Archive for February, 2009

Marcus Bell’s All New Range of Photographer’s Resources

PRESETS & TOOLS FOR LIGHTROOM & PHOTOSHOP

After such positive feedback on his first set of Photoshop Actions, we are excited to release a whole new range of resources designed to help photographers save time, improve their workflow and create beautiful imagery.

Studio Impressions is one of the leading wedding photography studios in the world, and after 10 years, Marcus Bell, Adam Finch and the team at Studio Impressions Photography have put together some of the actions and workflows used within Studio Impressions on a daily basis.

INSTANT EFFECTS VOL 1 & 2

Presets for Photoshop and Lightroom

At the touch of a button create instant effects for your images. Save hours retouching and working your images.
• Easy, one button instant effects for your images
• Faster than your standard Photoshop Action
• Over 40 different effects
• Includes colour tones, moody black & whites, vivid colours
• Combine presets to create even more looks
• Tutorials included
• PC & Mac compatible.

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INSTANT TOOLS VOL 1

PRESETS FOR LIGHTROOM AND PHOTOSHOP

Speed up your workflow without losing control of the output.    Instant Tools is a must for any photographer seeking to get away from the computer and back behind the camera.  Great on its own, or combine it with Instant Effects to produce a completed image ready for presentation to your clients in no time at all.

• Over 80 tools to enhance and efficiently work on RAW files.
• Easy to click presets for common tasks
• Essential time saving presets, including your favourites.
• Vignettes, sharpens, portrait softening, black & white conversions, curves, contrast adjustments and much, much more.
• Universal for Lightroom and Photoshop RAW
• Tutorials included.
• PC & Mac Compatible.

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QUICK FLOW

A NEW auto batch image processing palette that allows you to convert your RAW images into works of art and creates the most efficient workflow on the market.  A system that not only saves you time but also PROTECTS your images.

Includes 4 unique tools that combined form a powerful workflow solution:
1.  Batch Image Processing with multiple save output, ready for print, web and multimedia.
2.  Instant Actions set to add actions to images in the batch prior to saving
3.  Instant Brander – add your logo and contact details easily and create an additional set of images that includes your brand on every image
4.  Instant Proof – Protects your Image Assets – watermarks your images with “Artist Proof”
Quickflow will also generate its own folder system in your desired location, even across a network, all in one easy click drop down menu.
• Compatible with Mac and PC
• Photoshop CS2 and above.
• USE RAW or JPEG images.

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TEXTURES+

Textured effects, photo borders and image blends.

Make your images stand out from the ordinary, using textures created by Marcus Bell.  Includes over 60 different textures.  Combined, they offer hundreds of possibilities to create your own new looks.   Also Includes:
• 5 border photo frames
• 7 Image blends
• Large 5000+px  files to use on either whole or part of the image.

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AUTOMATIC EFFECTS

Photoshop Actions

Save hours enhancing images by applying the Automatic Effects Photoshop Actions, used by Marcus Bell and his team at Studio Impressions.    Photoshop Actions that create beautiful signature images in one-click, finished and ready for presentation to your clients.     Combine with the Quickflow to convert your images to multiple formats, and protect your images with your own unique brand.

• Photoshop Actions automated for your ease
• Tutorials included.
• Suitable for Photoshop CS2 and above
• For PC & Mac

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THE IMAGE STYLER

Interactive Photoshop Actions

For those looking to save time, but retain maximum artistic control, The Image Styler provides a number of different interactive actions that are perfect for creating premium master prints.  The Image Styler includes step by step instructions to guide you through styling and enhancing your images, while allowing you to retain control over the finished effect.

• 10 Step process to create beautifully styled, shaped and finished prints
• Includes step by step instructions to guide you along.

• Tutorials also included.
• Suitable for Photoshop CS2 and above.
• Suitable for PC & Mac.

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ESSENTIAL ACTIONS

Photoshop Actions

The essential pack of timesaving Photoshop actions.   Simple tools that will revolutionize your workflow, and style your images with ease.Including black & white conversions, sharpening, color correction and many more

• Tutorials included.

• Suitable for Photoshop CS2 and above.

• PC & Mac compatible.

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The Image Styler Vol 1

Interactive Photoshop Actions

I have often be asked how I create my “signature style” and give my images the look and feel that they have.   I suppose that many people feel like they can now distinguish a “Marcus print” by the way the print is styled.  Although I do try to shake this up a bit now & then by doing stuff people don’t expect of me, it is true that my images tend to have a particular look and feel.  I guess that is my expression of my vision.

So, how do you create your own signature print?   We have created over 20 interactive photoshop actions to guide you through creating your own signature art print:

The Image Styler

We’ve described this as “interactive” photoshop actions because it is more than push-a-button effects.  This resource is designed for professional photographers with a vision for their print, who still want to save time and improve their processing, but fundamentally want to control the output.

Again for Photoshop only – CS2 and above.  Works on both PC & Mac.

I’ve attached some examples below of what some of the actions within Image Styler can produce, but really the end result is in your control on this one.

Preview Video

Examples using different actions

Only 9 days to go until the Wedding & Portrait Photographer’s International (WPPI) conference in Las Vegas.

For anyone that hasn’t heard of this event, it is one of the biggest events in the Professional Photographer’s calendar each year.  Put on in conjunction with Rangefinder magazine and held in the spectular Las Vegas each year, WPPI draws over  ten thousand wedding and portrait photographers from all over the world.

This year, I’m really thrilled to have been invited again to be a Platform speaker, especially when I see what a great line up it is this year!  I’m speaking on Monday 16th, but for a full program head to the WPPI 2009 website.    I’m looking forward to learning a lot this year from some of the best in the industry world-wide.

This year, one of our favourite professional labs THE EDGE Photo Imaging will  be sharing a stand with us at the WPPI Tradeshow.   I use this lab all the time in my studio, because honestly, after trying many different labs over my 10+ years in business, no other lab has given me better results.  Come & check them out.  Stand 1464.

PRESET LAUNCH AT WPPI

I am also excited to announce the launch of my new range of Photographer’s Resource products – available for the first time at WPPI!

The Studio Impressions team, (especially the legendary Adam Finch) & I have all been working hard on packaging up some of the great new presets, actions & workflow tools we’ve been developing, designed to make the life of a photographer so much easier.

Every few days, we will post details about one of our new products & show you some of the cool stuff we have been doing here in the Studio.    So watch this space!

And if you are coming to WPPI, drop by & visit Adam & I at THE EDGE Stand number 1464.

Here is a favourite image from last year with good friends.  Yervant, Joe Buissink, Bambi Cantrell, Jerry Ghionis and Dennis Reggie