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<blockquote data-quote="dukatum" data-source="post: 290567" data-attributes="member: 23829">Ah sorry I didn't write that well. I meant my opinion on Kelbyone's lack of quality was mostly based on the videos about the post-processing, where I expected to have a copy of the files they used in the video, so I can learn by imitation rather than trying to make it work with my own files for the first time. So my overall experience on KelbyOne is limited as I haven't watched even half the videos on there.One of the few front-line videos I did watch by a famous photog/teacher was about photographing everyday people. She tried to explain how to give the client what they want in a studio portrait. In video 2 I think it was, you see picture of how she made an 40-to-50 year old Asian woman look 18 years old. Even though the rest of the tutorial was alright, the ethics behind that Asian woman's pictures was eating at me. But maybe that's what the client wanted for all I know.I wouldn't warn anyone away from the service, I am sure the vast majority find it very useful, I'm probably just nit-picking because a previous occupation I had was training people, quality and clarity was always so important to me and I pick up on certain things that others can ignore.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dukatum, post: 290567, member: 23829"] Ah sorry I didn't write that well. I meant my opinion on Kelbyone's lack of quality was mostly based on the videos about the post-processing, where I expected to have a copy of the files they used in the video, so I can learn by imitation rather than trying to make it work with my own files for the first time. So my overall experience on KelbyOne is limited as I haven't watched even half the videos on there. One of the few front-line videos I did watch by a famous photog/teacher was about photographing everyday people. She tried to explain how to give the client what they want in a studio portrait. In video 2 I think it was, you see picture of how she made an 40-to-50 year old Asian woman look 18 years old. Even though the rest of the tutorial was alright, the ethics behind that Asian woman's pictures was eating at me. But maybe that's what the client wanted for all I know. I wouldn't warn anyone away from the service, I am sure the vast majority find it very useful, I'm probably just nit-picking because a previous occupation I had was training people, quality and clarity was always so important to me and I pick up on certain things that others can ignore. [/QUOTE]

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