Monday, September 7, 2015

Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan Is A Bargain
     When Adobe introduced its CC subscription plan a while back, I vowed to deny them access to my wallet once a month. It just did not seem right to pay $50 a month to use a program I already have on my computer (and a pile of other stuff that I really don't need!).  Apparently, this was a common sentiment. The good folks at Adobe came to their senses, and now offer the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan. It includes Lightroom and Photoshop in their latest incarnations, updated as new features are developed, and it's priced at $9.95 + tax par month. In the past, I have bought outright or upgraded Lightroom and Photoshop CS versions a total of eight times, spending a lot more than the $120 per year price of the subscription. Another advantage of the plan is that you don't have to wait for the next Version to update. New features and fixes are rolled out and are downloadable as soon as Adobe develops them. If you need the full suite including Adobe Illustrator and all the other programs, it is available. For photographers, the ACC Photography Plan fits!
 



Thursday, September 3, 2015

How Adobe Lightroom Changed My Life (Really!)
      About six years ago, I realized what a major difference capturing images in Camera RAW makes in the performance of post processing software due to the huge amount of data retained in the image file as a result of not converting it to a jpeg in camera. But the editing process was cumbersome in Photoshop. For every file: Open, edit, save, close. Enter Adobe Lightroom 2.0. My processing time for a wedding, about 700-800 images, went from two and a half days to about 8 hours! Lightroom has progressed to Version 6, and my edit time has been further reduced by the advances in the program, and by the experience I have gained in a six year learning curve.
     Here's the good news for you: You can get a jump start on Lightroom by attending my PPA sponsored class "Basics of Lightroom 6 and Photoshop CC" on October 12, 2015, from 9 AM to 5 PM at South Beach Biloxi Hotel.
Learn more at  PPA.com/Super1Day.