05
Jun
It's no news to anyone that we see women comprising the bulk of subject matter in fashion, editorial, cosmetic, and social media imagery, so it's not surprising that almost...
THE ART & BUSINESS OF FREELANCE
18
Jan
Whether you are color grading, manipulating tones, or creating a composite, understanding blending modes will help you achieve the desired result. This crash course by Jesús Ramirez of the...
06
Sep
Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 recently released their 5.0 update which brought us a revamp of the already useful tool formerly known as Refine Edge. Let’s look at what’s new...
03
May
Seattle-based guest writer Josh Fredman is with us today to share how he avoids banding when creating gradient-based background in his images.
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In this tutorial, we’re going to look at how to create banding-free gradients...
10
Jan
We recently had a lengthy discussion in our Retouching Academy Community group regarding the importance and definition of image resolution. Even though it is pretty straight forward there is...
25
Nov
In this tutorial we will cover what Clipping Masks are and how to create them in Photoshop. We will also touch on some retouching scenarios when they can be...
30
Oct
These are the things every visual artist must know and understand.
LIGHT & COLOR
If you want to learn to manage color, it helps to first understand just what it is:
Color...
27
Oct
BRUSH OPACITY vs. FLOW
While most people starting out with Photoshop tend to utilize Opacity slider and leave Flow untouched, knowing the difference between the two will allow you to...
24
Jul
In photography, dynamic range is the ratio between the least and the highest measurable intensity of light. Simply put, it is the range of light and tonal detail from...
18
Jun
Bit Depth is a metric of how many unique colors are in the color palette of an image that are used to represent each of the colors. This is...
15
Jun
Image File Formats
One of the main criteria that distinguish different file formats is image compression. Compressed files' size is significantly smaller and allows us to send or upload them...