by Blake Rudis | Aug 14, 2020 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Use Color Theory to Build Experiences for your viewer. You’ve heard the phrase, “I don’t take photos, I make them” right? Well, its cliché, its overused, and just about anyone who has heard it has said it at one point. Yep, finger...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 7, 2020 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Tha TAT – Targeted Adjustment Tool for ACR and Lightroom The Targeted Adjustment Tool is a powerful little tool for ACR and Lightroom. It can make for quick edits within the Color Mixer. I have found it to be beneficial for many reasons, but it also has...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 31, 2020 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Expert Tips for Gradient Management in Photoshop CC 2020 Since my last video on the Diamond Gradient, I have received a LOT of questions about gradient management in Photoshop CC 2020. In today’s video, I will answer all of them summed up into three questions:...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 24, 2020 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Essential Color Tools in ACR and Lightroom There are four things you should be doing with the colors in your photos in Adobe Camera Raw. Well, there’s probably more than four, but today I am going to show you how to manipulate color with just four essential...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 16, 2020 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Have your Photoshop layers been acting strange since the June 2020 update to Photoshop CC? I was subject to the odd “Legacy Compositing Photoshop Bug” and I was about to go berserk as I knew I was doing nothing wrong. As it turns out, I wasn’t doing...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 10, 2020 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
There is nothing I enjoy more about photo post-production than the finishing effect phase. That’s when I take my time fine-tuning and polishing my photographs to create mood and emotion for the viewer. That’s when I craft the experience to share with others who may...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 3, 2020 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Vlog |
Do you use a Circular Polarizer in your landscape photography? For years I did not, and I look back on all kinds of missed opportunities and shots that could have been so much better had I been using one. They are not that difficult to use and can be pricey, but...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 26, 2020 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Last week Adobe updated Adobe Camera Raw. If you updated like I did thinking it would be routine… boy, were we wrong! It was a shell shock at first, but I quickly adapted to the new layout and have grown to accept the innovation Adobe has put into it.With the...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 17, 2020 | Beginner, Tutorial |
My oh my I have been waiting a LONG time for this. An upgrade to Camera Raw. It’s like I went from driving a Ford Pinto to a Ferarri overnight ? Adobe Camera Raw updates to version 12.3 for PS CC 21.2: ► Overall interface update – Similar to Lightroom...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 12, 2020 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
How do you master Photoshop? That is the question…I receive this inquire in many different forms and fashions. While I would like to say, “practice is how you master Photoshop.” That is not entirely true; it goes MUCH more in-depth than...
