by Blake Rudis | Nov 10, 2015 | Beginner, Product Review, Topaz Labs, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Not Just a Texture Effects Engine, Quite Possibly an Artistic Workflow Workhorse Topaz Labs just launched their newest software addition, Topaz Labs Texture Effects! While the name implies this is a Texture based application plugin, I can assure you it is much more....
by Blake Rudis | Nov 9, 2015 | Beginner, Product Review, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
On1 Effects 10 is pretty OnPoint It was almost a year ago that I took a good solid look at On1’s Perfect Effects 9. The new On1 Effects 10 was released last week and I have had the luxury of taking a look at all of its new features. It may not seem like much...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 30, 2015 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Unleash Incredible Power with Blend Modes in Photoshop While that may sound like an epic headline for a less than interesting topic, Blend Modes in Photoshop will do many things for your images. Blend Modes increase workflow efficiency by making difficult tasks...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 27, 2015 | Topaz Labs, Topaz Webinars, Webinar |
Your Inner Artist is there, you just need to coax it out! Today will mark my 19th Webinar with Topaz Labs! This is pretty exciting for me as I never imagined I would be back on after my first one. I was so nervous, I can recall that day like it was yesterday. I...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 23, 2015 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Edit cell phone pictures like the Photoshop boss that you are! Every once in a while I receive a request to show my workflow editing cell phone pictures. At first I thought this would be impossible as I rarely show my cell phone pictures to anyone. Every once in a...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 16, 2015 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Do you really know how to use the Crop Tool? The Crop Tool may not be the sexiest tool in Photoshop. In reality it is quite boring! It doesn’t do much but make your image smaller or in some cases larger right? That’s not the case. The Crop Tool will not...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 13, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
The 4Cs Convention “What if I told you a simple Photography process with three letters could change your life forever?” That was the first line of my presentation to the 4Cs Convention during my HDR Mastery Course. As silly, surreal, or maybe even to some, stupid as...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 9, 2015 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Finally, Dehaze Brush in ACR and Lightroom It goes to show you that if enough people ask Adobe will listen. A Dehaze Brush feature has been added to ACR and Lr with the most recent update to Photoshop and Lightroom. This is great news and really opens the floor to...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 6, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
HDR Insider Projects and the Importance of Practice, Feedback and Competition This epic video trailer was made by an HDR Insider member, Chris Murray. Chris also heads up the Facebook bi-weekly Challenge and comes up with some great project challenges for us! Every...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 2, 2015 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Light Interface, Dark Interface, does it matter? I have been doing quite a bit of experimentation on this Photoshop interface topic lately. It seems most companies have evolved from a light interface to a dark interface. If you remember back to Photoshop CS 5 the...
