Photoshop

A huge percentage of photography work revolves around the world of portraits. Really. I’m not sure if the general population quite understands how popular photos of people really are. When folks purchase their first real camera, I think most of them head outside and start taking pictures of clouds and landscapes, but after they become […]

The key with working in Adobe Photoshop is to achieve your goals with the utmost accuracy, while maintaining a high degree of simplicity. Any time you can accomplish this is a good day. And if you can do it quickly, even better. The issue most of us have is that we oftentimes don’t know how […]

By far, the Brush Tool is one of the most popular tools in all of Adobe Photoshop. In many ways, it’s similar to other tools of its nature, such as the Pencil Tool, the Clone Stamp Tool, the Eraser Tool and the Blur Tool. Of course, there are many others, but I didn’t want to […]

I’ve got some seriously cool tricks for you today. Adobe Photoshop is known for some really neat tools that not too many folks know about. Usually, it’s not until you toy around with one tool long enough that you discover a golden nugget of beauty. And in what I’ve covered below, there are a few […]

Have you ever taken a photo at the beach or of a landscape and found yourself looking at a dull sky? If you’ve ever taken either of these types of photos, I’m betting you have had sky issues. Good sky shots are terribly challenging to capture. They’re usually washed out or overcast. Nothing is worse […]

When working on portraits and various other types of photos where people come into play, hair is always tough to deal with. Problems especially arise when you have the intention of selecting and/or masking parts of a photo that include hair. Hair can be extremely detailed and most of the time, you’d rather bypass parts […]

A few posts back, I mentioned that I was going to soon write about some of the more intricate details of how masking and the Brush Tool work together. Well, today’s the day. I know that I’ve already covered some topics related to masking, so I won’t bore you with all of them again. What […]

I’ve been writing a lot of posts that cover masking and adjustments in Adobe Photoshop lately. I love these kinds of topics because they’re so popular and useful. The thing is, I’ve been approaching the way I go about things in one general direction. As is the case in many other areas of Photoshop, there’s […]

The tips I’m about to share in the post below would work perfectly for anyone who wants to add some pizazz to portrait, wedding, couple, engagement or sports photography. Actually, they would work well for anything you’d like to place the focus on. With the use of masks and some simple tweaks to the built-in […]

I can’t even count the number of times I’ve blended multiple photos together in Adobe Photoshop. Posters, newspaper ads, portraits…you name it. This is actually one of the most popular activities editors and photographers undertake with this application. When combining photos, there are a few things to watch out for. First, of course, is the […]