This was informative and I got a good laugh from your reactions😂thanks✌️🤩

@RoyRiley

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Joe! Glad to raise a smile.. RR

Best video yet lol

@RoyRiley

4 ай бұрын

An oldie but a goodie! How far we have moved in a short space of time! Hey what’s is your name?

Really interested to hear what other think about all this.. Apologies for the slight rant towards the end!

Really interesting video Roy. The smart portrait feature can give hilarious results! But you raise a serious point in terms of processing an image that is faithful to the original scene or person etc...that we have photographed. I've come to the conclusion that we are creating art (at least in my job as a portrait photographer) - whether that is for ourselves or for clients - and so my approach to editing is to create an image that brings out the essence of what or who I have photographed, even if the details are slightly manipulated. That could be as simple as removing a distracting object or imperfection or boosting the contrast to give the image more impact, through to more significant edits. A monochrome image is, after all, not strictly an accurate record of a colourful scene. And of course particularly in portrait photography, I could take 2 photographs that would be identical but if I change the lighting on one of them they will look different even before I have pressed the shutter. I don't think there are any definitive answers, but isn't that another reason to love photography?! In terms of the neural filters themselves, some seem a bit gimmicky but the one I have used is the skin smoothing (for model and boudoir photography). It might not replace skin smoothing techniques such as frequency separation, but with careful use and adjusting opacity post-edit it can work well when you need a quick fix. Thanks for another interesting video! Martin

@RoyRiley

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Martin! This is all deep water stuff.. a long afternoon at the pub one day maybe?

Very interesting video !!!! Like most other folk I didn't realise that these filters were in PS because I use LR mainly and when it comes to pictures of people I don't alter it at all. Interesting point about updates and software changing every 3 minutes. May I ask you a question, as a Professional, Do you really need updates all the time for your business ? Lastly, it seems to me that these photo software companies are doing it for the masses and not Professionals !!! Maybe I'm wrong. However I do find your content very interesting. Thank you.

@RoyRiley

Жыл бұрын

Cheers! With regard to upgrades I find them a pain in the backside and would prefer that they were less often but made bigger improvements when they do come along. Apologies because This video turned into more of a rant than I intended.! thanks for your support. R

That neural happy face of yours gave me a belly laugh. This was really funny. Earlier this year I canned photoshop and paid a one-time fee for Photoshop Elements. It's still more than I need but nicely scaled down. So I no longer worry if I should use a 20% mask of some kind on the top part of someone's ear.

@RoyRiley

Жыл бұрын

Haha! Gave me nightmares!

I don't believe that Photoshop was made for photographers because if it was, way back in the beginning the filters would have been photo filter names and they were not. I think photographers adapted photoshop and had some influence on new updates but it was made for graphic artists. I remember when it first came out and I saw my first composite image, I said to myself, you will never be able to trust what you see in print again. And that statement has become more truer than I could have imagined back then. Back in the Film days, and for ref. I am 77 and I have been taking photos since I was 7 so I know a little, I learned not to take photos but to make photos in the camera and the only think we did in the darkroom was a little burning and dodging, and then later with a removal film back we could do double exposures in camera. Today these new so called photographers will have no clue what do to if you gave them a 4x5 and said go load some film. lol

Hi Roy, like you I rarely use PS and manage to get along pretty happily with LR. I didn't know these filters existed and to be honest, now that I do know, I wish I didn't! Your most important comment here is pointing out the fact that this route will lead to a mistrust of photography as a medium of truth and reality.

@RoyRiley

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Robert! Deep water stuff

I don't like these filters either. I can see their use in a possible extreme experiment from some Fine Art Photographer, but I would also expect them to declare the apposite use of such features for their work. On a brighter note, what a remarkable achievement: they managed to make Margaret Thatcher smile! Interesting video as always Roy! :) P.s.: Your final message was stunning, should be shared across the entire photography community and more. Totally agree with your view.

@RoyRiley

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Gianmarco. As always I appreciate your support and words. Yes the Thatcher smile kind of freaked me out.. Hope life is treating you well? R

there is no sound from the landscape part 13:20 on .... is this meant to be that way?

@RoyRiley

Жыл бұрын

I had no idea! No on purpose.. gremlins

Absolutely love the pictures from the first mullet to the picture of "Paddy Pantsdown" and his sidekicks... also, Thatcher looks a lot like emperor Palpatine (maybe it's just me). Maybe PS can use the AI for better selections, masking, and other "low-level things". Processing in the cloud might just mean that PS needs to use cloud architecture to process the picture in a timely fashion (that technology is welcome in my opinion).

@RoyRiley

Жыл бұрын

Haha! Nice one Henrik.. it’s all quite heavy stuff! To be Ho eat I set out to make a simple “how to colour your old black and whites” video but it got heavier than I expected!

@donJaneiro

Жыл бұрын

@@RoyRiley sometimes it gets heavy, can't be helped, just need to let it happen ... :D

All the 'neural' colourised images look exactly like hand tinted Victorian photos... But these Photoshop filters could be a handy starting point for editing? Or certainly having a laugh to take a break on a long editing session! I find the automated selection of sky, or subject, etc, really handy, and occasionally 'sky replacement' useful too. All this for just a tenner a month! But 'too easy' image manipulation is questionable... Btw, I thought 'all filters' turned you into a lookalike of The Edge from U2...!

@RoyRiley

Жыл бұрын

Yes.. The Edge has been mentioned a few times before! Just wish I had half his skills on the guitar.. to be honest I set out to make a simple “hey look at this cool thing in the new photoshop” video but then seemed to twist myself up into a whole Ai mess.. must keep trying harder..

Hi, so it looks as if you're not having much more luck with colorizing than I am. Have you written to Adobe about this. I'm about ready to scream because it does not work out well. Any help to improve colorize would be greatly appreciated. At this point, I don't care about all the other sliders, only the colorize. Am not happy at all and told Adobe how I felt. Any ideas on when they will step up to the plate and get it right? Thanks

@RoyRiley

Жыл бұрын

I kind of hope they dont ever get it totally right. When they do we will all be banjaxed. But that’s some deep water schnizzle right there.

@annebrooks5940

Жыл бұрын

@@RoyRiley Now, I don't totally understand what you are saying. You DON"T want them to get it right? And deep water schnizzle? What does that mean?

@RoyRiley

Жыл бұрын

@@annebrooks5940 apologies for the confusion. By “deep water” I mean it’s a very deep conversation.. lots of things to consider and sometimes tricky to get to grips with.. at least for me! I am not a huge fan of AI so In some ways I hope it does not ever get so good that it starts to become damaging to humanity..on the other hand I do wonder if it might end up actually being quite useful to humanity… sorry again for any confusion but it is a rather confusing subject! Totally banjaxed is a British way of saying “a bit wrecked” good luck with your photography though! And for your sake I hope Adobe does what you need them to very soon. All the best. R

Toothie Thatch looks more like a cross between Janet Brown and a Spitting Image doll

@RoyRiley

Жыл бұрын

The whole thing gives me the creeps.. Tories included

I must say (only half way through) that the "Happiest Roy (max slider)" is so so funny !! plus your reaction to seeing it is also funny. However, These are okay for comedy effect (especially if doing this for yourself or friends / family) but I cannot see the point. I don't know if anyone has said Roy but I lost sound at the start of the landscapes (jumped back to portraits and sound was still there, sound back at 16.20). With the landscapes I am probably of the same opinion - Why ? If you are getting up for the sunrise very early or sunset and waiting for the light, colouring, weather to be what you want it to be and how the view actually is then this is false to the umpth level. Do not like it at all.

@RoyRiley

Жыл бұрын

Yes apologies about the sound. Gremlins in the system somewhere! Not sure what happened. One minute it was there and then silence! To be honest your not missing much.. me rambling on about nonsense… I’m rather troubled by the rise in ai, troubled and amazed all at the same time. Time will tell I guess.

I don't know man. I totally understand that you, as a professional, pay for these services with honesty. But it is so convenient to just torrent these adobe products... I mean listen. I am a student. I am pretty sure I live out of less money for a full year in my country then you receive for a more expensive photoshoot (rent not included). The reason I brought this up is because I am interested in your thoughts on this, I mean on stealing the product.

@RoyRiley

Жыл бұрын

Honestly I can’t really comment on other peoples life’s man.. we each have to do our own thing and do what’s right for us at the time

Obviously joking about the 7million quid..

@jimshadforth1686

Жыл бұрын

That wouldn't be obvious to the average American voter. They're dumber than a pile of rocks. OK, no more statements like this. (I'm an American).

Just horrible. I feel Adobe are insulting my intelligence. It pisses me off that we are paying for 'features' we will never use.

@RoyRiley

Жыл бұрын

Haha! Not really for me either but I guess we will have to see where Adobe takes us over the next decade or so.. seen those AI generated pictures doing the rounds..

@jennygw1883

Жыл бұрын

@@RoyRiley I like PS to enhance or correct an image. Totally agree with what you said about photos being believable. There has to be trust.