Using Lightroom , Photoshop and A.I. to create Movie-Style Portraits covering techniques for Lighting , Selections , Cut Outs and Special Effects.
Here’s a YouTube LIVE Broadcast which aired on Sunday 13th August 2023 , where I go through the lighting and editing involvedin Photoshop to create this portrait of my friend Dai O’Toole …
Following on from a recent LIVE Broadcast here's a Step-By-Step technique showing how to fix skin tone / colour problems quickly and easily in Photoshop PLUS how you can download an Action.
Here’s the recording of a recent LIVE Broadcast I hosted over on my YouTube Channel where I went through the lighting and retouchingsteps of a female portrait PLUS likes and dislikes of the cameraa I used … the Hasselbald X2D.
🎬 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎
00:00 - Introduction
01:21 - Hasselbald X2D
05:29 - Things I didn't like
11:11 - Lighting the Portrait
15:18 - Lightroom
20:33 - Remove Tool ( Photoshop )
25:10 - Dust & Scratches ( Clean Glasses )
30:42 - Even-Out Skin Tones
36:12 - The 20/10 Technique
39:17 - Dreamy Glow
42:34 - Presets in Lightroom
44:45 - Di Edwards Sees her Portrait
47:19 - Questions
Short and sweet …
Here’s how to import presets quickly and easily into both Lightroom AND Camera Raw …
This is the recording of a YouTube LIVE Broadcast from Thursday 20th July 2023 where I go through the entire workflow from capture with an iPhone and all the editing steps in Lightroom and Photoshop Beta also making use Generative Fill A.I.
This blows me away!
Just playing around experimenting in Photoshop last night and discovered that Generative Fill A.I. in Photoshop Beta is able to change furniture that even has people sitting on it and can blend it in PERFECTLY in seconds!
If you work on images on your computer then Accurate Colours, Brightness and Contrast of your Display is VITAL so here's my Step by Step Guide to GETTING IT RIGHT!!! In this video I use the NEW Palette Master Ultimate Software from BenQ but the settings I use translate to other displays and software …
Check out the NEW Palette Master Ultimate Software … ( LINK )
I’ll be posting a video very soon about my new display which is the BenQ SW272U which has a completely redesigned interior with faster processor making the calibration process literally 50% faster , a matt screen which redices the effect of reflections and glare , screen hood , wireless hot key puk and although it might not seem like a big deal, actually is … a fake leather material on the stand so you can place items on it without them sliding off.
In the mean time, here’s a link for more detials about the display which despite being brand new with new technology, is a way more affordable option than the larger SW321C … ( LINK )
This one is a fun one showing a little trick for how you can transform Photographs into Painting and Drawings using Generative Fill A.I. in Photoshop.
Enjoy 😃
Now THIS is a great update from Squarespace, making it so incredibly easy to add photographs to your website from a phone or tablet without having to import, export etc …
Adobe just updated Photoshop Beta with a new tool that will be heading into Photoshop in the very near future … the Remove Tool.
In this video I try it out and (spoiler alert) … it’s incredible!
In the video I also include details of how you can start using it today!
Enjoy 😃
© Glyn Dewis 2025
