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In Part 2 we are focusing on the photo itself. There are many good tools to use when doing this sort of thing, but the three to keep in mind are the clone stamp, healing brush, and patch tool. Mom helps me get the details right as we re-create a lot of the pho...
Learn how to repair a photo that has been torn, folded, faded, and stained. You will see how using a couple of simple tools can take a photo from Torn to Reborn! (Bonus points for cheesy rhyme)...
Oct 20, Episode 156 Compositing, Photoshop
Y'all asked to add an animal into the image, and to make things even a bit more difficult we decided to add a cat into the foreground.
First, we found an image of a cat that works for the photograph. You can take your own image as long as you remember to li...
Amelia Fletcher is a great photographer, and we are excited to have her as a part of the team. In today's episode we are dissecting one of her images, and explaining everything involved in creating the image. This image was featured on Flickr's Explore, which ...
I feel a bit like Narrator talking to Tyler Durden in Fight Club in this episode when he says" I felt like destroying something beautiful." This is a special episode dedicated to John who asked if I could make someone have cracked skin....
Sep 14, Episode 131 Photoshop, Retouching
You are going to love today's episode! We are covering IN DEPTH taking a photo of my Nephew Cooper from snapshot to Art. ...
Today's episode comes to you via Lindsey Gerstlauer who asked about removing people from the background of one of her photos. We also decided to add a bit of sky in behind the subjects to create a bit more depth. Thanks Lindsey!...
Congrats to Steven Rosen for winning this week’s Phearn PRO contest with his great aged portrait! Blake sent over this image and wanted to extend the sprinkles more over the model. I thought this was a really cool image and am happy to help out today on ...
We had so much fun making old people young, people asked if we could do the opposite. Today we are adding wrinkles to a young woman!...
Today we are getting rid of wrinkles, mostly because they suck. They offer a crevass for light to get traped in, and allow the darkness to set it. Making your face look less bright, and looking older....
Jul 26, Episode 95 Compositing, Photoshop
Today we are working on an image by Petter Haugen. He submitted an image, and asked if I could make his face on an egg. Petter gets his wish. To do this, first we need a quick tool that will copy over most of his head, and make sure to blend it as well. A [......
Today we are answering Barrett's question on how to replace one head with a different head in a photo shoot. This can be pretty easy if the photos fit together pretty well. If the images look nothing alike, it can be pretty difficult....
Today we are answering Lauren Parker's question on how to make curly hair longer. To do this we are using a clone stamp tool to sample his existing hair, then changing the blending mode of the tool as well as the layer to DARKEN. From there we need to make a s...
Today we work on an image sent over by Phlearnaholic Daniel Walley. He photographed a wedding recently, his images came out great, but the bride had a bra strap line on her back, visible through her dress. Today we go over removing skin marks. To get the job d...
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