{"id":5958,"date":"2017-10-25T20:37:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T09:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richardmcgibbon.com\/news\/?p=5958"},"modified":"2020-04-09T14:16:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T04:16:42","slug":"review-sleeklens-landscape-workflow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richardmcgibbon.com\/news\/review-sleeklens-landscape-workflow\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Sleeklens Landscape Workflow"},"content":{"rendered":"

 I was asked by Sleeklens to put their landscape workflow to the test and give it a review.  The workflow pack contains 51 presets and 30 brushes, a guide on how to Stack\/layer presets and brushes, a guide on how to layer\/stack the presets.<\/a> and instructions on how to install the presets<\/a> and brushes,<\/a>  all available for instant download<\/p>\n

My first impression upon opening up the workflow was that the example photos they showed were too over-processed for my taste. They have been pushed well into the realms of heavy HDR and over-saturated in some areas which is really not to my taste. That being said the processes and tools that got them to that point are a great set of tools and they don’t necessarily have to be taken that far.<\/p>\n

I thought the best way to test it out would be to take one of my photos from the original RAW file through to a finished product using their tools and suggestions. <\/p>\n

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Original RAW capture<\/p><\/div>\n

I picked this shot from Bright in Victoria. Although I have shots from the same morning that are similar I have never edited this one, which seems a shame as I love the sunburst on the mountains.<\/p>\n

I used a total of 6 presets, Deep Blue Skies, Add Contrast, Brighten Shadows, Add Clarity, Warm It Up and Subtle Black to get it close to what I was after. Then 1 of their brushes for finer adjustments and finished off with just a little tweeking of the settings to adjust things a bit more to my taste. The whole process was very quick. I could certainly keep tweaking and going into the finer details.<\/p>\n

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Final Image: Sunrise in Bright<\/p><\/div>\n

 All in all its a great package stuffed with a fantastic collection of stackable brushes and tools, Presets are always a handy time-saving tool to have in your bag of tricks. They are a tool that I don’t utilise nearly enough though especially considering the mass of work that I put out with OuterImage<\/a>. <\/p>\n

 I think like most of your tools you need to be familiar with what each one does and how it affects the final image. I intend to dive further into these so I know what each one does. Before looking through this workflow I never thought about setting brushes as presets. If you use Lightroom in your photo editing and are looking for a way to speed up your processing or even just a way to get some new ideas on what direction to take a photo then these are well worth having a look at.<\/p>\n

You can find everything here on the Sleeklens Website<\/a><\/p>\n

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