by Blake Rudis | Apr 1, 2022 | Beginner, f64 Academy News, Tutorial |
BRIDGE to the RESCUE! I can’t be the only one… nope! I can’t be the only one who has ever worked their tail off on a huge PSD file in Photoshop and accidentally saved all those juicy layers into a small file when resizing it for the web. I know, I...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 31, 2022 | Beginner, f64 Academy News, Tutorial |
Where do I begin with selling my photography?If you have ever emailed me and asked me that question, you have probably received a less than ideal response. I know you come to me for many things, and most of them I have an answer to. But the truth is, I don’t...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 21, 2022 | Beginner, f64 Academy News, Tutorial |
So, here we are. Another huge milestone for me in less than one month. First military retirement, then 100,000 subscribers. What’s next? Well, I do turn 40 this year, so there’s that, haha. I made a video today to share my extreme gratitude for you and...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 10, 2021 | Beginner, f64 Academy News, From the Author, Tutorial |
Do you believe in Divine Appointments?I think about Divine Appointments a lot. These aren’t coincidental meetings. These are meetings with someone you may or may not know that somehow influence your life and, in some cases, send it spinning in another...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 9, 2021 | f64 Academy News |
Tone Assessment and Tone Theory are the Building Blocks of Great Images If you have followed me for almost any amount of time, I have probably taught you a few things that you thought were pretty awesome. What I am going to show you today is the most is, in my...
by Blake Rudis | May 28, 2021 | f64 Academy News, Intermediate, Tutorial |
Thinking about which Color Adjustment Layer is better than the other just may make you go cross-eyed unless you break them down. In this video, we are going to discuss which is better for color modification, Hue and Saturation, or Selective Color? We will discuss...
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. ...
