Tutorials

How to use mirrors to get perfect axial lighting on macro subjects

Feb 13, 2018 John Aldred

They often say that photography is all just smoke and mirrors. And, in this case, they’re half right. Mirror-like reflections certainly are involved. This is…



Use lighting gels to get a pastel light wrap around your subject

Feb 11, 2018 Jake Hicks

Good news! This is actually a relatively easy JHP lighting setup to play with and it produces some pretty great looking results too. It’s easy…



How To Look Good On A Webcam or Vlog

Feb 10, 2018 JP Danko

If you’re a creative professional, chances are that you use a webcam for business. Whether it’s a client video conference, screen capture tutorial or your…



How to reverse engineer colour grades in Photoshop and reproduce them with curves

Feb 7, 2018 John Aldred

Colour grading is such a complicated and in-depth topic. Sure, you can cheat and buy some preset pack from somewhere, but you gain so much…



Nine lesser-known Lightroom tricks to improve your editing experience

Feb 7, 2018 Dunja Đuđić

Lightroom is filled with little “tricks” that can help you speed up your workflow and make the editing process more efficient and accurate. If you…



How to give your voiceovers that professional presence in Adobe Audition

Feb 7, 2018 John Aldred

No matter how good the equipment we use to record audio, there’s always some room for improvement. Of course, we have to record it properly,…



This simple Smart Object trick solves “Blend If” transparency issues in Photoshop

Feb 6, 2018 John Aldred

Photoshop’s Blend If sliders are wonderfully useful and powerful tools. They allow us to seamlessly blend two images together with ease, or knock out elements…



How scopes will help you to get the perfect exposure every time

Feb 6, 2018 John Aldred

There are so many options for exposure tools available to us these days. Gone are the days of having to guestimate with the Sunny 16…



Here’s all you need to get started with tube light painting in just two minutes

Feb 5, 2018 Dunja Đuđić

  I find light painting a really interesting and versatile technique. If you’d like to start experimenting with tube light painting, Eric Paré and Kim Henry have prepared…



How to use Photoshop’s “Blend If” feature like a pro

Feb 5, 2018 Dunja Đuđić

Blend If is a very useful Photoshop tool. Jesús Ramirez of Photoshop Training Channel calls it “the unsung hero,” and he wants to teach you…