Sharpening and Noise Reduction: take precise control of your raw files

    | Photoshop Tutorials, Tutorials | 18/12/2012 02:00am
    Sharpening and Noise Reduction: take precise control of your raw files

    In the latest post of our Raw Tuesday series on editing raw format images find out exactly what each slider in the in the Adobe Camera Raw Detail Panel does – and when to use them.

    Creative forest photography: make a magical Tolkien world

    | Photoshop Tutorials, Tutorials | 15/12/2012 04:00am
    Creative forest photography: make a magical Tolkien world

    Learn how to transform your forest photography into a magical Tolkien world using creative symmetry and a split-tone Photoshop effect.

    3 selective adjustment tools your raw files can’t live without

    | Photoshop Tutorials, Tutorials | 11/12/2012 02:00am
    3 selective adjustment tools your raw files can't live without

    In the latest post of our Raw Tuesday series on editing raw format images we show you how to make selective adjustments to your raw format files with three key selective adjustment tools in Adobe Camera Raw.

    Photoshop Effects: keep selective colour in black and white conversions

    | Photoshop Tutorials, Tutorials | 10/12/2012 11:52am
    Photoshop Effects: keep selective colour in black and white conversions

    Our latest Photoshop Elements tutorial shows step by step how to achieve popular Photoshop effects: keeping selective colour in your photos when making black and white conversions.

    Recreate a vintage Hollywood portrait using Adobe Lightroom

    | Photoshop Tutorials, Tutorials | 08/12/2012 14:00pm
    Recreate a vintage Hollywood portrait using Adobe Lightroom

    Transform your portrait shots into a Hollywood portrait style effect in 8 easy steps steps in our latest Adobe Lightroom tutorial.

    Retouching photos in raw: give your portraits a pro-quality makeover

    | Photoshop Tutorials, Tutorials | 04/12/2012 02:00am
    Retouching photos in raw: give your portraits a pro-quality makeover

    In the latest post of our Raw Tuesday series on editing raw format images we show you how retouching photos in Adobe Camera Raw can give you professional photographer quality portraits.

    Luminosity masks: why raw HDR is the best HDR

    | Photoshop Tutorials, Tutorials | 27/11/2012 02:00am
    Luminosity masks: why raw HDR is the best HDR

    This luminosity mask technique enables you to create the perfect raw HDR image by blending two exposures according to lightness, not just area. This is a variation on the traditional HDR photography technique, but because we want to darken highlights and lighten shadows throughout the image rather than in selected areas, we’ll blend the images in a different way.

    Fake HDR effects in Photoshop Elements

    | Photoshop Tutorials, Tutorials | 22/11/2012 11:30am
    Fake HDR effects in Photoshop Elements

    Some photographers employ the processing powers of packages like Photoshop CS5 or Photomatix to bracketing exposures to combine into a single composite high dyanmic range image that reveals fine detail in the shadows, midtones and highlights. HDR photography editing techniques add rich (and sometimes false) colours that enhance the artistic look of a shot, 
and many even like the way the HDR process can add artefacts such as halos around object edges.

    5 creative photo editing tricks for Adobe Camera Raw

    | Photoshop Tutorials, Tutorials | 20/11/2012 02:00am
    5 creative photo editing tricks for Adobe Camera Raw

    In the latest post of our ongoing Raw Tuesday series on editing raw format images we show you five simple ways to add a variety of creative Photoshop effects and cool photo editing tricks using only the tools in Adobe Camera Raw.

    Photoshop Face Lift: how to swap bad expressions for smiles

    | Photoshop Tutorials, Tutorials | 19/11/2012 12:10pm
    Photoshop Face Lift: how to swap bad expressions for smiles in your family portraits and group photos

    Give your awkward portraits a Photoshop face lift. Our step-by-step Photoshop Elements tutorial shows you how to swap faces so you can rescue your portrait photography by changing a bad expression into a smile.