by Blake Rudis | Sep 22, 2023 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Have you ever wondered why ACR and Lightroom are so good with skin tone selections, but the native tools in Photoshop are antiquated? I have. It baffles me that masking is so easy to do in a program that just recently received masking. Yet Photoshop, which has had...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 28, 2023 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Photographing and editing skin tones can be a difficult task. Take them too far, and they saturate quickly, but don’t take them far enough, and you could have lifeless skin. A fine balancing act exists for proper skin tones between on-location lighting and...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 18, 2023 | Beginner, Intermediate, Tutorial |
The remove tool in Photoshop is fairly simple to use. It has very few settings but seems to work like magic until it doesn’t. Here are some of my best practices for using the remove tool. Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:28 Where is it? 02:02 Tool Size Settings 02:51...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 13, 2023 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Want to know how to get the ABSOLUTE best detail in your photos WITHOUT using Clarity and Texture? Well then, you’re in luck! I’m gonna show you how to get incredible details in Photoshop! This method will give you incredible details in your image without...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 23, 2023 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
*Do you struggle with color in your photography? Me too!* I accidentally stumbled upon a checks and balances layer that can help you determine a few things. Be prepared to go through your portfolio with a fine-toothed comb. After watching this, you will be able to...
by Blake Rudis | May 24, 2023 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Finally, a MAJOR Update to Photoshop that ACTUALLY helps us in our workflow in multiple ways. I WILL NOT be covering beta tools in this video as they are not in the official release. No generative AI Fill. We’ll save that for another day. We will cover the new...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 28, 2023 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Let’s face it: no matter how good you are or how many landscape photos you’ve taken, you WILL face highlight blowouts. It’s not a matter of IF, but WHEN! Ideally, we want to get everything perfect in-camera, but if we don’t, we no longer have...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 13, 2023 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Dang! This may be one of the most genius uses I’ve discovered for fixing Hot Spots in portraits and Color Grading Highlight Blowouts in landscapes. Many people reach for a Luminosity mask for these corrections, but I’ve got something that will blow any...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 17, 2023 | Guest Post, Intermediate |
True yellow/green color separation for foliage is a difficult task without the proper tools. ACR and Lightroom can only get you so close! You NEED Photoshop’s Selective Color Tool to go all the way. Luckily for you, I’ve done all the hard work 🙂 More often...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 10, 2023 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
One thing we should avoid like the plague while editing in Photoshop is overly blown-out highlights and clipped shadows. If we aren’t careful during editing, we could do more harm than good while working. Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom have clipping warnings...
