In this Photoshop tutorial, we’ll cover how to create five different moody Photoshop preset actions that we’ll be gearing specifically for portrait, but really could be used for any type of image in Photoshop. We will use the point curve in Camera Raw and the Hue, Saturation, Luminance sliders in Camera Raw almost exclusively to...
In this Adobe Lightroom tutorial, we’ll cover using the Adjustment Brush tool to target and retouch each part of the eye of our model. This technique is fast, easy, and something that will help your portraits looks much better! Check out the quick video and enjoy! Tags: How to retouch eyes, retouch eyes, retouch eyes...
In this Premiere Pro video editing tutorial, we’ll talk about how to create five different types of subtle and beautiful camera movements in Premiere Pro. We’ll cover a simple pan/slide movement, a zoom with or without movement, an aerial rotation shot, a simple tracking/counter tracking style animation, and a 3D camera zoom through 3D space...
In this Photoshop tutorial, we’ll tackle the complete process of blending two images together in Photoshop to create a movie-style composite image and pull together the foreground and background to create a smooth colored composite image with depth and contrast. You’ll learn about cutting out an image and creating a mask in this tutorial as...
In this Illustrator tutorial, we’ll create this text effect using the power of the blend features in Illustrator. We can create custom text using the Pen or Pencil tool in mere moments or, in the second half of this tutorial, we’ll take a typeface and split the letters apart and find the center of each...
Learn to make virtually ANY selection and cut out anything you would even need in Photoshop. We’ll make simple, straight-line selections with the Poly Lasso tool, we’ll select car parts with the Pen Tool and edit the path, we’ll use Calculations to create extremely intricate and difficult selections VERY quickly, we’ll learn to use and...
In this Lightroom tutorial, we’ll look at five different retouching workflows in Lightroom that work particularly well with wedding photos. The types of images we’ll cover are: #1. Crisp, sharp, high contrast black and white. #2. Rich and cinematic environmental bridal portrait. #3. Lite “VSCO” faded style. #4. Colorful low-light venue shot retouch. #5. Faded...
In this Premiere Pro tutorial, we’ll create a custom glitch effect that can be used as a simple effect or a transition. We split the video out into it’s Red, Green, and Blue channels, and heap on a bunch of addition goodness to create a super cool and totally customizable glitch effect transition. DOWNLOAD THE...
In this Photoshop tutorial, we’ll start by cutting out our model using Select and Mask to create a complex mask and then we’ll double up our tree texture and use masks and blend mode to set the double exposure effect and then we’ll use a combination of mid-tone sharpening, lens flares, and color effects to...
In this Adobe Illustrator tutorial, we’ll use the text and spacing tools in Illustrator to create a VERY basic hipster/retro style logo. Check out all the resources I have listed here in the description and download lots of free graphics and typefaces that will help you create simple hipster style logos. We’ll use the Pen...
In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial, we’ll do a quick 45 minute rundown of 10 features (and one bonus trick) that are relatively unknown or obscure in the world of Photoshop. We’ll talk about a trick to cut out hair and then making edges looks smoother and more perfect. We’ll talk about an amazing color grading...
In this Adobe Lightroom tutorial, we’ll take a RAW photo shot on an old DSLR in 2007 (OLD!) and transform it using the powerful light and color retouching tools of Lightroom to get a rich, dramatic sunset photo along Cemetery Ridge in Gettysburg National Park. We will cover everything from basic white balance and contrast...