The Perspective Crop Tool in Photoshop – Video
Perspective Correction has Never been so easy- The Perspective Crop Tool With all interior architecture images, there is a need to fix the perspective as many perspective altering variables come into play. What lens are you using, are you tilting your camera up or...
A Strong Case for Profiles for Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom
Profiles are Changing My Workflow Anytime Adobe creates an update to their programs I am always excited and nervous at the same time. I love innovation, and I believe Adobe keeps on innovating, and that is the exciting part. The nervous part is two-fold... is it going...
The Color Picker in Photoshop
Let's get to some basics, the color picker Photoshop is such a massive program it can be very easy to get lost in all of its intricacies. With so many features and bells and whistles, it is very easy for us to get used to one tool and know it very well. All the while...
What’s New in Adobe Camera Raw 10.3.0.933
Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom went out for a mani/pedi Adobe Camera Raw updates usually entail camera raw profiles and minor tweaks. This week, however, ACR and it's sister Lightroom went out for a manicure and pedicure and had one too many mimosas. They came back...
The Difference Blend Mode in Photoshop
What's the Difference with the Difference Blend Mode? Over the last several years I have explored many of the blend modes in Photoshop for color grading, but I haven't touched on the Difference Blend Mode. A lot of what happens here on f.64 Academy is psycho targeted...
Snapshots in Adobe Camera Raw
Snapshots - A great way to test different looks Adobe Camera Raw is a powerful editing tool with many features we often overlook. With its ability to transform a RAW image it is easy to gloss over the techy things that we can do with our pictures. One of those...
Photoshop Bootcamp – A Blake Rudis and Creative Live course
The Adobe Photoshop Bootcamp Course with Creative Live To say the last few months has been crazy is an understatement. I received a call from Creative Live back in December. They were curious if I'd be interested in doing a vast Photoshop course that covers everything...
The Color Dodge & Color Burn Blend Modes
Dodging and Burning with Blend Modes and Colors If you have spent any amount of time with me you know that I am always trying to come up with new ways of using Blend Modes. I have recently started experimenting with the Color Dodge and Color Burn Blend Modes. At...
5 Very Practical Tips for the Clone Stamp Tool Video
The Clone Stamp Tool, love it or hate it, it's fantastic! I have conducted many tutorials that in some way shape or form involve the Clone Stamp Tool, but I don't think I have ever given my "down and dirty" practical tips for it. Recently I created a...
The 5 Tone Heat Map in Photoshop
See your tones with a color-coded 5 Tone Heat Map The 5 Tone Heat Map is a concept I have been working on for quite a while. I first started working with the idea in November of 2017 while showing the f.64 Elite community how to edit a Milky Way photo. What I...