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...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 14, 2023 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Creating double exposures in Photoshop is a relatively simple task. Most will go straight to masking, and that is one great technique. However, there are other methods, like Blend If, that can give us a unique look for double exposures. What is double exposure? In...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 10, 2023 | Beginner, Intermediate, Tutorial |
I love Blend If. That’s no secret. I routinely praise it here on f.64 Academy, BUT it has problems. There are things I don’t like about it. There are things I wish Adobe would do with it. There are things I wish were easier with it. I could sit here and...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 23, 2022 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
We often use Curves in our workflow. It’s a staple in almost every genre of photography. But how often do you venture into the beautiful world of color or RGB Curves? Probably not as often as you’d care to mention. No worries, I didn’t either. At...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 4, 2022 | Intermediate, Post Processing, Tutorial |
Photoshop is LITTERED with hidden gems. Play around enough in there, and you’ll find two notebooks full and a day’s work! Ask a handful of Ps educators what their 5 hidden gems are, and I can almost guarantee you’ll hear mixed results. So how do you...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 16, 2022 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
So you think you know everything about the HSL Adjustment Layer in Photoshop? Well, I have a doozy of a tutorial for you today! I will uncover the HSL Range tool and show you how powerful this feature is that you are more than likely glancing over. I get it, those two...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 28, 2022 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Color is everywhere, and we use it to process our color digital images. It’s probably one of the most important things for you to master in your raw workflow. That’s why I am going to share 5 Color Theory secrets with you today that will help you better...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 17, 2022 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Our mid-year update to Adobe Camera Raw is HUGE! While the features they included are seemingly small, their implementation in your workflow is incredible.Last year we received masking in Adobe Camera Raw, which turned our local adjustment tools into selection...
by Blake Rudis | May 12, 2022 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
In today’s lesson, I will teach you how to detect and avoid over saturation in your color images. Saturation is like salt, it’s necessary for colors to pop, but too much of it or used in the wrong place and you can ruin your images rather quickly. We are...
