Adding Flare or Atmosphere is quite popular nowadays in portrait post-processing (at the time of writing). It gives mood or drama to your image. In this tutorial we will learn how to add flare or atmosphere in few easy steps and realistically. (more…)
For Photographers who are beginners in Photoshop.
As time goes by newer versions of software applications are coming out, loaded with new tools and new features that eases out our computing experience and Adobe Photoshop is one of them. For some, it may seem complicated and intimidating especially when you see lots of buttons and jargons that are somehow new to us. So before discouraging and inadvertently turning ourselves into being “purists” let’s learn some of the essential tools that most photographers use in Photoshop.
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A freebie Lightroom User Preset where you can apply to your off-camera lighting images.
This preset can speed up your post-processing workflow by applying to your off-camera lighting images. I call this Strobist-Muted preset as this effect is being used by a lot of “strobist” around the world with a dramatic desaturated color tone.
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In this process we will learn how to add textures to an image to create drama or mood and doing it properly.
- Open your image in Photoshop
- Open the texture image.
- Copy and Paste the texture in your image.
- Go to Blending Modes, choose between Soft Light, Hard Light or Overlay or play along the blending modes until you are satisfied with the effect of the texture on your image. Different textures bring different effects on the image.
- Create a Layer Mask on the texture, go to Layer in the menu then select Layer Mask>Reveal All
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Nowadays, it is important that when we retouch the skin of our subject, we have to make sure that it will retain its natural look. Gone are the days of just blurring the skin. In this process we will learn how to retouch skin, making it smooth while maintaining its texture.
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