Local Adjustments in Lightroom
No I’m not talking about going to your local chiropractor…..We are talking Lightroom, Silly! I will admit until a couple months ago a few weeks ago I knew there was Local Adjustments in [More]
February 2010
Striking Silver
Up until the 1960’s, when resin coating became the norm and gave photo paper a smooth, shiny look and feel, photos were commonly developed using the silver gelatin dry plate process, caused by [More]
Lightroom vs Adobe Bridge
It may come as a shock, but with the pending releases of Lightroom 3 and CS5 currently on the brain, folks still have time to debate whether to use Lightroom or Adobe Bridge.
Really? This is still a question? *grin* [More]
Refining Masks with Overlay Blending
After a weeks break TipSquirrel welcomes back Mike Hoffman Creating a good mask is an essential part of retouching and compositing images, but the process of developing that mask doesn’t have to [More]
A Duo Of Duotones
A subtle overlay of color can really perk up a flat black & white image. A two color overlay, composed of (usually) black and another color, called Duotone, and three color, black and two other [More]
'Painting' A Better Black & White
Last week we looked at one way of improving a grayscale image by bring back, and tweaking, color channels. This week, we’ll enliven a flat black and white image by “painting” in tones. This [More]
Photoshop Blend Modes – Part 6
The Overlay blend mode in Photoshop is typically used to enhance contrast, making the shadows darker and the highlights brighter. Last week, we looked at a method for using the High Pass Filter in [More]
Upscaling Grayscale
Although it’s eminently preferable to scan all your old photos in color, sometimes we don’t have the luxury of that choice. Sometimes we only have access to grayscale scans of photos, for [More]
Photoshop Blend Modes Part 5
Monday means Mike Hoffman. Here he continues his tour of Photoshop’s Blend Mode This week, we’ll continue our exploration of practical uses of the Overlay blending mode in Photoshop. Recall [More]
