Posts by Author: Stefan Kohler
Stefan Kohler is a full-time retoucher. He’s from Germany and likes bacon. In the last years, he built up a broad community around his retouching classes at the Infinite tool’s website.
How to color backgrounds with light – The Lighting Series #2
Dec 2, 2018
Stefan Kohler
For this picture, we colored the background by using light. What sounds as if it should be straightforward does come with its pitfalls, as you’ll…
How to create a low-key boudoir portrait- The Lighting Series #1
Dec 1, 2018
Stefan Kohler
In this chapter of the Lighting Series, we are looking at a simple low-key portrait. Here, the skill lies in precise lighting and the posing…
Can a browser based Photoshop clone compete with Photoshop? I took PHOTOPEA for a high end retouching test
Nov 20, 2018
Stefan Kohler
A few days ago I’ve heard about a browser-based Photoshop clone. Of course, I had to test it – not only because I love these…
This studio simulation is so good, I am recreating my entire portfolio as CGI
Nov 11, 2018
Stefan Kohler
Being kind of a computer geek, I found myself looking for a good way to simulate studio lights. I tried Blender, Cinema 4D, and other…
The complete and in-depth guide to Superb Facebook image quality
May 17, 2018
Stefan Kohler
Facebook has become a very important platform for a lot of photographers within the last decade. Networking was never easier and everyone is literally one…
Attention, Photoshop might delete your files…
Feb 22, 2018
Stefan Kohler
Photoshop is a complex program, so it’s “normal” to have minor bugs and small issues. But, while minor bugs are usually forgiven, deleting files, even…
Everything you wanted to know about Banding and were afraid to ask
Dec 9, 2017
Stefan Kohler
We’ve all been there: you sit on a picture forever, bored of retouching, and then when you do get around to it strange things start…
Saturation masks is an easy way to extract complex objects in Photoshop
Jun 2, 2017
Stefan Kohler
There are plenty of functions for masking in Photoshop, and each of them is useful in its own way. Whether it’s color selection, focus masks,…
How I shot the Photoshoper’s wet dream: A PSD room where you can control 34 different lights
Apr 9, 2017
Stefan Kohler
(hit play on this movie to see what this article is about, this is not a computer generated image, it’s all done in camera – see…
How to Color grade using Luminosity-Masks
Feb 21, 2017
Stefan Kohler
As you probably know, I am a bit obsessed with colors lately. While I was obsessively looking around and searching and asking people until they didn’t…