by Blake Rudis | Sep 15, 2017 | f64 Academy News |
The new features in the Zone System Express 4.0 (ZSE 4) Since April of this year (right before launching Palette Effects) I started working on a new Zone System Express panel. It started out as a simple patch to fix some bugs with the way some masks ran and it turned...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 9, 2017 | f64 Academy News |
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...
by Blake Rudis | May 25, 2017 | f64 Academy News |
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...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 21, 2017 | f64 Academy News |
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. Sign up here to stay up to...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 14, 2017 | f64 Academy News |
Photographing Arches National Park Blake and Hudson Henry Style Hudson and I discuss our adventure in Arches National Park for the ON1 Plus Community. You have to check out Hudson’s work, he is a phenomenal photographer that taught me so much in such a small...
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?...
