by Blake Rudis | Dec 17, 2010 | Beginner, Post Processing, Quick Tips, Tutorial |
I am a fan of breaking the rectangle. 95.99999999% of the photographs you see online are rectangles, with the occasional Square or Circle. Now, I am certainly not the first to put a border around an image, and I most certainly won’t be the last. Sometimes...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 3, 2010 | Post Processing, Tutorial |
Well, now that I have figured out the inner workings of the new updates to Photomatix 4.0.1 (I know, I am slacking), I can say there is no excuse for a windy day and HDR. Most windy days yield a hell of a lot of movement in trees, water, bushes, hair, and sometimes...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 26, 2010 | Post Processing, Tutorial, Tutorial Update |
A while ago back in October I posted a tutorial on how to clean up HDR skies. It turns out that I am not pleased with it at all, and would almost say it sucks, however, it does have it’s uses at times. I will leave it up. The new and improved method is much...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 19, 2010 | Post Processing, Tutorial |
Panorama’s are fun, once you have gotten past the frustration and easily convoluted workflow. A couple years ago I did one the archaic way, taking each image and manually masking them, it took me 4 hours. Those were the days of Adobe CS 8.0, which as I recall...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 12, 2010 | Post Processing, Tutorial |
Have you ever been in Photomatix flipping through all of you presets trying to find that one that works perfect. You see one that works for a certain area but not for another so you continue and find another preset that works for the complete opposite area but not...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 10, 2010 | Beginner, Post Processing, Tutorial |
There are many ways to convert to black and white with the 5 billion photo programs out there. They are very easy to do and most of the time consist of the click of a button. With one swoop of the mouse and a click you become the king or queen of desaturation....
by Blake Rudis | Nov 5, 2010 | Post Processing, Tutorial |
I recently went to the beach where the wifey and I exchanged vows to forever love one another, regardless of the amount of time I spend with my camera and the recent addition of EverydayHDR, that wasn’t really in the vows but it was implied! I took a picture of...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 29, 2010 | Product Review, Tutorial |
So I was at work playing with a coworkers iPhone, I noticed there were 2 iPhone HDR applications. I had to check them out, they were only 2 bucks a piece so I downloaded them and paid him in full, a full 4 bones for 2 HDR programs. I was thinking, “These are...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 22, 2010 | Post Processing, Tutorial |
Ever seen an image like this? The faint streaks running down the side of the image make it appear as if it is an old vintage photo. This texture application is a great way to make your images appear tactile. These textures can be anything. As a matter of fact I...
by Blake Rudis | Oct 1, 2010 | Post Processing, Tutorial |
As promised, the tutorial for the “Lucky… 13” image posted on September 27. Masking is a crucial tool with Photoshop, if you are unfamiliar with it, the best thing you can do is get acquainted with it! I am not talking about speed dating either,...
