by Blake Rudis | Dec 4, 2020 | f64 Academy News, Intermediate, Tutorial |
Let’s REALLY Learn How To Use Selective Color Color Theory, you know it’s my favorite topic, right? Today I have a really awesome tip for you on how to intensify the colors in your image using the Selective Color Adjustment Layer. We often think of the...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 19, 2020 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Soft Light Dodging and Burning is for the Birds! Over the years, I have taught you many different techniques for Dodging and Burning. I have shown Curves Layers, 50% Gray Fill, even automated methods for Dodging and Burning. All the while, I had taught you these...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 6, 2020 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Highlight Blowouts are a Pain … Not Anymore! Over the last several years I have shown you many ways to use Blend IF creatively. But this is a new one I just figured out by necessity. A couple of months ago when I was in the Badlands I saw this scene, fell in...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 29, 2020 | Intermediate, ON1, Tutorial |
The new Sky Replacement Tool in Photoshop is pretty awesome and does a wonderful job with tricky sky replacements. But, Adobe added an even better tool into Photoshop 2021. Yes, even better than the Sky Replacement Tool! Personally, I don’t find myself replacing...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 23, 2020 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
More Color Grading in RAW The new Color Grading features in Adobe Camera RAW and Lightroom with the new update to Photoshop are awesome! I know Capture One and other programs have had this for a while, but those don’t really work too well in my workflow as I...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 2, 2020 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Ever wonder how can you make the colors in your Fall Photography stand out? Great locations help, but knowing what to do with those colors in post is imperative. Today I am going to show you how I explore color in my fall photography. We will start in Adobe Camera...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 28, 2020 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Sharpening is not as convoluted as most people make it out to be, yet it tends to be a question I get a lot. Especially from beginner photographers who are starting to develop a workflow. You may have been told that you have to sharpen your photos at the end of your...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 14, 2020 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Use Color Theory to Build Experiences for your viewer. You’ve heard the phrase, “I don’t take photos, I make them” right? Well, its cliche, its overused,and just about anyone who has heard it has said it at one point. Yep,finger...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 7, 2020 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Tha TAT – Targeted Adjustment Tool for ACR and Lightroom The Targeted Adjustment Tool is a powerful little tool for ACR and Lightroom. It can make for quick edits within the Color Mixer. I have found it to be beneficial for many reasons, but it also has...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 24, 2020 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Essential Color Tools in ACR and Lightroom There are four things you should be doing with the colors in your photos in Adobe Camera Raw. Well, there’s probably more than four, but today I am going to show you how to manipulate color with just four essential...
