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute (Basilica of St Mary of Health Salvation) in Venice?
— Robert’s Reply —
Close, but this church is not actually in Venice. I shot the picture from Venice, but the church is on another island in the lagoon.
Palladio’s Redentore church on Giudecca Island
— Robert’s Reply —
Correct, but as the blog states you must send me an email with an education institution extension. I was unable to verify your education status before another correct answer was posted. So, I’ll send a consolation prize; the ‘Lightroom 2.0 How-Tos’ book. I’ll send you an email. Thanks!
The church is Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore on the island of Giudecca in Venice.
— Robert’s Reply —
WINNER!
Si (Yes). I noticed you are a student at the University of Bergen in Norway. I am in the U.S. I’ll contact you for an addresss, and figure out how to get you a box of Lightroom. Congrats!
I suppose it is the San Giorgio Maggiore island. Right?
— Robert’s Reply —
Sorry, it is Il Redentore in Giudecca. I did get a correct answer earlier so the Pop Quiz contest is closed. But everyone wins a great Lightroom tutorial, right? Thanks for participating.
Is it Wrigley Field?
— Robert’s Reply —
Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to Rick, education salesperson in k-12, here at Adobe. Isn’t he sharp? Hi Rick – thanks for reading.