by Blake Rudis | Feb 10, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
There is nothing I hate more with HDR photography than Shadow Noise and Highlight blowouts. These areas are especially common when tone mapping with Photomatix Pro. While they are very annoying, they are not worth throwing Photomatix out of my HDRsenal by any means....
by Blake Rudis | Feb 3, 2012 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
We have all fallen victim to the lazy HDRtist. You know, when you are processing an image in Photomatix and there are distracting highlight blow outs so you do everything in your power to fix them and in turn end up sacrificing the rest of the image. So you tell...
by Blake Rudis | Dec 2, 2011 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Today’s video tutorial shows you how to successfully dodge and burn your HDR images without destroying them with permanent modifications. It is a really simple method of making a %50 gray layer over the image you would like to dodge and burn. You then set the...
by Blake Rudis | Nov 18, 2011 | Topaz Labs, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Here is the Topaz Adjust 5 tutorial, a follow up to the recent review. The more I play with Topaz Adjust 5 the more I love it. These guys really knew what they were doing with this plug-in, they have made some epic adjustments to an already incredible program....
by Blake Rudis | Sep 3, 2011 | From the Author, Helpful Websites |
EverydayHDR’s Extreme Soft Light Tutorial made it to the 20 Best HDR Tutorials according to Ants Magazine! The fruits of my labor are starting to be seen! Stop by Ants Magazine, they have some pretty helpful content floating about. ...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 2, 2011 | Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
There are 2 tools that are very powerful in Adobe Photoshop, yet very underrated and infrequently used: The History Brush and The History Palette. Many people have no idea that the history palette is more than just a list of what you have done, it is a built in...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 29, 2011 | HDR 101: The Basics, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Wow, I am really surprised I have gone 150 blog posts without covering a tutorial on how to rid your life of pesky Chromatic Abberations and Color Noise. So here you are, your free advice on how to crush two of the most painful aspects of digital...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 22, 2011 | Beginner, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I was playing around with this picture one day, I added a vignette, I did my noise reduction, and then I duplicated it, and set the blend mode to soft light. I would normally do that anyway before I High Pass sharpened it, but then I fell in love with the results of...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 15, 2011 | Beginner, Post Processing, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
Today’s tutorial is a Dreamlike effect, similar to the flashback effect you see in movies. It usually occurs where someone travels into the past or lays down for a nap and starts seeing things all blurred and sepia toned. I wish I dreamed that way, but...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 1, 2011 | HDR Software Reviews, Product Review, Tutorial, Video Tutorial |
I recently reviewed Oloneo’s PhotoEngine last week. Since then, I have had more opportunities to experience it. I must say, the more I play, the more it amazes me. Oloneo has it all figured out over there and if you haven’t played around with it yet,...
