The Photo for Windows beta has proven incredibly popular, and I appreciate that, like with any software, there's a learning curve and the requirement to invest time in understanding the software's functionality and idiosyncrasies.
With no firm commitment to delivering them consistently (that bit is important to note ;) ) I'd like to share some example editing/workflow videos. My aim is to demonstrate Photo's feature set and, hopefully, help viewers understand how the tools and features they're accustomed to using in other software can translate to Photo's implementations.
If you haven't caught them already, it's also worth noting that there's a huge set of video tutorials for Photo available at http://affin.co/PhotoTuts - around 165 at last count.
Here they are:
Hadrian's Wall
Link: https://vimeo.com/191642138
This video focuses on:
Raw noise reduction and dithering
Marquee selections from tonal ranges
Layer masking
Blend modes
Blend ranges
Channel duplication/loading to alpha mask
Live filter layers
Configurable layer behaviour
Tiled Building
Link: https://vimeo.com/191981432
This video focuses on:
Accurate selections using selection brush tool
Saving selections to spare channels
Loading channel information into a layer's alpha mask
Live brush previews
Creative painting with blend modes
Dynamic brush resizing on the fly
Live Lighting filter
Live filter layer mask painting
Fast history scrubbing
Portrait Retouching
Link: https://vimeo.com/194985128
This video focuses on:
Automated Frequency Separation
Healing Brush and Clone Brush
Merging visible layers
Live filter layers
Live brush previews and blend modes
Changing/adding colour tones
Changeable workflow behaviours via Assistant dialog
Live scrubbing History panel
Monochromatic Architecture
Link: https://vimeo.com/194986066
This video focuses on:
Adjustment Layers
Live brush work with live previews
Painting & Erasing
Live filter layers
Non-destructive noise/grain addition
Canary Wharf
Link: https://vimeo.com/203283705
This video focuses on:
RAW development
Tone Curve option
Apply Image with channel equations
Black & White adjustment with Multiply blend mode to knock out sky colour
Pixel painting to enhance colours
Curves tonal adjustment
Live Unsharp Mask filter for final sharpening
Banded Demoiselle
Link: https://vimeo.com/203294769
This video focuses on:
Creating selections with the Selection Brush
Inverting a selection
Masking an adjustment using a selection
Tweaking layer opacity
Live Lighting filter with blend mode
Live High Pass filter with masking
White Balance for tinting
I'll keep you posted as further videos appear. Hope they prove helpful to you!
