How To Use The Targeted Adjustment Tool
The Targeted Adjustment Tool - It's been there forever, Blake I take a lot of pride in knowing as much as I can in Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop. I spend countless hours experimenting with features from the most basic to the incredibly advanced. The other day I was...
How to Reduce Noise in Adobe Camera Raw
STOP slammin' sliders when you reduce noise httpvh://youtu.be/RTu7Cl5Zpg8 It is a common theme when you reduce noise to do the random slider slam. I get it, heck I did it to. And why is that? Well, it is because the sliders have some interesting names that don't...
99designs Review and Experience
I am not a designer. I may be a Photoshop guru, but that does not make me a design expert in the slightest. Because I can work with text in Photoshop does not mean I know the best-looking ways to portray my ideas with text. That is what a designer is for! If you...
The Venus Optics Laowa 12mm Lens Review
A Zero Distortion Wide Angle Lens... Is it too good to be true? When I first heard about the Laowa 12mm Wide Angle lens on Kickstarter last year, I had to check it out for myself. The company, Venus Optics, claimed a near zero distortion wide angle lens. If you know...
How to test your camera lenses.
Testing your camera lenses doesn't have to be rocket science! The first thing I do when I get a new wide angle lens is test it out. Before I run off and try to take some epic shots with it, I need to know all about it. What are its strengths and weaknesses? Does it...
Selective Color in Photoshop
Two Alternatives to Selective Color The Selective Color technique is something we all try at some point in our photography endeavors. The classic act of taking a color image, making it Black and White, but letting a single accent color of the subject matter show...
Matte Effect in Photoshop
The Cinematic Matte Effect in Photoshop Have you ever seen a portrait that immediately evokes a mood in you? Maybe it feels nostalgic or warm, but you can't quite put your finger on why it feels that way. It is probably because the artist used a Cinematic...
Advanced Blending with Photoshop, ON1 Photo RAW, and Affinity Photo
Blend If Has Brothers! I have done a ton of tutorials showcasing one of Photoshop's most powerful features, Blend If. However, I am often asked, "Blake I see you using Photoshop for Advanced Blending with Blend If, but can I do this in ____________ program?" It is a...
Solid Color Grading
Color Grading Never Looked So Easy! One of our primary jobs as photographers is to evoke emotion in our viewer when they look at our images. Sometimes the subject matter speaks for itself and does most of the work, but there are other instances where the...
How to Use the Oil Paint Filter in Photoshop
The Oil Paint Filter can be Great with some tweaking. As a former painter, I wanted the Oil Paint Filter in Photoshop to be incredible. As it stands, by itself, it is less than desirable. It looks like someone just threw a filter on a photo and called it a day....
