Digital Photo Retouching: Beauty, Fashion and Portrait Photography Review
Overview As an award winning retoucher, photographer, and digital artist, Julia Kuzmenko McKim is considered one of the best in the business. You may remember her from our recent interview. Her...
View ArticleCreative Retouching Essentials in a Day | EBook Review
The Philosophy As an award winning retoucher, photographer, and digital artist, Julia Kuzmenko McKim is considered one of the best educators in the business. You may remember her from our recent...
View ArticleDJ Dolo Phlearn Pro Tutorial Review & BTS
Overview In one of Phlearn’s recent Photoshop tutorials, Aaron Nace takes several exposures and frames and manual blends them to create a stunning stylized and dynamic image. In this three-part...
View ArticleAdding Filters and Adjustments to Video with Photoshop
Check out this tutorial by Martin Perhiniak that shows how you can use Photoshop’s Timeline Panel to apply different Adjustment Layers and Smart Filters to videos to enhance the overall visual...
View ArticleThe Best Tools and Tricks for Skin Retouching | Tuesdays With Lauri
In this week’s instalment of ‘Tuesdays With Lauri’ we will take a look at some of the best and most effective ways to retouch skin in Photoshop. If you have any questions, or requests for future...
View ArticleDodge & Burn Like a Master | Tuesdays With Lauri
In this week’s instalment of Tuesdays With Lauri we will talk about dodging and burning and will learn how we can use the curves adjustment panel to dodge and burn. If you have any questions or...
View ArticleCreating Atmosphere and Drama in Photoshop | Tutorial by Phlearn
In a recent Photoshop tutorial by Phlearn, Aaron Nace goes over some basic tools, such as Curves, Hue & Saturation, and Layer Masks. In this video tutorial, you will also learn how to create a...
View ArticleColor-grade Like A Pro | Tuesdays With Lauri
In this week’s instalment of Tuesdays With Lauri we are going to talk about taking our photography to the next level with colour-grading. Color-grading can turn a good photo into a great one. If you...
View ArticleGet a Sugar High with Phlearn | BTS and Photoshop Tutorial
Overview Ever got a crazy idea – like what if there was a human sized chocolate bar – and then wondered how to make it happen? Well, aside from hundreds of pounds of cocoa and the strangest candy mold...
View ArticlePhotoshop CS6 Feature We Never Knew Existed
Okay – by we, I mean me. Our friends over at Phlearn were going over some of the new features of Adobe Photoshop CS6 Extended and brought up an interesting Adjustment that was added for 3D modeling....
View ArticleGet Creative with Hue & Saturation | Photoshop Tutorial by Phlearn
In this tutorial from Aaron Nace learn how to use different features of the Hue & Saturation Adjustment in Photoshop to transform and enliven your images. Changing up complimentary and contrasting...
View ArticleHow to Quickly and Easily Correct Red Blotchy Skin in Photoshop
When it comes to red blotchy skin, there are several ways to correct it. For example, Lightroom has the HSL/Color panel in the Develop Module. Photoshop also has a similar adjustment layer called...
View ArticlePhotoshop breakdown: “Butterflies”| Tuesdays With Lauri
In this week’s instalment of Tuesdays With Lauri, we will be breaking down a new photo of mine in Photoshop. We will open up the PSD-file and go through it layer by layer, and along the way, we will...
View ArticleHow to Create Custom Brushes in Photoshop
In a recent tutorial from our friends at Phlearn, Aaron Nace goes over the “How To” of Custom Brushes in Photoshop. Custom tools in Photoshop are part of all that is glorious with the program....
View ArticlePhotoshop Tips to Add Light Rays or Sun Beams to Your Images
Fun photoshop tips make for a great weekend. Here is a way to use Gradients and custom tools in Photoshop to create a funky light ray effect in your images. Why not? Faux lens flare is so last season....
View ArticleUnderstanding the Selective Color Panel | Tuesdays with Lauri
In this week’s instalment of ‘Tuesdays With Lauri’ we will talk about the “Selective Color” -adjustment panel in PS. We will discuss how the tool works, and I’ll teach you how to color-grade your...
View ArticlePost-processing beauty-photography | Tuesdays With Lauri
In this week’s instalment of ‘Tuesdays With Lauri‘ we will talk about post-processing beauty-photography in Photoshop. We will quickly go through skin retouching, using check-layers, dodging and...
View ArticlePhotoshop Tips: How to Shape Hair Using the Liquify Tool
No longer shall you fret about a bad hair day – or at least those pesky flyways during your last beauty photo shoot. In this short but sweet tutorial from Aaron Nace and our friends at Phlearn, you...
View ArticleHow to Make a Modern Photogram Using a Flatbed Scanner
During my very first digital photography class (ok, it was my only digital photography class) at art school, I learned about a camera-less photography technique which produces an image called a...
View ArticleTechniques For Skin Retouching | Tuesdays With Lauri
In this week’s instalment of Tuesdays With Lauri we are going to talk about a few techniques for skin retouching in Photoshop. We will talk about the healing brush tool, the use of black and white...
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