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3 Simple Steps for Better Rainbows

3 Simple Steps for Better Rainbows

by Blake Rudis | Jan 23, 2025 | f64 Academy News, Intermediate, Tutorial | 0 comments

Ever looked at a rainbow photo and thought, “This doesn’t look ANYTHING like what I saw?”  You’re not alone – and today, I’m going teach you a technique that’ll transform your landscape photography forever. Most photographers...
The SINGLE BEST Color Tool in Photoshop

The SINGLE BEST Color Tool in Photoshop

by Blake Rudis | Nov 7, 2024 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 0 comments

In this tutorial, learn the powerful yet often overlooked capabilities of Photoshop’s Selective Color Adjustment Layer. This tool enables subtle or dramatic color grading, transforming your images with painter-like precision. We’ll explore how to intensify colors,...
🤯 Game-Changing Noise Reduction – ACR Denoise

🤯 Game-Changing Noise Reduction – ACR Denoise

by Blake Rudis | Aug 14, 2024 | Intermediate, Tutorial | 17 comments

Have you ever taken your ISO to the limit? Or is there only a specific limit you are comfortable with? I’d say I was the latter before this experiment. I wasn’t comfortable taking my ISO to extreme amounts due to fear of losing data and detail in the...
5 Ways to Assess Your Artistic Vison

5 Ways to Assess Your Artistic Vison

by Blake Rudis | May 9, 2024 | Beginner, f64 Academy News, Intermediate, Tutorial | 5 comments

 Today, I’m diving into something that really fuels our creativity as photographers—our artistic vision. You might not realize it, but this vision is more than just a skill; it’s your unique way of seeing the world, expressed through your...
Color Grading for Stunning Eclipse Photos

Color Grading for Stunning Eclipse Photos

by Blake Rudis | Apr 26, 2024 | Intermediate, Tutorial | 4 comments

Having trouble editing your Solar Eclipse shots? Corona detail lost? In this video, I dive deep into the post-processing techniques I used for my 2024 solar eclipse photographs taken in Story, Arkansas. I focus on two often overlooked tools in Adobe Camera Raw that...
Before Using Generative Fill Watch This!

Before Using Generative Fill Watch This!

by Blake Rudis | Nov 17, 2023 | Advanced, Intermediate, Tutorial | 16 comments

Today, let’s dive into the world of Adobe Photoshop, specifically its hot new feature – Generative Fill. As cool as this tool is, it’s got a quirky limitation that might frustrate you as much as it does me: the 1024 rendering limit. But don’t...
Next-Level Color Control ACR 16.0 & Lr 13.0

Next-Level Color Control ACR 16.0 & Lr 13.0

by Blake Rudis | Oct 13, 2023 | Intermediate, Tutorial | 24 comments

What’s new in ACR 16.0 and Lightroom? An EPIC Color Theory tool that I never knew I needed, and now that I have it, I am STOKED! This color range feature for modifying color is next-level color theory at play, and it’s at the RAW level. WOW! The only thing...
BETTER Skin Tone Selections in Photoshop

BETTER Skin Tone Selections in Photoshop

by Blake Rudis | Sep 22, 2023 | Intermediate, Tutorial | 17 comments

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...
AMAZING Skin Tones using GRADIENTS in Photoshop

AMAZING Skin Tones using GRADIENTS in Photoshop

by Blake Rudis | Aug 28, 2023 | Intermediate, Tutorial | 10 comments

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...
Remove Tool Best Practices

Remove Tool Best Practices

by Blake Rudis | Aug 18, 2023 | Beginner, Intermediate, Tutorial | 3 comments

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...
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