Introducing the Boeing 787

When Boeing gave Gil Cope an assignment to shoot an ad campaign highlighting their brand new jumbo jet, the 787 he was faced with a bit of a dilemma. You see while the 787 is quite roomy from a passenger’s point of view it proves to be just a little too tight...

Upcoming Workshop: Retouching Secrets of the Pros

Retouching Secrets of the ProsRetouching Secrets of the ProsTake your retouching skills to the next level as two top retouching experts, Lisa Carney and Dennis Dunbar share some of their coolest Photoshop secrets. From beginner to advanced this workshop will have cool...
Layer Style Noise

Layer Style Noise

Every retoucher knows that just the right touch of Noise can help hide various issues when working on an image. There’s something about the random texture Noise adds that helps hide areas where there might be some artifacts left after working on extensive...

Lifestyle with Colin McGuire

Last Summer I worked with Colin McGuire on this lifestyle project involving 15 different shots to be used in a campaign for one of his pharmaceutical clients.The shots all needed to have an early morning or late afternoon warmth with the sun just meeting the horizon...

Green Screen Double Step

Here’s a quick tip on using a 2 step process to create a Layer Mask for an image shot against a Green Screen using Photoshop’s Refine Mask tool along with the History Brush. In this process we’ll combine a mask that works great on one part of the...