by Blake Rudis | Aug 28, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
Topaz ReMask 5 Not Just for Photoshop Anymore! Topaz ReMask 5 is the latest addition to the Topaz Labs line of programs. While it used to be a powerful Photoshop Plugin, it now acts as an impressive standalone program. This is not surprising as Topaz Labs has been...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 26, 2015 | Podcast, Tutorial |
Getting Started with HDR – HDR PodCast I had the great opportunity of sitting in on a panel discussion about HDR Photography with Ron Pepper of HDRSoft (Photomatix) and Richard Harrington of Photofocus for their HDR month. It was a fabulous discussion about the...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 25, 2015 | Product Review |
Flashpoint Autostand – A new Way to move! You usually don’t see me on the scene in my studio doing portrait work with light stands and soft boxes. You usually see me editing photos in Photoshop and that’s about it. However, I spend quite a bit of...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 21, 2015 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Color Matching – Color Grading I recently received an email from Wayne, an EverydayHDR subscriber, asking me about Color Matching the palette of one photo and applying it to another. Here is his inquiry: It has me wondering if there is some way to take a colour...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 18, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
I C1, I C2 … what do I C those two doing?!?! Some cameras have these wonderful custom buttons on them and they are cleverly labelled… C1 and C2 for the Canon. Often times we overlook them and even sometimes fail to add anything to them for the fear of...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 14, 2015 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Non Obtrusive Brush Style Watermarks in Photoshop We have all seen those horribly gaudy watermarks on images that distract and most times destroy your viewing experience. Do a quick Google crawl on the Images tab for the words “watermark on photo”. You...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 11, 2015 | Product Review |
The Living Picture | A Lytro Illum First Glance Review I was intrigued by what Lytro was doing several years ago with their introductory camera. What photographer wouldn’t be? A camera that does not capture focus data and can be refocused at a later time. A...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 7, 2015 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
The Spiral Flower Graphic EffectThis is something new to me, the Spiral Flower effect, but not totally new to the wonderful world of Photoshop. It was originally published on this site a few years back (December 2011) and that individual learned it here (published in...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 31, 2015 | Advanced, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
The Zone Systems… with everything else out there… why bother? I get this question a lot… why the Zone Systems? I’d say at least 3 times a month. With the Launch of the new Zone Systems Master Class I feel like I have not heard the end of it!...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 24, 2015 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Blend If to the creative rescue! The first Bonus video for the Zone Systems Master Class is all about Blend If. One of the big new updates in the upcoming Zone Systems Course is the use of “Blend If” options. These are stuck in the Layer Styles of any...
