by Blake Rudis | Feb 10, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
There is nothing I hate more with HDR photography than Shadow Noise and Highlight blowouts. These areas are especially common when tone mapping with Photomatix Pro. While they are very annoying, they are not worth throwing Photomatix out of my HDRsenal by any means....
by Blake Rudis | Feb 3, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
We have all fallen victim to the lazy HDRtist. You know, when you are processing an image in Photomatix and there are distracting highlight blow outs so you do everything in your power to fix them and in turn end up sacrificing the rest of the image. So you tell...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 6, 2012 | Quick Tips, Tutorial |
So vignettes have hit the streets running as one of those awesome ways to make an image go from eh.. to Wow… I don’t want to like vignettes because they seem so cliche, but they work, they really work. They do a great job of diverting one’s...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 30, 2011 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Image size is always a tricky issue among photog’s many feel they are inferior to others, many over compensate for their image size with rather large accessories, and many know their image size is grandiose but prefer to keep it to themselves. I figured I would...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 16, 2011 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Today’s tutorial is all about how to make your own custom brushes. Custom brushes can be made from all kinds of pictures, pictures that you wouldn’t consider worthy of a brush, like rust spots on the side of a dumpster! You can use these brushes that you...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 9, 2011 | Quick Tips, Tutorial |
Auto aliging layers in Photoshop is an invaluable tool for any HDRtist. It is very common to create a tone mapped file and use elements from the original exposures to enhance local areas. Photoshop CS 5 has a very simple feature for making image alignment a breeze!...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 2, 2011 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Today’s video tutorial shows you how to successfully dodge and burn your HDR images without destroying them with permanent modifications. It is a really simple method of making a %50 gray layer over the image you would like to dodge and burn. You then set the...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 25, 2011 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Today’s tutorial will show you how to recreate that old photo look on your HDR images. I was inspired by Alfred Stieglitz and thought I would try my hand at emulating the old world photo look. Take a look at the before and after to see if this tutorial...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 18, 2011 | Topaz Labs, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Here is the Topaz Adjust 5 tutorial, a follow up to the recent review. The more I play with Topaz Adjust 5 the more I love it. These guys really knew what they were doing with this plug-in, they have made some epic adjustments to an already incredible program....
by Blake Rudis | Nov 4, 2011 | f64 Academy News, Tutorial |
As you read this, my wife and I are packing up our apartment and moving into our first house. Yep, that’s right, homeowners, we are in for a treat I hear. Now that we are packing up for the third time in 6 months, I am reminded of our adventure to Platte City,...
