by Dennis | Sep 8, 2008 | Case Studies
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...
by Dennis | Aug 17, 2008 | Case Studies
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...
by Dennis | Jul 31, 2008 | Case Studies
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...
by Dennis | Jul 30, 2008 | Case Studies
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....
by Dennis | Jul 4, 2008 | Case Studies
Lately a good deal of the work I’ve been doing has been with photographers who shoot high end beauty shots. Part of this work usually involves adding “a nice glow” to the hair and skin of the model. While there are several ways to do this I thought...
by Dennis | Jul 2, 2008 | Case Studies
Remember the story about the 3 Blind Men who are shown an animal and asked to describe it? Of course, being blind, they use their hands to feel parts of the animal and then describe what they think the animal is. The first one goes to the front and reaches out to the...
