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 | Feb 5, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Tree We can’t always have beautiful trees in fields for the best photo ops… or can we? Photoshop has a filter called Render Tree. It’s a neat little filter that while clever, very rarely can pass as a real tree. However, if you look at a photo of a...
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 | Jan 8, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Your Black & White Processing Needs this Intel A few months ago, I did a video that made a BOLD claim that I would take composition over color any day as the biggest contributor to viewer response. It was the topic of a lot of discussion on the f.64 Academy...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 21, 2020 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
The 50% Gray Layer for Dodging and Burning is STILL Valid Dodging and Burning, a very contentious topic among the community. Why? Because some people will outwardly chastise you for using a method that they feel is “archaic” or “dated” or...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 18, 2020 | 3 Minute Flash Tutorai, Intermediate, Tutorial |
I know what you are thinking by reading that title… Blake has lost his mind and found the HDR Kool-Aid Mix and drank too much again.. right? Not necessarily! Many of you may have followed me before 2016 when this very blog was called EverydayHDR.com, it feels...
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 19, 2020 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Soft Light Dodging and Burning is for the Birds! Over the years, I have taught you many different techniques for Dodging and Burning. I have shown Curves Layers, 50% Gray Fill, even automated methods for Dodging and Burning. All the while, I had taught you these...
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 | Nov 6, 2020 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Highlight Blowouts are a Pain … Not Anymore! Over the last several years I have shown you many ways to use Blend IF creatively. But this is a new one I just figured out by necessity. A couple of months ago when I was in the Badlands I saw this scene, fell in...
