by Blake Rudis | Nov 19, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
FINALLY! The wait is over!Most of you may not have been waiting per se, but I certainly have. 6 years, as a matter of fact. I have always wanted surgical precision masks at the Raw level, and we almost got there in 2017 with the introduction of the Luminance and...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 21, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Have you ever wondered how specific photos just have that “look”? You know, the look that makes you say, “WOW! That Photo is INCREDIBLE! They must have a nice camera!” Haha, truth be told, it’s never really the camera, is it? I have found...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 30, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Fall Color Photography is fun, excellent, in fact! There is nothing better than getting out there with your camera and showcasing the glory of all that yellow, orange, and red goodness in the tapestry of trees. What could be better, right? The problems with Fall...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 3, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Not all Photoshop Panels are created equal and all of them could have a place in your workflow. However, when I set out to make my Panel for Photoshop, I knew I wanted it to be different. I wanted it to be a Workflow Solution and not another tool for Photoshop....
by Blake Rudis | Aug 27, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Time Blending is a technique in Landscape Photography where you blend multiple exposures taken at various times. You may see this with sunrise and sunset images, clouds, or even waves and seascapes. The process for combining images you want to time blend can be both...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 20, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
If you have been an f.64 Elite Member for any amount of time, you know that I use the Reflected Gradient in almost every Critique Session, heck, sometimes I will use it on 3-5 images! All gradient adjustment layers are incredibly powerful in Photoshop, but I think...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 18, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
The Smart Object is an interesting feature in Photoshop. You can do all kinds of things in Photoshop with Smart Objects from opening a RAW file and then going back into the ACR settings to resizing layers and building templates. But… these Smart Objects come...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 10, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
The Color Tool No One Uses… Except for maybe f.64 Academy readers, because you know better, right? Today I want to show you five efficient uses for the Color Calibration Tool in Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom. This is quickly becoming my favorite place to get...
by Blake Rudis | May 28, 2021 | f64 Academy News, Intermediate, Tutorial |
Thinking about which Color Adjustment Layer is better than the other just may make you go cross-eyed unless you break them down. In this video, we are going to discuss which is better for color modification, Hue and Saturation, or Selective Color? We will discuss...
by Blake Rudis | May 13, 2021 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
How many times do you wish you could go back to a location to recompose the shot because the exposures you did get were off by just a little? That has happened to me COUNTLESS times. Sometimes I am shooting Landscape and wish I were in Portrait. Other times my horizon...