by Blake Rudis | Aug 7, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
In good old Dover Delaware with the family showing off the baby. Check out some of the pics around my mom’s place. Taken with my Samsung Fascinate and edited pseudo hdr with Photo Enhance Pro. I will be back to the normal schedule next week, have a great week...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 5, 2011 | Topaz Labs, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I was playing around with the settings in Camera Raw when I noticed I could make Pseudo HDR’s with the movement of a couple of sliders; Clarity, Fill Light, and Contrast predominantly. These Camera Raw adjustments are perfect for getting a HDR appearance with...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 3, 2011 | Product Review |
…Who is coming with me? This is the last week to save $100 on a ticket to Photoshop World in Las Vegas, NV. It runs from September 5-9, yep that is next month. I went to Photoshop World last year and could not have learned more about everything I never knew...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 1, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
Every once in a while I get the question, How do you work 40 hours a week, process all those HDR images and maintain a blog with a 3 month old baby? Well, it can be difficult at times, but I found he actually enjoys blogging with me. Put the baby in the lap and hop...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 29, 2011 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Wow, I am really surprised I have gone 150 blog posts without covering a tutorial on how to rid your life of pesky Chromatic Abberations and Color Noise. So here you are, your free advice on how to crush two of the most painful aspects of digital...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 27, 2011 | Product Review |
HDR Soft has made another update to Photomatix Pro, it is now in version 4.1.1. There are many awesome improvements in the new version: Selective De-Ghosting now allows you to select the exposure you would like to replace it with. They have finally added descriptions...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 25, 2011 | f64 Academy News |
I hate doing laundry in apartments. There always seems to be an issue with quarters, never having any, finding a place to get them, and finally when you have them, you never have enough! After thinking about all the reasons I hate doing laundry in apartments, I...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 22, 2011 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I was playing around with this picture one day, I added a vignette, I did my noise reduction, and then I duplicated it, and set the blend mode to soft light. I would normally do that anyway before I High Pass sharpened it, but then I fell in love with the results of...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 20, 2011 | Helpful Websites |
There are many reasons why you should have your monitors calibrated when working with digital photography. One main reason is to ensure that the colors you are editing are truly the colors in the picture and not what you are seeing on your un-calibrated monitor....
by Blake Rudis | Jul 15, 2011 | Beginner, Post Processing, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Today’s tutorial is a Dreamlike effect, similar to the flashback effect you see in movies. It usually occurs where someone travels into the past or lays down for a nap and starts seeing things all blurred and sepia toned. I wish I dreamed that way, but...
