Saw you Photoshop Duotone post at Peachpit. Ihad some great results following your tips and playing around with tons of options. But, when importing the file to Lightroom it does not suport that color mode. Hmmm, what is the work around?

Thanks in advance and keep up the good work feding us nerds with hints and tricks at all the forums you are involved with.

/Mikael
(in Sweden)

I will for sure plan a trip to that area!

Vivek

Winston – You can stack presets as along as they don’t both try to modify the same settings. For example if one preset (high-key) tries to increase say, the Brightness slider, but another preset tries to lower the Brightness slider then the Brightness will be set to whichever preset you applied last.

Peter – Thanks. I needed that. Hope you’re able to make it to Photoshop World. We’re giving away tickets on Photoshop TV so make sure you watch the end of the show and enter the contest.

Vivek – Glad you like the photo. That was taken at Lake Morraine in Banff National Park in Canada. I can’t recommend a trip to Banff enough. You could spend weeks there as a photographer and still not capture everything there is to see. June seems to be a great time to go.

Thanks!
Matt K

This might not relate to your blog but I’m gonna ask it anyway

I have a question about your HDR class at kelby-training.
Where is the lake from the HDR photo, you know.. with the rocks on the foreground.. It’s a beautiful shot and I have seen it before and want to go there but can’t find info on the location anywhere…

Thanks!!!

Vivek

Know how you can tell a pioneer from those who are not willing to venture out and seek something new ? The pioneers have arrows in their backs

Thanks for pioneering new techniques, the inspiration and for sharing.

Was hoping to meet up at PS World in Boston, but may have to make a choice between software upgrade to keep up with the latest techniques or PSW.

May still find a way.

Thanks

Your presets have been a great inspiration to me, both in Lightroom and photography in general; I find myself looking for photos that would work well with a vintage preset or similar.

One thing that I would like to do is to be able to “stack” preset effects easily. For example, I’d like to use a soft focus preset and Vintage New York on the same shot; can that be done (without exporting/re-importing)?

Again, Thanks for your time and help.
Alex

1) I just realized that converting to B&W wasn’t part of the presets so if you’ve downloaded these things anytime before 3:30 EST then re-download them.

2) Here’s the thing that’s great about presets. If you don’t like ‘em, then you don’t have to use them. They’re totally free so you’re not out any $$. It’s really personal taste which is why I put a preview with each preset. You don’t even have to download it if the preview doesn’t look like something you’ll use.
Personally I use Duotones all the time for my black and whites and I’ve created presets that save me from having to tediously set the sliders to the exact number each time.

Thanks,
Matt