In this episode, you’ll learn one of the most popular retouching technique that can be used in landscape photography, portrait photography, architecture and more. It’s called dodging and burning… and with this technique you selectively choose which areas of your photos should be brighter or darker. When used correctly, you can completely transform your photos. […]
Is Affinity Photo faster than Photoshop? Not always. Most of the filters in Affinity Photo are faster and the software uses significantly less RAM and VRAM. Affinity Photo also has some tricks up its sleeve to make the interface "feel" snappier (not actually faster). Photoshop still excels at things like the Camera Raw Editor which […]
Spirographs and fractals look complicated but are actually very easy to create - it only takes a bit of experimentation. These fractals then can be used as artwork itself or as elements in photo manipulations, backgrounds, and graphic design related works.
There's no straightforward way to create highlighted text in Photoshop like you can in Adobe InDesign. However, with this trick you can create highlighted text with great results in less than a minute. There are two ways to create highlighted text in Photoshop. The first is to simply draw rectangles behind your text with the […]
Learn how to easily recreate the red/blue duotone color grading using the tone curves. You'll learn how to do it in two ways and also learn how to create your own custom duotone colors using a straightforward method. Although this is a Lightroom tutorial, it can in Photoshop with the Camera Raw filter (Filter > […]
Learn how to create the popular desaturated urban look in Adobe Lightroom. This tutorial can also be followed in Adobe Photoshop with the Camera Raw filter (Filter > Camera Raw filter). In this video, you'll learn how to desaturate all colors except red/orange/yellow, add clarity, create a lifted or crushed black look with the tone […]