by Blake Rudis | Feb 12, 2021 | f64 Academy News, Intermediate, Tutorial |
I am on a mission today to see if I can make a better brush than the big soft edge brush in Photoshop. You might be asking, why Blake, why can’t you leave well enough alone? My wife says the same things to me all the time. Truth is, I like the big soft brush...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 29, 2021 | Beginner, f64 Academy News, Intermediate, Tutorial |
Vignettes in Photoshop and ACR + Lightroom Vignettes are extremely powerful tools for grabbing your viewer’s attention. They can very quickly make an ordinary photo look incredible! But, there are some problems with traditional vignettes. 1. They can look too...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 4, 2020 | f64 Academy News, Intermediate, Tutorial |
Let’s REALLY Learn How To Use Selective Color Color Theory, you know it’s my favorite topic, right? Today I have a really awesome tip for you on how to intensify the colors in your image using the Selective Color Adjustment Layer. We often think of the...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 13, 2020 | Beginner, f64 Academy News, Tutorial |
The Critiquer Gets Critiqued! As you may know, I conduct critique sessions on f.64 Elite. I have been doing these sessions for over 7 years and in that time have critiqued just about 900-1000 images. But in that time, I have never had a critique session of my own. ...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 1, 2020 | Beginner, f64 Academy News, Intermediate, Tutorial |
Over the last few days, I have been keeping myself occupied with a little game I made up for Photoshop. It takes the concept of Craps and puts it into an actionable (pun intended) game for Photoshop, “Photoshop Craps”. The best part about this game is that...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 3, 2019 | f64 Academy News |
The Leader in the Bundle World for a Reason – 5DayDeal Team Many people are talking about the ‘buzz’ surrounding the 5DayDeal right now. I will spare you my thoughts on the bundle (I have nothing but great things to say) and instead give you my...
by Blake Rudis | May 17, 2019 | f64 Academy News |
Making My Boys Smile in Photoshop ? Wanna hear the story of how I made my boys smile in Photoshop? This last Mother’s Day my wife wanted nothing more than a picture of all of us together on Mother’s Day. We don’t get dressed up much, in fact with my...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 14, 2019 | f64 Academy News, Intermediate, Tutorial |
Enhance Details in ACR and Lightroom This week, Adobe released an update for ACR and Lightroom. This update was a minor one that came with a major feature that much of the internet is talking about. This new feature is called Enhance Details. This is what Adobe...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 2, 2018 | Advanced, f64 Academy News, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Dodging and Burning with Blend Modes and Colors If you have spent any amount of time with me you know that I am always trying to come up with new ways of using Blend Modes. I have recently started experimenting with the Color Dodge and Color Burn Blend Modes. At...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 9, 2017 | f64 Academy News, ON1, Product Review |
ON1 Photo RAW 2018 is looking mighty fine! As many of you may know, I am a guest coach and ON1 Guru. That means I work alongside the ON1 team to bring education to their platform. They are a wonderful group of people to work with, and they have done a phenomenal job...
