In this Lightroom tutorial, you’ll learn how to create the popular desaturated urban look that you see used a lot in night-time city and architecture photos. But instead of learning how to replicate a single look with very specific settings, you’ll learn the technique behind it so whether you want something subtle or strong, minimal or surrealistic, you’ll know how to customize the settings to get the exact look you want. You’ll also learn about a common Lightroom mistake that even professionals make. And it’s one of those mistakes that you don’t want to do because forces you do things backwards and slows down your workflow. By the way, if you only have Photoshop, you can still follow along with the Camera Raw filter. This is an easy tutorial so whether a Lightroom beginner or expert, you’ll have no problem following along.
Read MoreLearn how to create an orange teal look in Photoshop using just two adjustment layers. In a previous video, you learned how to do this in Lightroom which you can copy with the Camera Raw filter in Photoshop. However, if you’re doing it in Photoshop, it’s easier, more efficient, and more flexible to use adjustment layers. This is an easy tutorial so whether you’re a Photoshop beginner or expert, you’ll have no problems following along. What’s special about this tutorial is not the orange and teal colors, but the technique behind it. Because once you learn this technique, you can create so many different types of color gradings and color combinations with just a few layers.
Read MoreLearn how to create highlighted text in Photoshop. This is one of the most popular text style especially on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media networks. Marketers love it because it’ll work no matter what you have as the background and it’s very attention grabbing. This should be a easy process like it is in Adobe InDesign but unfortunately it’s not that easy in Photoshop. But I do have a neat little trick that will give you really good results and once you find out how it’s done, you can do it in less than a minute. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create the highlighted text style in Photoshop.
Read MoreIn this Lightroom tutorial, you’ll learn how to create the popular red and blue duotone effect similar to the graphics and cover art you see in Spotify. You’ll learn how to do this in two ways. You’ll learn how most people do it with the split toning method. It’s easier and sometimes it’s good enough. Then you’ll learn my way of doing it which will give you much better results. It’s also a transferable skill that you can use in other software like Photoshop, Capture One, Affinity Photo and more. Finally, there are a lot of color combinations that work great as duotones and I’ll be showing you a straightforward way to figure out what settings to use for any color you want.
Read MoreLearn this new way to boost the colors of your landscape photos. This technique lets you get the most vibrant and saturated photos while still keeping a natural look. You’ll learn how to increase saturation with the Channel Mixer and then use Vibrancy masking to control whether you want it to affect the vibrant or non-vibrant areas. This works amazingly well for landscapes and it’s a great when you want to get the most intense and vibrant colors you can from your photo.
Read MoreHere are some really cool Photoshop actions and LUTs that will transform the colors in your photos to a variety of orange-teal and orange-blue effects. They’re very easy to use. The Photoshop actions are fully editable and nondestructive. You’ll also get LUTs that you can use in other software such as Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Affinity Photo, and more.
Read MoreThe tone curve is one of the most powerful tools that every photographer or retoucher needs to learn. But it never had a major redesign. And most people still think it has a steep learning curve when really it’s quite straightforward. With a simple redesign, Adobe and other software developers can make the tone curves much more intuitive to the point where even if it’s your first time using it, you’ll be able to guess your way around it. In this article, I’ll show you 5 improvements to the tone curves that software developers like Adobe should make. And in the process, you’ll also learn cool new ways of seeing and understanding the tone curves which will make everything so much easier.
Read MoreLearn how to create the popular orange teal look in Lightroom. This is a very easy tutorial it’s perfect for beginners. You’ll learn how to use the Camera Calibration sliders to shift the hues and use the Tone Curves create a simple faded look. This technique can also be used to create other similar warm and cool color combinations. For example, if you don’t want orange and teal, you can create pink and cyan. By the way, if you only use Photoshop, you can still follow along with the Camera Raw filter which is in the Photoshop filters menu.
Read MoreLearn how to emphasize freckles and add a dim moody effect in Photoshop. I don’t remember exactly where I saw this effect but I do remember someone asking about it in the postprocessing subreddit and I thought it’d be a nice tutorial especially for beginners who don’t have much experience with Photoshop. It’s an easy simple effect and you’ll be learning how to do this with a very minimal and nondestructive set of layers.
Read MoreThis week I updated one of my best selling products – Double Exposure Kit. This product was created in 2015 but it’s still being used by a lot of people and so I released another update for it which includes more textures and blending modes. This product lets you can easily create awesome-looking double exposure photos in a short amount of time. There’s a free version that will let you create basic double exposures and if you want to get more creative, the pro version will give you way more Photoshop actions, textures, and gradients.
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