Photoshop Layers and Selections Webinar with Rocky Nook Publishers

Thursday of last week I presented in a webinar hosted by my publishers, Rocky Nook all about my latest book, The Photoshop Layers and Selections Workshop.

It was so good to see so many people tune in LIVE and also to see the numbers of folks that had signed up to be sent the recording.

If you missy it and fancy checking it out, Rocky Nook have also now posted the webinar on their YouTube Channel that I’ve now added below…

At the end of the presnetation we went through a Q&A and one of the questions posted asked about the new selections and masking function in Camera Raw and Lightroom, and in particular about using the Color Range option…

Susan asked…

“Can you only subtract one colour point at a time or can you click multiple times on slight variations in the color in the same subtract operation?”

Originally I answered that I ‘thought’ you could only do one at a time however a friend of mine Trevor Ager messaged me to say that you can actually add more by holding down the Option (Mac) / Alt (Windows) keys and clicking.

Hope you enjoy the video.

Cheers,
Glyn

CROP your images BIGGER: 3 Right Ways and 1 Wrong Way

Composition is so important; it can make or break a photograph. Here I go through three ways to alter the composition and make an image bigger using the Crop Tool in Photoshop, so your pictures look their very best on screen, in print or on social media. The three are cropping combined with Content-Aware Fill, cropping combined with Content-Aware Scale, and Merge to Panorama, and at the end I show how I made the fake skirting board you'll see in one of the pictures.

TRY THIS if you need BIGGER BACKGROUNDS in your Photo Shoots

If you ever place a background behind people when you're photographing them, whether that's an individual or a group, there'll be times when it just isn't big enough. Here I show how to use Photoshop to do all the hard work of blending images together to fake a bigger background. It's simple and fast, it can save the photo shoot, and it saves you money too.

Autumn / Fall Effect: Transform your Landscape Photographs

It's my own fault that I didn't manage to grab a single autumn photograph in 2021; I spent every opportunity photographing down on the coast in Devon or over the border in Cornwall. Autumn is a magical season for photography, with the landscape covered in burnt oranges, reds, yellows and browns, so until the next one comes round, here are a couple of ways to fake it using Photoshop. The first uses a single adjustment layer and the second uses one of the Neural Filters. Once you've seen them both, you can decide which one you think works and looks best.

DO THIS for Super Sharp Eyes (FAKE IT in Photoshop)

In this latest video (which is under 7 minutes long) on my YouTube Channel I go through a Super Fast technique for faking the look of detail, texture and sharpness in eyes.

Of course nothing beats getting it all ‘in camera’ but for whatever reason that just didn’t happen and the eyes are lacking punch, this works an absolute treat…

Nothing beats getting super sharp eyes in camera, but what if, for whatever reason, that just didn't happen? Sometimes the eyes are in focus and yet there's no detail or texture, and they're lacking punch. All is not lost. In under seven minutes I go through a super fast technique in Photoshop for faking the look of detail, texture and sharpness in the eyes, and it works an absolute treat.

SKIN RETOUCHING: How to fix Sunburn Skin FAST and EASY with Photoshop

If only it was this quick and easy in real life to get rid of sunburn. Alas no, but here's a super fast and easy skin retouching technique for dealing with sunburnt skin in your pictures using Photoshop. Everything is done with just one Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, so there's very little to it and nothing complicated to remember, which makes it an easy one to add to your own retouching.

Perfect Eyes with Photoshop Neural Filters (Video Tutorial)

Ok so yesterday I shared a new video on my YouTube Channel going through a recent-ish photo shoot I had with a female surfer.

In the video I go through a Behind the Scenes showing what went into making the picture whilst on location but then show how just one slider in Photoshop made the final picture, I believe, a winner.

As is always the case, it’s the small things that make the BIG difference in Photography and Retouching, and that’s exactly where the Neural Filters in Photoshop comes in when used sparingly.

You’ll see what I mean in the video but also, and I think importantly, why the filter had to be used in the first place.

Cheers,
Glyn

So often it's the small things that make the big difference in photography and retouching. This video takes you through a photo shoot I had with a female surfer, starting behind the scenes on location to show what went into making the picture. From there I do a quick edit using the selections and masking in Lightroom to bring the sky and the sea to life, then show how just one slider in Photoshop's Neural Filters changed the direction of her eyes. Used sparingly, that small change made the final picture, and I also explain why the filter had to be used in the first place.

Fixing Wide Angle Lens Distortion with Photoshop

Using a wide angle lens, as I did when photographing Brentor Church, can cause distortion in the outer areas of your images: the top, bottom and sides. That can be good to keep in some places, such as the foreground, where it emphasises that area, but there may be other areas where you don't want it. Here's how to quickly fix wide angle lens distortion using Photoshop, plus an explanation of why I chose not to do it in Lightroom or Camera Raw.