Channel Pulling Masks

Channel Pulling Masks

Sometimes we get lucky. Every now and then there is actually one of those “Quick and Dirty” tricks that actually works and saves us hours of extra work. Depending on the shot “Channel Pulling” is one of those tricks.Basically the idea here is if one of the channels in...

Keepin’ it Simple with Layers

Maybe this comes under the “Pet Peeve” heading, but as a retoucher I see a lot of Photoshop files with lots of layers that have names like “Layer 1” or “Layer 2” etc. While I know this is Photoshop’s default naming system what happens is pretty quickly you need some...
Divide & Conquer: Color to B&W

Divide & Conquer: Color to B&W

Black and White imagery has had a long tradition in the world of photography. And in this digital age Photoshop goes a long way to honor that tradition giving us many different ways to convert our Color images to Black and White with more control and finesse than ever...

B&W APA Seminar on Aug. 9th

I’ll be teaching another seminar for the Los Angeles chapter of the APA on August 9th with some of the folks from Bowhaus. Should be an interesting day.APA/LA Digital Workshop: From Color to Black and WhiteSaturday August 9th, 20089am – 1pm3221 Hutchinson...
Good Mask – Bad Mask

Good Mask – Bad Mask

One of the more frequent questions I get asked is about masking. Almost every Photoshop user has used masks at one time or another to control how one image blends with another to limit some effect to certain areas of the image. Safe to say they’re used a lot....