Unlock the keys to Self Employment for Beginners! Your Freelancer Success is finally here. This video is part 3 in the series of How To Succeed as a Freelancer. If you take the time to watch them all, I will have given you every freelancer trick that I can think of to help you thrive. From finding Clients, to keeping them coming back. Success truly…

I want to clear up the usual common misconceptions about Color Modes, Color Models, Color Profiles, and Color Spaces. Give me a few minutes of your time, and you will no longer be confused by it. The base cause of this confusion stems from my research in this topic. Half the websites say one thing, and the other half say something else. Rest assure…

In this video, I’ll introduce you to three important topics that are essential for working with digital images in Photoshop, and these are pixels, image size and image resolution. Having a solid understanding of how they are related to each other is essential for getting the best results when resizing images, both for print and for the web. Let’s t…

I'll be talking about how to keep yourself sane throughout your retouching career beyond Photoshop and growing your portfolio. Because working from your home office and making money isn't all about the basics of Photoshop, it's about business. This video aims to teach you real-world skills on how to handle clients the right way and on how to make t…

The sad thing about working as a freelancer is that thanks to the word "Free", people often think that the work you do is low cost. In their mind, they are doing YOU the favor by keeping you busy, and helping you grow your portfolio so you can start making some real money. This mindset completely undervalues your work, forcing you to spend all your…

What is the difference between editing images in 8-bit or 16-bit? While it should be obvious that 16-bit color is significantly better than 8-bit color. After all, 8-bit is only 16.7 million colors when comparing that to 16-bit which is 2.81 Trillion Colors. However, it just doesn't seem that way to the naked eye. This is because humans can only se…

What is the 300 DPI Myth? What are DPI, PPI and LPI? John Ross will explain to you the differences between Dots Per Inch, Pixels Per Inch, and Lines Per Inch. You will learn how to use them to supply images for Print magazines. In this video we are going to cover a topic that nobody ever talks about. DPI, PPI and LPI. More specifically, dots per in…

Was wäre Lightroom ohne Shortcuts? Es ist unglaublich wie stark man seinen Workflow optimieren kann, wenn man so einige Tastenkombinationen kennt. Dabei halte ich es für wichtig, nur die Shortcuts zu verwenden und sich zu merken, die einen auch wirklich weiter bringen. Nachzuschlagen um das Tastenkürzel eines Menüpunktes zu suchen, weil man es zum …

In diesem Video zeige ich euch die grundlegenden Neuerungen in Lightroom 6 bzw. Lightroom CC was am 21.04.2015 von Adobe veröffentlich wurde. Anhand vieler Beispiele zeige ich die Stärken und Schwächen der neuen Lightroom Version auf und warum ich kein Adobe Creativ Cloud Abo abgeschlossen habe, sondern mir das Upgrade für knapp 74 € gekauft habe. …

In diesem Screencast zeige ich dir in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5, welche Auswirkungen die Regler in dem Grundeinstellungen-Bereich im Lightroom Entwickeln-Modul auf das Bild haben und was diese Regler genau verändern. Die meisten kennen diese Regler und können auch deren ungefähre Funktion erklären. Wenn es aber darum geht, die Funktionen genau zu…

For Advanced Photoshop Magazine #130, I was asked to show how I create my selections. In this extended video, I'm going to show you the ins and outs of Professional Masking. Properly masking an image with Adobe Photoshop is often done using one of the simple selection tools like Magic Wand or Lasso. This is simply the wrong approach. You should act…

I will tell you all about the magic of Smart Objects and Smart Filters. For any retoucher, it's important to develop a non-destructive workflow. Smart Objects and Smart Filters will give you the ability to go back and forth between your actions without permanently damaging your photo. The post Smart Objects and Smart Filters | Photoshop Basic 2 Tut…

When working in Photoshop, while most of it is creative, sometimes you will want to be as accurate as you possibly can. Rulers and guides come in handy because they help you create specific points in your image that you may want to refer to at a later point in time. The post Rulers and Guides | Photoshop Beginner’s Tutorial appeared first on The Ar…

Aside from the Lasso-based tools, we can also use the Magic Wand when it comes to making selections in Photoshop. You can press and hold the Quick Selection Tool to choose the Magic Wand Tool. When you click on a section in your image, it selects an area based on the range of colors that your provide, limited by the value of your Tolerance in the O…

In diesem Screencast zeige ich dir in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5, wie ich aus einem eher gewöhnlichen Farbbild eine ansprechende schwarz/ weiß Konvertierung durchführe. Am besten geeignet sind hierfür Bilder, die auch ohne Farben interessant wirken oder gerade durch einen schwarzweiß Konvertierung so abstrakt wirken, dass sie wieder interessant au…

The purpose of making a selection, is so that you can make changes within a limited, and controlled area.There are a variety of tools you should consider when making selections in your image. There are several that will allow you make direct selections by drawing them, and a few that let you make your selections based on color. I will preface this …

In diesem Screencast zeige ich dir in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5, wie ich aus einem eher unterbelichteten Bild ein stimmungsvolles und ausgewogen belichtetes Bild erstelle. Voraussetzung hierfür ist eine balanciert belichtete RAW-Datei ohne ausgebrannte Bildbereiche. Das Ausgangsbild wurde mit der Canon EOS 6D kurz vor Sonnenuntergang aufgenommen.…

In diesem Screencast zeige ich dir in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5, wie ich aus einem Bild ohne besondere Lichtstimmung, durch eine entsprechende Bildbearbeitung, eine ansprechende Tönung hinzufüge. Neben der grundsätzlichen Bearbeitung, gehe ich intensiver auf den Weißabgleich und die Teiltönung ein. Das Ausgangsbild wurde mit der Canon EOS 6D bei …

Selective Color is the go-to tool for simple color correction. Little need for masking, and no confusing RGB sliders. You just need someone to give you a little direction, and you will find how easy this tool can be. As with the other Adjustment Tools, you can find it with the Adjustments Palettee, which is found within Window – Adjustments. The se…

Let’s say you have an image that’s looking pretty pale. When you want to adjust the saturation of an image, I normally don’t recommend using the Saturation Adjustment. Instead, what we’ll be using is the Vibrance Adjustment, because it has Saturation included, and gives you more control over your adjustments. Over at the Adjustments Palette, you ca…

When you want to create tonal changes the easiest and simplest way possible, your best bet is to use Levels. Simply go over to the Adjustments palette (or if it isn’t open yet, go to Window – Adjustments). There, click on the icon that says “Levels”. Another way would be to go to the Layers palette and click on the Black/White Circle icon that says…

Adjustment Layers work like tinted sheets of glass that you overlay on top of your image one at a time. It’s kind of like a tinted or colored light bulb. You can turn on/off the effect, or adjust the values as a separate layer on top of your original image background layer. For instance, on top of your base layer (original image), we can make tone …

The Color Picker in Photoshop is used for a variety of different reasons. At a basic level, it can be used to choose a color, and then then you can paint with that color. Once you become more familiar with how it works, it can be used to match colors, transfer color values from one program to another, for internet use, or otherwise communicate with…

Nearly every image can benefit from Cloning or Healing. It could be removing flyaway hair, dust on the lens, skin blemishes, or any of the other hundred things I could think of. Some corrections require some skill, and knowledge to handle the various tools properly. One tool stands alone for it's absolute simplicity, the Spot Healing Brush. Older v…

When it comes to navigating around your image, there are two tools and one palette that will come in really handy. This video will walk you through how to use the Navigator Palette, Hand Tool, and Zoom Tool. These are some of the most basic items in Photoshop, and they are really easy to use. Except maybe the Zoom Tool (otherwise known as the Magni…

Nobody is perfect. We all make mistakes, especially when it comes to perfecting our retouching. In those moments when you just can’t find the right adjustment for something, the History Palette comes to the rescue. By default, you will have 20 past steps that you can undo. The history palette basically just allows you to go back to your previous ac…

Layers make up a huge chunk of the magic of Photoshop. It is one of the most crucial tools that you can use especially for non-destructive editing, but it is also one of the most confusing if you don’t quite know how to make your way around it. Don’t worry, I will help you master and understand just how each layer works by giving you the simplest a…

Do you see that toolbar that runs along the top of Photoshop, below the main menu? That is the Options bar. The Options bar changes depending on the tool that you have selected. For instance, if we click on the Eyedropper tool, the Options bar changes into the different options and settings specifically for the Eyedropper tool only. As we go furthe…

The Info Palette shows you different information about your image, based on your selected tool. It will tell you about color breakdown, measurements, and other useful tidbits. The post Info Palette | Photoshop Beginner’s Tutorial appeared first on The Art of Retouching.بقلم John Ross

Eager beaver beginners usually just want to start editing photos without even giving much thought to settings and preferences. This is a big no-no, which is precisely why amateurs make this mistake all the time. Preferences greatly affect the workflow of your photos depending on how you want to edit them, so your road to Photoshop excellence starts…

Once you’re inside Photoshop, you come face to face with all these tools, palettes, and seemingly random symbols. Add that to a boring interface and you just might give up on Photoshop right from the start. I’m telling you now that there’s nothing to be afraid of, because we’ll tackle basic navigation through all these palettes to ensure that it’s …

So you took a lovely shot of the perfect night sky, and now you want to start retouching it. When you drag this image onto Photoshop, the first thing it does is not really open it up in Photoshop but in Camera Raw. You’re taken to this interface that all seems foreign to you, with buttons and sliders and you’re thinking, “What in the world just hap…

This short clip will teach you all about Camera Raw Filter, a powerful tool available in Photoshop CC. It basically lets you treat a pixel-based image as a raw file and make adjustments to it. How does that happen? The post Photoshop Tutorial – Camera Raw Filter appeared first on The Art of Retouching.…

After all of the techniques and tools that we talked about, you are now ready to see all these concepts applied into a single image. This tutorial will show you how to actually retouch a photo using all the knowledge you’ve just acquired, all done in a truely non-destructive workflow. The post Photoshop Tutorial – Portraits and Smart Objects appear…

We’ve discussed the wonder of Smart Objects, but it does get confusing for some people, especially for a beginner. This tutorial will teach you workarounds when it comes to working with Smart Objects, and will get rid of your fear of meddling with these seemingly tricky situations. The post Photoshop Tutorial – Smart Objects Inside Smart Objects ap…

This session will tell you all about the magic of Smart Objects and Smart Filters. For any retoucher, it’s important to develop a non-destructive workflow. Smart Objects and Smart Filters will give you the ability to go back and forth between your actions without permanently damaging your photo. For example, after many hours of work, I had 7 images…

Because of all the fancy tools that Camera Raw comes packed with, it’s easy to overlook certain settings that are actually very important. This tutorial will briefly go over the significance of knowing how Camera Raw exports images to Photoshop. Determining your output options will make the work that you do, whether it’s for printing or for magazin…

This Photoshop tutorial teaches you how to isolate certain areas of a photo using Local Adjustments in Camera Raw. Does one cheek of your model look a little too flushed? Is a particular part of the leg covered in unnecessary shadows? You can make your changes specifically to that section alone, without affecting the other areas of your image. The …

This Photoshop Tutorial teaches you the difference between opening up a raw file from Camera Raw as “Open Image” or as “Open Object”. While the former opens up your image as it is, the latter lets you make changes on your raw files , even after you have started working in Photoshop. It does this by opening up your images as Smart Objects. Even if y…

In diesem Screencast zeige ich dir in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5, wie ich aus einem Bild mit vielen dunklen und hellen Bildbereichen ein ausgewogenes belichtetes Bild erstelle. Dem hellen Himmel habe ich etwas an Helligkeit, bzw. Belichtung entzogen und den unteren dunkleren Bildbereichen – den Tiefen – habe ich einiges an Helligkeit hinzugefügt. …

In diesem Screencast zeige ich dir in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5, wie ich ein mittelmäßiges verrauschtes Bild in eine ansehnliche leuchtende und nicht verrauschte Stadtsilhouette verwandele. Die Aufnahme wurde mit einer Canon EOS 60D bei ISO 5.000 gemacht. Damit der Verlust von Bilddetails durch das starke Entrauschen nicht weiter zum tragen kommt…

The wonderfully convenient thing about Camera Raw, is that it’s incredibly easy to learn your way around it. Its simple interface and easy to use tools will only take minutes to get the hang of; as opposed to taking many hours trying become barely competent in Photoshop. You’ll see just how effortless it is to retouch your raw photos. So open up on…