Monday, January 26, 2009
THOSE WACKY BLEND MODES!
I was thinking about who or how I could explain in logical or not so logical terms, the 25 blend modes in Photoshop. They are frequently used when working at an advanced level of Photoshop and warrant some understanding to grasp how and when to put them in play. Deke McClelland just posted this video that really does a wonderful job in explaining those frustrating but very necessary blend modes. Enjoy!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
HDR Teaser (part2b)
In this clip, Chris talks about how exporting through Lightroom get additional option when interfacing with Photomatix. Sometimes they are not useful but it is always good to have more option.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
HDR - Teaser (part 2)
In this part 2 of the HDR teaser series, Chris Alvanas walks through the details of working with Lightroom as an application that can export to Photomatix for generating an HDR image and ultimately providing tone mapping.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Deke Does It Again.
In his own wacky way Dele McClelland shows off the power of channel masking difficult items like hair in CS4. Deke is always entertaining and one of the most informative teachers I know. Although I don't really know him, you get the idea.
Here's Deke...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
HDR - Teaser (part 1)
In this tutorial Chris Alvanas walk us through the basics of how and why HDR works, when to se it and overview what the basic purpose and effect HDR has on digital photography.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Lightroom - Selective!
I know, I know... CS4 and only CS4, but I need to acknowledge the photographers out there using Lightroom, right? I just don't feel right ignoring their very fiber - whatever that means?
I felt that it was important to make mention of the brush tool now available in the newest version of Lightroom. In fact it has been out for some time, but it seems some are just getting around to using it or just discovering its potential. Even though it falls quite short of masking in the wonderful world of Photoshop it does bring more flexibility to those using Lightroom. Well enough of my psycho-babble, here we go...
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