by Blake Rudis | Dec 7, 2018 | Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
It is hard to lay claim to the “Most Epic Christmas Card Ever,” but many of my friends and family are sending me text messages with those exact words in them. I’ll take it 🙂 Every year this Rudis Family creates a Christmas Card filled with love,...
![You can ALWAYS learn something new [Video]](https://f64academy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Lessons-LEarned-form-the-Creative-Mechanic.jpg)
by Blake Rudis | Nov 27, 2018 | Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
What I learned from Jim Welninski recently I am the type of person who loves to learn new things. I read quite a few books every year, I spent a LOT of time on the “Google” researching things I don’t know, and I embrace interaction with everyone...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 16, 2018 | Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Well, maybe that is a harsh title, but hear me out. We have all been in a place where we ask why our photos aren’t what we want them to be. Whether that is because of a certain style, or a look we are trying to achieve that we can’t, or we just...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 9, 2018 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
The Hard Mix Blend Mode is AMAZING! I could tell you all day long that the Hard Mix Blend Mode is the most fantastic Blend Mode in Photoshop, but you’d have to see it to believe it. That is because the Hard Mix Blend Mode, when applied “as-is” is...
![How to Make your Fall Colors Pop! [Video]](https://f64academy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Fall-Images-Pop-Thumb-small-f64.jpg)
by Blake Rudis | Sep 22, 2018 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Using Palette Effects 2 to Make Autumn Images Glow! I am a big fan of this time of year. The pumpkins, the weather, the hoodies, and the snuggles under blankets… yes you read that correctly, I am a snuggler, it is one of my love languages, so what? It is also...
![Jim Welninski’s Workflow with Palette Effects 2.0 [Video]](https://f64academy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Jim-Welninski-and-Palette-Effects-2-small.jpg)
by Jim Welninski | Sep 21, 2018 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
A Master at Work! I think my head is going to explode… the namesake of the “Welninski Drama” button, just used the Welninski Drama Button in an original Welninski workflow. If that isn’t epic, I don’t know what is! Jim is a great friend...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 20, 2018 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
I am Biased, I did build it… but here are my favorite Palette Effects 2.0 Features It has been nearly a year and a half since I updated Palette Effects. There are several reasons for that and while many of them lead to, “I have been busy”, I do...
![How to find and free up disk space [Video]](https://f64academy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Treesize-Thumbnail-f64.jpg)
by Blake Rudis | Aug 30, 2018 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Using Treesize Personal to find Heavy Files I, like many photographers, like to hoard my images. Seriously, we could probably have a reality TV show for photographers like me. That would be funny a guy shows up at my office, looks through my drives and says,...
![The Vivid Light Blend Mode [Video]](https://f64academy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Vivid-Light-Blend-Mode-f64-Thumb-1080x675.jpg)
by Blake Rudis | Aug 17, 2018 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
A Color Grading Companion – The Vivid Light Blend Mode There are 27 blend modes in Adobe Photoshop and if you are anything like the “me before I learned them all“, you are only using three, maybe four to their maximum potential. One of those you may...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 3, 2018 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
The Soft Light Sky Replacement Technique On my way out to Kansas City the other night, I was praying for a beautiful sunset. I would venture to say that’s what most of us do when we take the time to go out with our cameras. To my surprise when I got there I...
