Tell me if you’ve ever experienced something like this – You install a new program on your computer (such as Adobe Photoshop), open it up and start wildly clicking icons and tools in an effort to see how everything works. You don’t really know how to do anything yet, but you still click away. Crop, […]
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How to Create a Torn Edge Effect in Adobe Photoshop
For as long as I can remember, I’ve seen torn paper edge effects applied to photos that have been digitally processed. I’ve always wondered how people manage to create that effect. I mean, I know there are some “auto” effect filters out there, but being my curious self, I wondered how the folks who make […]
The Difference Between RGB, CMYK & Lab Color Modes in Adobe Photoshop
Back in the day – and I mean about 15 years ago – I used to do a lot of print work. I’d design advertisements for newspapers, magazines, bus backs, car wraps and billboards. Not to mention those really cool, UV coated cards that were perfect for promoting nightclubs, car shows and anything else that […]
How to Edit RAW Files in Photoshop From Adobe Lightroom
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post that discussed how to go about editing a photo in Adobe Photoshop that was initially opened in Adobe Lightroom. After the editing in Photoshop, the file can be saved and the changes applied to another file back in Lightroom. If you’d like to read that post, you […]
How to Sharpen & Enhance a Portrait with Masks in Adobe 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 […]
How to Add & Adjust a Border Vignette in Adobe Camera Raw
Vignettes are fun border effects that can be applied to photos to enhance the focus of interest. Oftentimes, photographers and editors will apply vignettes to portraits, landscape shots and photos that need something special accentuated. Oftentimes, the vignette will subtly draw the eye inward with a soft transition, but I’m increasingly seeing them as more […]
How to Adjust Layer Masks by Color Range in Adobe Photoshop
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 […]
How to Adjust the Brush Tool Settings in Adobe Photoshop
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 […]
How to Edit Photos in Photoshop From Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Lightroom is great at accomplishing a lot of things. You can sharpen and blur a photo, add or remove contrast, clarity, vibrance, exposure and adjust many more aspects of the Basic panel. You can even add targeted gradients that will alter the photos’ temperature so it looks warmer in one area and cooler in […]
How to Use the Gradient Tool with Adjustment Layers in Adobe Photoshop
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 […]
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