by Blake Rudis | Apr 1, 2020 | Beginner, f64 Academy News, Intermediate, Tutorial |
Over the last few days, I have been keeping myself occupied with a little game I made up for Photoshop. It takes the concept of Craps and puts it into an actionable (pun intended) game for Photoshop, “Photoshop Craps”. The best part about this game is that...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 6, 2020 | Beginner, Tutorial |
How do you know if you are stuck in a genre box?If you ask me, “Blake how will this technique work on a ________ photo” when I am editing a landscape… you are probably stuck in a genre box. But don’t worry!There is hope 🙂 In this Live Event, I am going to show you how...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 23, 2019 | Beginner, Tutorial |
The 10th Annual Rudis Family Christmas Card It’s always “different”, always a lot of work, always epic, and always on the fridge of our friends for the whole year 🙂 I would also like to take the time to sincerely thank you for all of your support...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 12, 2019 | Beginner, Tutorial |
We realize this isn’t the most popular topic in Photography. It isn’t searched nearly as much as Luminosity Masking or the Clone Stamp Tool. But we know that if you begin to consider yourself an artist you will become a better photographer, period. Tools...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 5, 2019 | Beginner, Intermediate, Tutorial |
When Two Educators Just Don’t Get Along! Gavin Hardcastle… what can I say, he is hilarious and really a comedic genius in the Photography community. It is not often that you find someone you can learn from and almost die of a belly laugh in the process. ...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 23, 2019 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Finally a Practical Use for Dust & Scratches FilterHot pixels are something that plague every night sky photographer. They are little red, blue, or green pixels that show up in the shadow areas of your photo when you increase the shadows slider in a dark...
by Blake Rudis | May 24, 2019 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Dynamic Contrast with the Texture Slider in ACR and LRThe new Texture Slider in ACR and LR is really making an impact it seems as it should! Anytime Adobe adds a slider to either program it means they felt it was necessary to be in there. Otherwise, they would have...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 8, 2019 | Beginner, Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Glow Brushes in ACR and LR? How???I have long been a fan of the Orton Effect. So much so, that I built my variation of it for the Zone System Express called “Radiance 2.0”. The glowing effect makes an amazing atmosphere for your photo, regardless of...
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,...
by Blake Rudis | May 18, 2018 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Perspective Correction has Never been so easy- The Perspective Crop Tool With all interior architecture images, there is a need to fix the perspective as many perspective altering variables come into play. What lens are you using, are you tilting your camera up or...