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I’m really hoping that we can get back to some form of travel this year. I really miss traveling and shooting. With that in mind, there’s a great way to start off 2021 by learning some new skills from the best instructors at the Kelbyone Travel Photography Conference. This two-day online conference is a must for anyone interested in boosting their travel photography skills. I hope to see you there. You can register here.
Also be sure to check out my Travel Gear Guide for this Conference here.
First off I want to thank you all for the overwhelming support of my NEW Photography Master Class on Fridays. The viewership has been amazing and I’m really enjoying the dialog. I’m excited to have a dedicated timeslot to talk about all things photography.
Hey everyone, if you’re going to be at PhotoPlus Expo 2017 in New York this week, stop by and say hello!
My very busy schedule is below:
Visit the Adobe Show Floor Theater for free 20-minute educational seminars all three days of the show from industry leaders in photography and filmmaking. The Adobe Show Floor Theater, located at the rear of the PhotoPlus Expo hall, is designed for attendees to get more tips and tricks to take their craft to the next level.
| Thursday, Oct. 26 | Presenter | ||
| 10:15 AM | Bring out the best in outdoor shots | Nick Pappagallo | |
| 10:45 AM | Make people look their best | Lindsay Adler | |
| 11:15 AM | Add stock photography to your income stream | Terry White | |
| 11:45 AM | Powerful mobile photography | Matt Kloskowski | |
| 12:15 PM | What’s new in Lightroom | Julieanne Kost | |
| 12:45 PM | Lightroom for beginners | Terry White | |
| 3:30 PM | Tell your story with Adobe Spark | Terry White | |
| 4:00 PM | Solve exposure challenges | Serge Ramelli | |
| 4:30 PM | Explore the Lightroom Develop Module | Terry White | |
| Friday, Oct. 27 | |||
| 10:15 AM | Lightroom for beginners | Terry White | |
| 10:45 AM | Compositing techniques | Katrin Eismann | |
| 11:15 AM | Make people look their best | Lindsay Adler | |
| 11:45 AM | Remove distracting elements | Matt Kloskowski | |
| 12:15 PM | What’s new in Lightroom | Julieanne Kost | |
| 12:45 PM | Add stock photography to your income stream | Terry White | |
| 1:15 PM | Tell your story with Adobe Spark | Al Rossin | |
| 1:45 PM | Powerful mobile photography | Katrin Eismann | |
| 2:15 PM | Bring out the best in outdoor shots | Nick Pappagallo | |
| 2:45 PM | Explore the Lightroom Develop Module | Terry White | |
| 3:15 PM | Easy landscape and archtictural edits | Serge Ramelli | |
| 3:45 PM | Powerful mobile photography | Terry White | |
| 4:15 PM | Add stock photography to your income stream | Terry White | |
| Saturday, Oct. 28 | |||
| 10:15 AM | What’s new in Lightroom | Terry White | |
| 10:45 AM | Solve exposure challenges | Serge Ramelli | |
| 11:15 AM | Compositing techniques | Katrin Eismann | |
| 11:45 AM | Remove distracting elements | Matt Kloskowski | |
| 12:15 PM | Add stock photography to your income stream | Terry White | |
| 12:45 PM | Bring out the best in outdoor shots | Nick Pappagallo | |
| 1:15 PM | Lightroom for beginners | Terry White | |
| 1:45 PM | Easy landscape and archtictural edits | Serge Ramelli | |
| 2:15 PM | Powerful mobile photography | Terry White | |
| 2:45 PM | Solve exposure challenges | Serge Ramelli | |
| 3:15 PM | Tell your story with Adobe Spark | Terry White | |
I look forward to seeing you all there!
NYC!
My 30 Days of Creative Cloud Tutorials is off to a great start! If you haven’t been following along, here are the videos you’ve missed:
Day 8 – How to Mask a Moving Object in Your Video with Premiere Pro CC
Day 7 – How to Change the Background in Photoshop CC
Day 6 – How to do an Image Map in Adobe Muse CC
Day 5 – How To Draw in Adobe Illustrator CC with the NEW Pencil Tool
Day 4 – How To Share Files and Folders in Adobe Creative Cloud
Day 3 – How To Place a Photo inside Text in Adobe InDesign CC
Day 2 – How To Rank, Rate and Mark your Photos in Lightroom
Day 1 – How to Do Masking in Adobe Photoshop
I get this question at least 2-3 times a week: “Hey Terry, I really like your video/tutorials what software do you use to record them?” The answer is Screenflow by Telestream. I’ve been using this software to record my Adobe Creative Cloud TV Podcast for a couple of years now and from time to time I even use it to record product demos. After the intro, which was created with Adobe After Effects the first thing that usually catches people’s eye is the image of me in the corner while the computer display is large and angled off to the side. This is a native feature of Screenflow and was one of the reasons I settled on it a couple of years ago. Over the years Telestream has continued to bolster the feature set making it pretty much a total solution for not only recording, but editing and distributing screen recordings. While Adobe Premiere Pro CC is my video editor of choice, I find that I can do the simple edits I need to do for my episodes right in Screenflow.
You can get Screenflow here.
I record my screen in 720p HD (Update: I’m now doing 1080p) and the resulting export from Screenflow looks really good. From there I use the Adobe Media Encoder to go out to the other formats and sizes I need. However, I typically upload the Screenflow exported movie right to YouTube for my YouTube Channel so that my viewers there can enjoy the content in HD.
The latest version of Screenflow even adds 64bit support as well as Chromakey effects so that I can shoot myself on green screen and then superimpose whatever imagery I want behind me. I’m stilling working out the lighting aspects of this in my office that I record from, but the results have been good all things considered. They also including nested clips, closed captioning and several other editing features to make it even easier to edit your final product right in Screenflow.
I use a great software product called Reflector. It uses AirPlay and as long as the devices are on the same WiFi network they will show up to Reflector running on your Mac or PC.
Also in Mac OS X 10.10 Mavericks you can show your iPad or iPhone on your Mac screen natively. Here’s how:
Update: Note that Screenflow now allows you to connect your iPad or iPhone directly to your USB port using your Lightning sync/charge cable and it will record directly from the device as a separate video track.
Since I’m typically doing these recordings alone I need everything to just work! I’m using a Logitech C920 HD webcam on a tripod to record the image of me and
Originally I was using a Rode Podcaster mic. Recently I switched to an Apogee Mic 96 as my main mic. As far as lighting goes I use a Westcott Spiderlight TD6 continuous light to light me. I also have their uLite green screen kit.
Currently Screenflow is a Mac only product. If you’re looking for a solution on the Windows side (or another choice for Mac), then I’d also suggest you take a look at the new Adobe Captivate.
photo from one of my InDesign sessions by Jason Lykins
I had a great Photoshop World! While no one would disagree that the weather could have been better without all the rain, the conference continued on and people were generally upbeat. Hey, if it's raining outside, you might as well be inside learning stuff. All four of my conference track classes were well attended and people seemed happy with what they were learning. It's always great being in front of "real users" of our (Adobe) products and getting feedback, even if it's not always praise. 😉
photo by Jason Lykins
I had some good one-on-many time with this intimate setting in the Adobe Booth. I got a chance to highlight some of my favorite features of Adobe Creative Suite 5.
photo by Jason Lykins
I also got a chance to show some tips and tricks using the Wacom Intuos 4 tablet while using a Cintiq 21 inch as my display (Heaven) and Photoshop CS5 in the Wacom Booth.
photos by Jason Lykins
I had a couple of short sessions on the show floor shooting live and showing various lighting setups. My first session was at the Westcott Booth and showing a couple of different lighting techniques with the NEW Spiderlite TD6's. I love doing these sessions with continuous lighting because once I set it up and take a couple of shots, people can walk up and just start shooting.
See my complete walkthrough of the NEW Adobe Flash Illustrator CS5
See more of my videos at Creative Suite Podcast.com
I've been getting great feedback on my app for the iPhone and iPod touch. Of course I've been getting feature requests too and I have been feeding those requests to the developer.
You can now mark your favorite episodes (this is directly from your feedback), or just mark episodes you want to come back to later, with a star. The starred episodes are accessible from new third tab in the app.
There is now the option to download starred episodes and play them when you are offline or on slow mobile networks. Getting on a plane? download a few episodes to enjoy right from your favorite show's app.
App-wide usability updates and graphical tweaks.
Thanks for you support!
The "Learn the Creative Suite with Terry White" app is available for both the iPhone and the iPod touch. You can get it from the App Store for $1.99 here:
Of course if you already have the App 1.2.1 is a free update.
As you may already know I have one of the Top Ranked Video Podcasts on iTunes! Each week I provide tips and tutorials on how to use the Adobe Creative Suite via the Adobe Creative Suite Video Podcast.
Well now there's an app for that! I'm very pleased to announce the immediate availability of my NEW iPhone App. The "Learn Adobe Creative with Terry White" (CS) not only gives you access to my near 300 Video Tutorials, but here's the catch – you will have access to videos that won't be posted anywhere else! That's right – BONUS CONTENT!
Once you install the CS App you can go and watch any video you want as often as you want. The videos will be streamed to your iPhone or iPod touch. So you don't have to wait for them to download first before you start watching. Rewind, pause or skip ahead.
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I knew you were gonna ask that. 🙂 The biggest difference is the EXCLUSIVE Bonus Content. Starting with my Lightroom 3 Beta Episode you'll be able to tap the "Extras" button and see an additional tutorial that can't be seen anywhere else. These Episode Extras will be in the form of video or PDFs with additional tips, techniques, steps, etc., and only available to the users of this app! Also the app just makes it easier to get straight to my show and all of my episodes without the multiple taps it would take in the iTunes or iPod app.
That's right, you get to see more tips and more techniques from videos recorded specifically for the users of this app. This week I posted a video on Retouching in Photoshop CS4. In addition to that episode, there is a bonus clip that covers additional techniques.
There's a button for that. You can tap the "Download in iTunes" button and the app will take you right to my page on the iTunes store to download the episode of your choice right to your iPhone/iPod touch. Then you can watch it offline.
Absolutely! This is not a static app. It's the app that keeps on giving. On average I record at least one tutorial a week. So you'll have something new to watch all the time. My goal is to also provide Bonus content with each new episode from here on out as well.
The "Learn the Creative Suite with Terry White" app is available for both the iPhone and the iPod touch. You can get it from the App Store for $1.99 here:
I hope you like it and if you do get it, Thank YOU!
P.S. Also do me a favor and if you like it don't forget to go back and rate it on the App Store. It helps!
First off I want to thank all of you who attended my Photoshop CS4 Essential Techniques & Killer Tips Session at Adobe MAX 2009 in LA. As promised here is the complete video from the session for your viewing pleasure:
See MORE sessions from MAX and More Tutorials like this at Adobe TV. Also see all of my videos at CreativeSuitePodcast.com. I’m nearing my 300th Episode!