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X-Equals – XeL 2.0 – Product Details

XeL 2.0 is ready! And … all XeL Products have been updated! Get your copy today! Now … onto the details! We made some structural changes to the configuration of XeL, corrected some outstanding issues from the prior releases, added in new Tone presets for all film emulations and prepared the XeL system for future [...]

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Embracing the Shadows with X-Equals XeL

I’ve been shooting jazz concerts for a while now, and lately I’ve been thinking about what makes a concert shot iconic. In many cases, the viewer of  a particular concert photo will have no idea who the artist is, so one way to keep the viewer interested is to express a mood – an atmosphere [...]

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The X-Equals – XeL Education Center

We’re psyched to launch the XeL Education Center! If you’re a new XeL Customer, or a prospective customer trying to get a feel for what XeL is, and how it differs from the abundance of free non-professional Presets out there, this is the place! Simply put, here’s the knowledge bomb on how to take your [...]

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X-Equals HD Screencast – Installing XeL Presets in Lightroom 4

Installing XeL Presets is a snap, and we’ll show you how. For the full HD experience, be sure to play the video at full screen! |Brandon Oelling – X-Equals – Click. Download. Smile.

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X-Equals XeL – Real World, Kick A** Results

Note from the Editor A week or so ago Jeff Tamagini posted this photo on Twitter – mentioning he leveraged XeL:Black and White in his workflow. Naturally, we took notice of such a sweet image and asked him to describe in more detail how he processed this shot. Lucky for all of us he accepted! [...]

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XeL: Black & White – Getting the Best Results

Today, I’m going to walk through some topics that have been inquired about by different users. It is quite likely that if one person is asking a question, many others are as well, so it seems in everyone’s best interests to shed some light on a few points. I want to leverage XeL to create [...]

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$24.99 – XeL 2.0 – Black and White Toolkit

** ALL X-EQUALS PRESETS ARE 100% LIGHTROOM 5 COMPATIBLE ** All XeL Presets are 100% Lightroom 4 Compatible! We’re so amped to bring you another innovative addition to the XeL Family! Sample image from XeL: Black and White Cold Storage Films XeL:Black and White is the culmination of a year’s worth or research, analysis, development [...]

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Installing Presets in Lightroom

It has been a while since we have looked in depth at the process of installing Lightroom presets. Recent operating system upgrades (especially OS X Lion) have caused preset locations to change and/or become hidden from normal view. When we wrote up the documentation for of our currently available presets, we were primarily using Windows [...]

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Emulating Film in Lightroom

Making Emulation Presets When we at X-equals release Lightroom presets, be it for sale or free, we strive to provide the highest quality presets with the greatest level of functionality possible. To this extent, I have created a step by step process to emulate the look of any given camera and film combination, allowing for [...]

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Pro Styled – Herb Ritts

Welcome to the first edition of Pro Styled, a new feature here on X-Equals that will take a look at some of the photographic greats. We will give you a brief biography on each of our subjects, links to their work, and tips for shooting in a similar style. Of course we are going to [...]

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