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Video Master Class in Malta with Adobe software

gantico — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:35:06 +0000

I’m pleased to announce a Video Master Class in Malta, in collaboration with Digital Arts Expo. It will be fully dedicated to video editing and post-production, particularly with Premiere Pro and After Effects. The class is scheduled for 13, 14 and 15 July 2009. What are you waiting for? Book your place right now! Who / [...]

Adobe at DEJ 2009: be a human pixel

gantico — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:59:56 +0000

I’m pleased to invite you to the FuoriSalone event “Be a Human Pixel”, that I’m organizing with Adobe Italia. All the attendees will have the chance to experience how is being a human pixel, will get an exclusive t-shirt, will be part of a cool stop motion video, will have their name in the closing [...]

Postproduction for a portrait from Photoshow 2009

gantico — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:55:39 +0000

I was invited by Samsung for their stand at Photoshow 2009 fair. I’ve spent 4 days taking, developing and printing pictures, while showing Adobe’s software to people. For a few of those picts I’ll summarize some steps of the postproduction. Here: a portrait developed in Lightroom and finished in Photoshop. 1) The development in in Lightroom [...]

Lightroom: comparison of B&W infrared presets

gantico — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:26:32 +0000

After receiving some feedbacks for my Lightroom preset black & white infrared 01, I decided to test it on other shots and to compare it to three other B&W presets from Inside Lightroom. The samples should give some reference for spotting scenarios of use and the result with the various presets applied. First of all, thanks [...]

I just passed the Photoshop Lightroom ACE exam!

gantico — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:18:56 +0000

Today I passed the exam in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for the Adobe Certified Expert program. I share my personal experience and thoughts for other people interested in the certification. Besides the study of help and use of the software, I recommend ExamAids. About Adobe Photoshop Lightroom ACE Exam For who has never heard about the Adobe Certified [...]

Lightroom preset: black & white infrared 01

gantico — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:49:02 +0000

Here you are my first Lightroom preset for simulating black and white infrared photography. Basically, it converts a coloured picture in Gray tones, with vivid brightness for tints coming from reds, yellows and greens, while tones coming from blues are strongly darkened. It pushes grain, contrast and shadows. This is the shot from which I started [...]

Photoshop backstage for a portrait from Photoshow

gantico — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:08:31 +0000

During the Photoshow we have taken hundreds of shots, thanks to the GX20 that we had in the stand of Samsung. I chose a picture from the ones post-produced at the event in Rome, in order to talk a bit about what was done in Adobe Lightroom 1.3 and Photoshop CS3. Original shot in DNG Usually my [...]

Photoshow – Creative development in Lightroom

gantico — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:32:16 +0000

Here I talk about some creative possibilities in Lightroom: black and white conversion, split-toning, cross processing, selective colour change

A video for Mariella Burani Fashion Group

gantico — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:11:58 +0000

I love to work on corporate videos when motion graphics has a primary role. In this project the graphics had to go with several brand images. The main target was the financial community and the video had to balance the rational side of numbers with the emotional one of fashion. Entirely animated and edited in [...]

Piclens 1.6: spectacular 3D photo browsing in Firefox

gantico — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:03:46 +0000

PicLens is the most spectacular add-on for Firefox I happened to try in a while. It adds a cool and usable “3D wall interface” for navigating pictures from Flickr, Google Images, MySpace, deviantART, Facebook, Yahoo and other sites. You have to try it for understanding how much it can change your browsing experience, but I [...]