Photoshop has done for photography what the road did for the wheel! That’s quite a bit in case you’re wondering…
This union has made photography the worlds 2nd most popular past time… Because let’s face it; creating exciting images is indeed thrilling, and most of all, highly addictive!
… Continue reading Mastering Photoshop Textures to Create Powerful Imagery
Cell phone cameras and apps like Instagram have made it possible for anyone to practice and enjoy the art of Photography. The filters that come with Instagram do a great job of altering the mood or tone of photographs. They also add a flare of drama to otherwise boring images.
However, because Instagram filters lack the ability to customize exactly how the images will be altered, using these filters can actually lower the quality of your photographs.
If you want to create photographs with high-quality post-editing, it is much better to use photo-editing software that has more customization features.
This guide will show you how to add really cool Instagram-inspired effects to your photos using Adobe Photoshop so that you can Instagram the professional way. You will also level up your Photoshop skills and pick up some tips and tricks along the way!
… Continue reading How to Make Instagram Filters in Photoshop: Earlybird
We ran an article last month called Black and White with a Splash of Color. In this video I’ll show you a few additional simple but powerful techniques that will allow you to easily reproduce that effect.
You should be able to use these techniques in any image editor that supports layers and masks such as Photoshop, GIMP, Seashore, and Paint.Net.
… Continue reading Screencast: Creating black and white cutouts
One of the techniques people most often ask me to teach them is making a photograph like the one on the right that is black and white with one other colour.
There are a few ways to achieve this effect but here are two ones I find easiest for Photoshop users.
… Continue reading Black and White with a Splash of Color Photosop Tutorial
This 2.5 minute screencast shows a simple and fast technique using multiple layers to enhance the colors in a photograph.
GIMP is free photo editing software for Windows, Mac and Linux.
I published the final version of this photo at Flickr.
… Continue reading Screencast: Curves color enhancement tutorial
This 2 minute screencast shows an easy-to-use technique for blending multiple exposures (or in this case, two versions of one exposure) to increase the dynamic range of a photograph.
GIMP is free photo editing software for Windows, Mac and Linux.
I published the final version of this photo at Flickr.
Music by Pitx.
… Continue reading Screencast: Easy exposure blending tutorial with GIMP
This video is a quick demonstration of the foreground selection tool in the GIMP, a powerful and free image editing application. The foreground selection tool gives photographers a quick and easy way to isolate portions of a photograph for masking or other effects.
Music by sunbyrn.
… Continue reading Selecting foregrounds in the GIMP (video)
