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In the above video, Photoshop Principal Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes shares how to remove noise in Photoshop. He highlights the use of the noise removal tools in Camera Raw, as well as hiding other noise by turning down the black levels.
The same controls are also available in Lightroom, so that portion of the tutorial applies to Lightroom as well. Additionally, you can use the image size and Smart Sharpen tools within Photoshop to combat noise.
In this video, Julieanne Kost shows us how to add textures to images using layers in Photoshop. We learn how to use different blend modes to create different effects with textures, as well as how to limit the texture in certain areas of images without using layer masks.
Adobe has announced a release candidate for Camera Raw 8.6, which adds RAW file support to several new cameras listed below. [Read more…]
Check out this video from Andrew Klokow as he walks you through his process of creating a double exposure in Photoshop.
In the video, he combines images of a bride and a floral bouquet into a single image in Photoshop. He then imports the combined image into Lightroom for some finishing touches.
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In this video, Photoshop Principal Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes shares how to get more out of Photoshop using plug-ins.
Hughes highlights Nik Silver Efex Pro, which previously retailed for $199. Google purchased Nik Software and now offers the entire Nik Collection for just $149. You can learn more about Silver Efex Pro and other Nik plug-ins here.
If you want to browse through the 43 best Photoshop plug-ins page that Hughes references in the video, you can find it here.
Here’s another great video from Phlearn that shows you how to remove acne from faces using Photoshop. There are a couple of problems with acne. First, there’s redness in the skin and then there’s the actual blemish itself.
The tutorial walks us through the process one step at a time, removing the redness caused from the acne and then getting rid of the skin blemish using the content-aware spot healing brush.
Check out this video from Karl Taylor as he shoots photos of a model with window light, studio lighting, then adds makeup and then adds post-production in Photoshop. It provides a pretty powerful demonstration of what not only Photoshop can do, but also what quality studio lighting can do for portraits.
Photoshop Principal Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes shows how to use curves in the above video. He covers the basics of curves in both Camera Raw and inside of Photoshop.
While this is a very basic overview of what the curves adjustment does and an intro to the interface, check out the video from Phlearn below that goes a little more in-depth on using curves adjustment layers in Photoshop. [Read more…]
Here’s another great, quick Photoshop tutorial from Phlearn on correcting red skin that commonly shows up on subjects’ faces around the nose and cheek areas.
You can use a Hue & Saturation adjustment layer to first isolate the specific red areas that you are trying to correct and then adjust the hue to blend in with the surrounding skin areas.
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In the slew of updates this week, Adobe has added a new Photoshop version for the iPad, dubbed Photoshop Mix. [Read more…]