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Simon J. Stuart
Добавлен 11 июл 2017
On this channel, I teach people professional skills and techniques for capturing and editing photos and videos.
Topics include:
📸 Cameras, Settings, and Controls
🧸 Useful Accessories to capture better photos, video, and audio
🚁 All things Drone (and Aerial Photography/Videography in general)
𐚔 360 Cameras (such as Insta360 and GoPro MAX) and VR Video
⛷️ Action Cameras (DJI, GoPro... and some brands you've probably never heard of)
🎬 Editing with multiple applications (Photoshop, Lightroom, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, Affinity Publisher, Final Cut Pro X, Davinci Resolve)
💻 Editing on multiple devices (Desktop, Phone, iPad)
I also share photos and videos I have created/edited, including demo reels for Stock Footage I make available for use in other people's content.
So, check out my videos... and if there's something specific you want to learn, let me know 👍🏼
Topics include:
📸 Cameras, Settings, and Controls
🧸 Useful Accessories to capture better photos, video, and audio
🚁 All things Drone (and Aerial Photography/Videography in general)
𐚔 360 Cameras (such as Insta360 and GoPro MAX) and VR Video
⛷️ Action Cameras (DJI, GoPro... and some brands you've probably never heard of)
🎬 Editing with multiple applications (Photoshop, Lightroom, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, Affinity Publisher, Final Cut Pro X, Davinci Resolve)
💻 Editing on multiple devices (Desktop, Phone, iPad)
I also share photos and videos I have created/edited, including demo reels for Stock Footage I make available for use in other people's content.
So, check out my videos... and if there's something specific you want to learn, let me know 👍🏼
Macro Bee-Roll July 2024
A short reel of Macro B-Roll footage I shot in my local park in July 2024... in glorious #hdr and set to relaxing music (because it's more fun that way)
All footage is at real-time speed, and none of it was shot in slow motion.
All footage is at real-time speed, and none of it was shot in slow motion.
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Actual Product Ad I shot for the CosmoID Joy kids inline skates!
Просмотров 262 месяца назад
This is an actual advertisement my partner and I produced (planned, directed, shot and edited) for one of my clients - CosmoID (an inline skate manufacturer and brand specialising in skates for beginners - adults and children). This video was shot with a combination of cameras, including a drone for aerial shots. If you're interested in potentially seeing a complete tutorial video on how this a...
Los Gigantes 2024 (#4k) - #Aerial Flying over the Lava Rocks
Просмотров 963 месяца назад
A relaxing #aerial flight towards Los Gigantes, looking down over the #lava rocks on the coastline, as #waves brush against them. Enjoy the view of the perfect #azure waters of the #atlanticocean, as people relax on the rocks, swim in the #tidepools, and even do a spot of #fishing. Disclaimers: - Shot 100% legally in open category airspace outside of CTRs or other flight restriction zones. - Co...
Completely Unplanned Home Product Photo/Video Studio Tour
Просмотров 1445 месяцев назад
I was doing some more work on my small home studio space for product photo & video work, and decided to randomly record a little bit of a "Studio Tour". This is certainly not an exhaustive overview of ALL of the equipment that I use, but is enough to give you an idea of what a home studio space needs to do quality product photo and video work. As promised, here are links to many of the items sh...
Micro Performance Wheels B-Roll Ad 1 (4K, 60fps)
Просмотров 386 месяцев назад
I was tasked with making a very short (10 second) looping ad for Micro Skate's Performance Wheels. Better yet, I had just one day for the entire project (planning, design, shooting, and editing) This is what I came up with. If you'd like to see how I made this, leave a comment below. If there's enough interest, I'll do a step-by-step tutorial on the entire process.
Turn your Street Skates into Ice Skates - Micro Cold Frames
Просмотров 1537 месяцев назад
Just because outside is covered in snow and ice, doesn't mean you shouldn't keep skating! @MicroSkate's #SkatesForEveryone teams up with @coolskates's #SkateEverywhere to bring you this #cinematic demonstration of the Micro Cold Frames in action on a pair of Micro MT4 street skates. From Concrete to Ice in a matter of minutes, and best of all... perfectly shaped to bring the professional Full R...
Speed Edit - HDR Product Photography
Просмотров 547 месяцев назад
Here's a little something I'm trying out: #speededit videos. Here's an edit of a product photo for one of my actual clients (note that this isn't the final product image, just a preview for the client to approve before I do the final alpha-PNG edit). Important things to note: - I shot a bracket of 9 exposures, with 0.0ev (nominal exposure) correctly exposed for High Chroma (Catalogue) White - T...
From RAW to RICHES - RAW Photo Editing MASTERCLASS for AFFINITY Photo 2
Просмотров 20 тыс.8 месяцев назад
CORRECTION: Cropping Adjustments are NON-DESTRUCTIVE. You simply need to toggle the "Reveal" checkbox on the context toolbar at the top of the screen (right-hand side of the bar) and you can modify your Crop at any time Whether you're new to #Affinity Photo version 2, new to photo #editing as a whole, or even if you're a seasoned professional interested in seeing how other photographers are doi...
Tiny World Reel, Olomouc, Czech Repulbic, 2023 - #ProRes 422 HQ, #HDR #5.1K
Просмотров 198Год назад
Enjoy this FULL-HDR #showreel of my drone footage from #olomouc in #czechrepublic, all shot in March 2023. Don't see "HDR" over the Options button on the video? It means your display doesn't support HDR video, so RUclips will automatically show you a Tone-Mapped SDR Version instead (a reasonable approximation of my video, but not as good as true HDR) Why is your 5.1K video only showing 4K maxim...
Kopeček Church - 2022-12-24 - #drone #stockvideo #demoreel in #4k #uhd
Просмотров 73Год назад
Stock Video Reel I've put together of Drone footage I captured in Kopeček, Czech Republic, on December 24th 2022 (Christmas Eve) Stock Footage Details: Resolution: 3840x2160 (UHD/4K) Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Frame Rate: 29.97 (30fps) Colour Profile: HD 1-1-1 (D-Cinelike - highly gradable) Date of Capture: December 24th 2022 (Christmas Eve) Weather: Winter - Cold, Blue Sky, Some Snow Deposits Remainin...
Take 360 From Insta360 to Pr, Ae, FCPX, DaVinici etc. (Win/Mac)
Просмотров 819Год назад
My Step-by-Step #Tutorial (in 4k) for Exporting 360 videos captured with ANY #Insta360 #360camera so that they can be post-processed in any competent video suite such as #adobepremierepro, #adobeaftereffects, #finalcutpro (#fcpx), #davinciresolve, #lumafusion and others. This process is virtually identical on both #windows and #mac Please don't forget to support the channel by Liking, Subscribi...
4K - Šternberk - 2023-01-01 - #Drone #stockvideo #demoreel in #4k #uhd
Просмотров 115Год назад
Stock Video Reel I've put together of Drone footage I captured (using a drone) in Šternberk, Czech Republic on January 1st 2023. Stock Footage Details: Resolution: 3840x2160 (UHD/4K) Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Frame Rate: 59.97 (60fps) Colour Profile: HD 1-1-1 (D-Cinelike - highly gradable) Date of Capture: January 1st 2023 Weather: Winter - Cold, Blue Sky, Late Afternoon Sun, Dry Subjects: Šternberk H...
You're one of the few youtubers who know how to explain this stuff so simpletons, such as myself can understand. Thank you!
I have to say your explantions are around the best I have come across after hours of watching affinity photo vidoes. Most vidoes tell the viewer what they are doing but no explanation of why or what is happening. To your credit your explantions are very thorough. The only comment I would make is it is a real shame you do not provide a link to the master raw file to enable viewers to follow along with you on their computer. Many of your layer effects make very small changes (right thing to do in the real world) but when switching layers on and off I can see no change in you tube becuase the changes you have made are so slight. With the raw file I could try the small changes you are making and see in reality what the effect is then try different settings to compare.
@@alansetchell3118 your wish is my command! I’ll update it when I get home and reply again
How can I mask the background and apply color grading only on the background?
When does the "absolute masterpiece" come?
I want to see professional retouching portrait photography in Affinity
Excellent! Thank you for this wonderful tutorial! Do you, by chance, have one for blending (edges) of images?
If you can describe what you mean by "blending the edges of images" I may be able to help you.
Incredible tutorial, honestly. It's very dense with information regarding available tools within Affinity Photo 2 as well as how to use them. Compound masking is genuinely remarkable and I hadn't even thought about its existence up until now and it's mind-blowing how you can denoise specific luminosity ranges with the click of a button. Greatly looking forward to future videos by you on the topic of photo editing. Given this was a night-time shot, maybe you next one could be of a day-time photograph! :^)
Yes, my next video (editing currently) includes multiple daylight shots ✌🏼
Very creative video, I hope your channel grows.
Thanks!
It is a MasterClass Indeed... Waiting for your curves video now and thanks for sparing your time to make this long tutorial for us
Even though this is geared towards novices, I still enjoyed watching this. I love your all-encompassing yet concise teaching style! Just when you compare before and after by turning layers on and off (especially with subtle changes), it would be really helpful if you vocalized it accordingly ("on" / "off") so that your audience can fully concentrate on the image itself without having to check whether the layer is currently toggled on or off.
Great tutorial!
@@AlfredoCampuzano Thank you 🙏
Dear Simon, Your tutorials are excellently well made! I am an amateur, but try to do my best in editing my photos before uploading them to Flickr, the only social medium I take part in. I have bought two versions of Adobe Photoshop Elements, the latest being the 2019 edition. I also use the NIK package. I generally think the results are pretty OK, but I realize that much more could be made by an experienced person. I would never consider subscribing to the Photoshop CC, because: 1. It's way too expensive and 2. I don't understand it enough. Even Photoshop Elements have many tools that I don't understand and never use. I have now bought Affinity Photo 2. I realize I could have tried it for free for six months, but I want to encourage them with my very reasonable contribution. Now I watch a lot of Affinity tutorials, hoping one day to be able to use the software. Still, I'm confused. In PSE, this is my typical workflow: I try to adjust the white balance using the color picker. I then click Auto Exposure for a starting point. Next, I hold the Alt key and move the Blacks and Whites sliders to get rid of clipping. Most times I will add some Clarity, and some Vibrance. After the RAW processing, I first correct the camera distortion, or Skew to make sure all verticals are vertical. I may use the NIK Viveza 2 to adjust parts of the image. Finally I add a High Pass filter for some added sharpness. So, not a very advanced processing, but not a terrible result (except for all the pictures where my exposure was way off). If I could understand how to do these simple steps in Affinity Photo, I would switch permanently, but I struggle. Mostly, my problem is mainly with the concepts of layers and masks. Why are some layers placed above others, why are some layers children of others, why are masks placed where? I am close to 80 years old, but not stupid. What I hope for is an Affinity for Dummies type of tutorial. I could provide you with some sample photos, if you like. Again, many thanks for your wonderful exposés!
Epic work is what this video is :) - what I don't get is why the need to "jump out" of the Develop module (which kind of does what any RAW developer free or paid does) for stuff like white balance, clarity, curves, levels, HSL, etc etc that can be easily done in any RAW developer without all the drawbacks of creating huge project files and all the layers and all the complicated manoeuvring (versus just moving a slider in Capture One, Lightroom, Darktable etc) - to me it seems a huge time waster - it must take days to edit a handful of photos
Actually, there are features in Affinity Photo not covered in this video that massively speed up batch editing work... and I'll be sharing separate tutorials on these over time. This video intentionally walks through a full manual editing process because it's targeting people new to Affinity Photo whom wish to learn processes in detail.
@@s.j.stuart no, I get it and I am grateful for all the effort you invested in this video :) I am just coming from the perspective of a Capture One user who feels the need to star using Photoshop and/or Affinity Photo and I am trying to figure out the things that can be done in these... and was just wondering if there is any benefit of doing the stuff I usually do in Capture One (color balance, color grading, dodge and burn, sharpening, noise removal, curves levels etc etc etc) ...so to do these in Affinity Photo or Photoshop. I had the impression that Photoshop/Affinity is more for cases when you need to remove something, replace, HDR merge etc.
@@s.j.stuart ...maybe I should look into some sort of a "what is best to do in RAW editor and what is best to do in Photoshop/Affinity for photographers" sort of video first :)
@@sigmundklaus It really depends on your preference for workflow. While you can achieve in Affinity Photo everything you can in Lightroom/Capture One/Dx0 etc... you can't do in those programs everything that you can do in Affinity Photo. Capture One can do HDR merges, by the way. Much like how you can create and use Presets in Capture One/Lightroom etc, you can create your own Presets and Macros in Affinity Photo to massively speed up the editing workflow. I have a Macro which applies all of my base edits for a given Camera as non-destructive Adjustment Layers in my AP project. This saves me a considerable amount of time on its own. To answer your original question: why do we leave the Develop persona so quickly? It's because certain changes made in the Develop persona are destructive (all of them if you choose "Pixel Layer" as the "Output")... whereas applying the same changes with non-destructive Adjustment Layers and Live Filter Layers means we can tweak and change everything at any time, without having to revert all the way back to the unaltered RAW file each time.
jak je možné tam letat? máte A2 certifikaci?
I have A2 and STS-01 certifications, yes.
@@s.j.stuart a to se tíče kopečku či šternberku tak tak je tam potřeba i povolení přimo od majitele dané pamatky?
@@arwwarr7578 You don't require permission, no. In fact, flying at Kopeck or Sternberk doesn't require an A2 if you aren't flying close to the building (for my Sternberk video, I was operating in the A2 Open Subcategory, so my A2 CofC is required) Remember: the owner of a piece of land or property has NO rights to the airspace above or around that land or property. I recommend you take a look at the EASA rules for drone operations, as well as the Czech Civil Aviation Authority rules... you'll then understand what flight conditions require an A2 and which don't 👍
@@s.j.stuart I have a DJI AIR 3 and a DJI mini pro 4. i just got my A1/A3 certification. but for A2 certification i have to take an in-person test in Prague (can't do it online). and i'm also tempted to take some videos of the city without breaking any laws.
@@arwwarr7578 You can fly the Mini 4 Pro pretty-much anywhere that ISN'T a No Fly Zone (check the Czech CAA drone map to confirm that where you wish to fly isn't within a No Fly Zone or what's called a "CTR" where you would require authorisation to fly) There are effectively only two restrictions you need to be aware of in Czechia beyond No Fly Zones or CTRs when it comes to the Mini 4 Pro (or any <250g drone for that matter): 1) You can't fly your Mini 4 Pro over CROWDS (large groups of people that couldn't reasonably move out of the way should your drone drop out of the sky) 2) You can't fly your drone along a Highway (130km/h speed roads) but you CAN fly it across those roads at a safe altitude so long as you are quick in doing so. Obviously the standard drone laws all apply (120m maximum altitude unless the airspace you're operating within imposes a lower one, such as the city centre in Olomouc which has a limit of 100m because of the helipad at the hospital) Beyond this, fly sensibly, stay out of restricted areas, carry your A1-A3 certificate with you (printed out), and you can capture footage of the city as much as you like.
Great video, thanks!
Nice capture 🤩👍
I want to highlight a correction to my video: The Crop + Geometry corrections are NOT destructive edits as I stated near the beginning of this video. You need to tick a checkbox titled "Reveal" to show your crop and geometry adjustment relative to the original geometry of the image... and it can be edited at any time. I was unaware of this when I recorded the video, and discovered this by pure (fortunate) accident.
W8ing on the Curves video <3
It's in the works currently. Suffered a broken microphone, which I've just replaced so I can continue production shortly.
There's no exercise files!
An absolute treat of a tutorial! As a relative beginner in the professional photo-editing environment, I definitely have learnt things such as the curves adjustment, white balance and others in more detail, as opposed to the previously superficial idea i had about these concepts. Thank you so much for making such quality content available to us for free!
Brilliant tutorial, many thanks for demystifying the use of layers and masks and revealing the true power and potential of Affinity Photo.
It is Bee-utiful 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🌸
Thank you for an excellent tutorial video. I have just started the free trial for Affinity photo and you have convinced me of it's value as a photo editor. You have provided clear instructions together with the reasons why you should follow this workflow. Thanks 😊
Thank you for the feedback... and welcome to Affinity Photo! The "why" is something I consider to be the most important part of educating. People can quite easily forget the "what" and the "how", but once they understand the "why"... that knowledge tends to stick. I'll be uploading additional tutorials for Affinity Photo soon, including my techniques for handling Batch Edits (which I tend to do for "base processing" a large number of images from the same location and time... so I hope you'll find those useful too.
Most excellent. I was a 3D lighter and texturer and I used paint on masks all the time. This was the eureka moment about how the same workflow can work for 2D.
I recently started using Affinity Photo 2. This masterclass is amazing, thank you for this tutorial!
Thank you very much for the kind words :)
Superb video covering many of the Affinity concepts I struggle with - thank you. The only thing that didn’t look realistic to me is the red lights on the back of the tram. The lights look as if they’re in a cowling so not sure if they would light up the back of the tram. To me it’s now lit as if there was the back of another tram to the right, out of shot, lighting up this one.
Absolutely agree with you. The idea with this edit was to be more "creative" (in order to showcase more technique with Affinity Photo in the one end-to-end tutorial). If I were doing a more realistic edit (rather than "surrealistic") I would have further masked the lighting enhancement on those tail lights to ensure that backsplash only came from the wall immediately behind the tram. The fact that you recnogized the unrealistic appearance means you would most likely have corrected a similar issue in your own editing, and that either means you already know the technique, or I've actually explained it so well that you now do :)
This is great, please do more editing tutorials like that, maybe one on curves in depth, and one on colours adjustment. I guess if you focus more on affinity photo tutorials your channel will become popular in a very short time
I have more tutorials like this in the works, though my client schedule is keeping me very busy currently. Hopefully after September I should have a lot more time to invest in completing them.
Yes please to more Affinity Photo edits, you are an excellent teacher!
Superb! Many Thanks!
You've most welcome :)
Beautiful place ❤
Made even better when you're enjoying it with a beautiful lady such as yourself ❤
Cours magistral ! Thank you
Vous êtes les bienvenus
This was very informative, great content
Very impressive video, in fact this is the best editing video with Affinity Photo. Thanks for creating and can’t wait to see more videos on Affinity photo. Perhaps it will be a good one to create one with an iPhone photo (night photo)as there are more people using iPhone as their day to day camera.
Thanks for the feedback… I am in the process of preparing for a street photography shoot in Vienna, where I’ll be doing a tutorial covering everything from camera selection, "phonetography" and even editing on the go with Affinity Photo for iPad 👍
@@s.j.stuart thanks a lot. looking forward to that
Very impressive! Thanks!
Thanks for the comment 😃
Excellant one of the best I have followed very clear and not rushed {which is the most common fault] Thank you cant wait for more tutorials.
Thank you for the kind words 👍🏼 Working on more tutorials currently, not sure when the next will be complete (busy schedule) but I've got 4 in the works currently.
woah! My girlfriends ex' brother and I just bought a pair! highly reccomend!
COOOOOOL SKAAAAATES
brilliant. learnt a lot.. even about things i thought i knew.
Thank you for the feedback... glad you found it useful 😀
Sir i have an ipad pro bought along with inxta 370 x3 and after shooting some videos while trying to edit I cant find anywhere those files… im so devasted by this.. Any idea on this will be so helpful for me. Thank you and merry Christmas 🎉🎉🎉
+rep
+thanks :)
One of the best, if not THE best editing tutorials I’ve seen on yt
Sincerely appreciate the feedback :)
VERY helpful!!!
Very beautiful! Nicely done!
Very skilled
Great video thanks! Where do you explain more about the insta360 studio software?
That tutorial is coming up next week (I record these as a series with a specific release order in mind)... I'm preparing the Insta360 Studio Masterclass tutorial now.
hw r u?.Bravo- cool sharing!see ya!, fellow. )
Beautiful
Yahoo~ S.. yuo made useful shots-)
Thank you very much... checking out some of yours now!