Restoring An Old Photograph
30
May
2010
Restoring an old photograph is never easy, and almost never the same. But there are some amazing tools in Photoshop created specifically for this job.
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Welcome to my photography website. My plans for it far exceed my ability to realize same, but I do keep trying. I love Photoshop, and for some odd reason also really enjoy making tutorials about it! I've got tutorials of all levels, so I think there's something here for everybody.
Masking in Photoshop CS5!
27
Apr
2010
Right after I posted the previous vid, I finally checked out the newly revamped Refine Edge command in Photoshop CS5. The fact is, masking hair is now child’s play!
Masking Dark Hair
14
Apr
2010
Creating a selection for hair seems to obsess me. Who knows why? Regardless, here we take a quick look at how to mask out dark hair. it is very similar in technique to my earlier video on masking out blond hair, with a few important differences. Continue reading “Masking Dark Hair”
Faking Narrow Depth of Field
11
Apr
2010
Creating the illusion of a narrow DoF photo is super-easy. So easy in fact, I didn’t even go through the trouble of recording a screencast of it! Yup, this is a simple step-by-step tutorial. If you have a photo that was shot with an aperture of, say, f/22, and you want to make it look like it was shot at f/2.5 (or whatever), you can do so in about 1 minute!
Amazing Photo Merge
05
Mar
2010
I may be the last person on the planet to discover the awesome power of Photo Merge. It’s something I never really felt the need to explore, until the other day when I wanted to composite several images shot from the Empire State Building into a panoramic image. I planned on spending hours doing this, and wound up finishing the entire project in about 2 minutes!
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