The dog in this portrait belongs to my friend Trigga, and I took it after I'd finished taking his portrait. Here I go through all of the editing and retouching I did from start to finish, first in Lightroom and then in Photoshop, so you can see every step that went into making the final picture. Nothing is skipped, so you can follow along with how the portrait went from the original file to the finished result.
Jump cuts: do you love them or hate them? They can work really well when they're used creatively, but there are times when they seem unavoidable and you'd rather they weren't there. Or are they unavoidable? In just 60 seconds I show how to fix them in Premiere Pro CC, so you can smooth out those cuts when they're not part of the look you're going for.
Colour is a huge topic, and colour spaces are one of the parts of it that cause the most confusion. Here I keep it simple and explain sRGB, Adobe RGB and ProPhoto RGB: what to use, why you'd use it and when. I cover which to choose for editing, for printing, and for the web and sharing, so you get the very best and most consistent results from your photographs wherever they end up.
Here's a super fast technique for removing a colour cast from your images. There's no guesswork involved and no keyboard shortcuts to bring up secret menus; it's a straightforward one-click fix that works really well. I show it in action so you can see how quickly it sorts out the colour, and it's something you can start using on your own photographs straight away.
The Depth Blur filter in Photoshop works great on landscape pictures, but try using it on a portrait and it really brings the picture to life, giving the feel of the person coming forward from the screen or the print. I've been experimenting with it on portraits lately and I'm loving the results, so here I show you my three step process for getting the effect.
Removing objects using Content-Aware Fill in Photoshop got better with this new feature, which lets you use content from a second image, even one with a completely different composition. Here I show how it works and how it's making challenging selections and cloning a thing of the past for this kind of job. It can save a load of time compared with working through it by hand using selections and the cloning tools.
If you find the Pen Tool in Photoshop frustrating, difficult or just plain annoying, then give this a try. I show how to take a regular selection and turn it into a pin sharp selection that's as good as anything you'd make with the Pen Tool, but without having to use it at all. It's a great option for anyone who needs clean, crisp edges on their selections but has never got on with drawing paths.
The best way to learn is by experimenting and playing, and that's very much the spirit of this one. I show how a simple Curves adjustment and a little bit of masking can be used to match skin tone between two different people, which is my favourite way of doing it in Photoshop. Along the way I also have some fun with the same tools, giving an instant six pack.
With the recent updates to Lightroom, including presets and masking, it's possible to edit images faster and more easily than before. Here I quickly go through the editing and retouching steps from a recent landscape and seascape shoot with my drone. It runs from capture, through blending and changing the perspective, to colour grading and finally printing, so you can see how the whole edit comes together in Lightroom.
Is a pen tablet just a pen tablet? Xencelabs sent me their Medium Bundle to try out, and the big question was whether it would be better than the Wacom I'd been using. The answer was a definite yes. In this short video I explain the main points that made the difference for me: the driver, the wireless connection, the battery life, the aspect ratio and the Quick Keys.
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