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Selective Tone Mapping in ACR

Selective Tone Mapping in ACR

by Blake Rudis | Dec 5, 2014 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 23 comments

Tone Mapping Meets Painting Recently on HDR Insider I showed a full length workflow tutorial on how to make a great HDR image from a single exposure.  More often than not, we get way in over our heads with HDR processing that we forget that sometimes all you need is a...
Sharpen Tool High Pass Technique

Sharpen Tool High Pass Technique

by Blake Rudis | Nov 28, 2014 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 40 comments

A Little Bit Sharper Over the last few years I have used many different Sharpening Techniques.  I have found some better than others, from the High Pass to the Unsharp Mask to the various Plugins.  All of these techniques are pretty great and do a decent job of...
A Place For HDR with Digital Dimensions and Beyond KC

A Place For HDR with Digital Dimensions and Beyond KC

by Blake Rudis | Nov 25, 2014 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 2 comments

There is Always a Place for HDR! Last Thursday I went and spoke to the Digital Dimensions & Beyond Photo Group in Kansas City.   I will admit, I was very intimidated at first.  I had to speak to all levels from the beginner to the advanced and some have been...
An HDR Grunge Match!

An HDR Grunge Match!

by Blake Rudis | Nov 18, 2014 | f64 Academy News, HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 0 comments

Not a Grunge Match… a Grudge Match! When I was putting together the course Exploring HDR: The Video Series, I had to record a tutorial for every HDR Method I use on a routine basis.  This was kind of a chore for me as I am pretty fond of the Photomatix look as...
Better Black and White Photographs in Photoshop

Better Black and White Photographs in Photoshop

by Blake Rudis | Nov 7, 2014 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 25 comments

I have done several Black and White Tutorials.  Several years ago I wrote a Black and White tutorial, I then recreated that in a video, and then there are the 3 hours and 40 minutes of Black and White and tone control in Black, White & Beyond: The Digital Zone...
Curves vs Levels

Curves vs Levels

by Blake Rudis | Oct 31, 2014 | Beginner, HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 74 comments

    This is a great topic to discuss as Curves and Levels essentially do the same thing just in different ways.  A reader of f.64 Academy and a photo buddy of mine (a very talented one at that) asked me what the difference was between them.  It is a very...
Walking Dead Intro Effect | Photoshop CC

Walking Dead Intro Effect | Photoshop CC

by Blake Rudis | Oct 23, 2014 | Intermediate, Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 17 comments

 Who doesn’t love Zombies and Actions! I was watching the Walking Dead the other day while playing around in Photoshop and thought, “Man that intro looks incredible!  I bet I could mimic it in Photoshop, because it would look great on some old HDR...
Disarming the Debate of Photo Manipulation

Disarming the Debate of Photo Manipulation

by Blake Rudis | Oct 21, 2014 | f64 Academy News, Tutorial, Video Tutorial, Webinar | 33 comments

Let’s Disarm the Debate! > This afternoon at 4PM central I will be discussing the, oh so controversial, debate of Photo Manipulation.  In the pursuit of research on the topic, I asked the readers of EverydayHDR what their thoughts were on these questions: Does...
Basic Layers and Masking in Photoshop

Basic Layers and Masking in Photoshop

by Blake Rudis | Oct 17, 2014 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 43 comments

Going Back To The Basics, The Layer Basics I know this may not be something new to anyone who has been following my tutorials for a while.  However, in my initial email correspondence I ask a series of questions.  My favorite question to get answers from is this one:...
Auto Color Tone and Saturation Actions (Free)

Auto Color Tone and Saturation Actions (Free)

by Blake Rudis | Oct 10, 2014 | Intermediate, Post Processing, Tutorial, Video Tutorial | 43 comments

Automated Color Correction?  Yes, there are FREE Actions at the end!Yes it is true, there is a way to auto color correct your images.  The idea is simple, but pretty complex all at the same time… kinda like marriage ?  (If you are reading this, I love you...
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