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...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 13, 2014 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
It can be difficult to handle the HDR process, especially with so many brackets running around your hard drive. I have found the most efficient way to manage the chaos is with a very efficient filing system and the power of batch processing. Batch processing allows...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 6, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
Dust spots manifest themselves as annoying circles in your photos. They may be a pain, but they are very simple to fix. If you want that professional look with your photos I highly advise that you watch at this video. The truth is, when I see an awesome photograph...
by Blake Rudis | May 30, 2014 | Tutorial |
By now you have probably seen the ad on the right directing you to HDR Insider for Workflow Tutorials and all the other goodies. That is a link to my Premium HDR Content site HDR Insider. On that site a large community has been collaborating to accomplish projects...
by Blake Rudis | May 28, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
This month I requested that the members of HDR Insider make the image below look better. I was mainly referring to how horrible the sky looked, the image itself holds much to be desired as well! All of the members did a beautiful job making brilliant images from...
by Blake Rudis | May 27, 2014 | f64 Academy News |
I have recently discovered a trend that I am not happy with and I am curious if you struggle with the same thing. It is irritating that Camera Groups and Local Camera stores do not strive for something more. Before I get too far on my rant here is the story. I...
by Blake Rudis | May 23, 2014 | Advanced, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Last week I posted a video about how astounded I was about Photoshop’s ability to handle video… This week I have been crushing out some video in the major leagues! Check out Zone-Edits new video intro. I have learned a ton in the few videos I have made...
