Adding Snow to Winter Photos in Photoshop
In today’s retouching video, I show you how you can add a snow layer to your winter images using the snow asset which you can download for [More]
Quick Tip
Boundary Warp in Photoshop and Lightroom
In this quick tip video I take a look at Boundary Warp in Photoshop and Lightroom. For those shooting panoramas it can make a lot of difference to your final piece. If you’d like to see a text [More]
Restore a Sky Lost to Over-Exposure in Lightroom and Photoshop
Whilst on a recent travel photography task in Havana, Cuba I encountered a problem in balancing exposure. To overcome the loss of detail in the sky there are several things I could have done, [More]
Quick Tip: Reduce Digital Noise with Photoshop
Have you ever had an image that has bits of color in it that clearly shouldn’t be there? I suppose there are all sorts of reasons they may be there (High ISO, low light…), but all some people care about is that they’re there and they want them to go away! When you see a big splotch of red on a blue shirt, it seems the simple thing to do is to do a Hue / Saturation adjustment, use the dropper to select the red and change the hue and saturation until you have a better match, but the truth is if you do that, the selection won’t be red, it’ll be the same color as the color the splotch is on, or blue. So no go on that. Besides, getting the colors to match, even somewhat, would be a pain, especially if you had a lot of photos taken at the same time, in the same conditions. So, the bad news is you can’t make them just easily go away. You can reduce them, though, and do it pretty fast, too. [More]
Quick Fast Adobe Bridge Tip
Photoshop CS5 introduced the Mini Bridge panel as a means of accessing your images. While useful to have on hand, Mini Bridge requires the full Adobe Bridge application to be launched. If you want quick access to Adobe Bridge AND you want a panel that can float between ALL your desktop apps, then you need to starting using Compact Mode. Best part, this is a tip that you can use with Adobe Bridge CS2 and above. [More]
