Excellent video, Sean. It's just a pleasure to watch how you approach the adjustment of a photo. I am a beginner in using the TKActions V6 and I am looking forward to using it. Hopefully I will be able to do so at the same level as you do.

@SeanBagshaw

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rolf! Good luck learning the V6. I hope you like it.

Incredible! I have a background in dye transfers, photocomposition and emulsion stripping in post-production. What you just did in 20 minutes would have taken 10-20 hours (over several days) of hand stripping, masking and darkroom work with limited color control and correction. As a photographer and lab technician with 50 + years of experience, TK Actions is exactly what I have been looking for since I started shooting digital in 2008. I thank you and Tony Kuyper.

@SeanBagshaw

5 жыл бұрын

That's awesome to hear Allen! Don't hesitate to write if you have any questions. Cheers!

Excellent. Thanks Sean!

Great video,thank you!

Sean- at 6:42 in the video, when you flatten the blended smart objects into one layer, if I were to instead just convert it to a smart object to consolidate it into one smart object, would that keep me in 32 bit, hence a higher file quality?

@SeanBagshaw

6 жыл бұрын

When you say 32-bit are you working on 32-bit HDR files in PS? If not then I'm assuming you mean 16-bit. Either way, you certainly could combine the two smart objects into a single smart object if you wanted to have a single background layer but still be able to access each of the smart object layers in the future. I'm not sure how much if any noticeable file quality benefit this actually gives you, but that's a different conversation. Regarless, I have two reasons for flattening. One is due to the fact that smart objects prohibit me from making any pixel level alterations to the image, such as cloning, healing, warping, transforming or auto-aligning. I almost always end up needing to do one or more of these which forces me to rasterize the smart objects anyway. The second is to reduce file size and try to not go over the 4GB tiff limit. However, if you know these sorts of things won't be a problem then I think you should be able to maintain the smart object layers, either as separate layers or combined into a single smart object layer.

In this video I see the same bug, that was present in V5 and I wrote about it to you. At the very end, when you resize and sharpen, you also apply an action. And in the case, where action is applied, sharpening layer group is removed and image actually stays unsharpened (just resized). If you uncheck the Action checkbox before resizing, then sharpening group is left in the resized image and you can manually adjust sharpening layers or group opacity - that's not possible if you perform an action automatically.

@SeanBagshaw

6 жыл бұрын

The image is sharpened, but then the image is flattened before running my watermark action. So, the sharpening is there...just not adjustable. However, in the most recent iteration it seems that Tony changed this behavior because when I just tested it, it left the sharpening layer intact. So, give it a try and see if it is doing the same for you.

@karmalakas

6 жыл бұрын

You're right - it now leaves a sharpening group:) Awesome Thanks ;)

You do amazing work, Sean! Do you have a beginner's guide to getting started? Maybe just how to initially open an image in photoshop as possibly a substitute for bracketing or doing an HDR composite? Nature's colors are God's gift to the eyes no doubt, but I'd like to see a tutorial on real estate photography. Wishing you and yours the best, thank you!

@SeanBagshaw

4 жыл бұрын

Hi David! Yes, I have a free video on my website called "10 Steps For Getting Started With Photoshop". I also have many other videos covering all types of image post-processing. I don't have anything specific to real-estate photography, but if you go over to Jimmy McIntire's channel I think he does.

@alanalain4884

3 жыл бұрын

That was the beginner's guide...

Really impressive, both you and TKActions. Would this be useful for other genres? I'm more of a wildlife photographer than landscapes. Thanks!

@SeanBagshaw

6 жыл бұрын

I'm not a wildlife or portrait photographer, so I don't have first-hand experience, but I don't see why luminosity masks wouldn't also be applicable. Plus there are many non-luminosity mask features in the TKActions panel that are definitely useful for any type of photography.

@macmcmillen6282

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Think I will give TKActions a try. Great videos you produce, btw.

Super helpful video as always! I noticed that in this video you chose to add clarity first and then applied an Orton effect later, where in some of your other tutorials, you added the Orton first and then did additional clarity adjustments to bring back lost detail. Is there a best practice or is it all just based on what the image needs? I'm always wondering where in my workflow is the best time to add a tasteful Orton effect to get the effect without sacrificing key sharpness and detail?

@SeanBagshaw

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris. Thanks! In this case, the clarity adjustment was because I felt the image needed some clarity even before/without the Orton affect. This would be separate from adding clarity to as part of an Orton technique. In this example, I ran the TK "Smart Orton" action and this action includes a layer that adds clarity to counter the blur. So, in this case I actually added clarity twice. If I use an Orton method that doesn't include clarity I will almost always add some clarity after unless I deliberately don't want to have that detail in the image. I hope that helps. :-)

@chrisdeantonio1498

4 жыл бұрын

@@SeanBagshaw It does and thanks, Sean. And, in general, I believe you also leave those "creative adjustments" to near last in your workflow, correct? I ask because I've seen other complete workflow tutorials from other photographers where it's one of the first adjustments they apply after exposure blending and image cleanup and flattening. Any pros / cons there from your perspective?

@SeanBagshaw

4 жыл бұрын

@@chrisdeantonio1498 I don't know that there are any hard rules for this. I think it's OK to get creative at any point in the process that the inspiration strikes. For me that is often later in the process I guess. I tend to deal with more concrete issues like exposure, perspective and tonal balance before I start creatively sculpting light and color.

@chrisdeantonio1498

4 жыл бұрын

@@SeanBagshaw Thanks again, Sean. For us up and comers, your guidance and sharing of experience is really really helpful and appreciated.

Sean, at roughly 17:30 in the video you refer to a previous chapter where you covered custom vignettes. Try as I may, I can't find the chapter you mentioned. Any advice please?

@SeanBagshaw

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Mike - This video is one chapter out of the V6 Video Guide course. I don't have the entire course posted here on my channel. If you have the full course you will find it in Chapter 15 - TKActions Menu. If you don't have it you can get it here: www.outdoorexposurephoto.com/video-tutorials/video-tutorials/

@mikeswain9085

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sean, really appreciate the help. It's also great to find a programme where someone actually responds to requests for help. Other, similar programmes I've bought in the past have been quite poor in this respect.

amazing very very good

wow - you couldn't blend them without painting? being able to modify the mask, by colour or luminosity could easily make it possible to avoid hand painting anything