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Kathy had a ton of questions for me so I said lets record it!  She had questions about composition, focus, Lightroom, and tons more.  Check out the video...more to come next week. Here is part 2.

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0 # Susan Royce 2011-10-20 20:00
Hi Greg - the video was great! Kathy had many of the same question that I have, so it was of much interest. I'm looking forward to part 2.

I am teaching myself Lightroom, using Kelby's book as a reference. Are you teaching any intermediate level classes? I could use the practical kind of advice you gave in the video.

Thanks,

Sue
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0 # Carsten 2011-10-21 07:44
I like this Pro-Am format. If Kathy can keep up expressing herself in layman's terms this will speak to many and encourage them to ask questions
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0 # Ved Prakash Upadhyay 2011-10-21 19:11
hey Greg I have a question too..but anyone can answer if willing to help. I'm not able to open raw files of my canon eos 1100d in lightroom 3. I'm not sure what to do and how. Any info will be helpful. Thanks for the informational videos!
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0 # Gregory Cazillo 2011-10-21 19:15
Check Adobe's website to be sure your camera is supported by LR3 and ACR.
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0 # Ved Prakash Upadhyay 2011-10-21 19:19
Thanks Greg, yes my camera is listed on the adobe website under header "Supported cameras for the Camera Raw plug-in and Lightroom". Do I need some kind of plug-in? How can I get that?
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0 # Gregory Cazillo 2011-10-21 19:19
Did you upgrade to the latest version?
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0 # Ved Prakash Upadhyay 2011-10-21 19:21
I recently installed it. I've never used Lightroom before. It's Version 3.0 CR 6.1...
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0 # Gregory Cazillo 2011-10-21 19:22
Check their website for latest version...
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0 # Ved Prakash Upadhyay 2011-10-21 19:26
I went to adobe site using check for updates..it takes me to the page where it offers me to download lightroom 218mb exe file. Is that it? Would it ask me to pay?
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0 # Gregory Cazillo 2011-10-24 12:17
Probably the right file, should be free.
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0 # David 2011-10-22 22:05
Great Great Video - this is the kind of stuff that is invaluable! Thanks Greg
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+1 # David 2011-10-22 22:52
I just watched this video twice - again refreshing just the tips I needed.
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0 # parminder 2011-10-28 09:52
Hi Greg, I use lightroom for editing. I keep colours bright and vibrant. But when i upload my edited picture on net, the colours appear very dull. what should i do?
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0 # Gregory Cazillo 2011-10-31 11:17
Make sure your images are being exported in sRGB color space for the web or print, not ProPhoto RGB.
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0 # Phil Street 2012-07-29 02:26
Greg,

I did a photography course last Christmas and the instructor got us all to change our DSLR's from sRGB to AdobeRGB. His reasoning was that you'd want to be using Adobe's colour space if you're going to be using their software e.g. Photoshop. Are you saying the opposite or is it (as I understand the thrust of your comment) that sRGB is best for publishing on the web.
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0 # Gregory Cazillo 2012-07-30 08:02
If you are shooting RAW (as you should be) that choice has no effect on your files. It does however affect the file naming on Nikon cameras. My cameras are all set on sRGB.
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0 # Phil Street 2012-07-30 08:58
I have been shooting raw on my DSLR almost since day 1 and understand why. My Sony also changes the file naming when using AdobeRGB. I had a good read of my manual and it appears to have an effect on JPG's.

What I can glean from here is that colour space is more important when editing rather than when taking photos. I think I'll go back to sRGB for now and see it's effect (if any).

Thanks :o)
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0 # Gregory Cazillo 2012-07-30 08:08
BTW his reason is bogus too. The main 3 profiles are universal (sRGB, Adobe 98 and ProPhoto RGB) in all decent photo editing software for years and years. Sounds like he was just blowing smoke...
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