Photo retouching in Photoshop

HDR without a tripod: Photoshop vs Photoshop+Photomatix Pro 4 vs Photomatix Pro 4

admin — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:10:38 +0000

I was challenged by interesting question from Google+ discussion: what post processing is preferred if you are shooting a multiple exposure HDR without a tripod. I've tested 3 methods:1. Align and Merge to HDR image in Photoshop2. Stack and align bracketed exposures in Photoshop and then assemble HDR image in Photomatix Pro 43. Align and [...]Related posts:

Before and after photo of our upcoming ebook.

admin — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:23:20 +0000

We are working on our upcoming ebook (another ebook and video from latest masterclass will be available next week), and here I would like to show you the progress. It is not a regular "before and after" image, as before is not a one image, but a picture that showing what you can get from [...]Related posts:

How to make film look photos in 1 minute: Our weekend camping

admin — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:27:28 +0000

Our Last weekend was awesome! There were lake, forest, live music, camp fire, and great company. Thank you Sasha and Rasa for inviting us.Below are some photos of my family. Post production have took only a couple minutes to drag sliders in Adobe camera RAW converter. This is a such creative and easy process:-)At the [...]Related posts:

WOW! Our water splash photo in 3D design

admin — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:09:12 +0000

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Related posts:How to do a water splash butterfly. Post production. Water splash photography and post-production for products advertisement. Water splash and fruits royalty free stock images

How to do Focus Stacking in Photoshop CS5. Jewelry photography post production.

admin — Fri, 13 May 2011 03:13:11 +0000

I noticed a big interest to the focus stacking topic. I will explain a post production part in Photoshop CS5 more detailed. You can read and see the video of a shooting part on Alex's blog Focus stacking technique using Adobe Photoshop CS5So, we have a sequence of images: 5, 8, 12. I mean, as [...]Related posts:

Jewelry photography retouching: Before and After.

admin — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:09:13 +0000

Based on the responses from Alex's last post about jewelry photo session I''ve decided to post images before and after post production and 100% crop to see amount of work. Some times I had to almost completely re-create a part of the item: it appears to be faster that to trying to restore lost finish [...]Related posts:

How to get a professional up-to-date portfolio for a reasonable money.

admin — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:59:40 +0000

If you are on the way to create new or update your old portfolio this post is for you. I can show you 3 different ways to do it: easy, intermediate and advanced.1. EasyOnly for $50 per year you can get Gorgeous Portfolio with your own domain and without any upload limits. iPhone & iPad [...]Related posts:

How to do a water splash butterfly. Post production.

admin — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:09:45 +0000

Some time ago I was impressed with stunning water splash photos some photographers did. I saw flowers, birds, bulls, horses. I was curious how they actually did it?Now I know the answer:-) First, you need a huge set of water splash images and second, many hours of assiduous work. And here is my water splash butterfly:As [...]Related posts:

Light brush painting. Post-production.

admin — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:42:42 +0000

Recently Alex had a new post on Pixiq.com: Using light painting (lighting brush) technique in product photography. It's not a new technique, we play with it almost 10 years ago, but I think this method is pretty spectacular and expressive.At the same time working with a light brush is so very creative process that it's [...]Related posts:

Still life retouching. Glass on black, white and grey. Before and After.

admin — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:16:32 +0000

In this post I want to show the difference in visual perception of retouched and not retouched images. There is nothing special in post-production: levels, curves, healing, cloning, transforming. Just routine work and images become more clean, crisp and finished.For some cases we should spend more time for retouching to make photos perfect. However you [...]Related posts:

Glamour portrait retouching. Before and after. Useful links.

admin — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:38:10 +0000

I love retouching! I can spend hours and days working on a single photo. Retouching for me is relaxation, inspiration, meditation, excitement, satisfaction and more:-) I can only wish I could have done it earlier in my life. I still have to learn a lot and learn fast and deep. If you love Photoshop like I [...]Related posts:

Recent discovery: Dr. Brown’s Adobe Photoshop CS5 Script – Edit Layers in ACR.

admin — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:47:40 +0000

Update: This script is for edit psd layers in Adobe Camera RAW ONLY, because you can open any TIFF and JPEG through Bridge. Right click on the image and choose Open in Camera RAW... I did not know it. Thank you guys from LinkedIn:-)-------Some days, working on customer's images (not RAW), I had a dream:-) [...]Related posts:

Advanced sharpening for web in one click and full control.

admin — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:00:23 +0000

There are many tutorials how to sharp images for web, and I tested majority of them. Finally I found the one which works best for me. I did not invent the algorithm, big thanks to smart Russian guy, photographer Pavel Kosenko for his research, summarizing the knowledge and finally action he created. I use this [...]Related posts:

Using curves in photoshop for retouching. Very useful trick.

admin — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:03:10 +0000

I was asked couple times what the strange mode I used in my video. So, here is the answer:I used curves presets to see differences in gradients and colors. When I apply various curves even slight difference in color or brightness become extremely visible. Here are two examples:1. On this image I want to see [...]Related posts:

Landscape photography. My post production.

admin — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:03:38 +0000

I have been asked many times about the post production I do for a landscape photography. This post should answer some of the questions, as I'll show you how and what I did on the images from our trip to Key West, FL. A funny thing is that there is no Photoshop (by it's common meaning): [...]Related posts:

Product photography behind the scene video: Post production part.

admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:20:23 +0000

A recorded LIVE broadcast from the product photography masterclass you can find at Alex's blog. Here is a post production part with some explanations what I did. Hope you will find it interesting:-)

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aDesign makeup brushes WOW! shoot and post production in photoshop: Before and After.

admin — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:08:55 +0000

I am glad to start a first post in New Year with our recent creative shot for our good customer, a company called aDesign. The assignment was to create an image for the front page of the company website, and should look WOW!It was really fun to work on such project and play with the [...]Related posts:

Key West photos. Before and after Photoshop.

admin — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:15:04 +0000

It was such a pleasure to jump in the middle of the summer, especially when outside is a cold, freezing and going to snow. I love summer, I love sun and palms:-) I really hope we move to live in a such "always summer" place. I am talking about our week vacation on Key West, [...]Related posts:

Retouching water splash in photoshop. Video.

admin — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:54:33 +0000

This video shows my post production process in photoshop. This is my first video, I think water and product retouching is hard to find, and I am sure my video will be very interesting for those who do products.Some time ago I start to record retouching process of almost every image I work on. So more [...]Related posts:

List of Top Architectural Photography Blogs.

admin — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:02:50 +0000

My blog has been featured on Guide to Art Schools' list of the Top Architectural Photography Blogs.It’s funny: As soon as we have decided to remove the architecture portfolio from our portfolios and concentrate only on a product photography, we got such interest in our architecture photography:-)Me and Alex like architecture, but for now a [...]Related posts: