Blur

Photoshop Blur – Save Mask to Channels

04/01/2016

If you've used the Blur Gallery's Tilt Shift, Path Blur, Iris Blur and Field Blur you may have noticed a check box called 'Save Mask to Channels', in this post I'll take a look at just some of the possibilities this opens up [More]

Photoshop Blur Gallery – Field Blur

18/09/2015

Last time we took a look at Photoshop’s Iris Blur to draw attention to areas of the image, in this post let’s have a look at the similar, yet different, Field Blur. Photoshop's Field Blur can quickly and easily draw interest to an image, here's how; [More]

Photoshop Blur Gallery – Iris Blur

13/09/2015

Adding blur to an image can help to give your image some depth, and draw interest to certain aspects of the composition. Photoshop CC has some great new blurs in the Blur Gallery, we already looked at the Path Blur, this time lets look at Iris Blur. [More]

Soft Glow – Gaussian Blur Photoshop Quick Tip

26/08/2015

Gaussian was a brilliant mathematician and developed an algorithm that works amazingly well for creating blurs. I would be happy to explain the algorithm, however 1. I don’t really have the space here and 2. I wouldn’t know where to start. What I do know is that for a very long time it was the go to blur for a number of effects. [More]

Photoshop Blur Gallery – Path Blur

26/07/2015

Blur, the nemesis of all photographers, but there’s times when adding it can really make a difference, in this tutorial I take a look at Path Blur, one of the latest additions to Photoshop's Filter menu; [More]

Create An Alphabet Soup Text Effect In Photoshop

20/05/2013

In this video I create an Alphabetti Spaghetti, or Alphabet Soup tpy text effect using just one Filter and a few instances of Bevel and Emboss. The Action created in this tutorial can be downloaded by sharing this post via the buttons below the video [More]

Control Exposure, Focus and Subject Focus in Photoshop

03/05/2013

Using the Shadow / Highlight adjustment you can quickly and easily add more contrast and subject focus to an image, then utilising the Iris Blur and its ability to create an Alpha Chanel we can draw more focus to our subject more organically and smoothly. [More]

Better Vignettes With Photoshop

26/10/2012

There’s several ways to make vignettes using Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop but Richard Harrington has a better brand new way. [More]

Pro Workflow Techniques Start To Finish

28/07/2012

In this video tutorial Rich takes us through the processing of an HDR image from start to finish. To get his desired effect, Rich utilises Blending Modes, Blur and the new to CS6, LUTs. Once the [More]

Using Bokeh to Add Oomph To Image in Photoshop

21/05/2012

In this video, Eric takes the new Bokeh filter and uses it to 'beef up' his plain, flat image witha a “random but not random” approach. Although all the effects rely on bokeh the finished image shows no sign of bokeh at all. [More]

Tis The Season – Holiday Photo Clinic

19/12/2011

Join Rich as he tackles 12 holiday images. This in-depth class will show you how to fix both standard and advanced problems that often plague holiday photos. With almost an hour of tuition Rich shares some great techniques that will be handy all year! [More]