Category: Tutorials

Vignette to Transparent

February 15, 2010 2 Comments by vanelli

A non destructive way to create a transparent vignette using a layer mask.

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Lightroom Work-flow Enhancing eyes

January 24, 2010 No Comments by vanelli

Part 2 of 4 Lightroom Work-flow, enhancing the eyes. Part 3 will cover  skin soften. Model Acknowledgment Dina Pezzimenti Melbourne, Florida Model Mayhem # 1040336

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Lightroom Work-flow Removing blemishes

January 22, 2010 3 Comments by vanelli

Part 1 of 4 Lightroom Work-flow, how to remove blemishes. Part 2 will cover enhancing the eyes, Part 3 will soften the skin and  the final segment will teach face sculpturing. Model Acknowledgment Dina Pezzimenti Melbourne, Florida Model Mayhem # 1040336

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Removing objects

January 22, 2010 2 Comments by vanelli

A quick and easy way to remove unwanted objects in an image. This video will teach you how to duplicate a layer using shortcut keys, creating a layer mask, paint out an object, merge layers and select a section of your image.

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Perspective Crop

January 18, 2010 2 Comments by vanelli

Perspectives can become distorted when you point a camera upwards to get the whole building in or if you are not quite square on – this is known as keystone distortion. This is a very simple tutorial explaining how to do a perspective crop in Photoshop. I was reminded of this from Trey Ratcliff when [...]

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Silver Efex Pro: a different approach

October 9, 2009 7 Comments by vanelli

I attended Vincent Versace’s class on “Practical B&W Conversion for the Common User” at Photoshop World 2009 Vegas. I’ve said it a thousand times, Versace is a GENIUS!  I’ve been using Silver Efex Pro, a Photoshop plug-in from NIK Software, for years. It’s main use was to give me that perfect black and white. At [...]

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Lighting in Stages

May 19, 2009 6 Comments by vanelli
Keel_BW

In this video tutorial you will learn how to light a subject using multiple lights and what each of those lights do for the overall lighting scheme.

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Layers

March 22, 2009 No Comments by vanelli

This video tutorial gives a quick overview of using layers in Photoshop.

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How to fix a light photograph

March 17, 2009 No Comments by vanelli

In this video tutorial you will learn how to fix an over exposed photograph.

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How to fix a dark photograph

March 17, 2009 No Comments by vanelli

In this video tutorial you will learn how to fix an under exposed photograph.

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