by Blake Rudis | Mar 12, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
This weekend I noticed that my post processing workflow is continuously changing, my style is evolving, and I am working much faster than I was a year ago. I was curious about just how much my style and workflow has changed so I dove into my archives and pulled up an...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 9, 2012 | Topaz Labs, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Ever thought of using Topaz Adjust to make a High Pass sharpen base? It is a pretty neat technique that adds a little more umph to your High Pass sharpening without over doing it. I really like the Topaz Adjust 5 interface and find myself using it more and more in...
by Blake Rudis | Mar 2, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I am reminded of the Back to the Future theme song by Huey Lewis and the News, “That’s the power, that’s the power of Curves”, oh wait that was the power of love. Anyway, the curves adjustment layer runs a lot deeper than you think in the post...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 24, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
There are several ways to create an HDR image. I prefer to shoot the 5 exposures from my camera and tone map them straight to Photomatix and retouch everything later. But what happens when you only have one RAW file, you can tone map it by itself but sometimes that...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 15, 2012 | Product Review |
When I renewed my NAPP Membership I was offered the The Photoshop CS 5 Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby at no additional cost, of course I took them up on it! You may be thinking, “Blake, why would you need an intro to Photoshop book, don’t...
by Blake Rudis | Feb 8, 2012 | Product Review |
I recently added a new product to the Everyday HDR Store, it is a very simple texture package. Applying textures to a photo is pretty simple and there are several websites on the internet to buy stock textures. My texture package differs in many ways! These...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 30, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I was scanning Google + yesterday morning, a routine I love on weekends as I actually have time to do so, and spotted an awesome frame tutorial by Scott Kelby. I followed the tutorial to a T and loved the result I received from it. Of course I felt as if I were...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 20, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
I use a pretty slick technique all the time that I don’t think I have talked about yet on the blog. Have you ever been working on a project in Photoshop and wanted to duplicate the entire project without losing any data or layers? I do all the time. My old...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 18, 2012 | Helpful Websites |
My NAPP renewal ran out at the end of December, wait a second, you don’t know what NAPP is? That’s the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, an amazing online resource for anyone who is into Photography, Photoshop, and Design. So you still...
by Blake Rudis | Jan 11, 2012 | f64 Academy News |
So I made these Actions and I think they are pretty darn good! I don’t mean to gloat at all, but when you create an efficient beast that cuts off up to 50% post processing time on the average HDR image, you deserve that honor! Have you ever used Actions in...
