- Upload photos to Hard Drive (Backed Up) from camera
- Import photos to Lightroom
- Add Metadata
- Select best photos and edit them
- Export photos for website
- 350kb
- 72 PPI
- Long Edge 1920px
- Joe Bailey Photography Copyright
- Export family photos to original folder in sub-folder called Facebook
- 350kb
- 72 PPI
- Long Edge 1920px
- Joe Bailey Photography Copyright
- Edit videos
- Add to YouTube
- Publish photos on website memories page
- Add photos to portfolio
- Upload to Google Maps
- Make a blog post and Jetpack publicize
- Featured Image – 3×2 1920×1280
- Share on personal Facebook
- Share family photos on personal Facebook
- Add photos to Buffer to publish on Instagram
My camera can take 12 photos a second, and at this fast a frame rate it can often be cool to turn the little bursts of photos into GIFs. I create these using Adobe Photoshop CC 2019, but other versions may work too.
- Open up Photoshop
- File > Scripts > Load Files into Stack
- Once your photos have been loaded into the document you’re ready to open up the timeline
- Window > Timeline
- In the new window click the dropdown arrow and select Create Frame Animation then click the button
- Now select the three lines in the top right of the timeline window and click Make Frames from Layers
- Highlight all the frames and on one of them change how long each frame should appear. I like to go with 0.5s before the next frame should appear.
- At the bottom of the Timeline window select how many times you would like your GIF to loop; forever, 3 times, once, etc
- Preview your GIF by pressing the play icon
- Sometimes the frames have been imported backwards, make sure your GIF plays the correct way through
- Now it’s time to save your GIF
- File > Export > Save For Web (Legacy)
- I like to set my GIF to be around 1280px x 720px so as not to make the file size too large. I also use 256 colours to maintain as much authenticity as I can.
After I’ve created my GIFs I like to publish them to Instagram to show them off.
- Upload your GIF to the website GIPHY
- Download your GIF as an MP4 format video and share to Instagram
References:
https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/how-to-create-animated-gif-quick-tip-ht
This is the first in a new series of blog posts which will outline some tips & tricks for photographers.
In quite a few of my videos, especially the ones at Bruntingthorpe, haze has been a real problem. It’s easy to fix for photos you can just use the Dehaze slider in Lightroom. In Adobe Premiere Elements there’s a Haze Removal Effect. But how about in Adobe Premiere Pro?
I’ve used the Cineon Converter to increase the contrast of the video. Here are the settings I used:
| Conversion Type | Log to Log |
| 10 Bit Black Point | 25 |
| Internal Black Point | 0 |
| 10 Bit White Point | 1023 |
| Internal White Point | 1 |
| Gamma | 5.00 |
| Highlight Rolloff | 0 |
I then used the Lumetri Color effect to add some final touches to the video. Play with the highlights and shadows until you have the contrast you want. Similarly, try out different settings on the Cineon Converter effect to adjust the level of dehazing you want.
