How to use shadow highlight to get impressive results

In this tutorial we are going to learn how to use the shadow/highlght effect (it is really under adjustments, I don’t know why it is there) to create a boost in your images, intense colors, and a more sculptural look.

You can use this effect in almost any image as a starting point, it is up to you to decide when to use it, but a 90% of your images can benefit from this effect.  › Continue reading

Tags: color correction

Stylish High Contrast Portrait

This was a common style in the latest 80´s and it seems to be returning in different promotional and posters.

It really is a simple technique but the result is very stylish. › Continue reading

Tags: color correction, photoshop tutorial

A Magic Christmas Card

It is Christmas time and we’ve got a huge tutorial. You will learn to transform a daylight image in to a Nightlight, Create transparency trough the layer style options, and create intense lights. › Continue reading

Tags: color correction, create postcard

Correct Skin Imperfections with a natural look

There are a great number of skin correction tutorials using some kind of blur. Here is a great technique to correct skin imperfections in a matter of minutes using smart filters. I love this technique because the skin remains with some texture and the final result looks very natural. › Continue reading

Tags: color correction, skin retouch

Create a high contrast and sharp image-Smart Objects 2

Converting your image to a smart object allows you to edit your image in a non-destructive way, and lets you drag and drop your effects to another image. At any moment you can double click on the effects to re open the dialogs and make changes to the adjustments. › Continue reading

Tags: color correction, Quick Tip

Designing for Print in CMYK: 10 Essential Tips

Source: Elevate Printing

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Tom Walker of Franking Machine Cartridges

There is a difference between printing your designs for the web and using them in print advertising. You might have noticed that none of your monitors show the exact same colors as what ends up on the page. You need to take your paper and registration into consideration. Here are some tips which will help you create that perfect CMYK design. › Continue reading

Tags: CMYK, color correction, Print

Reduce Color Noise

Produce far better results with this simple technique removing the color Noise of your photos

We all have been there, images provide by our client with an important amount of Noise. There are ways to deal with it and the process depends on the Noise involved. › Continue reading

Tags: color correction, noise

Add warmth to skin in 1 step

A super fast method to add a healthy tan or warmth to a persons face is using a hue saturation adjustment layer.  ( image > Adjustments > hue/saturation). › Continue reading

Tags: color correction, Quick Tip, skin retouch

How to create a road warrior cinematic scene

Road Warrior

In this tutorial we will learn a number of techniques to help you add drama to a photo manipulation:

Creating meteors, mixing three diferent images to create an apocalyptic background, Modify a central character so it adjust to the composition as well as how to add some adjustment layers to add dramatic effects to the final image. › Continue reading

Tags: color correction, figure ground relationship, photoshop tutorial

Revisiting HDR; 5 of the best Photoshop tutorials

HDR

HDR or High Dynamic Images can store pixel values that span the whole tonal range of the real world, in the range of 100,000:1. HDR Images are encoded in a format that allows the largest range of values stored with 32 bits per color channel. › Continue reading

Tags: color correction, contrast, HDR photos