by Blake Rudis | Mar 3, 2017 | f64 Academy News |
The Targeted Adjustment Tool – It’s been there forever, Blake I take a lot of pride in knowing as much as I can in Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop. I spend countless hours experimenting with features from the most basic to the incredibly advanced. The...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 17, 2017 | f64 Academy News |
STOP slammin’ sliders when you reduce noise It is a common theme when you reduce noise to do the random slider slam. I get it, heck I did it to. And why is that? Well, it is because the sliders have some interesting names that don’t really tell you what...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 14, 2017 | f64 Academy News |
I am not a designer. I may be a Photoshop guru, but that does not make me a design expert in the slightest. Because I can work with text in Photoshop does not mean I know the best-looking ways to portray my ideas with text. That is what a designer is for! If you...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 10, 2017 | f64 Academy News, Product Review, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
A Zero Distortion Wide Angle Lens… Is it too good to be true? When I first heard about the Laowa 12mm Wide Angle lens on Kickstarter last year, I had to check it out for myself. The company, Venus Optics, claimed a near zero distortion wide angle lens. If you...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 10, 2017 | Do It Yourself, f64 Academy News, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Testing your camera lenses doesn’t have to be rocket science! The first thing I do when I get a new wide angle lens is test it out. Before I run off and try to take some epic shots with it, I need to know all about it. What are its strengths and weaknesses?...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 3, 2017 | Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Two Alternatives to Selective Color The Selective Color technique is something we all try at some point in our photography endeavors. The classic act of taking a color image, making it Black and White, but letting a single accent color of the subject matter show...