TK8: My 5 Favorite NEW Features!
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
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Extraordinary value for the very small purchase price. These panels are the best workflow improvements I've ever encountered giving me measurable reductions to my edit times!
Great news!
After installing the TK8 panel, I thought "Oh No, now the hassle of configuring my User Actions". I was totally gobsmacked when I found how quickly I could add them in this version. Tony certainly put in excellent work with TK8.
Thanks Sean! I love your new TK8 videos!!
This is the best Panel yet! This is a must have for any photographer using Photoshop and the price is fantastic … thank you Tony for this wonderful tool and thanks you Sean for the excellent video tutorials. While you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear, this panel brings you a lot closer!!!
Thanks for that ringing endorsement Larry!
Thank you for the great video, Sean. I purchased your TK8 video series, which I've just begun to watch.
Got it…love it! That new color grading option is brilliant. Great work Tony and Sean!
Thanks Don! Agree! I have trouble with the color grading in Lightroom, and I don't like having to set the colors before even starting my Photoshop workflow. This feature is a game-changer for me.
Great! Always very helpful.
From many video courses that I own about photography and photo editing. Your video guide is the only one that have finished in one week and feel like I collected a lot of useful information, the panel is getting more intuitive, and your teaching skills are amazing! Congratulations!
That’s great feedback! Thanks for letting us know. 😁
Just finished watching your video series on TK8. Have been a TK panel user for many years now. Amazing value! Love both the new panel, and good to get your full run down so that I am not skipping over anything.
Excellent Randy! Lots of new goodies this time around.
And you if you to make it look like a painting, you go through the layer mask mode: each step in the luminosity mask gets the colors back in place. With all the tools in this panel (curves, dodge, burn, brushes...) the possibilities are enormous...
Cool idea! I love to hear about this kind of creative experimentation.
Thanks so much! Your "top five" new features are absolutely amazing. Have your new videos too; which I wholeheartedly recommend.
Thanks Bill!
Homerun on the TK8 and your tutorials, Sean. Congrats to you and Tony! What a terrific bargain and certainly worth much more than your combo price.
Thanks David! I think we have kept the same prices for almost a decade now. We want it to be as accessible as we can make it. 😁
Hey Sean, glad to see Color Grading was your #1 favorite feature. I was really excited about this one, too. Looking forward to your examples in the TK8 Video Guide.
Right on Chris. Let me know how it goes. :-)
The workflow through the TK8 panels is greatly improved, at least for me. But what really brought it together were your targeted training videos, one section on each major feature. I spent two days going through them and applying the ideas to my images. I now find myself using many more of the TK panel functions and when I can't quite remember how, its easy to find the related tutorial and watch the examples again. Thanks to your GREAT work I'm having more fun than ever with my photography.
Great feedback, Art! I'm so glad the videos are helping you find all the cool nooks and crannies in TK8.
TK8 is fantastic. Agree with you that Tony has taken TK panels up many notches. Easy to use and easy for to teach my students to use TK8 rather than learn shortcuts and how to access adjustments, tools and masks in one easy to use tool.
Wise words sensai.
An interesting thing is the edge mask. If you select it, then you invert it and you make the output in the mask to pixels, you can get a very nice sketch of your picture: when you play with landscapes and buildings it can have very interesting results. And you can also select the sky, in order to have a colored texture on a black and white path...
Just amazing…. And real value for money! I am a committed TK user and my learning continue. Thank you gentlemen 👍🏻
Much appreciated and we hope you enjoy the cool new stuff.
I'm really excited to upgrade from the TK8 beta to this final release. Tony's panels and especially your video training are worth many times their price.
Thanks for the good words Roger. 😁
Hi Sean. I’m almost at the end of the tk8 video guide, very nice video and a great tk8 panel. Coming from the tk7, I can quickly find my way. I play with infrared photography and the tools of the tk8 panel open a new way in playing with the light. Very very good stuff. Best wishes from France. Au revoir.
You've been busy! Glad you are enjoying it. Tony tried to keep much of the layout similar in TK8 so it would be an easy switch. It is great to hear that is your experience.
Hello Sean. You did a great job making the tk8 video guide. Congrats! I am a tk user and recently bought the new version. Watching your video atm. I love them. I also like the panels Blake Rudis uses such as the Zone system express, Palette Effects and the dodge and burn panel. I also use these a lot and the Pro panel made by John Weatherby. All awsome stuff.
You are an 8th-degree panel master!
@@SeanBagshaw Haha, i should examine all the options to see whats the most effective workflow to use them all 😄
Thank you Sean. As a new user this was super helpful! Any architectural photography examples appreciated.
I don't do much architectural photography these days so I haven't covered that in depth but I do include one chapter in my Smart Objects Photoshop course, as well as several more examples on landscape photos that use the same process. If you search on RUclips you can also find quite a few. I know Jimmy McIntyre has a couple from a few years ago.
Your training is superb!
Thanks sir!
My head hurts this is amazing.
That side-by-side image of the masking feature in layer mask mode is crazy good.
Awesome work from Tony and you. Been working with TK8 since early beta exclusively. Jumped to the new release version of TK8 as soon as it was available, and am almost through your excellent guide. Kudos to both Sean and Tony!
Great stuff Alex! How are you liking the new features in the full version?
@@SeanBagshaw Very much so. I love the easy to make a BW Conversion, Mask to Pixels is way easier. I am not sold on Color Grading (never was. Still have to learn to use the feature, but it is easier and better than the on in LR/ACR indeed.
@@AlexFeldstein the idea of color grading is certainly only useful for those interested in shifting/reimagining the color palette in images for creative purposes. Many of us prefer to leave the color relationships in our images more "as is". I will say that very subtle color shifts can often make images stronger while also being very natural. One of the things I like about the TK color grading tool is how targetted and nuanced you can be with it. :-)
@@SeanBagshaw That's the key point. "Creative purposes". My images are as real to life as can be, other than improving Vib/Sat, removing extraneous garbage or sometimes converting to B&W. Thx.
@@AlexFeldstein Which is awesome! I love all the ways that are available to do photography.
Hi Sean! I love your videos! thank you so much for sharing great videos like this.
I wanted to ask, Do you know how I can create a Luminosity mask and then jump back to the RGB colour space to be able to dodge and burn certain dark and light parts of the image?
In TK 7, You can create a composite Luminosity mask and you can jump to the RGB colour space with no problems. But I am finding it hard to understand how to do that in TK8.
I appreciate your help in advance! Thank you!
Hi Ali...I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "create a luminosity mask and then jump to the RGB color space." TK8 can do everything that TK7 can do, so I'm sure it is possible. Why don't you email me at sean@outdoorexposurephoto.com and we can pick this up there? It is difficult to do tech support in the RUclips comments. :-)
Fantastic Sean, I am constantly amazed how Tony keeps finding ways to improve and evolve his panel. Worth every penny or cent for the upgrade. I've just had a new PC and monitor delivered specifically for my Photoshop-hungry needs, so this update simply couldn't be better timing for me. Expect my order soon.. 😁
Kind regards, Mike.
Right on Mike! Woohoo! new computer. Lots of ram, CPU and GPU makes Ps like butter. Enjoy!
@@SeanBagshaw Lol, thanks Sean. All of the above present and correct. Initiating warp drive.. LMAO! 😜
Hello Sean, while watching your tk8 panel videos i realised that the black and white color mask would have been useful to replace skies before the sky removal tool was added to photoshop cc 2020.
You are correct. It certainly can be. 😃
@@SeanBagshaw 👌🙌
Hi Sean thanks for this. I've been working through your tk8 video guide - brilliant. Will you be doing a complete workflow tutorial using the tk8 panel soon?
Gary
Thanks Gary! It's been a while since I've done a complete workflow tutorial, so I probably should. Until then there is at least a 30-minute workflow chapter at the end of the TK8 Video Guide that I hope is helpful.
Thanks Sean, I haven't got that far yet... always like your workflow videos but I guess they take a lot of effort and time to produce.
Had Lumenzia on my old computer. Have new computer and it is a nightmare to try and get Lumenzia back. Unsuccessful! Looking at TK8. Easy to load?????
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Hello Sean, thank you for this video, Which course do you suggest to buy if I never used TK pannels before? Thank you and the best for you from Uruguay!
Thanks. Start with the TK8 Video Guide. 😁
Is there a way to get back to one up view after working in two up view, when you have more files in open in photoshop? Is there a consolidate to all tabs button?
To go to one up view just close one of the two tabs. 😁
I am dreaming of the day TK panel comes out for Affinity Photo and I can finally ditch Photoshop subscription. I use Capture One for raw editing already. What are the possibilities?
As far as I know, Affinity Photo doesn't allow third-party developers or have any sort of plugin support? If that is true, then the possibilities are zero. 😀
In your videos for sale, do you go over what you talked about with Color Grading, I followed along up to a point and got lost. :-) I'm totally blown away with this, thanks for the video
Hi Susan...sorry this video goes so fast. Just meant to be a preview. Yes, in the TK8 Video Guide I walk you through how the new Color Grading feature works much more slowly and in more detail. :-)
Hello Susan
I've been using TK panels, variably, for a few years. I agree, this is the best yet and will absolutely move me to use it far more than in the past. I also agree with you that the User Actions is so simple. I've already been using it. However, I have found one action, a rather simple one actually, than runs fine directly from Photoshop but when added to the TK 8 panel doesn't seem to work. I'm quite puzzled by this. Any thoughts?
I always learn from your videos. Thank you....
Boy, couldn’t say without knowing the steps in the action. I also don’t know what’s going on under the hood with the panel code so this may be a better question for Tony Kuyper.
Check out the name of the action on Photoshop's regular Actions panel. Does it contain a special character, like forward- or back-slash? These special characters cause problems, it seems. Best to stick with just letters and numbers in the names for actions you plan to add to TK8. Remove the special characters and then re-add the action to TK8 and see if it works. Also, I've found out that for actions that run scripts, the action will stop at the script and not continue. This might be because the UXP architecture doesn't like JSX (the scripting language) for security reasons. So, you can't run actions that call scripts with TK.
Ok, so I downloaded the upgrade from TK7 to TK8. I am having trouble understanding why TK8 is better. I know I do not use the program to it's fullest potential. I like to select certain midtones, make it into a layer mask, then use levels or curves to add contrast in those midtones. I also use the mask modifier slider to modify the mask. I am having trouble understanding how to make a layer mask with TK8, or use a mask modifier slider.Is there still a mask modifier slider in TK8? Just seems like TK8 has fewer options. I am struggling with it.
Hi Vicki. TK8 does everything that TK7 does and also has many new or upgraded features. Also, Adobe is changing over to their new UXP plugin system, which made it necessary for Tony to create a panel that would continue to be supported by Adobe into the future. You can find the answers to all your questions in the Instruction Manual that comes in the TK8 download and I also cover everything in the TK8 Video Guide that I produced. If you still have questions, don't hesitate to contact either Tony or me through our websites. We are very happy to answer questions as best we can via email.
How many computers does it support if you buy it?
The license allows you to install on two computers at a time.
Is there Blend If options?
In Photoshop Blend/If works on any adjustment layer, so you wouldn't need a plugin. In that way, yes you have the option to use Blend/If I guess?
@@SeanBagshaw surprised Tony doesn’t implement it, as layer/luminosity masks add file size.
@@haies09 Like I said, I don't think there is a reason to put it in a plugin because anyone can use blend/if in Ps. Lots of things add file size in Ps and pixel masks are definitely one of them...but for my workflow, my priority is control and precision and I am not concerned about file size.
@@SeanBagshaw but you can’t work on the below layers, you must delete the masks in order too, seems like a very destructive workflow, but whatever floats your boat 😊
@@haies09 For sure! 😁 The ways to develop an image are limitless and we can all find our own way. That's one of the things I really love about photography.
I guess I am just dense because I am not finding the transition easy at all!
Don’t hesitate to email/contact me through my website if you have questions I can help with.
@@SeanBagshaw Thanks Sean! I just bought the video guide so I am going to see if that helps first. If I cant figure it out I will take you up on the offer!
work with photoshop 2022
Yes it does. 😁
"TK8 will NOT work in any version of Photoshop older than Photoshop 2021." I am still in the 2020 version, i guess the past 2 years are just too unreal for me..
It's not Tony...it is Adobe. Their new UXP plugin system wasn't available before Ps 2021. The best Tony can do is try to stay current with Adobe. If you have a Ps subscription you should be able to update.
@@SeanBagshaw I understand that. Tech goes forward so it only makes sense that the plugins/addons goes with it.