by Blake Rudis | Jan 14, 2022 | Beginner, Tutorial |
New year, new resolutions, right? Well, how did that work out for you last year? You may have started a 365 project and made it 50 days before realizing it wasn’t doing you any good. That’s okay, seriously, no worries there, you tried! But, do you know...
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 | Oct 8, 2021 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Have you ever looked for a White Balance tool or Adjustment Layer in Photoshop? Were you shocked to find that there wasn’t one? I, after 22 years of PS experience, am still quite shocked that there is no White Balance tool. We have tons of tools to control color...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 16, 2021 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Let’s face it, Color Grading and Color Theory are hard topics to grasp. Without a solid foundation for them, though, all of our colorwork is left hanging in the balance. While having a great understanding of color is important, that is a long-term goal. It...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 12, 2021 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Finally … Simple Color Grading! I have taught so many ways to color grade a photo that I can’t even recall them all. They range from Gradients to Gradient Maps, and how many using Selective Color? Many of these techniques produce great results, but they...
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 | 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 | Sep 18, 2020 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Artificial Intelligence, cool name huh? A big buzzword for the implication of the future right? At least it has been for the last 20 years or more. But what does it mean for Photo post-production? Is there a place for it? Maybe, but as of right now, I don’t see...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 31, 2020 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Expert Tips for Gradient Management in Photoshop CC 2020 Since my last video on the Diamond Gradient, I have received a LOT of questions about gradient management in Photoshop CC 2020. In today’s video, I will answer all of them summed up into three questions:...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 16, 2020 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Have your Photoshop layers been acting strange since the June 2020 update to Photoshop CC? I was subject to the odd “Legacy Compositing Photoshop Bug” and I was about to go berserk as I knew I was doing nothing wrong. As it turns out, I wasn’t doing...