Where Profiles are kept on a Mac system

Q1.
sRGB - Adobe RGB - Pro Photo RGB

/libary/coloursync/profiles

Monitor Profile - Adobe RGB

/system/library/coloursync/profiles

Monitor Profile - Adobe RGB

/users/student/library/coloursync/profiles



Q2.
sRGB is bigger than Adobe RGB

ProPhoto is 50% bigger in all directions.

Exercise 13 - Introduction to Lightroom Part 2

Keyboard shortcuts:
-Show filter bar - \
-Group into stack - Command+G

3 different ways to expand and collapse the stack:
-Photo > stacking > unstack
-Shift+Command+G
-Click on the little 4 at the top left corner of the image

When you collapse the stack, the images all come back together.

Create virtual copy of an image - Command+'

Exercise 12 - Non-Destructive Image Editing Operations

1. Levels/curves - ND
2. Clone stamp - D - Duplicate layer and use masking
3. Dodge/burn - D -Duplicate and mask
4. Merge Layers / Flatten image -D- Duplicate all layers and put them in a group and flatten remaining layers.
5. Paint brush - D - Create a new layer and use masking or duplicate layer
6. Cut part of image out from background - D - Duplicate layer / Layer mask
7. Erase Tool / Delete selected pixels - D - Layer Mask
8. Transform selection - rotate, screw etc - D - import as smart object
9. Flip Layer - ND
10. Flip Selection - D - open as smart object . select area and copy into a new layer
11. Convert to Black and White - D - adjustment layer
12. Save file from ACR -ND - save as DNG file
13. Apply a filter - D - Smart object
14. Change Layer opacity - ND
15. Change Bit Depth of Image- D - depends on what level you are changing from
16. Resize image - D - Open as smart object
17. Apply layer style - D - do it in Lightroom
18. Crop Image - D - Do it in camera Raw
19. Add adjustment layer - ND

Exercise 11 - Multi-Version PSD File

Steps:
1. Open image up in camera raw and make basic adjustments
2. Open into photoshop as smart object
3. Create a black and white adjustment layer and set the blending mode to 'soft light'.
4. Create a hue and saturation adjustment layer and bring down the saturation

1. How would you do the same thing using Lightroom ? You can do this in Lightroom by creating virtual copies of the image.

2. What are the advantages / disadvantages of each approach ?
Advantage of this approach is that it is easy to locate and saves disk space.
Disadvantage is that you need the software that created this document to view the copies.

Blending Modes

Using Blending Modes.


Creating Contrast with Blending Modes

Combining Images with Blending Modes

Lighter and Darker Blending Modes

Exercise 9 - Introduction to Lightroom

6. Click on the buttons at the bottom of the viewing area, to try different Library viewing modes – Grid, Loupe, Compare and Survey.
What are the shortcut keys for these ?
Grid: G
Loupe: E
Compare: C
Survey: N

11. Go to the Library Filter bar at the top of the viewing area. If it is not visible select ‘View->Show Filter Bar’. What is the shortcut key to toggle the Filter Bar ? \

12. Select the ‘Attribute’ filter button to display the attribute strip and use the attributes to control which images are displayed.
What three options are available for the Star Ratings attribute ? Greater than, Eaual to and less than.

25. Select the Develop module. What is the keyboard shortcut for this ? D

Exercise 4 - Colour Theory 2

1. To open up the previous image from exercise 3, the keyboard shortcut for opening an existing document is Command+O.
2. After changing the blending mode of the layer group to 'pass through' and making the background the working layer by selecting it in the layers pallet, fill the background with black. The shortcut key for this is Command+G.
3. Change the red circle layer and the blue and green layers' blending mode to 'lighten' and select the move tool. The shortcut is Command+V.
4. This simulates the ADDITIVE colour system.
5. After you change the blending mode to all of the colour layers to 'difference', this simulates the SUBTRACTIVE colour system.