by Blake Rudis | Jul 28, 2017 | Beginner, Post Processing, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Blue Waterfalls? Yeah, they aren’t supposed to be! Blue waterfalls are a side effect of white balance and your camera compensating for the colors coming into the sensor. You may have everything dialed in perfectly, but when you edit your waterfall pictures...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 14, 2017 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Selective Color in Photoshop, is it the best-kept secret? The selective color adjustment layer is a tool that can make your images pop off the page. Almost every week someone emails me and says, “Blake, how do you make your photos pop in Photoshop?” I...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 7, 2017 | Beginner, Tutorial |
Plotagraph Pro is all kinds of new and Innovative! It was about a year ago that I reached out to the Plotagraph Pro Team and asked if I might be able to review their software. I was intrigued by the ability to make an animated image from a still photograph. It...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 30, 2017 | Product Review, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
My Top Three Favorite Camera Accessories! For your awareness, this is not an affiliate marketing post. I am sharing what I think are the essential products for your camera, and I am not endorsing any one brand for the sake of making money on link clicks. I buy a lot...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 23, 2017 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Radial Gradients in Photoshop, Lightroom (ACR), and ON1 Photo RAW Last week I did a tutorial about the radial gradient in Photoshop. It had a tremendous response which kind of shocked me. I whipped it together the morning of the free tutorial Friday and...
by Blake Rudis | Jun 16, 2017 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Creative Spotlights with the Radial Gradient There are all kinds of tools that you can use in creative ways in Photoshop, but one of my recent favorites is the Radial Gradient. It can be used very subtly to direct the viewer’s eye to the exact spot you want...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 28, 2017 | Beginner, ON1, Tutorial |
Color Correction: Quick, Simple, and Infallible! One of the most common questions I receive is “Blake, how do I color correct my photos.” For the longest time, I avoided this request like the plague because color correction can be done in so many ways....
by Blake Rudis | Apr 14, 2017 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Gradient Fill vs Gradient Map: What’s the Difference? Every time I say or hear the term “Gradient Fill” I can’t help but think of an old photography buff named Phil who comes around and spreads his knowledge. All his friends say, “Oh...
by Blake Rudis | Apr 7, 2017 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Two of My Favorite Blend Modes Explained! The most common questions I receive about Photoshop always deal with Blend Modes. They are extremely helpful, but I gotta be honest, when I first started using them I just cycled through them till I found something that...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 31, 2017 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Wait… What… Snapshots? Photoshop is not a camera! There is nothing more annoying than downloading a new Action for Photoshop and realizing that it is downright destructive! It flattens your image, throws out all that hard work, and runs its course...
