Hey yall, I really hope you enjoy this new workflow video. I will have a NEW Storm Chasing video out this Sunday! :)

Never knew this was possible, even though I've used smart objects so many times. Makes it ever so convenient to re-edit an image, especially when you take a break from editing and realize you've gone too far. Great vid as always. Thank you! :)

What a beautiful shot Michael! Really great tip with using smart object from Lightroom to avoid working destructively.

This is a very informative tutorial Michael Shainblum! Thanks for helping people like me know more on what to do with Raw Files after shooting pictures! 😊😊😊😊😊👍👍👍👍👍

@MichaelShainblum

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! :)

Great video! I've been wanting to learn more about how to use smart objects, and you and Nick both deliver the goods...awesome.

I still shoot on an old 5D Mark II, so this will solve a lot of problems for me! Thanks for sharing Michael :)

These are exactly the kinds of tutorials I need. I am a bit new to photo editing and any little morsel I can glean from these is golden! Thank you thank you!!

Wonderful! Thank you. Glad you answered the question that I had in my mind about the final cleanup ( sharpening, spot removal, etc)….

Thanks so much for that brilliant processing video. I have never quite understood when or why to use smart objects and you've explained it all so simply.

Thank you Michael, it was really helpful, especially my problem with color banding.

I am really happy to learn new editing methods through the smart objects it's so cool, thanks lots

That is really clever !!!! I love the idea of "stalling" the conversion to tiff for as long as possible.

I recently started doing this and then this video came. It’s pretty helpful actually. Thanks Michael..!!

thank you for the trining . that's was perfect

That's great work! Keep it up man.

I love this for color grading on those color wheels for those explosive sunsets we get in SoCal from time to time. Thanks!!!

Thanks, Michael. Very interesting technique which I will certainly experiment with. BTW, loved your behind the scenes thunderstorm video with Nick Page...good work and fun to watch. Hope to see more such stories

Excellent tutorial, thank you.

Great tutorial, thank you!

This was super helpful.

Thanks for sharing Michael, I often use smart objects but have not seen this technique before. Something I'll be adding to my workflow for sure 👍

@MichaelShainblum

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching Chris!

Very cool, thanks 🙏

Wow, this is really helpfull. Thanks!

Awesome. More like this please.

@MichaelShainblum

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

I've been struggling with this workflow for a while. I was doing things in wrong order, therefore I wasn't getting the desired results. Thanks for sharing, Michael.

Thank you for this tutorial. I've dabbled with smart objects but struggle with deciding whether to do it all in LR and then other stuff in PS or do smart objects in PS. I think this helps me with my decision making.

@MichaelShainblum

2 жыл бұрын

Thank Patty! I would do a bit of both! :)

majestic video and good job friend

Thank you!

Thanks that was helpful

Awesome Vlog !

That’s mad!

Many thanks Michael. Really useful :)

@MichaelShainblum

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

That was a brilliant video. I've got into the habit of working on a TIFF file but will now use this method. How do you collapse the Layers? Do you Flatten Layers, Merge Layers or something else?

Hi Michael. Thank you so much for this video. It was so helpful. I have just one question: and when you want to come back in lightroom? I mean: at the end of your entire workflow, to come back in lightroom without loosing quality, what's your choice in term of file format? Thanks again

Hi Michael, thanks for this video, it's super helpful. One question I have is if there is a difference between using the "Open as Smart Object in PS" option in Lightroom vs. having a TIFF layer already in Photoshop and using the "Convert to Smart Object" option? Thanks!

And here I was importing separate raw copies into PS, didn't know you could do it this way, big timesaver. Good stuff!

@MichaelShainblum

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@p4inmaker

2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelShainblum I think I should be thanking you, ha.

Fantastic Michael. I work Ps and ACR exclusively w/ heavy start up in ACR, I mean I may do almost ALL my work there in ACR right off the bat. I LOVE this way you work it, and a HUGE thanks for this tip tutorial. I do find that I can really bog down ACR w/ masking so much, and I think you've just cut it's workload by a large percentage. I'll definitely see how it goes using your suggestions. Also, your LIGHTROOM MASTERCLASS, would seem to not apply for me, do you offer a Ps/ACR MC or what? Thanks a bunch - I try to catch as many of your videos as possible and just love your images and the processing.

Michael this is awesome. With the dodge layer, after you make the adjustment in raw and bring it back to Photoshop, how would you make a lights luminosity selection for a more controlled dodge?

@MichaelShainblum

2 жыл бұрын

You can put it into a folder and then add a mask to that folder, with a luminosity mask :)

Thank you very much for this. A few questions: 1. Does opening in PS as a smart object bring over all of the Lightroom edits that were already done? 2. What format does the file come over as into PS? I gather that its actually the RAW file and not a TIFF? So if I save this in PS, would I be saving as a PS file, TIFF or what?

Great video, as always, Michael. Quick question: What about increased file size when using smart objects? Do you do anything when saving the file to deal with that? Thanks!

@randygemar

2 жыл бұрын

Great follow up question…

@campmark50

2 жыл бұрын

More RAM.

@1young-geezer

2 жыл бұрын

If I'm not speaking out of turn or just plain wrong, the only significant increase in file size here is his creating that merged layer. I believe the smart object layers are inconsequential. Sorry if I'm wrong, but try it out and see for yourself if the file size increases much as you add smart layers.

Hi Michael, great video, thank you. Quick workflow question on this, how are you saving the files? The smart objects are of course larger than tiff? Can you compress the file and keep the edits?

@AndreaJump

2 жыл бұрын

Good question! I have the same doubt. I hope you can answear to that, Michael

Hey Michael, this video was awesome. Can you kindly do a video on editing and exporting files for social media and websites. Thanks 😊

@MichaelShainblum

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, sure! :)

“You can transfer it to Photoshop and sacrifice the quality…well, I’ve already sacrificed the quality.” 🤣🤣🤣 hilarious. Another great video man!

@MichaelShainblum

2 жыл бұрын

;) Thanks man!

Great advice. I hadn't considered that work flow before. Here's hoping you get enough monetisation to get yourself a new chair. ; )

Hello, do you apply the denoise feature to your photos?

hi Michael, may I ask why you don't use lightroom for all the editing? seems like kind of an unnecessary step?

So when you “open as smart object” it includes the raw file? Because the Camera Raw window/“editor” can be opened even with tif files (ctrl + shift + a I think), but I assume that that tif file does not have all the dynamic range and so on, right? It’s rasterized.

@MichaelShainblum

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed! The Tiff files can be shifted too far without banding in a lot of cases.

So Michael when you are finally done do you flatten layers and save as a jpeg ?

@MichaelShainblum

2 жыл бұрын

I will save this file if I might want to process it later. But for online I will flatten and save as a jpeg, yes.

@gerarddonovan8678

2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelShainblum thanks for replying Michael 🙂

I use smart objects a lot but it all goes to pot when I use a merged layer which I like to do often, then I cannot go back (as far as I am aware) easily.

@MichaelShainblum

2 жыл бұрын

That's the tough part, you really have to do the merged layer editing towards the end of the process, like for cloning and sharpening.

@stevenrobinsonpictures

2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelShainblum good point i must be more strict and do it at the end. I do love dodging on a merged layer. I dont like the effect of dodging based on highlights or shadow lum masks. The tools in PS feel more vibrant and real for me

@MichaelShainblum

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevenrobinsonpictures Ah I see! Try out the technique shown here in the video of doing a dodge or burn using an altered Smart Object, it gives quite a bit of control over colors/tone :)

@stevenrobinsonpictures

2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelShainblum will do thanks for that

Smart objects are GREAT, but how do you deal with Photoshop's inability to auto-align them? I shoot a lot of focus stacks, and my first step is auto aligning the files for blending which means I can't use smart objects. Any thoughts?

@randygemar

2 жыл бұрын

Good question 🙋‍♀️

@MichaelShainblum

2 жыл бұрын

Thats a tough one, honestly for focus stacked images I just use the tiffs. Although you can you a smart object for the background layer to still retain the best possible quality from the sky and clouds of a scene.

Why is it any better than gradient and brush masking in the Lightroom? Since no Photoshop specific tools are involved I see no difference in the result, just more complicated process. What have I missed?

@MichaelShainblum

2 жыл бұрын

I use multiple tools here that are not available in Lightroom. But either way, these are meant to show just a few examples, not every possible outcome of what you can do here. The point is you can use almost any tool in Photoshop in correlation to a smart object. Instead of a rasterized layer, with the exception of things like sharpening and cloning. The other point is to always have a way back into the RAW file for adjustments through Photoshop even after hours of work. People enjoy selecting, masking, and adjusting through photoshop given all of the more refined tools. Now that is possible to do non-destructivly.

I kinda wish LR and Photoshop were simply just a single program that does everything in one shot, then let me export a downsized/compressed file with a watermark to email/post online.

why not just use masked adj layers instead of duplicating everytime increasing file size?

I only got 30 second in to the video. Is that an MF Doom poster in the background?

@MichaelShainblum

2 жыл бұрын

Haha I hope you watched more than that, but yeah that's Madvillainy in the back.

just use lr

@MichaelShainblum

2 жыл бұрын

no

Lol did you reupload this video with a more clickbaity title than before or am I just imagining it?

@MichaelShainblum

2 жыл бұрын

I mean I took about 1 min to change the title. But no this is not a re-upload.

Thank you. This is super helpful.

@MichaelShainblum

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching