Comments on: Presets – Soft Dreamy Effect

By: Portland Wedding Photography

Portland Wedding Photography — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:34:14 +0000

Did anybody else realize that this “effect” muddies the image and makes it look incredibly cheap? It’s no substitute for PS blur/half-opacity, or onOne plugins.

By: taylor

taylor — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:16:24 +0000

appreciate the info guys, thanks

By: Holly

Holly — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:48:37 +0000

Matt,
Thank you for this preset!! I’ve had it a while now, and I am really starting to use it a lot. It does wonders for newborn baby skin, and creates a timeless feel to portraits. I’m always trying to get super-sharp images, so I never thought I’d like this, but whaddayaknow — it works! Thank you!

By: NKN Photography

NKN Photography — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:45:11 +0000

Thanks for the presets Matt.

By: Kerri

Kerri — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:45:32 +0000

Fantastic Presets, thank you so much, I love them all!

I don’t see the update in the comments, but I do need more coffee this morning, or were you distracted by the negativity? That would be understandable.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:19:37 +0000

@Greg
Yes I was referring to Lightroom 2, I see many folks complaining over on Flickr, http://www.flickr.com/groups/adobe_lightroom/

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:06:56 +0000

@Mike (the mean one),

What’s with the comment? Adobe is unable to release a usable product? Do you mean in general? In that case, 13 versions of Illustrator, 10 of Photoshop, 5 of InDesign and Acrobat, PS Elements, Premiere, After Effects etc etc – just don’t count. Or do you mean Lightroom? In that case (with the exception of the clunky performance of the adjustment brush) you need some specifics to back the comment up. IMO, LR2 goes well beyond simply usable. I have been a photographer for a long time (25 years) and exclusively digital for 12 years and Lightroom is simply an answer to prayer.

@Matt,
Cool that you have posted about this negative Clarity effect. I just stumbled onto it a few weeks ago and was delighted. I will have to check out the video from second post about controlling it and getting more detail. Thanks for all the good stuff!

By: Joe Schmidt

Joe Schmidt — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:39:46 +0000

Great pre sets Matt. Looking forward to how to remove the blur from areas that you don’t want it.
Thanks

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:04:08 +0000

Thanks Matt, I’ve just upgraded to 2.0 so will look forward to trying these out. Just found your site – I’ll be visiting regularly in future.

By: mikey

mikey — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:43:55 +0000

mmmm… sandwiches