by Blake Rudis | Mar 15, 2024 | Advanced, Tutorial |
No more bland-looking eyes! I’m going to teach you how to use Gradients in Photoshop to make AMAZING-looking eyes. The eyes are the most important object to get dialed in in portrait and wildlife photography. We ensure we nail the focus on the eye when we are...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 15, 2023 | Advanced, Tutorial |
It’s not a shock to anyone that I’m not a huge fan of Generative Fill in Photoshop. Yes, it’s an incredible addition to an already incredible piece of software, but the limitations of the 1024 rendering and the poor quality are a bust for me. I have...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 17, 2023 | Advanced, Intermediate, Tutorial |
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...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 13, 2023 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
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...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 22, 2023 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
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...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 15, 2023 | Advanced, Tutorial
Photoshop 2024 is here, and Generative AI is as well. In this tutorial, I will show you how to use the Generative Expand command in the Crop tool to fill in data around your image. It’s a phenomenal concept with some horrible results. BUT, I would never present...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 28, 2023 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
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...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 18, 2023 | Beginner, Intermediate, Tutorial |
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...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 3, 2023 | Advanced, Tutorial |
Have you tried to save a profile lately and gotten a horrible error message popping up?I have, for the last 3 versions of ACR, actually. The problem with ACR vs. PS is that we can’t backdate the installation once the newest has been installed like we can with PS...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 13, 2023 | Intermediate, Tutorial |
Want to know how to get the ABSOLUTE best detail in your photos WITHOUT using Clarity and Texture? Well then, you’re in luck! I’m gonna show you how to get incredible details in Photoshop! This method will give you incredible details in your image without...
