by Blake Rudis | May 24, 2019 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Dynamic Contrast with the Texture Slider in ACR and LRThe new Texture Slider in ACR and LR is really making an impact it seems as it should! Anytime Adobe adds a slider to either program it means they felt it was necessary to be in there. Otherwise, they would have...
by Blake Rudis | May 17, 2019 | f64 Academy News |
Making My Boys Smile in Photoshop ? Wanna hear the story of how I made my boys smile in Photoshop? This last Mother’s Day my wife wanted nothing more than a picture of all of us together on Mother’s Day. We don’t get dressed up much, in fact with my...
by Blake Rudis | May 10, 2019 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Time to Call Out the Bogusness of the “Adobe Price Increase” Fearmongering As with most things in our society today, people jumped the gun long before any facts came out and caused a lot of fear and undue stress in the photography community. Last week it...
by Blake Rudis | May 3, 2019 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Quick Sky Replacement Tips that Will Have Your Head Spin Sky Replacements are necessary for landscape photography. If you have an ethical problem with replacing skies, listen to this. I can tell you that in the last year I have been to some fantastic National...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 12, 2019 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Learning the Art of the Subtle HandHow much editing is too much editing?Over the last several years I have critiqued over 3000 photos between f64 Elite, my old site HDR insider, and the various conferences I have attended. One thing I see more often than not is the...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 1, 2019 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Relight any photo with the Hard Mix Blend Mode in Photoshop! The Hard Mix blend mode has very quickly become my favorite blend mode to experiment with. Every time I use it in a unique way it seems to pull through with flying colors. It is a remarkable blend mode....
by Blake Rudis | Feb 14, 2019 | f64 Academy News, Intermediate, Tutorial |
Enhance Details in ACR and Lightroom This week, Adobe released an update for ACR and Lightroom. This update was a minor one that came with a major feature that much of the internet is talking about. This new feature is called Enhance Details. This is what Adobe...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 8, 2019 | Beginner, Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Glow Brushes in ACR and LR? How???I have long been a fan of the Orton Effect. So much so, that I built my variation of it for the Zone System Express called “Radiance 2.0”. The glowing effect makes an amazing atmosphere for your photo, regardless of...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 24, 2019 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
One more Blend If trick for the books!I have shown many many ways to use Blend If. So many that I made a whole Playlist for it on my YouTube channel. Here is another one for you to add to your notes if you are keeping score, Blend If and Dodging and Burning.I have...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 11, 2019 | Advanced, Tutorial |
Make Your Own LUT Profiles For a few months now I have kept my techniques for making Lookup Table Profiles a secret. Well, not really a secret, but I have held off on making a tutorial about it because what I am about to share with you is invaluable. These best...