Not ANOTHER Luminosity Masking Panel…
Not all Photoshop Panels are created equal and all of them could have a place in your workflow. However, when I set out to make my Panel for Photoshop, I knew I wanted it to be different. I wanted it to be a Workflow Solution and not another tool for Photoshop....
Time Blending Landscape Images with One Blend Mode
Time Blending is a technique in Photography where you blend multiple exposures taken at various times into one image. Here is the easy way to do it!
The *AMAZING* Reflected Gradient in Photoshop
The reflected Gradient is one of my favorite, most versatile tools in Photoshop. I use it on almost every photo I edit, today you’ll see why!
The Most Important Thing I will Ever Teach You
Tone Assessment and Tone Theory are the Building Blocks of Great Images If you have followed me for almost any amount of time, I have probably taught you a few things that you thought were pretty awesome. What I am going to show you today is the most is, in my...
Smart Objects Why I DO and DONT Like Them
The Smart Object is an interesting feature in Photoshop. You can do all kinds of things in Photoshop with Smart Objects from opening a RAW file and then going back into the ACR settings to resizing layers and building templates. But... these Smart Objects come with...
5 PRACTICAL Uses for Calibration in ACR and Lr
The Color Tool No One Uses... Except for maybe f.64 Academy readers, because you know better, right? Today I want to show you five efficient uses for the Color Calibration Tool in Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom. This is quickly becoming my favorite place to get more...
The Battle of the Color Tools in Photoshop
Thinking about which Color Adjustment Layer is better than the other just may make you go cross-eyed unless you break them down. In this video, we are going to discuss which is better for color modification, Hue and Saturation, or Selective Color? We will discuss...
Recompose ANY Photo in Photoshop!
How many times do you wish you could go back to a location to recompose the shot because the exposures you did get were off by just a little? That has happened to me COUNTLESS times. Sometimes I am shooting Landscape and wish I were in Portrait. Other times my horizon...
HIDDEN BW Workflow Trick in ACR
LUT Profiles, the Secret Sauce for GREAT BW images! In today's lesson, I am going to show you how to hack Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw into thinking you are working on a Black and White Photo, but you are really working in Color for Black and White. Sounds pretty...
Three Expert Secrets for Color Grading
Let's face it, Color Grading and Color Theory are hard topics to grasp. Without a solid foundation for them, though, all of our colorwork is left hanging in the balance. While having a great understanding of color is important, that is a long-term goal. It takes a...
