Blake’s Must Have Pieces of Camera Gear
My Top Three Favorite Camera Accessories! For your awareness, this is not an affiliate marketing post. I am sharing what I think are the essential products for your camera, and I am not endorsing any one brand for the sake of making money on link...
Radial Gradients Compared – Video Tutorial
Radial Gradients in Photoshop, Lightroom (ACR), and ON1 Photo RAW Last week I did a tutorial about the radial gradient in Photoshop. It had a tremendous response which kind of shocked me. I whipped it together the morning of the free tutorial Friday and...
The Radial Gradient in Photoshop Video Tutorial
Creative Spotlights with the Radial Gradient There are all kinds of tools that you can use in creative ways in Photoshop, but one of my recent favorites is the Radial Gradient. It can be used very subtly to direct the viewer's eye to the exact spot you want them to...
An Advanced Look: The HSL Adjustment
There is much more to the HSL Adjustment Layer than you think! Over the past few months, I have been experimenting with some of the more advanced features of the Hue, Saturation, and Lightness adjustment layer in Photoshop. If we take the adjustment for its face...
No longer supporting CS Applications
Why I am not supporting CS5 and CS6 from now on. It is with great discontent and heartfelt apologies for anyone running Photoshop CS5 & CS6 that I say, “I am throwing in the towel”. For the last 2 months I have been trying to figure out how to continue creating...
3 Step Color Correction in ACR
Color Correction: Quick, Simple, and Infallible! https://youtu.be/0twoVJY7_hQ One of the most common questions I receive is "Blake, how do I color correct my photos." For the longest time, I avoided this request like the plague because color correction can be done in...
Palette Effects Photoshop Extension
Stay Tuned! It is coming soon! My latest creation... 7 months in the making! It will consist of 40+ video tutorials on Color Theory and Photoshop. It will also contain a brand new Ps Extension in a class of its own. Due out May 11th. [button...
Gradients in Photoshop Explained!
Gradient Fill vs Gradient Map: What's the Difference? Every time I say or hear the term "Gradient Fill" I can't help but think of an old photography buff named Phil who comes around and spreads his knowledge. All his friends say, "Oh yeah, that Gradient Phil, what a...
Blend Modes in Photoshop: Color versus Luminosity
Two of My Favorite Blend Modes Explained! The most common questions I receive about Photoshop always deal with Blend Modes. They are extremely helpful, but I gotta be honest, when I first started using them I just cycled through them till I found something that...
How to Use Snapshots in Photoshop CC
Wait... What... Snapshots? Photoshop is not a camera! There is nothing more annoying than downloading a new Action for Photoshop and realizing that it is downright destructive! It flattens your image, throws out all that hard work, and runs its course ruining your...
