VSCO Film ?

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Steve Boykin

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Is anyone using this software? If so what do you think. My only concern is that it appears you need separate purchases for Lightroom, Photoshop, and Aperture. I'm going to switch over to Photoshop on the Xmas Holiday when I can sit down and try to learn it but I still want to have Lightroom as a backup. THANKS!!!

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You're switching over to Photoshop, Steve? Seems like everybody wants to move away from it. I'm using it too, only because I am a complete ignoramus about post production and the various softwares but I happen to have PS CS5 and I'm trying to learn how to use this confounding Canon 7D (which is not a box with a hole in the front like all my other cameras so much as it is a computer with a hole in the front). Anyway,...may I ask why your going to PS?
 
Well....two reasons kind of. I got a really good deal on it and I thought it was better than Lightroom. Mind you I don't know it's better than Lightroom. I also have Aperture which I got with my computer but I really don't use it. I work in Higher Ed which means low pay but lots of time off. We have two weeks off at Xmas so I thought I would use that time to try and figure it out, Photoshop that is. To be honest, I'm total imbecile with the computers, software and digital cameras....but I am persistent. My "processing skills" as of now basically consist of making minor adjustments to Silver EFX presets.

On the digital cameras I completely agree. Yesterday somehow I got the focus confirmation point on that stupid Nikon set somewhere off to the lower left. I have no idea how this occurred. Admittedly I had an old manual focus lens on it so I didn't know if that was actually the focus point or not. I went nuts trying to figure out how to move it back to the center where it needs to stay for me. My dogs freaked out because I was cursing and yelling at the camera as I frantically scrolled through menu after menu trying to fix it back "to just focus on the center point D#MN IT!" I just need to sell that camera it's waaaaaaaay to complicated for me. That's why I like the Fuji so much. The aperture ring is on the lens and it has dials. Honestly I just set the camera on Aperture Priority and choose the aperture I like. What I REALLY want is a digital K1000. I would sell my soul for a digital K1000.
 
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Sounds like you and I are at roughly the same point on the digital image learning curve.

Digital K1000? Hmmm. Have you checked E-bay?;)
 
Brian Moore said:
Digital K1000? Hmmm. Have you checked E-bay?;)
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Don't be getting my hopes up........;)

I swear you need a Masters Degree to use that Nikon. It has so many buttons on it and the manual is huge with tiny print. Honestly I don't even know what they all do. I kind of thought about getting it set where I want it and then applying a liberal amount of duct tape to all the buttons and controllers so they couldn't be accidentally moved or pressed.
 
Duct tape would work but it would not look elegant. Plus, if you ever decided to use a button you had previously taped down, removing the tape would leave you with a sticky residue on the camera.

Instead of duct tape I would recommend super glue. Much cleaner, hardens to a nice sheen and will look elegant. (And if you ever wanted to use a button you had previously glued in place, all you'd need is a very fine twist drill to get you through the glue.) That's my recommendation, Steve. ;)
 
WWBFD- Brian, you are so right. I didn't ask myself "What Would Bryan Ferry Do?" Of course I must add living here in Texas we like our duct tape mighty fine. We just ain't all citified so-fisticated like you folks in California. :D
 
Brian Moore said:
Steve,..."What would Bryan Ferry do?" My guess is he'd say "Lets Stick Together." :p
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Admittedly, that's probably the wiser course of action. However, yesterday I was seriously considering a Remake/Remodel of the Nikon that involved banging it repeatedly against a tree. :D
 
i used vsco last weekend on a friend's computer, it was the lightroom version. it was easy to use and does look like retro film, but tbh, it doesn't fit into my bag of tricks. the main reason is the price is too high, the other is that it looks pretty close to what can be achieved using tone curve in lightroom. and once you create the tone curve, it's just as easy to save it as a preset and make minor adjustments.

the color version is kodak portra 800+ from vsco, the b&w is a preset i created a while back.







 
Isn't vsco just presets anyway Beth?

What trouble are you having with the Nikon Steve?
Don't worry about the buttons ... If you don't know what they do you don't need them!!
 
sophisticated presets, if you own a canon or a nikon they include camera profiles for lightroom. for the fuji, pretty much standard presets for lightroom. i didn't see much of a difference between my friend's nikon shots with the camera profile and my fuji's without. not sure if they're actions or plugins for photoshop.
 
Hmm ... That's got me wondering if I can solve some issues I'm having with the output of my d800 ...
In fact, it occurs to me it might be the answer I had not even considered ... I think you might have inadvertently solved a problem for me there Beth :)
who needs vsco when you have a Beth ... ...
actually, that's made me think ... Maybe we should put together a RPF LR4 preset pack?
 
Thanks Beth. I thought it was too expensive too. I have this one program called Alien Skin which to some degree mimics film emulsions. I used it a good bit when I first got it, but now I hardly ever use it. I guess I'm kind of boring but I usually just like what comes out of the camera. I find that when I try and fix that it usually just gets worse than it already is.........

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Hamish Gill said:
who needs vsco when you have a Beth ... ...
actually, that's made me think ... Maybe we should put together a RPF LR4 preset pack?
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I would love that. I need all the help I can get.
 
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