Tutorials

Ultimate guide to selections: the Pen tool

Sep 8, 2016 Robert Cornelius

I know there are a lot people out there who want to be better at Photoshop – heck, I’ve been doing this for almost half…



Got a gazillion megapixel photo? This is how you use a “magnifying glass” to show off

Sep 7, 2016 Stefan Kohler

If you have a great camera and you took a great photo* there is really no way to show the resolution of that photo in…



How to make a full body bokehlicious wall

Sep 6, 2016 Lucas Shu

Sometimes you want to create a stunning portraits indoors but you are stuck with those seamless white, black and gray sheets as backgrounds. Well, how…



Pouring rain is your shot at spectacular portraits

Sep 4, 2016 Udi Tirosh

Pouring rain can be an excuse to stay home and do nothing. It can also be a great opportunity to go outside and use the…



How vanishing points work and how to apply them in photoshop for perfect perspective

Sep 2, 2016 Stefan Kohler

Hold on, we are going to show you what’s that weird point inside your transformation is. As most of the people who are doing image…



How to turn Edinburgh into a zoo in Photoshop

Sep 2, 2016 Clinton lofthouse

Lee Howell is an Award-Winning Commercial photographer and creative retoucher based in the UK, specialising in advertising, fashion and contemporary editorial portraiture. Here, he shows…



A step-by-step guide to using the Waveform Monitor

Sep 1, 2016 John Aldred

The waveform is video’s answer to the histogram. Like a histogram it shows the brightness levels throughout your image. Also like the histogram, it can…



Use Lightroom’s Virtual Copies to save storage space

Aug 31, 2016 John Aldred

We’ve all had a situation where we think we’ve created the perfect image, but we want to try something. Perhaps it’s to test an idea, sometimes…



This is what causes red-eye in photographs

Aug 30, 2016 John Aldred

One of the problems many new photographers face is red-eye. Using your camera’s built in flash in dark environments is usually the cause. But, have you ever…



If you’re shooting flash outdoors, your colours are probably wrong. Here’s how to fix it with gels

Aug 29, 2016 John Aldred

Shooting on location with flash is one of the fun parts of portrait photography for me. But, depending on the lighting conditions where you’re shooting,…