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...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 26, 2020 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Last week Adobe updated Adobe Camera Raw. If you updated like I did thinking it would be routine… boy, were we wrong! It was a shell shock at first, but I quickly adapted to the new layout and have grown to accept the innovation Adobe has put into it.With the...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 17, 2020 | Beginner, Tutorial |
My oh my I have been waiting a LONG time for this. An upgrade to Camera Raw. It’s like I went from driving a Ford Pinto to a Ferarri overnight 🙂 Adobe Camera Raw updates to version 12.3 for PS CC 21.2: ► Overall interface update – Similar to Lightroom...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 10, 2020 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Photoshop Craps Gone Wrong with Gavin Hardcastle Last week I showed you all how to gamify Photoshop so you could learn Adjustment Layers while social distancing with Photoshop Craps. My buddy Gavin Hardcastle caught wind of the game and challenged me to a Photoshop...
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...
