May 21 2013
You know it is a good sign when the software company you love not only continually improves their products, but goes out of their way to create awesome new ones. Topaz Labs will be releasing Topaz Clarity tomorrow, 22 May 2013. I had the luxury of beta testing it last week and absolutely love it! As …
May 10 2013
Damien Parker, a friend of mine from Australia, asked me about faking Neutral Density Filters in post processing. At the time I was kind of stumped, but gave him a quick answer, “Try using masks and Gaussian Blur in PS”. However, his question planted the seed in my brain, and I was hooked on finding …
Apr 26 2013
I was recently asked to do a tutorial on how I fix Halos in Photoshop. I could very easily have started there, however, I feel it is important to understand the culprits of the halos in Photomatix. Your best defense against a halo in post processing is to avoid them altogether. Episode 1 of Halos …
Apr 19 2013
I recently shot a picture of a barn at sunset. I brought it into Photomatix and tone mapped it and all was going well, but I had one distinct problem. The sky was very blue and the barn was very red. Talk about two completely opposite ends of the White Balance and Color Temperature spectrum! I …
Feb 08 2013
I have created several black and white tutorials in the past. Two of my favorite are the written tutorial and the video tutorial. While I could leave it with just those two, I am a fan of continuous improvement and finding a better more efficient way to do everything, enter Camera Raw from stage right! A few …
Feb 01 2013
I know what you are thinking already, and you probably cringed at the thought of the word vignette. However, vignettes can be very powerful if used correctly! A powerful vignette can attract your viewer and pull them in without them even having the slightest bit that you grabbed them by their puppy scruff with your …
