We continue to work on applying the Dragan effect to our portrait in Tutorial 18, Chapter 2, starting with some work on fixing eye colour with colour blending mode and some more work on preparing the image for the draganizing layers. We then move on to boosting contrast and fixing colours by using curves and hue/saturation layers.
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PW118 - Tutorial 18, Chapter 1 - Draganize a portrait
Today we start Tutorial 18 where I show you my take on how to Draganize a portrait using Adobe Photoshop CS4. Discover the Dragan effect by viewing Andrzej Dragan's amazing portraits if you're not familiar with his style. This is a 3 part free video tutorial and this section lays the ground work with getting the light and detail levels right using dodging and burning layers with soft light, hard light and a wacom pen and touch tablet so that the later, draganizing layers will look right. We also perform some basic colour correction using a curves layer.
Read MorePW99 - Photoshop CS4 Quicktip 4 - Targeted Adjustments
On today's show we've got exciting news about a special Photo Day on TWiT Live, hosted by our good friend Chris Marquardt. I'll be joining Chris on air at 4pm pacific (midnight UK time). We've also got another quick tip showing some of the new targeted adjustment features in Photoshop CS4. These features have been ported over from Lightroom and make editing your images much more natural. And of course we have a new assignment ready for our next show - the big Episode 100!
Read MorePW7 - Tutorial 1 Chapter 7 - Weston at Low Tide
In this final chapter of Tutorial 1 we finish off our image of Weston-super-mare with a vignette, some extra steps to even up the light in the sky and add some final brightness and contrast adjustments.
Read MorePW6 - Tutorial 1 Chapter 6 - Weston at Low Tide
In today's episode we get down to the fun part of dodging and burning our image to add shape and direct the eye of the viewer. So far we've been giving ourselves the solid foundation we need to bring the image together. Now we add expression by painting with light.
Read MorePW5 - Tutorial 1 Chapter 5 - Weston at Low Tide
This time on Tutorial 1 we take the same approach we did to the ground portion and apply it to the sky. Once again we're bringing the levels closer together by using lightening and darkening layers with layer masks.
Read MorePW4 - Tutorial 1 Chapter 4 - Weston at Low Tide
In chapter 4 of Tutorial 1 we take a look at how the ground portion of the image was edited to bring the tones together with the sky and add focus and detail using darkening and lightening layers with layer masks.
Read MorePW3 - Tutorial 1 Chapter 3 - Weston at Low Tide
Chapter 3 of our re-encoded and re-released Tutorial 1. This episode covers black and white conversion with a number of techniques for bringing out the details in your picture then finishes up with the best B&W conversion technique (at the time), the channel mixer. Please remember this tutorial was recorded when Photoshop CS2 was the latest version. This was before Lightroom and Photoshop's black and white adjustment filter existed.
Read MorePW2 - Tutorial 1 Chapter 2 - Weston at Low Tide
Chapter 2 of the re-encoding and re-release of Tutorial 1. In today's show we look at darkening layers and lightening layers. We use them to bring the sky and ground levels closer together. We also use light to start to prioritize and emphasize the elements of the shot that are going to be most important for guiding the viewer's eye.
Read MorePW66 - Tutorial 14, Chapter 8 - Ophelia's Mother
The last chapter in tutorial 14 finishes the image off with some colour and light boosting layers. We also have a new composition segment about Silhouettes.
Read MoreTutorial 11, Chapter 4 - Wheelbarrow
A little late but this week we look at vanishing points in our composition segment and then work on our wheelbarrow image to reproduce the same look as we did before using LAB but this time using RGB and non destructive layers. In depth coverage of layer groups, levels and curves with a smattering of B&W conversion.
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