Lightroom 5 comes with some pretty nice upgrades, but one of the smaller additions may make many photographers excited. Many times you’ll find yourself with a nice looking photo, but because of certain conditions, your lens or surroundings may contain a bit of dust.
What you see, below, is an aberration, a crime committed against a helpless photograph. Yes, a real photograph was harmed in the making of this mess. Why it was done is beside the point; it was done many years ago and now this image remains as one of the few a daughter has of her mother. This may not be a situation that comes up for the majority of you, but in case it, or something like it comes up, there’s a fairly easy way to get the white out…out.
In a continuation of my series on learning 3D in Photoshop CS6 today’s topic is lighting your models. Learn the different types of lights that are available in Photoshop’s 3D space, and how to control and manipulate them for best effect.
There’s been a lot of talk on the net about Adobe’s plans for Photoshop CC in June, but what does it actually mean? Lets take a wander around the net and see what’s being said by those in the know;
I’m a sucker for a border and Photoshop has a raft of ways in which you can create a border from scratch. The only downside with some Photoshop border effects is they can look digitally created and by that I mean they lack the subtle changes and randomness that only a handmade border provides.
So here’s a solution. Paint your own borders and turn them into custom brushes. Since Photoshop CS6 brushes can be up to 5000 pixels long, twice the size of Photoshop CS5 and that opens up a lot more creative possibilities.
In this video I answer a reader question. Dan wanted to know how he could make sky writing in Photoshop.
Here I use dive into the Brush Pallet and add a few Layer Styles.
Thanks to our friends at Focal Press and to everyone that entered and helped spread the word!
Sharpening traditionally has three phases: capture sharpening, creative sharpening, and output sharpening. In a photographic workflow, Adobe Camera Raw or Lightroom does a fine job of capture sharpening, but where do you go for the rest? Unsharp Mask is tried and true, but no longer the best tool in the toolbox. In this video we’ll look at Smart Sharpen in tandem with Smart Objects for the ultimate in photographic sharpening control.
Not to be confused with Layer Comps, Comp images are handy for a few reasons. If you use a stock image site like Fotolia you don’t necessarily want to pay for, and download full res images only for you not to use them. You may also want to put together a rough composite prior to shooting your own images, for inspiration or composition ideas.
Using a great plug in you can access thousands of images from within Photoshop at no cost, let me show you how;
