Another awesome video mate! I am not much into presets, but I have to say, impressed with how you use your "preset package" ... I definitely think buying is a good investing! You should more videos like this one! There is nothing out there, when it comes to post wildlife pics, specially from someone that lives right there and has the experience not just photographing these amazing creatures, but also knows their behavior which is as important as knowing how to photograph them! Thank you! cheers!
To me Cheetah is one of the most beautiful animal. Beautiful face , elegant , sleek body and graceful movement. The one thing which sounds weird a bit , it's their sound :) I really like the way you worked on the image , and created such a sweet portrait of baby Cheetah. Thank you for a great tutorial with LR, very useful info for sure. Stay safe and healthy.
Hi Margaret, thanks so much and great to hear from you! Hoping all is well and that spring is on the way. Yes, cheetahs are great to see. Probably my favorite cat after serval and caracal :) strange little call as you say but They are quite vocal which helps me find them!
I bought these after discovering your channel and can only endorse what others are saying. They make me think about the workflow and do indeed make it more predictable. I also learn more about Lightroom. Changes can be very subtle, so having a calibrated monitor is definitely recommended! Great product and a great channel (one of the best!)
Thanks so much for the endorsement Andrew - I note what you say about the calibrated monitor, some of the adjustments are barely visible as you say. I think a good monitor is probably one of the first investments to make for post processing.
Thanks Gert! Great to hear. My ‘workflow’ is awkward Made worse because of videos (LR doesn’t work well for video projects) so I’m always trying to improve things
I’ve just bought your presets buddy and WOW they are awesome and so easy to install with your how to video! That will keep me going for a while going through the tutorials there ! Totally happy customer and if you read this post, do it you won’t regret it 👍👌 great product from an equally great bloke 😉👍👌
So pleased with your lockdown editing tutorials - this is really helpful and will have a go. Must admit was like a child in the sweetie shop when discovered Lightroom’s presets which did not work on my photos.
Off to buy your toolkit 😉👍 brilliant vlog and tutorial buddy! You have a natural teaching style, You should have a million subs imo! I’m really enjoying your vids wish I’d found them a long time ago lol 😉👌
Impressive workflow Will, I can definitely become a bit more structured about my editing. Also, very impressed at how many camera angles you managed to use there 😉
First time poster. Fantastic video Will. I have been enjoying working my way through your videos. I usually watch one while having lunch. The perfect combo - feed the body and the mind. I was surprised by several things though: 1) how late in the workflow you crop - it's usually one of the first things I do (I even normally crop as a pre-step to my last pass of culling to get a better sense of what the image can look like), 2) you didn't discuss at what point in the Preset workflow you 'step away' to do LR local adjustments or even round-trip to PS, 3) no mentioned of Topaz DeNoise AI as you did a great video on TDA and it seems like a natural to replace the NR step (and Sharpening step if TDA used) and 4) that it still doesn't appear that these presets can be purchased. Anyway, keep making these great videos!
Hi, and thanks for posting! Glad you are enjoying the vids :) On my cropping, often it's just before export. I don't like having cropped images in the catalogue as I find them misleading. I pass over using them in various forms because the crop I've applied fools me as I'm browsing. So I often keep a full sized image on top of the stack with crops in virtual copies. This way I can see what's possible with the image at a glance. This video is an early evolution of an idea. I can't remember exactly what was in it - but I didn't want to confuse the process by leaving LR. I do often use photoshop, but quite often that will be instead of LR. I tend to edit most shots in LR and a few in PS depending on what needs to be done. If you are using Denoise, one way would be to step into PS using a smartobject at the beginning and either stay there, or come back to LR after? I do actually have the finished presets for sale - the Wildlife Toolkit - including about 350 structured presets, 23 custom profiles and custom brush kit for local adjustments. There's a video course to go with them. willgoodlet.com/wildlife-toolkit-home
Really liking your channel and shared to a mate whos loving it as well. This video is particularly good, keep it up. Ive steered away from buying presets for LR but think I'll break my rule and try yours out! Well done.
Hi Gary, thanks for watching and also thanks for suggesting the channel to your mate. Appreciate it! I've refined my thinking since this one (for the presets workflow and the videos that go with them) but this was the basis for the ideas.
Thanks for the effort of putting out great content even during these strange times. Here is a suggestion for a future video... Have you considered documenting some of our garden birds/wildlife? Since we are all under lockdown we have a great opportunity to discover the wildlife right under our noses. It would be great having you guide us through that. Thanks again!
Hi Darren, thanks for watching! Yes I have thought about it. I even sat in a blind for a few hours the other day - no pics though. I’ve let the garden grow wild and it’s really attracting some nice birds. Shrike, barbets , white eyes, grey hornbill, wood hoopoe, African hoopoe even a pair of freckled nightjars. There’s more animals out there than we realise (I met a porcupine in daylight in traffic a few years back - it took shelter under the Landy) Unfortunately I’ve had a lot of work to complete outside of this so haven’t got there yet. I
Hi Will. How do you get your Camera Profiles? Then place them into Lightroom. I have a 1DX3 and thinking about also buying the R5. I have heard that Canon and Adobe are, for some reason not co-operating with each other. As I bought your course recently, the camera profile is needed to add to Lightroom, so the logical flow is maintained. Cheers R
That is a very good idea, do you sell those presets as a package or do i have to trying create them myself, trying not to mess anythig up in the process??
Interesting video! I start up ly computer later and try some of those workflows. Seems realy easy. I realy like the cheetah close up on the right side of the image. Realy amazing how sharp those eyes are. What is that song you are using in your video? I realy like it!
Hey Guido, thanks for watching! How did you go with the presets? Interested to hear your thoughts. Yes the cub was nice, amazing how much detail you can get if the wildlife comes really close :) I’ll go find the song for you
@@WillGoodlet in tried a preset on some pictures I took this morning but I find I difficult. I just bought a new camera and the images are realy different to process then with my old camera. I also found out that ik have developed a workflow through lightroom for.my pictures and it is hard to put that aside and use the presets. But I want to trie some more on new pictures maybe the change of camera is a good starting point to train myself into a different lightroom workflow. Great if you can find the song. It sounds like you use more from that same artist in your videos and some parts sound realy interesting
Hi, the song is called 'Geronimo' by Ten Towers - ua-cam.com/video/v_E7ugd_OYo/v-deo.html Yes it is a similar sound, strong female vocals but not the same artist as many of the other videos. Then a lot of the others are really confusing - they are different bands, but all have Moon in the name...Not sure it the singer changed bands music.ua-cam.com/channels/5OaluKnsql5-DQ-bXGtzew.html music.ua-cam.com/users/browseVLPLCOJbH0gltWiQFInRLlrUllFa-cr8dEeE I like tracks with strong vocals because the vocals hold up on their own without the instruments and it's a nice way to build in the driving scenes in the videos. Sorry to hear that the idea isn't working for you - I think stick to what you like! I just like experimenting with things and sharing ideas, it doesn't mean you need to change what you do :) More importantly what camera did you get??! Exciting!
@@WillGoodlet yeah but I realy like the way you put everything in order. I just intent to get the feeling that I'm just doing something. Eventually I get a result but it just seems easier to follow a workflow to get through that process. So I'll just give it some tries. Thanks I'll go and listen to it on my way to work. I bought the olympus em1x I'm a lifetime olympus user and I just love their philosophy of making smaller camera that are easier to travel with. It is my first realy professional camera and combined with the lenses I already had I'm realy satisfied. I just need to find good spots to get some nice images. Hopefully this lockdown is over soon and we can travel freely again.
@@WillGoodlet wow i like the sound of that voice. I sont think it is the same singer but specially the velvet moon is something I realy apreciate. I also like the darker female voices. Maybe you would like the swedish singer "Lykke li " I think that is in the same area of voice as the songs you found. She is an awesome voice but maybe a little bit more speed in some songs. Infirst discovered het when she was collaborating on a song with my all time favourite band u2. I'm a sucker for good music. I'm not so in to the electrical trance dance etc. Just good bands like u2, toto, the killers and voices like this realy catch my attention.
Hi Will. Another excellent video. I really do not like the usual presets that are sold by others. They are one key multi-function adjustments, which must become extremely boring after using a few times. On the other hand your structured presets give the author infinite options to develop an individual style. For that, I applaud you. After writing this I think I will be downloading your presets. I saw in one of your comments below that you were refining the presets even further. Is that included in the downloadable set that you have?
Hi Roger, thanks for watching and sharing your view here. Yep they are much more developed now and come with a set of instructional videos (a course) also custom colour profiles for outdoor light conditions we typically encounter. They have been much more popular than I ever expected. They are quite subtle and the idea is that you build them up by following the workflow. You can also save the output as a custom one shot preset of your own.
@@WillGoodlet Thanks Will for the prompt reply. Your comment above states " ..... outdoor light conditions we typically encounter". Presumably you are referring to Southern Africa and not Northern Europe (UK) lol. After clarifying the updated presets are part of the package I am now heading over to download them. All the best. R
Thanks Roger, I feel (but can't guarantee) that the conditions of overcast and sunlight are relatively constant and therefore can be profiled. Where I see most changes is often around the height of the sun and degree of haze or dust which changes the colour of light and shadow. Reflected light on the bird/animal underside is also tricky! But overall, it mostly seems to be a case of variations on oranges/yellows and blues/purples reflected off green/gold/white or blue backgrounds. There's certainly a lot of variables involved and there's no way the profiles can match every condition - white balance is very hard to manage and artificial light too - that has been a struggle. For example, I initially thought spotlights were going to be easy to profile but it's not the case! I started with this because I saw how video relied so heavily on exposure for accurate colour representation and that the need to match colour across video clips led to very structured approaches and development of colour lookup tables (effectively same as profiles). Felt there was no reason the same general idea couldn't be applied to photographs. The colour and exposure tools available for video are usually a lot better - although I have been playing with affinity photo and see that it supports video waveforms for stills which is fantastic.
This is a great video tutorial about using or not using presets. Your workflow is on the button. I tend to use Adobe LR "AUTO" as a first go quite a lot. Their algorithm is actually very good. Will it is time for you to make some money and sell the Will Goodlet Preset Library :)
Thanks Martin glad to hear you think I’m hitting some of the right notes. I used auto in an import preset a while back but discontinued as I found that it threw me off. I think a lot of workflows and presets are for people like wedding togs - sometimes not always useful for us. I can’t say that I have one way of doing things because LR doesn’t handle my video projects well (it’s useless with sound files) but it’s settling down. I use photosupreme a lot
Thanks, Will. You will probably think I'm a bit daft, but I don't use the before and after pictures whilst I'm editing....and I don't know why I hadn't thought of it! I agree that presets don't always suit multiple images, but your method is food for thought. Are you still in lockdown there? It's getting tedious, but at least I can get out with the camera here. Stay safe all x
Hi Christine, thanks for watching - yes we are still locked up (we can now walk dogs between 6 and 9am). We're expecting a very long lockdown here - into september. I never use presets but I have explored Smart Collections for workflows and I suddenly thought that similar incremental steps could be used in presets too. It's been interesting exploring the idea. Glad you can get out and are well!!
Another awesome video mate! I am not much into presets, but I have to say, impressed with how you use your "preset package" ... I definitely think buying is a good investing! You should more videos like this one! There is nothing out there, when it comes to post wildlife pics, specially from someone that lives right there and has the experience not just photographing these amazing creatures, but also knows their behavior which is as important as knowing how to photograph them! Thank you! cheers!
Nice
To me Cheetah is one of the most beautiful animal. Beautiful face , elegant , sleek body and graceful movement. The one thing which sounds weird a bit , it's their sound :) I really like the way you worked on the image , and created such a sweet portrait of baby Cheetah. Thank you for a great tutorial with LR, very useful info for sure. Stay safe and healthy.
Hi Margaret, thanks so much and great to hear from you! Hoping all is well and that spring is on the way. Yes, cheetahs are great to see. Probably my favorite cat after serval and caracal :) strange little call as you say but They are quite vocal which helps me find them!
I bought these after discovering your channel and can only endorse what others are saying. They make me think about the workflow and do indeed make it more predictable. I also learn more about Lightroom. Changes can be very subtle, so having a calibrated monitor is definitely recommended! Great product and a great channel (one of the best!)
Thanks so much for the endorsement Andrew - I note what you say about the calibrated monitor, some of the adjustments are barely visible as you say. I think a good monitor is probably one of the first investments to make for post processing.
These lockdown tutorials are making me think about my workflow. Love the idea of how you're using the presets.
Thanks Gert! Great to hear. My ‘workflow’ is awkward
Made worse because of videos (LR doesn’t work well for video projects) so I’m always trying to improve things
Hi Will, the more that I see your tutorial videos, the more that I realize how well structured your workflow is. I absolutely admire and adore you.
Thanks so much Nader! What a wonderful comment and compliment to receive. I am so glad you like it!
@@WillGoodlet Actually I just bought your workflow for Lightroom yesterday and I absolutely loving it. You are my inspiration to learn more and more 🙌
Thanks for the support Nader! :)
I’ve just bought your presets buddy and WOW they are awesome and so easy to install with your how to video! That will keep me going for a while going through the tutorials there ! Totally happy customer and if you read this post, do it you won’t regret it 👍👌 great product from an equally great bloke 😉👍👌
Very well presented Will! Thanks for taking time to share your work flow.
Thanks Tom!
Thoroughly enjoyed this, love the structure and methodical progress. Thank you
Great to hear! Thank you.
Awesome video, Will!
Thanks!
So pleased with your lockdown editing tutorials - this is really helpful and will have a go. Must admit was like a child in the sweetie shop when discovered Lightroom’s presets which did not work on my photos.
Hi Catherine, I'm glad you are finding some use from them!
Off to buy your toolkit 😉👍 brilliant vlog and tutorial buddy! You have a natural teaching style, You should have a million subs imo! I’m really enjoying your vids wish I’d found them a long time ago lol 😉👌
JP Lamoureux thanks so much! Glad you are enjoying them and thanks for the sub too! Great to hear from you here :)
Impressive workflow Will, I can definitely become a bit more structured about my editing. Also, very impressed at how many camera angles you managed to use there 😉
Haha one has to keep occupied Espen ;) I wouldn’t say I have a formal workflow but that doesn’t mean I don’t think I should!
Thank you so much Will for the video, very well present and helpful.
A great pleasure - glad you liked it!
Thanks Will. Great video and some ideas to go through my workflow
Thanks Ken! Been enjoying your garden photography :) looks like you are having a lot of fun
Thanks Will, little over my head but has started me experimenting and that`s been such fun !!
Thanks Andrew, I have been experimenting too :) glad you enjoyed it.
That was a brilliant video. The best I've watched on Lightroom editing, PLUS I've started to understand what presets do.
Really glad you enjoyed it and thanks so much for taking the time to let me know :)
This is so helpful, so amazing
Glad you think so!
First time poster. Fantastic video Will. I have been enjoying working my way through your videos. I usually watch one while having lunch. The perfect combo - feed the body and the mind. I was surprised by several things though: 1) how late in the workflow you crop - it's usually one of the first things I do (I even normally crop as a pre-step to my last pass of culling to get a better sense of what the image can look like), 2) you didn't discuss at what point in the Preset workflow you 'step away' to do LR local adjustments or even round-trip to PS, 3) no mentioned of Topaz DeNoise AI as you did a great video on TDA and it seems like a natural to replace the NR step (and Sharpening step if TDA used) and 4) that it still doesn't appear that these presets can be purchased. Anyway, keep making these great videos!
Hi, and thanks for posting! Glad you are enjoying the vids :)
On my cropping, often it's just before export. I don't like having cropped images in the catalogue as I find them misleading. I pass over using them in various forms because the crop I've applied fools me as I'm browsing. So I often keep a full sized image on top of the stack with crops in virtual copies. This way I can see what's possible with the image at a glance.
This video is an early evolution of an idea. I can't remember exactly what was in it - but I didn't want to confuse the process by leaving LR. I do often use photoshop, but quite often that will be instead of LR. I tend to edit most shots in LR and a few in PS depending on what needs to be done.
If you are using Denoise, one way would be to step into PS using a smartobject at the beginning and either stay there, or come back to LR after?
I do actually have the finished presets for sale - the Wildlife Toolkit - including about 350 structured presets, 23 custom profiles and custom brush kit for local adjustments. There's a video course to go with them. willgoodlet.com/wildlife-toolkit-home
Thank you WIll - I personally dont like presets and have developed my own style - but I like the way you use "presets"!
Thanks Axel yeah I’ve never really liked them but you know, with a bit of time one experiments :) it’s been quite interesting to explore the idea
Really liking your channel and shared to a mate whos loving it as well. This video is particularly good, keep it up. Ive steered away from buying presets for LR but think I'll break my rule and try yours out! Well done.
Hi Gary, thanks for watching and also thanks for suggesting the channel to your mate. Appreciate it! I've refined my thinking since this one (for the presets workflow and the videos that go with them) but this was the basis for the ideas.
Thanks for the effort of putting out great content even during these strange times. Here is a suggestion for a future video... Have you considered documenting some of our garden birds/wildlife? Since we are all under lockdown we have a great opportunity to discover the wildlife right under our noses. It would be great having you guide us through that. Thanks again!
Hi Darren, thanks for watching! Yes I have thought about it. I even sat in a blind for a few hours the other day - no pics though. I’ve let the garden grow wild and it’s really attracting some nice birds. Shrike, barbets , white eyes, grey hornbill, wood hoopoe, African hoopoe even a pair of freckled nightjars. There’s more animals out there than we realise (I met a porcupine in daylight in traffic a few years back - it took shelter under the Landy) Unfortunately I’ve had a lot of work to complete outside of this so haven’t got there yet. I
Hi Will. How do you get your Camera Profiles? Then place them into Lightroom. I have a 1DX3 and thinking about also buying the R5. I have heard that Canon and Adobe are, for some reason not co-operating with each other. As I bought your course recently, the camera profile is needed to add to Lightroom, so the logical flow is maintained. Cheers R
Another great video Will. Are your presets for sale then? I imagine it took you a while to get them all set up!
Still working on them. May be for sale, not sure yet :)
That is a very good idea, do you sell those presets as a package or do i have to trying create them myself, trying not to mess anythig up in the process??
Thanks Stephan, I am still working on them, I'm sure I'll be done soon :)
Interesting video! I start up ly computer later and try some of those workflows. Seems realy easy. I realy like the cheetah close up on the right side of the image. Realy amazing how sharp those eyes are. What is that song you are using in your video? I realy like it!
Hey Guido, thanks for watching! How did you go with the presets? Interested to hear your thoughts. Yes the cub was nice, amazing how much detail you can get if the wildlife comes really close :) I’ll go find the song for you
@@WillGoodlet in tried a preset on some pictures I took this morning but I find I difficult. I just bought a new camera and the images are realy different to process then with my old camera. I also found out that ik have developed a workflow through lightroom for.my pictures and it is hard to put that aside and use the presets. But I want to trie some more on new pictures maybe the change of camera is a good starting point to train myself into a different lightroom workflow. Great if you can find the song. It sounds like you use more from that same artist in your videos and some parts sound realy interesting
Hi, the song is called 'Geronimo' by Ten Towers - ua-cam.com/video/v_E7ugd_OYo/v-deo.html
Yes it is a similar sound, strong female vocals but not the same artist as many of the other videos. Then a lot of the others are really confusing - they are different bands, but all have Moon in the name...Not sure it the singer changed bands
music.ua-cam.com/channels/5OaluKnsql5-DQ-bXGtzew.html
music.ua-cam.com/users/browseVLPLCOJbH0gltWiQFInRLlrUllFa-cr8dEeE
I like tracks with strong vocals because the vocals hold up on their own without the instruments and it's a nice way to build in the driving scenes in the videos.
Sorry to hear that the idea isn't working for you - I think stick to what you like! I just like experimenting with things and sharing ideas, it doesn't mean you need to change what you do :) More importantly what camera did you get??! Exciting!
@@WillGoodlet yeah but I realy like the way you put everything in order. I just intent to get the feeling that I'm just doing something. Eventually I get a result but it just seems easier to follow a workflow to get through that process. So I'll just give it some tries. Thanks I'll go and listen to it on my way to work. I bought the olympus em1x I'm a lifetime olympus user and I just love their philosophy of making smaller camera that are easier to travel with. It is my first realy professional camera and combined with the lenses I already had I'm realy satisfied. I just need to find good spots to get some nice images. Hopefully this lockdown is over soon and we can travel freely again.
@@WillGoodlet wow i like the sound of that voice. I sont think it is the same singer but specially the velvet moon is something I realy apreciate. I also like the darker female voices. Maybe you would like the swedish singer "Lykke li " I think that is in the same area of voice as the songs you found. She is an awesome voice but maybe a little bit more speed in some songs. Infirst discovered het when she was collaborating on a song with my all time favourite band u2. I'm a sucker for good music. I'm not so in to the electrical trance dance etc. Just good bands like u2, toto, the killers and voices like this realy catch my attention.
Hi Will. Another excellent video. I really do not like the usual presets that are sold by others. They are one key multi-function adjustments, which must become extremely boring after using a few times. On the other hand your structured presets give the author infinite options to develop an individual style. For that, I applaud you. After writing this I think I will be downloading your presets. I saw in one of your comments below that you were refining the presets even further. Is that included in the downloadable set that you have?
Hi Roger, thanks for watching and sharing your view here. Yep they are much more developed now and come with a set of instructional videos (a course) also custom colour profiles for outdoor light conditions we typically encounter.
They have been much more popular than I ever expected. They are quite subtle and the idea is that you build them up by following the workflow. You can also save the output as a custom one shot preset of your own.
@@WillGoodlet Thanks Will for the prompt reply. Your comment above states " ..... outdoor light conditions we typically encounter". Presumably you are referring to Southern Africa and not Northern Europe (UK) lol. After clarifying the updated presets are part of the package I am now heading over to download them. All the best. R
Thanks Roger, I feel (but can't guarantee) that the conditions of overcast and sunlight are relatively constant and therefore can be profiled. Where I see most changes is often around the height of the sun and degree of haze or dust which changes the colour of light and shadow. Reflected light on the bird/animal underside is also tricky!
But overall, it mostly seems to be a case of variations on oranges/yellows and blues/purples reflected off green/gold/white or blue backgrounds. There's certainly a lot of variables involved and there's no way the profiles can match every condition - white balance is very hard to manage and artificial light too - that has been a struggle. For example, I initially thought spotlights were going to be easy to profile but it's not the case!
I started with this because I saw how video relied so heavily on exposure for accurate colour representation and that the need to match colour across video clips led to very structured approaches and development of colour lookup tables (effectively same as profiles). Felt there was no reason the same general idea couldn't be applied to photographs. The colour and exposure tools available for video are usually a lot better - although I have been playing with affinity photo and see that it supports video waveforms for stills which is fantastic.
This is a great video tutorial about using or not using presets. Your workflow is on the button. I tend to use Adobe LR "AUTO" as a first go quite a lot. Their algorithm is actually very good. Will it is time for you to make some money and sell the Will Goodlet Preset Library :)
Thanks Martin glad to hear you think I’m hitting some of the right notes. I used auto in an import preset a while back but discontinued as I found that it threw me off. I think a lot of workflows and presets are for people like wedding togs - sometimes not always useful for us. I can’t say that I have one way of doing things because LR doesn’t handle my video projects well (it’s useless with sound files) but it’s settling down. I use photosupreme a lot
Thanks, Will. You will probably think I'm a bit daft, but I don't use the before and after pictures whilst I'm editing....and I don't know why I hadn't thought of it! I agree that presets don't always suit multiple images, but your method is food for thought.
Are you still in lockdown there? It's getting tedious, but at least I can get out with the camera here. Stay safe all x
Hi Christine, thanks for watching - yes we are still locked up (we can now walk dogs between 6 and 9am). We're expecting a very long lockdown here - into september. I never use presets but I have explored Smart Collections for workflows and I suddenly thought that similar incremental steps could be used in presets too. It's been interesting exploring the idea. Glad you can get out and are well!!