Love watching Nick Carver's vids, even though I have no intention of getting into the film world. He's somehow always entertaining and relaxing to listen to while being informative. :)
Thomas, Many thanks for this. One of the great hallmarks of your work is that it never looks anything but natural. It never looks over processed. The software we have to work with is so powerful that it’s easy to get drawn in by it. I admire you for staying true to what you intended when you shot the image. And well done for giving credit to Nick Carver.
Simple and straightforward. Learned a thing or two. Couldn't agree more with how some youtubers appear to just "copy/paste" info from others on their channels.
Thomas, one of your best videos. 1) you handled digital and film, 2) good info on luminesce. Great watching your logic on what to do with the photo. You have spurred me to return to on some 4X5 film I shot in the spring. New ideas. Thank you so much.
Thank you for your recognition of Nick Carver’s process in your presentation. It’s an indication of your integrity. I have enjoyed the presentations you have made most recently.
Thanks for sharing and being honest and humble. I think that one of the most important things is what you said at the beginning, the "intent". It's good to use "what if" sometimes but at the end of the day, most great photographers all had/have specificity and intent in their process.... that's just my opinion.
I couldn’t believe when everyone started coming out with presets. It takes away so much of the creativity you get with photography and that’s all the fun!
Man Thomas, I love how you are able to empower everyone with your photography, I feel bad sometimes using my X-T2 when I see someone shooting the same scene next to me on a GFX100 but the fact you swap between APSC,FF, Medium format and film just shows how you can get it done with anything with the right attitude!
Never feel bad using an X-T2! It's an awesome camera! For landscape photography it's equal to the X-T3 or X-T4 and you really don't need "full frame". However, the GFX100 is on a different level to virtually all other cameras.
To be honest, I didn't see much difference between APSC and FF. And it was 26 megapixels vs 42. Except the ability to crop. The glass makes all the difference for me.
It all depends on what the intended output is; if you intend showing your image on-line only even a 12 mp sensor is enough (if you don’t crop much). But if your intention is to print large high quality prints beyond 50 x 70 cm an image from a 24 mp sensor (no crop) will in many cases not have enough density for sufficient sharpness. Of course, interpolation is always a possibility but with sacrifices. The reason photographers like high density sensors is because scaling down an image comes with very little damage whilst scaling up depends on a method of adding in detailed information that wasn’t there in the first place! Depending on the type of image that can sometimes be an acceptable compromise, but the result is very often disappointing and very obvious. So, the choice of sensor-size and density comes down to what the intended outcome is. Since most photographers don’t really know in what ways the photo will be published or shown in the future the options will be less limited with an image from a larger and more dense sensor. I guess that’s the main reason most photographers like to bring home images from a shoot with a pixel density as high as possible.
I’m not really into landscape Tom as I’m a wildlife photographer but I love watching your videos I really do, plus I do intend to have a play at landscape as and when the opportunity arises and that my friend is down to you !!! All the best and stay safe Paul.
Nice to see an editing video again. Love the second photo. Great leading line with a grand vista. Agree with the lighting and mood. Very nice. Good video thanks!
The radial filter vignette is one of my favorite tools. The best thing is, if done right, the viewer can't tell it's there unless they can see the "before" version.
Very useful and helpful. I struggle to get my head around post processing, beyond standard changes. The use of a wide radial was really useful, but still got lost on luminance highlighting and the link with photoshop. As a rookie photographer (very amateur) post processing is quite overwhelming. Anyway, thanks as ever for a top vlog.
Thomas Thank you for these tutorial. Now I know how to make a nice vignettierung. I love your channel. Through the video with Andy Gray, I started to try out intentional camera movement.👍👍👌👌
I tried that plug-in you mentioned, but I did not like it. The reason is that files from Fujifilm cameras have lower “micro color definition” (for lack or a better phrase). Small details often look desaturated. And that plug-in did not fix that issue for me. Maybe I used it wrong. I used the default settings. But when I used the “Enhance Detail” feature in Lr, it brought back the color in those small details. Edit: I hope I’m not coming across as saying “you’re wrong and I’m upset that you’re wrong” or something. I genuinely love these videos. My comment about the enhance detail feature was only meant to highlight how it brings back color to small details. I think enhance detail works very well honestly.
Thomas: It would be interesting to know more details about the scanner you use for film. I have loads of slides and need to scan the best of them. So far I have not found the right scanner. Thanks very much.
Thanks Thomas, Love your work. Would it be possible for you to share a screen shot of the raw options panel in the x-transformer app?I never know what may be the optimal settings XT4 files. Thanks
Brilliant video Thomas. In a future video, could you discuss the settings you use for Iridient X-Transformer? I've been using it for a while on my Fuji files but would be interested to know what you use or other photographers you know to get the best results. Thanks Robert
Thanks as always for the video. I hadn’t fully realised till I watched you process your first image how much I’ve learned from you. My workflow has become is very similar. Just wished the finished product was s successful. 😂
If you do another one of these could you toggle back and forth from before and after each adjustment? Helps see the changes you're making on smaller screens
Although I've watched loads of videos like this, including all of Nick Carvers, I never fail to learn something. In this case the use of the gradient tool in PS allied to a mask on a curves layer. I might go back and re-scan some of my old 6x6 images now.
Great video Thomas. Thanks for sharing your workflows. I really liked your film one. As I have to go through a lot of negatives/positives for a client this was very helpful. I will check out also Nick's Channel. Cheers from LA.
Love the editing tutorial Thomas! One tip for filming though is to only use one camera angle. It is weird seeing you face right when editing and then left when it is just your face.
I still do not have any electronic photo editing software yet. I think the main goal is to make a good photo in the first place so that there is little else that needs to be changed. You can use various filters in the field to create the best image.
I use both Fuji and Nikon and Lightroom Classic CC. I find LR does a fine job with my Fuji files. Maybe it’s just me but they are fine and easy to work with.
Thomas, although I liked this video episode, I think it would have been so much better if you had the same image processed by different camera's. We all tend to think our own camera is the best choice, excluding price of course (we all have different budgets). Discussing why an image is better using "A camera" as opposed to "B camera", helps us all to understand your thought process, and help us to see the limitations of a brand, type, etc.
I use Affinity Photo, it's similar in it's execution to Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, but whatever software you choose to edit your images, the emphasis I get from this video is to make small changes. The lighthouse you sharpened shows the awful mess that can easily be made by throwing too much at it and the improvements that small subtle changes can make to an already great image. I always feel a bit of a fraud when I edit my film shots, but I am slowly getting past that and I'm making progress. Thanks Thomas. :)
Editing film has always been a thing. I used to sent up to 6 hours on a single image in the darkroom making masks, dodging and burning etc. And if you made a mistake you had to start all over again! Digital editing is sooooo much easier!
Hi, love your videos, especially in the field, very relaxing to watch and as a photographer who shoots as a hobby, I love to see the results you get. Can you tell me why you would want to shoot in film but then scan in the image to process in post digitally? This concept does not make sense to me. Film images should be worked on in a dark room.......no?
Question about x transformer: is it best to convert before importing into Lightroom, immediately upon importing into Lightroom, or after you have made some adjustments to the raw file? Do those adjustments carry over during conversion?
Yet another great video, many thanks Thomas! One quick question, what paint colour did you use on your studio walls? I think I'd like to use it on mine too, I've seen it on another photographers walls too! Thanks in advance!!!
Thanks for a bit more insight on how you edit your images Thomas, always nice to see a bit of post. I'm a newbie to luminosity masking using the same plug-in as Adam Gibbs but not with the same results. 🤣🤣 Great video and looking forward to your next.
Always love your videos, Tom. I don’t realize that film images were edited afterwards with software...begs the question, though, why even shoot film in the first place?
Why you didn't use the tone curve on the first two images and only on the film one? Thank you for giving a shout out to Nick Carver, one of my favorite photographers and vloggers. I also appreciated you comments about presets. Finally, what a great mini-workshop in editing! Thank you.
I also use Iridient for my Fuji files and am wondering which settings you use with X-Transformer. I am still struggling a bit with the correct settings for the sharpest outcome of my X-T3 images. Can you share yours with me and other Iridient users?
Always look forward to, & enjoy, your videos Thomas but found the background music a tad distracting on this one, other than that, another great video thanks!
Thanks for this editing approach video. I have grown to edit photos lightly and use the editing tools to emphasize or deemphasize portions of the image. Regarding conversion of the Fujifilm file to dng using a plug-in, are you implying that Lightroom's built-in dng import converter does not do a satisfactory job with these files?
Really nice video Thomas! I'm actually really curious, if you were to shoot a scene such as the last image with your film camera and your digital camera, would you end up with very similar final processed images? I only mean that you've obviously developed your style over your career so I'm quite curious as to see if you'd get the same (similar) result to a digital version. Much like how you can have a musician like a guitarist plug into many different amplifiers but always end up achieving a similar sound across the board. I like kind of seeing what makes people "them" if you get me!
Great stuff Thomas. I use Photoshop and it is always a great buzz when I get home and start the post production, and this video will add more to what I already use. What great times we are in with the tools available. Got your signed book arrived in perfect condition and in January your calendar will be on display. Cheers. Colin
One important thing to mention is that you chose the camera standard profile before you started editing. The choice of profile has a huge impact on your starting image.
Love watching Nick Carver's vids, even though I have no intention of getting into the film world. He's somehow always entertaining and relaxing to listen to while being informative. :)
Thomas Heaton. The intellectual photographer. Your Great Tom!
Yes! Nick Carver is an amazing educator. Your style and technique is very informative, too. This is helpful.
Thomas, Many thanks for this. One of the great hallmarks of your work is that it never looks anything but natural. It never looks over processed. The software we have to work with is so powerful that it’s easy to get drawn in by it. I admire you for staying true to what you intended when you shot the image. And well done for giving credit to Nick Carver.
Simple and straightforward. Learned a thing or two. Couldn't agree more with how some youtubers appear to just "copy/paste" info from others on their channels.
I’ve never used a preset, and don’t plan to. Start. I’m with you on that.
Thomas, one of your best videos. 1) you handled digital and film, 2) good info on luminesce. Great watching your logic on what to do with the photo. You have spurred me to return to on some 4X5 film I shot in the spring. New ideas. Thank you so much.
Kudos for being honest and recognising another photographer, decent of you and a good example!
Thank you for your recognition of Nick Carver’s process in your presentation. It’s an indication of your integrity. I have enjoyed the presentations you have made most recently.
Thanks for sharing and being honest and humble. I think that one of the most important things is what you said at the beginning, the "intent". It's good to use "what if" sometimes but at the end of the day, most great photographers all had/have specificity and intent in their process.... that's just my opinion.
I couldn’t believe when everyone started coming out with presets. It takes away so much of the creativity you get with photography and that’s all the fun!
I always find these videos so useful to watch. Thanks for sharing Tom 👍
Excellent video Tom - enjoyed it and big-up for Nick Carver. I value your honesty and integrity.
I’m new to Lightroom and never thought of using a radial filter to create a vignette. I’m looking forward to trying it out. Cheers!
Man Thomas, I love how you are able to empower everyone with your photography, I feel bad sometimes using my X-T2 when I see someone shooting the same scene next to me on a GFX100 but the fact you swap between APSC,FF, Medium format and film just shows how you can get it done with anything with the right attitude!
Never feel bad using an X-T2! It's an awesome camera! For landscape photography it's equal to the X-T3 or X-T4 and you really don't need "full frame". However, the GFX100 is on a different level to virtually all other cameras.
To be honest, I didn't see much difference between APSC and FF. And it was 26 megapixels vs 42. Except the ability to crop. The glass makes all the difference for me.
@@chromaticvisuelle It has never and will never be about the camera. Cameras don't take pictures you do
It all depends on what the intended output is; if you intend showing your image on-line only even a 12 mp sensor is enough (if you don’t crop much). But if your intention is to print large high quality prints beyond 50 x 70 cm an image from a 24 mp sensor (no crop) will in many cases not have enough density for sufficient sharpness. Of course, interpolation is always a possibility but with sacrifices. The reason photographers like high density sensors is because scaling down an image comes with very little damage whilst scaling up depends on a method of adding in detailed information that wasn’t there in the first place! Depending on the type of image that can sometimes be an acceptable compromise, but the result is very often disappointing and very obvious. So, the choice of sensor-size and density comes down to what the intended outcome is. Since most photographers don’t really know in what ways the photo will be published or shown in the future the options will be less limited with an image from a larger and more dense sensor. I guess that’s the main reason most photographers like to bring home images from a shoot with a pixel density as high as possible.
Nick is the best!
Very helpful, I much like the way your editing is driven by the feel and aim of the image rather than technique for its own sake
I’m not really into landscape Tom as I’m a wildlife photographer but I love watching your videos I really do, plus I do intend to have a play at landscape as and when the opportunity arises and that my friend is down to you !!! All the best and stay safe Paul.
Nice to see an editing video again. Love the second photo. Great leading line with a grand vista. Agree with the lighting and mood. Very nice. Good video thanks!
Be sure and explore the Dust tool in Lumenzia. It really helps you find all of the dust spots and fix them quickly on a new layer.
Thomas, I think you also have a slight magenta cast on the right image at 11:56. I see it in the sky and the distant mountains.
The radial filter vignette is one of my favorite tools. The best thing is, if done right, the viewer can't tell it's there unless they can see the "before" version.
I subscribed to Nick Carver 6 or 8 months ago when you mentioned him, really enjoy his videos. Thanks for the tip.
Very useful and helpful. I struggle to get my head around post processing, beyond standard changes. The use of a wide radial was really useful, but still got lost on luminance highlighting and the link with photoshop. As a rookie photographer (very amateur) post processing is quite overwhelming. Anyway, thanks as ever for a top vlog.
@Tom Geldon thanks Tom.
Thanks again for this vid.
Yes, the calendar is a great one - as is the book!
Thomas Thank you for these tutorial.
Now I know how to make a nice vignettierung.
I love your channel. Through the video with Andy Gray, I started to try out intentional camera movement.👍👍👌👌
I find Photo Ninja does a great job processing Fuji files. It retains noticeably more highlight detail and overall detail as well.
Nice to see the process for different types. I want to upload my process for others also! Love watching these types of videos
Great tutorial. I am a huge fan of keeping it simple.
I tried that plug-in you mentioned, but I did not like it. The reason is that files from Fujifilm cameras have lower “micro color definition” (for lack or a better phrase). Small details often look desaturated. And that plug-in did not fix that issue for me. Maybe I used it wrong. I used the default settings. But when I used the “Enhance Detail” feature in Lr, it brought back the color in those small details.
Edit: I hope I’m not coming across as saying “you’re wrong and I’m upset that you’re wrong” or something. I genuinely love these videos. My comment about the enhance detail feature was only meant to highlight how it brings back color to small details. I think enhance detail works very well honestly.
Great video Tom. Love the simplicity of your editing. 👍🏻 beautiful images ❤️
I completely agree with your opinion about presets. I've never really understood why one would not want to treat each image individually.
Thomas: It would be interesting to know more details about the scanner you use for film. I have loads of slides and need to scan the best of them. So far I have not found the right scanner. Thanks very much.
Thanks Thomas,
Love your work. Would it be possible for you to share a screen shot of the raw options panel in the x-transformer app?I never know what may be the optimal settings XT4 files.
Thanks
You're an inspiration. Thank you.
Nicks scanning process video helped me out so much. love to see the shoutouts.
Awesome as always Thomas, very simple but effective edits, and techniques I will use for sure, thanks for sharing.
Brilliant video Thomas. In a future video, could you discuss the settings you use for Iridient X-Transformer? I've been using it for a while on my Fuji files but would be interested to know what you use or other photographers you know to get the best results. Thanks Robert
Just ordered my calendar Thomas. Looking forward to it. Keep up the great work mate. Cheers
Great video, Thomas!
Loved this video! Always wondered how/if you edited you photos, very insightful.
Thanks as always for the video. I hadn’t fully realised till I watched you process your first image how much I’ve learned from you. My workflow has become is very similar. Just wished the finished product was s successful. 😂
Great tips. Really helped. Simple, quick and easy.
Especially like the use of vignette.
I use Capture One but translates no problem.
Great job as always. Thanks for the inspiration.
If you do another one of these could you toggle back and forth from before and after each adjustment? Helps see the changes you're making on smaller screens
Although I've watched loads of videos like this, including all of Nick Carvers, I never fail to learn something. In this case the use of the gradient tool in PS allied to a mask on a curves layer. I might go back and re-scan some of my old 6x6 images now.
Great video Thomas. Thanks for sharing your workflows. I really liked your film one. As I have to go through a lot of negatives/positives for a client this was very helpful. I will check out also Nick's Channel.
Cheers from LA.
Thanks for the video, insightful as always. Couldn't bring myself to brushing out natural features though.
Love the editing tutorial Thomas! One tip for filming though is to only use one camera angle. It is weird seeing you face right when editing and then left when it is just your face.
I still do not have any electronic photo editing software yet. I think the main goal is to make a good photo in the first place so that there is little else that needs to be changed. You can use various filters in the field to create the best image.
I use both Fuji and Nikon and Lightroom Classic CC. I find LR does a fine job with my Fuji files. Maybe it’s just me but they are fine and easy to work with.
I've just thought about this, but Thomas Heaton reminds me of Bob Ross! I always learn something from him! He is my favorite photography RUclipsr.
Thanks Thomas for your information.
Great Vlog, Very impressive process and result. Thanks Thomas
Always brilliant video and something new to learn every time.
I like to do as much in lightroom as possible and leave photoshop for the real heavy work, but regardless, this was a very helpful video! Thanks!
Thanks Thomas, really, really interesting way of editing. Starting from scratch is always a good idea !
Thomas, although I liked this video episode, I think it would have been so much better if you had the same image processed by different camera's. We all tend to think our own camera is the best choice, excluding price of course (we all have different budgets). Discussing why an image is better using "A camera" as opposed to "B camera", helps us all to understand your thought process, and help us to see the limitations of a brand, type, etc.
Big props to Nick Carver. He's a great inspiration.
I use Affinity Photo, it's similar in it's execution to Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, but whatever software you choose to edit your images, the emphasis I get from this video is to make small changes. The lighthouse you sharpened shows the awful mess that can easily be made by throwing too much at it and the improvements that small subtle changes can make to an already great image. I always feel a bit of a fraud when I edit my film shots, but I am slowly getting past that and I'm making progress. Thanks Thomas. :)
Editing film has always been a thing. I used to sent up to 6 hours on a single image in the darkroom making masks, dodging and burning etc. And if you made a mistake you had to start all over again! Digital editing is sooooo much easier!
Nice Thomas love watching ur photography and vlog
if I may suggest Negative Lab for your scan conversions...you will be impressed
Great video! Thanks Tom
To me, the first image was screaming for more contrast. It looked so drab on my screen. That vignette tip was great though! I’ll be using that.
Thank you for that Thomas. It's always interesting to see how it's done.
Flicked over to Nick’s channel at 19:10. Watched his most recent video. Subscribed. Returned to this video. Thanks for recommendation 😁
Thanks for showing us your process. Video saved to my “RUclips University”. 🙏🖖
Hi, love your videos, especially in the field, very relaxing to watch and as a photographer who shoots as a hobby, I love to see the results you get. Can you tell me why you would want to shoot in film but then scan in the image to process in post digitally? This concept does not make sense to me. Film images should be worked on in a dark room.......no?
Thanks for the video. I just picked up a XT-4 (longtime Canon user) I’m eager to check out the Iridient plug-in.
Enjoyed watching Tom really like your editing videos 👍
Thank you Thomas! ✊🙋♂️
Another excellent video, thanks
Loved this. Thanks for posting. 💜
This was great!
Nice and simple process TH. Being locked down for a month will give you plenty of time to do more editing (LOL!)
Hey Thomas, just a small question about your umbrella... Which brand/model is it? Where can it be purchased? Thanks so much! 👏
Question about x transformer: is it best to convert before importing into Lightroom, immediately upon importing into Lightroom, or after you have made some adjustments to the raw file? Do those adjustments carry over during conversion?
Great job!👍Small and fast editing by you in both Adobe version.👌
I love to use Adobe Camera Raw opened through Bridge) to process my scanned film files. It is non destructive and works wonder.
Yet another great video, many thanks Thomas! One quick question, what paint colour did you use on your studio walls? I think I'd like to use it on mine too, I've seen it on another photographers walls too! Thanks in advance!!!
Great stuff Tom, any chance for a little community service by sharing your actual tried-and-true Iridient X settings?
I often edit in lightroom and just do corrections in photoshop, well done!
What sort of corrections? I’m new to this all
@@Soarific corrections such as skin smoothening, object removing etc
Thanks for a bit more insight on how you edit your images Thomas, always nice to see a bit of post. I'm a newbie to luminosity masking using the same plug-in as Adam Gibbs but not with the same results. 🤣🤣 Great video and looking forward to your next.
I like your videos and photography style👍, as for film photography nick carver is a fantastic film photographer, i've learned much from his channel.
Always love your videos, Tom. I don’t realize that film images were edited afterwards with software...begs the question, though, why even shoot film in the first place?
Why you didn't use the tone curve on the first two images and only on the film one? Thank you for giving a shout out to Nick Carver, one of my favorite photographers and vloggers. I also appreciated you comments about presets. Finally, what a great mini-workshop in editing! Thank you.
Good job Thomas
I also use Iridient for my Fuji files and am wondering which settings you use with X-Transformer. I am still struggling a bit with the correct settings for the sharpest outcome of my X-T3 images. Can you share yours with me and other Iridient users?
Always look forward to, & enjoy, your videos Thomas but found the background music a tad distracting on this one, other than that, another great video thanks!
Thanks for a great overview on you processing!!
Noticed you’re not using a loupedeck. Were you not a fan? Thought about getting one, but I’d love your insight. Great video!
When doing gentle retouching you really sound like Bob Ross. 😂 All the best and stay healthy. Greetings from Germany.
Very good Video --on the Film sharpening why not use High Pass Sharpening
Really like the lighthouse photos. Would love to be on that beach.
Thanks for this editing approach video. I have grown to edit photos lightly and use the editing tools to emphasize or deemphasize portions of the image. Regarding conversion of the Fujifilm file to dng using a plug-in, are you implying that Lightroom's built-in dng import converter does not do a satisfactory job with these files?
Really nice video Thomas! I'm actually really curious, if you were to shoot a scene such as the last image with your film camera and your digital camera, would you end up with very similar final processed images? I only mean that you've obviously developed your style over your career so I'm quite curious as to see if you'd get the same (similar) result to a digital version. Much like how you can have a musician like a guitarist plug into many different amplifiers but always end up achieving a similar sound across the board. I like kind of seeing what makes people "them" if you get me!
Great stuff Thomas.
I use Photoshop and it is always a great buzz when I get home and start the post production, and this video will add more to what I already use.
What great times we are in with the tools available.
Got your signed book arrived in perfect condition and in January your calendar will be on display.
Cheers.
Colin
What a great video, learned so much! Also: that mountain range looks like a giant sleeping dragon. Awesome! :)
have you perhaps published a book with some of your photography, kind of like a collection
One important thing to mention is that you chose the camera standard profile before you started editing. The choice of profile has a huge impact on your starting image.