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...
Sharpening in Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom
Sharpening and Noise Reduction at the Exact Same Time httpv://youtu.be/UWJwQ0bnbWI For years I have received emails about the proper way to sharpen and reduce the noise in your photos. Some people say sharpen at the end and do noise reduction at the beginning. ...
The Auto Button in ACR and Lightroom
Is there really a discussion about going Auto in ACR and LR? The answer is yes! Adobe recently updated the entire Lightroom Ecosystem as well as Adobe Camera Raw. Among the usual camera model updates, Adobe added a new algorithm for the Auto...
Content-Aware Crop in Photoshop CC
Content-Aware Crop... Like Magic? Or just Photoshop? The jury is still out. If you have ever opened the crop tool, you may have noticed the Content-Aware checkbox in the menu bar. It is a pretty incredible feature that automates a lot of stuff I used to do when I...
3 Techniques for Compelling Black and White Photos
Artistic Black and White Processing I have been producing Black and White images for as long as I can remember. Actually, like many photographers, I started out shooting only for Black and White. With nearly 20 years of Black and White processing, you'd think I...
