DVLOP - Jason Vinson - Grand Master Series:
Photodex has created different sets of advanced imaging tools, such as editing weapons packs, cameras, and other tools. For those who seek to make fast edits and practical, The Grandmaster Series is one of the many highly publicized packs. It is a pack inspired by strategies used in chess. It is a mixture of boldness, classic, and creative. In one of the highly publicized packs, there are three main presets, different types of modifiers, and specialized brushes.
It is a complete solution for those who wish for both subtle and bold editing. It offers adaptive style editing, changing color, contrast, and lighting while paying attention to dynamic range alongside subject prominence. To round out this arsenal, the series is accompanied by Jason's tutorial, which teaches how to use this pack to its full potential.
The pack comes with:
Queens Gambit- preset:
- Included profile slider: Changes cool tones into warm at the base level.
- The preset is meant for bold and dramatic edits with heightened contrast, deep colors, and warm colors.
Queens Gambit Declined:
- This is a subtler version of the previously mentioned preset with more focus on skin tone improvements and strong shadows.
Included profile slider
- Soft tone changes that move from calm to warm.
Caro-Kann:
- Changes the image into a black and white while still keeping dynamic range.
- Included slider: Enhances contrast while staying below the clipping threshold of 200 percent.
Modifiers
- Contrast Curve +/-: Change the image contrast.
- Dynamic Range +: Enhance details within shadows and highlights.
- WB Cool/Warm: Adjusts skin tones to make them warmer or cooler.
- Background Burn AI: Shadows the background to put focus on the subject.
- Background Pop AI: As well as skin tones, itincreases background contrast and saturation.
- Subject Declined: Affects only the skin tones that are too blue.
Quick Burn Modifiers
- Built explicitly for rapid edge burning control with devices such as Loopdeck.
Brushes
- Background Pop: Increases particular areas of contrast and saturation.
- Blackout: Burns parts of the image that should be black.
- Whiteout: Takes out parts of the image that should be white.
- Highlight Burn: Soften annoying highlights while retaining naturalness.
- Shadow Pull: Raises shadows while leaving mid-tones and highlights intact.
- Warm Dodge: Gives warmth when dodging, perfect for increasing sun flare shots.
- Cool Burn: Burns parts of the picture but adds cool blue shades.
Tutorial
- A practical tutorial from Jason on how to use the presets, modifiers, and brushes to get the best out of the Grandmaster Series, with valuable insights and real-world scenarios.
Further Information:
- Lightroom Mobile Presets
- DVLOP Dual Illuminant Profiles
- DVLOP ISO Adaptive Presets
- Complete list of supported cameras