Comments on: It’s “Guest Blog Wednesday” featuring Wes Maggio!

By: Yannic

Yannic — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:39:15 +0000

But there is no possibility to get Lightroom Presets to one of the ExpressKeys, is there?
I bought my intuso4 yesterday and I’m so happy with it. But this would be the only thing I need now Unfortunately the is no way to set hotkeys to the lightroom presets. Do you got any idea how to fix this?
Greets from Germany
Yannic

By: Pol97

Pol97 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:46:17 +0000

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By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:18:52 +0000

I’ll be waiting for that. I would love some kind of input device that I could use to control the sliders without taking my eyes off the image. I am a wedding photographer and I edit about 10,000-20,000 images per month. I don’t care how much it costs.

By: brad davis

brad davis — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:56:32 +0000

any good source for information on wacom tablet and apple aperture? I have the intuos 3, wide model for dual monitors. PTZ-631W. I have lightroom on my ibm traveling laptop…. CS3 on my mac pro along with aperture 2. where the real photo crunching gets done….. thanks for any info you can offer……….Brad

By: Wes

Wes — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:29:06 +0000

Thanks for the kudos Stephen. Look for even more support in future versions of LR. It is still a relatively new application. By comparison, Photoshop is nearing its 20th birthday! LR is less than 3 (I believe). Enjoy!

By: Wes

Wes — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:25:20 +0000

You are welcome Doug. It sounds like you are using an Intuos3 tablet. You won’t find Radial Menu, but you will find Pop-up Menu. It functions similarly to the Radial Menu, but in an in-line format. Check it out in the tablet control panel or properties under “Functions”. Enjoy!

By: Wes

Wes — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:23:02 +0000

Good question Adam. Unfortunately no. But I’ve been chatting with some guys at Adobe and they have some pretty cool ideas for improvements. We’ll see what they can cook up for the next version!

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:42:37 +0000

Can that touch ring be used to control the develop sliders in lightroom? (exposure, recovery, etc) That would be awesome.

By: Doug James

Doug James — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:29:03 +0000

I don’t use layers or masks in PS very much so using Lightroom with the adjustment brush is 90% of my work with editing. The remainder of the editing in PS is with digital filters, some touch ups and resizing for the web.
I’d guess that Adobe will marry LR with PS one day. Wouldn’t that be a powerful app!
Oh and btw, I have a smaller Wacom tablet but have never thought to use the slider or express buttons like you have. I’m also digging into the book to see if mine has the radial menu! Thats sick!
Thanks for a great video and giving us some insight on a fantastic workflow with the Wacom.
Doug James

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:16:28 +0000

Thanks for the details, Wes!

Touch Ring: No, I already tried that before. Doesn’t work in any position. I guess it is a language issue between the OS being German and PS CS4 English. Similar like the backslash in an english version of LR doesn’t work for switching before/after on a german version of Mac OS X 10.6.1

By: Wes

Wes — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:20:09 +0000

Hey Daniel, thanks for the questions. Regarding the Touch Ring in PS CS4, try tapping the Touch Ring Toggle button in the center of the ring a couple of times to see if the problem is in the current function. The Touch Ring can control up to 4 different functions. If it works in one app, and not another, it’s likely a setting in the tablet control panel.

Regarding pressure in PS: It could be a couple of issues. Not really issues as much as settings. First, I’d suggest returning your pen to the default settings in the tablet control panel. Next, go to the Brushes panel in PS. In the upper left corner of the panel, click on Brush Presets. Select of few random brushes. You’ll notice that different brushes have different dynamics associated with them. Here is an experiment: Tap on the “words” Shape Dynamics. Now look at the Control drop down menu to the right. Play with the Pen Pressure control for Shape (and some of the other dynamics) to see how it affects the brush. These tips may reveal the issue.

Beyond these suggestions, consider giving Wacom Tech Support a call, they can be a fantastic resource! 800-922-6613 x4.

Enjoy!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:03:57 +0000

Great information, thanks Wes!

Any idea why I can’t use the touch ring on my Intuos 4 M tablet to change the size of the brush in PS CS4? In LR it works perfectly to change the brush sizes (Mac OS X 10.6.1 German, PS CS4 English, LR 2.5 English).

Also I don’t know what I did wrong but the pressure sensitivity for the brushes don’t work well in PS for me. I have to set the brushes VERY big to get only a little size of the brush actually painting. It’s getting bigger with pressure, but never as big as the max. brush size should be. Any default values/prefs I have to change when I work in PS with a pen instead of a mouse?

Thanks!

Daniel