by Blake Rudis | Dec 15, 2017 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Is there really a discussion about going Auto in ACR and LR? The answer is yes! Adobe recently updated the entire Lightroom Ecosystem as well as Adobe Camera Raw. Among the usual camera model updates, Adobe added a new algorithm for the Auto button. Per...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 1, 2017 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Content-Aware Crop… Like Magic? Or just Photoshop? The jury is still out. If you have ever opened the crop tool, you may have noticed the Content-Aware checkbox in the menu bar. It is a pretty incredible feature that automates a lot of stuff I used to do when...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 3, 2017 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Edit Before You Cull Your Photos with Adobe Camera Raw I usually cull my photos rather fast and delete them before they have a chance to see the light of day. Why? Because 42 Megapixel images take up a lot of space and if the shot was bad, there is no sense keeping...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 28, 2017 | Beginner, Post Processing, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Blue Waterfalls? Yeah, they aren’t supposed to be! Blue waterfalls are a side effect of white balance and your camera compensating for the colors coming into the sensor. You may have everything dialed in perfectly, but when you edit your waterfall pictures...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 14, 2017 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Selective Color in Photoshop, is it the best-kept secret? The selective color adjustment layer is a tool that can make your images pop off the page. Almost every week someone emails me and says, “Blake, how do you make your photos pop in Photoshop?” I...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 7, 2017 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Plotagraph Pro is all kinds of new and Innovative! It was about a year ago that I reached out to the Plotagraph Pro Team and asked if I might be able to review their software. I was intrigued by the ability to make an animated image from a still photograph. It...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 23, 2017 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Radial Gradients in Photoshop, Lightroom (ACR), and ON1 Photo RAW Last week I did a tutorial about the radial gradient in Photoshop. It had a tremendous response which kind of shocked me. I whipped it together the morning of the free tutorial Friday and...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 28, 2017 | Beginner, ON1, Tutorial |
Color Correction: Quick, Simple, and Infallible! One of the most common questions I receive is “Blake, how do I color correct my photos.” For the longest time, I avoided this request like the plague because color correction can be done in so many ways....
by Blake Rudis | Sep 16, 2016 | Beginner, ON1, Tutorial |
One powerful filter: The HDR Look Learn More about ON1 Ever since I started using the Sony a7Rii I have found myself bracketing images less and less. There is a plethora of dynamic range information in every file that thing pumps out, which is awesome, but the file...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 12, 2016 | Beginner, Product Review, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
A Review of the Tamrac Anvil Slim 15 and the Corona 20 Camera Bags I have been using Tamrac bags for quite a while. My first and most favorite bag (until now) was the old Tamrac Adventurer bag. It got me through quite a few Workshops and, as the name implies,...
