by Blake Rudis | Jul 22, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
Color Theory and Topaz Plugins > Have you ever used Color Theory when making your edits? How about the Color Wheel? Really, do not be shocked if you have not used either, heard of either, or know how to implement them in your photographic workflow. It is not...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 18, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
Topaz ReMask 4 Topaz ReMask is back and better than ever before! It now has a refined look and is, get this, even easier to use! Masking can be pretty tricky in Photoshop. I have beaten myself up many times with the refine edge tool. ReMask comes in and makes masking...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 15, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
4 Things My 3 Year Old has Taught Me About Photography You read that title correctly. My son Michael is 3, and he has taught me so much about Photography. It started back in November of 2013 when we took a trip to St. Louis. We were about to go into the botanical...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 11, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
The CZS and the Top 5 Questions Yesterday I asked the readers of EverydayHDR via email what their questions were about the Color Zone System. I received a lot of great questions and, yes, I responded to everyone of them! I really do enjoy the interaction with...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 1, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
The Color Zone System I have been working like crazy these last couple months to put together the next Zone System Training Package. I first discovered the possibility of editing color similar to tone in the Digital Zone System. The results are spectacular! There...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 27, 2014 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
What’s new in Adobe Camera Raw 8.5? Among all the chaos of the Photoshop CC 2014 update did you notice that Camera Raw received some awesome new features? What changed in ACR 8.5: New RAW profiles A new Preview button that toggles the adjustments on and...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 27, 2014 | f64 Academy News, HDR Insider Project Winner |
This Month the members of HDR Insider were asked to process a series of brackets for the image below and make the best possible greyscale image they could. There were over 30 entries, it was very difficult to judge, but these were the 3 that stood out among the...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 24, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
As we all know by now Adobe released their latest update to Photoshop CC. I attended the very well done keynote that was thankfully streamed online. That was a very cool touch, kudos Adobe! I have since downloaded Photoshop from the creative Cloud. It took me a...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 20, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
A few weeks ago I did a tutorial on finding and removing dust in Camera Raw 8.0. I was not aware that the techniques I was showing were specifically for CC users. I had a lot of inquiries about how to do the same in PS CS6 and ACR 7.0. So after some toying around, I...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 16, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
Last week I launched my eBooks on Amazon for free. All 3 for free for 3 days. The results of the launch were incredible! 14,070 copies were downloaded. I am ecstatic to see that many people will be reading what I have to say about Photography and HDR. With such...
