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FREE Photoshop & Lightroom Tutorials

 

Learn how to create a shallow depth of field effect in Photoshop.

 

Today we are going to show you how to combine multiple images for exposure, removing elements, and cleaning up your images.

 

The key for this photoshoot was to match two different Lights consisting of our strobe matching to the light already underneath the bridge.

 

Behind the scenes of our Dark & Dramatic Photoshoot. We use a soft-box outdoors to try and cancel out some of the shadows.

 

Do you need the highest end photography gear? Aaron breaks down when high end gear does and doesn’t matter.

 

Here is How To Apply Wallpaper to Walls in Photoshop.

 

Learn how to use the Brush Tool to apply makeup in Photoshop. We create a custom brush to achieve the exact look we need.

 

These are the three major variables that go into creating a composite. To create a believable end result, the color, light, and perspective has to match as much as possible between the images you’re compositing.

 

Although it is sometimes frowned upon, the combining of multiple Exposures can really take your photos to the next Level when used in good taste.

 

Even great photos can usually be improved in Photoshop. There are some things that simply can’t be controlled during a photoshoot that end up being distractions in the final image. Let’s take a look at correcting them.

 

A student on a Death Valley photography workshop I recently taught groused, “My problem is that when I take a picture of a sand dune, it looks like a sand dune. It doesn’t look like art.”

 

In today’s episode we bring you a fun technique to change letters in photographs.

 

We’ve focused on Retouching a lot here at Phlearn, taking care of zits, applying Makeup in Photoshop, you name it. But we’ve never covered taking care of larger Scale blemishes and redness, such as rosacea or in this case red powder.

 

How to Make Your Photos Look Stunning on the Web.

 

When there is a need to replace a window in Photoshop, or bringing part of one photo into another, it is absolutely necessary that you match the colors and perspective to make it look like it belongs there.

 

Through a couple easy techniques, you can use Clipping Masks, Smart Objects, and Filters to create your very own skin textures. Add seamless skin texture to you projects.

 

Channels are great for making selections that would otherwise be very difficult to make.

 

By duplicating the layer and using a Layer Mask, we extend the wall up, but the projector still needs some work.

 

See all the post processing techniques used in the Phlearn Pro Tutorial: Fashion Trip

 

Today we’re editing an amazing self portrait by Amelia Fletcher.

 

We’ve wanted to do a pinup shoot for a long time, but we also wanted to make it stand out from all of the other pinup photos out there by adding a concept to it. Join us behind the scene.

 

Yesterday we took you through our process in coming up with the perfect lighting for a portrait of Chris, Phlearn’s CFO, and today we’ll be taking you through the steps we took in Photoshop to bring our final image together!

 

For an editorial-Style headshot, we decided we wanted lighting inspired by the likes of editorial photographers such as Martin Schoeller. We had to go through about five different lighting setups before we finally found one we really liked!

 

A big part of being a professional photographer is making sure your Workflow is as efficient as possible. Even if you’re not a professional, using Keyboard Shortcuts in Photoshop will drastically shorten the amount of time it takes to Edit Photos.

 

When shooting a Composite, it’s always important to start out with your Background. This gives you the framework of what your image will look like and how your subject will interact with their surroundings.

 

We get a lot of people asking us what the difference is between the Healing Brush Tool and the Clone Stamp. While they both have similar uses, there is a Difference in how these Tools get the job done.

 

In this episode we discuss something that sounds extremely boring but is actually quite interesting: Light Falloff.

 

It’s always great to have shadows in your photographs to add definition, but sometimes they become too dark and Subtract from the detail in your image.

 

Step behind the scenes of our Film Noir Shoot. From Planning to Editing!

 

It can be hard to pump up the Colors in a photograph without making it look unnatural. In RGB mode, changing your Colors in Curves will also produce changes in Brightness and Exposure. To fix this, we can easily switch to LAB Mode.

 

In this behind the scenes video you will learn how to set up lighting for a full length portrait as well as a headshot.