Sometimes you take a great picture but the sky isn’t doing it any justice. We’ll teach you how to cut out and replace that sky!

Part 1: Here is a behind the scenes of our latest “High Fashion” pro tutorial. See how we lit these amazing images and learn how to do it yourself.

First we recolor a dress from our Fashion shoot and then we adjust the colors of the background to match our new color scheme.

This tutorial is perfect for those images that have a strong backlight, such as when you are shooting into the sun. We show you how to enhance a lens flare and create lighting effects that will make your image more interesting.

In today’s episode we show you how to add layer FX to duplicates of a layer. The reason we use duplicates is to stack multiple effects.

Here are 10 Phlearn submitted questions answered by photographer and editor Rob Woodcox.

Rob Woodcox took over Phlearn this week and started editing images with Curves. He will show you his process of refining, and Styling the image to achieve the look he was going for.

Warning please do not try this without the proper safety measures. After Rob Woodcox broke into the Phlearn studio, he literally lit it on fire! Not only did he bring the heat, he shared some great Insights on being a conceptual surreal artist.

Bags and Blemishes can be tricky to remove. We will teach you how to take them right out!

In this episode we combine a few various techniques to make the tattoo look real.

In this episode we combine two different images into one amazing memory. The the main learning points consist of coloring, and masking.

Adding some Texture back to the Skin of a model can help bring Depth and life back to their Face. Perfection often looks fake, and character and Texture adds personality to images.

In this tutorial we show you how to use the Pen Tool to cut out your subject, and then do some work to recovery detail in the sky.

Learning how to create custom Brushes in Photoshop is a skill that will benefit many images. In this tutorial, we show you how to make a selection around a bird and promote it onto a new document in order to create the Brush.

Sample Images Included

In most cases, using the Color Ranges that exist naturally in a photo will help to bring out the best in the image. In this image we focus on adding orange to the top of the image and green to the bottom.

There are many ways to make an image Black and White in Photoshop. In most cases you will be best off using the “Black and White” Adjustment Layer.

In this episode, we use an image taken by a member of our Phlearn Phamily to show some cool color dodging techniques.

You saw the behind the scenes of our Gap inspired fashion shoot and part 1 of the post processing. Now we put the finishing touches on the image.

We take the images from our Gap inspired shoot into Photoshop to start the Compositing and Retouching process. Make sure to check back for part 2 of the post production later this week.

Sometimes it’s just fun to make a mess. We had wanted to play with paint for a while, and came up with this concept to create shoes splashing and blending with paint.

Portraits of athletes are a great place to experiment with using a contrasty, high energy, dramatic Retouching technique. Here are a couple of our favorite methods to achieve this look.

You saw the behind the scenes of our corporate/editorial photo shoot, and Part 1 and Part 2 of the Retouching. Now we’ll wrap up this image with some final Retouching and Styling.

Now we’ll continue with the Retouching to get this image refined even more.

To start our headshot retouching, we use the clone to remove some blemishes, do some hair retouching, and add a bit of skin texture.

Today we’re using this incredible image from Chris to show how to use Photoshop to bring back detail into the Shadows of an image and then doing some Coloring and stylizing.

In Part 3, we tag along Chicago Photographer Grant Legan as he takes some awesome portraits.

After our interview in Part 1, we go behind the scenes with Grant Legan during a photoshoot.

Grant Legan is a Chicago based photographer who works very closely with modeling agencies, testing new models and filling out their portfolio’s with a variety of looks.

Learn to edit in a way that is not as destructive to your images, and retain the maximum amount of quality. Use these 8 steps!

In today’s episode we create a custom Brush that looks like dirt and show you how to configure it perfectly. We then save the Brush and load it into the Clone Stamp tool to finish the job. The resulting effect is seamless and fun!

Today we are using an image from our latest Halloween contest to show you how to add Color to enhance the overall feel of an image.