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How to Convert Color Pictures to Grayscale Images Using Photoshop CC Droplets EASY

 

I show you this super fast technique to convert multiple JPG images from RGB to grayscale using Photoshop CC droplets. There are a couple of tricky settings you need to know to make this method work. Once you create this photoshop droplet, you will be able to use it anywhere on the computer. You will be able to convert RGB images to GRAYSCALE (8-bit grayscale, not just grayscale image in RGB). This technique teaches you how to use Photoshop actions and Photoshop droplets for a powerful image conversion utility program that you can use anywhere on your computer with Photoshop CC.

Can Feedback Improve Your Photography ?

In my last Blog I shared ideas about photography that came to me from Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers.  Gladwell discloses some very interesting explanations for how exceptional musicians, athletes, millionaires, and others have attained success.  I wondered if I’ve been adopting Gladwell’s interpretations as I worked to improve my photography? I began my retirement assuring myself that extending time behind my camera would improve my photography, and that was a good start to my development.  But 10,000 hours of click-click-click (OK, I probably haven’t spent 10K hours yet) didn’t lead me to arrive at my goal.  How did Gladwell’s Outliers make impressive leaps and bounds?  What might I have been missing that could really improve my photography? Continue reading "Can Feedback Improve Your Photography ?"

Will 10,000 Hours Solve the Problem ?

I suspect that most of you get photography e-mails, read photography books and/or magazines, subscribe to photo on-line classes, and maybe count on Blogs to get you motivated.  I do, and I have to admit that I don’t always follow through and practice what they are trying to teach me.  But a recent e-mail post by Rob at Lightstalking.com caught my attention. Continue reading "Will 10,000 Hours Solve the Problem ?"