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Batch Process, Save, Export, and Print Once you’ve followed the processing techniques in lessons 1 - 10  you’ll want to share your favorite shots with family, friends and clients. In this lesson we’ll look at ways to get your shots looking their best whichever media you choose to share them in. You can set up Digital Photo Professional 4 to display a narrower range of colors if you’re processing for print, or a wider range if you’re planning to share electronically. Mini Guide Follow along and take notes  That's the end of the 11 tutorials for DPP. You should now know enough to be dangerous and create great photos for your clients & customers, yourself, and your family & friends. The End Enjoyed this lesson, comment below or tweet along with me  Tweet to @DesignsOwens Additional Resources There are additional video tutorials for Canon's tools that may interest you: Canon Picture Style Editor Tutorials Nine in-depth videos to help you fine tune creative in

Adjust Image Colors Panel Discover how the Adjust Image Colors palette enables you to target and tweak the Saturation and Lightness of individual colors in Canon's Digital Photo Professional 4. This enables you to selectively boost colors without over-saturating skin tones for example. You can darken the luminance of skies to add more drama. Save the adjustments as a Recipe to apply to other images in a click. Mini Guide Follow along and take notes  Lesson Files Download the course file(s) so that you can practice with the same file(s) the instructor is working on; download the course file(s) here . Enjoyed this lesson; comment below or tweet along with me  Tweet to @DesignsOwens Lesson 10: Preparing Photos for Print & the Web Want to see all of the 11 DPP Lessons, click the DPP keyword below.

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Black & White Photos Create effective monochrome conversions with Digital Photo Professional 4. An effective black and white conversion should feature contrasting tones that help various objects, textures and patterns stand out more effectively. You'll learn how to use the histogram and clipping warnings and the selective tone tweaking sliders to create a stronger contrast with some black shadow and white highlights in the mono conversion. Mini Guide Follow along and take notes  Lesson Files Download the course file(s) so that you can practice with the same file(s) the instructor is working on; download the course file(s) here . Enjoyed this lesson, comment below or tweet along with me  Tweet to @DesignsOwens Lesson 10: Selective Color Adjustments Want to see all of the 11 DPP Lessons, click the DPP keyword below.

Remove Unwanted Objects Using Digital Photo Professional 4’s Dust Delete/Copy Stamp Tool Palette to remove sensor spots and unwanted objects.  You can clone parts of images to remove unwanted parts such as removing a person in the ocean. You can use this tool on Canon RAW images as well as TIFFs and JPGs. Mini Guide Follow along and take notes  Lesson Files Download the course file(s) so that you can practice with the same file(s) the instructor is working on; download the course file(s) here . Enjoyed this lesson, comment below or tweet along with me  Tweet to @DesignsOwens Lesson 9: Better Blacks & Whites Want to see all of the 11 DPP Lessons, click the DPP keyword below.

Today I played around with the Pixel Blender set of filters in Photoshop. It was released with CS5 and then scaled back to just the Oil Paint filter in the latest versions. If you want to see some of the art I created check out my Behind the Lens blog. Here is a quick technique tutorial on how to create an oil painting from a photo using the Oil Paint and Liquify filters. This video was made with CS5, put you can still do them in the current version of Photoshop. The Oil Paint filter is located on the main Filter drop-down menu. Creating an Digital Oil Painting  

Fix Chromatic Aberration & Vignettes Learn how lens data can be used to fix lens-related problems in a click. Digital Photo Professional 4’s Lens Correction panel can reduce the presence of color fringes, counteract barrel or pincushion distortion and remove vignette edges to create a more even exposure. Mini Guide Follow along and take notes  Lesson Files Download the course file(s) so that you can practice with the same file(s) the instructor is working on; download the course file(s) here . Enjoyed this lesson, comment below or tweet along with me  Tweet to @DesignsOwens Lesson 8: Cloning & Healing Want to see all of the 11 DPP Lessons, click the DPP keyword below.

Sharpen Details Using AF Points One of the advantages Canon's Digital Photo Professional 4 has over Adobe Lightroom is the ability to view the Auto Focus (AF) points. Being able to see AF points has many advantages, one of which is to aid with sharpening an image.  With DPP's Unsharp Mask you can get a balance between restoring image detail without adding sharpening artefacts such as halos. Mini Guide Follow along and take notes  Lesson Files Download the course file(s) so that you can practice with the same file(s) the instructor is working on; download the course file(s) here . Enjoyed this lesson, comment below or tweet along with me  Tweet to @DesignsOwens Lesson 7: Lens Corrections Want to see all of the 11 DPP Lessons, click the DPP keyword below.

Using the Crop & Rotate Tool Learn how to use the Crop tool to adjust and improve a RAW file's composition. You can correct a crooked horizon, crop out unwanted elements, or change the composition from a rectangle to a square or from landscape to portrait.  With Digital Photo Professional 4’s Crop and Rotate tools you can take more control of the composition of an image. Although cropping a shot will create a smaller version of the image, it will still be more than large enough to be enjoyed on the web or printed out at standard print sizes due to the large megapixel resolution of your DSLR. Mini Guide Follow along and take notes  Lesson Files Download the course file(s) so that you can practice with the same file(s) the instructor is working on; download the course file(s) here . Enjoyed this lesson, comment below or tweet along with me  Tweet to @DesignsOwens Lesson 6: Sharpen Detail Want to see all of the 11 DPP Lessons, click the DPP keyword below

Fix Horrible Color Casts Learn how to use White Balance presets to warm up or cool down photos to reveal a subject’s true colors.  With Canon's Digital Photo Professional 4’s software you can correct blue casts that appear in outdoor photos or orange casts that appear in photos taken under incandescent lights.  So if you used an incorrect white balance or if auto white balance misread the scene you can use DPP 4's tools to reproduce the scene's true colors. Mini Guide Follow along and take notes  Lesson Files Download the course file(s) so that you can practice with the same file(s) the instructor is working on; download the course file(s) here . Enjoyed this lesson, comment below or tweet along with me  Tweet to @DesignsOwens Lesson 5: Improve Composition Want to see all of the 11 DPP Lessons, click the DPP keyword below.

Set Embroidery Settings & Edit Stock Designs These videos tutorials focus on embroidery settings and editing features in the software. You can edit stock embroidery designs and designs you've digitized.  1. Embroidery Settings 2. Editing 101: Objects & Text 3. Editing 201: Blocks & Stitches SINGER® bundles the Professional Sew-Ware (PSW) Deluxe™ embroidery digitizing, advanced editing, and lettering software that is shipped with the SINGER® LEGACY™ SE340 Sewing & Embroidery Machine. Singer Futura owners and users software is similar and this these tutorials are applicable .  To view all of the videos & blogs in the series click the PSW Deluxe keyword below.

Custom Monograms & Lettering These videos tutorials focus on accessing the Lettering mode to create custom lettering designs and monograms using the installed embroidery fonts. You can also create new embroidery fonts with the Hyperfont tool.  1. Lettering 101: Access the Lettering Mode 2. Lettering 201: Frames 3. Lettering 301: Hyperfont 4. Lettering 401: Monograms & Tack Down Stitches This series of videos is targeted to the Singer Futura owners and owners of Professional Sew-Ware Deluxe (PSW Deluxe) that comes bundled with the SINGER Legacy SE340 embroidery sewing machine as the software is similar.  To view all of the videos & blogs in the series click the PSW Deluxe keyword below.

How To Create Custom Embroidery Using Your Computer Learn how to create custom embroidery designs by watching these video tutorials and reading my eBook . These videos focus on how to use this powerful software, Professional Sew-Ware Deluxe, by Singer , to digitize embroidery designs.   1. Activating the Digitizing Mode 2. Freeform Tool 3. Column Tool 4. Geometric Shapes Tools 5. Magic Wand Tool 6. Putting It All Together 7. Appliqué 8. Design Browser 9. Color Blending 10. Autopunch I have created a deep dive guide: DIGITIZING WITH PROFESSIONAL SEW-WARE DELUXE™ that compliments these videos and provides details about the Digitizing mode in PSW Deluxe, how to access it, and how to use its powerful features.   To view all of the videos & blogs in the series click the PSW Deluxe keyword below.

Adjust Tone Curve & Dynamic Range Learn how to remap incorrectly exposed tonal input levels to correctly exposed output levels with Canon's Digital Photo Professional 4. A photograph’s tones are represented by a range of tonal levels. The darkest black shadows have a level of 0, while the brightest white highlight level is 255. Midtones fall between 0 and 255. If a photo is incorrectly exposed then you can use Digital Photo Professional 4 to remap shadow, midtone or highlight input levels to give them lighter or darker output levels. Mini Guide Follow along and take notes  Lesson Files Download the course file(s) so that you can practice with the same file(s) the instructor is working on; download the course file(s) here . Enjoyed this lesson, comment below or tweet along with me  Tweet to @DesignsOwens Lesson 4: How to Correct Color Casts Want to see all of the 11 DPP Lessons, click the DPP keyword below.

Shadow & Highlight Warnings Discover how to selectively reveal shadow detail without clipping the highlights. Digital Photo Professional 4’s digital darkroom enables you to create a more balanced exposure, with color and detail visible in both the shadows and highlights. Mini Guide Follow along and take notes  Lesson Files Download the course file(s) so that you can practice with the same file(s) the instructor is working on; download the course file(s) here . Enjoyed this lesson, comment below or tweet along with me  Tweet to @DesignsOwens Lesson 3: Adjusting Levels and Curves Want to see all of the 11 DPP Lessons, click the DPP keyword below.

Organizing & Sorting Your Images Learn how to check images for quality and organize them using a range of useful criteria. In this first video lesson George Cairn demonstrates a range of ways to help you sort your shots, from displaying them in shooting order to filtering. You'll learn how to add ratings, check marks as well as creating Collections. Mini Guide Follow along and take notes  Enjoyed this lesson, comment below or tweet along with me Tweet to @DesignsOwens Lesson 2: Recovering Missing Shadows Want to see all of the 11 DPP Lessons, click the DPP keyword below.

What is DPP 4? According to Canon: Digital Photo Professional (DPP) is a high-performance RAW image processing, viewing and editing software for EOS digital cameras and PowerShot models with RAW capability. Using DPP you can easily perform basic and advanced editing and printing of RAW images.  DPP supports sRGB, Adobe RGB, Wide Gamut RGB and Color Management System (CMS) using the International Color Consortium (ICC) Profile. Digital Photo Professional is included in the initial software setup for your Canon camera.  You can also download the software from the Canon website of your country. You would need to locate your camera model, prove proof of ownership to be able to activate the software. I recommend updating the software regularly as Canon often releases feature updates and camera & lens updates to the software. Why Use DPP 4? If you are shooting with Canon's DSLRs or Mirror Less cameras I recommend using DPP as the first step in your digital Dark Room. It is the best

 Advanced Search - Twitter Ever wonder how news agencies, bloggers and people on Twitter and other social media sites are able to locate a tweet from a specific time or on a specific topic?  For instance when the 45th President of the United States would tweet something often times news agencies, bloggers, and people on social media would find similar tweets relating to that topic in the past and post them, which led to the following memes:  There's a Tweet for Everything or This Tweet Didn't Age Well .  Or maybe you are looking for an old tweet you tweeted but can't remember exactly when you tweeted it. You can use the Advanced Search feature in Twitter to drill down to exactly what you need. Using advanced search makes it easier to find specific tweets by  refining your search results to specific date ranges, people, hashtags, etc. To do this make sure you are logged into your Twitter account and click the tree dots to the right of the search field, then click A