Using A “Check Layer” In Photoshop To Help With Retouching
Here’s something you may not have thought about. Have you ever tried to retouch a portrait, but the skin is so brightly exposed that you can barely see any blemishes? Why not use a “crazy” layer to...
View ArticleFree Classes at Photoshop Week on CreativeLIVE
For the first time ever, CreativeLIVE is hosting a week-long Photoshop conference with Photoshop and Lightroom tutorials streaming live for free from February 25 – March 2. The set-up of their...
View ArticleEdit Photos Anywhere with Photoshop Touch for Iphone/Android
Have you ever wanted greater control over editing photos on your phone? In the past that meant emailing low-res files via email or removing the phones micro-sd card and fiddling with an adapter to get...
View ArticleTheVerge’s Op-Ed on Photoshop: The Ever-Evolving City for All
It’s hard to believe, but the little program we all know as Photoshop is 24 years old. The newest version, Adobe Photoshop CS6, is the 13th release of the program, and although you can see the heritage...
View ArticleReview: Phlearn PRO Pinup Cola Photoshop Tutorial
Overview In one of Phlearn’s recent Photoshop tutorials, Aaron Nace takes on the classic pinup. In this two-part tutorial, the differences between traditional portrait and stylized pinup are used to...
View ArticleDove Targets Photo Retouchers with a Hacked Photoshop Action
As part of Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty, the company targeted retouchers by releasing a Trojan laden Photoshop action. The free action was marketed as a way to add a “beautiful glow”. Once...
View ArticleCompositing in Photoshop | Tuesdays With Lauri
In this week’s instalment of Tuesdays With Lauri we continue our series on compositing an image in Photoshop. Today we concentrate on cutting out a person from a white background, and making sure that...
View ArticleHow to Create a Sequence Composite in Photoshop and Lightroom
Copyright Damon O’Reilly We have all seen the sporting images that use a sequence of photographs stitched together to create an image that is able to show an entire movement, trick or stunt. In this...
View ArticleIs Photoshop Ruining Landscape Photography?
Let’s face it, Photoshop is as much a part of photography as a camera to most photographers nowadays. People use Photoshop to do everything from basic retouching to advanced composites that stretch...
View ArticleTutorial: Compositing in Photoshop pt.2 | Tuesdays With Lauri
In this week’s instalment of Tuesdays With Lauri, we continue our tutorial on compositing an image in Photoshop. Today we retouch our model’s skin and add the crows into the image: Technical details...
View ArticleReview: Phlearn PRO Fashion Trip
As a student of photography I am always looking for new and interesting ways to do things, always trying to stay up to date with the latest techniques. A great way to do that is by keeping a healthy...
View ArticleTutorial: Compositing in Photoshop pt.3/3
Today we are going to be finishing up our tutorial-series on compositing an image in Photoshop. We will colour-grade the photo using the Curves Adjustment Panel, create a natural looking vignette with...
View ArticleTop Five Tips for Bridge CS6 and Adobe Camera Raw
For those of you who use Adobe Bridge CS6, (even if you also use Adobe Lightroom for some of your work) here are our top five tips for maximizing your workflow in Adobe Bridge and Camera Raw! Many of...
View ArticleReduce Image Size By Up to 5x with No Quality Loss with JPEGmini
Let’s face it, images take up a lot of space on our hard drives. What if you could reduce the size of your image files by up to 5 times without effecting the quality of the image? It sounds crazy to...
View ArticleBeverly Hills Montage Wedding Portrait – Weekly Edit Season 2 Episode 4
In this episode of “Tuesday Weekly Edit” from SLR Lounge, we are going to produce the final image of the wedding portrait that we shot recently at the Beverly Hills Montage, which you can check out by...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes | Retouch Art and Bringing Dreams to Life with Von Wong
Today we bring you the final image from the Von Wong Does Europe Tour. Congratulations to Ben and Erwin on a great concept and successful tour. You did a fabulous job and we are so excited to have been...
View ArticlePS: “The New Wave Is Coming”| Tuesdays With Lauri
In this week’s instalment of “Tuesdays With Lauri” we do a photoshop breakdown of my latest photograph, titled: “The New Wave Is Coming“. A 5GB PSD-file, 100+ layers and 2,5 weeks of editing, all...
View ArticleHow To Sharpen In Photoshop | Tuesdays With Lauri
In this week’s instalment of “Tuesdays With Lauri” we talk about sharpening! We go through the pros and cons of using the high pass, smart sharpen and unsharp mask -filters: Technical details...
View ArticleGood Morning Flofee | Artist Flora Borsi Falls Asleep Everywhere
You may remember Flora Borsi from her recent work Real Life Models. Borsi loves to explore conceptual art through photo-manipulation in Photoshop. She states that the essence of her work is to...
View ArticleProduct and Portfolio Shoot & Photoshop Tutorial by PHLearn – Review
Overview Product photographer Rob Grimm is looking to add work to his portfolio, and enlists the help of photoshop touch-up artist Aaron Nace. This tutorial is two in one. The first is the product...
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