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Lightroom

Lightroom for Beginners – Landscape Edition

Today I will show you how to use Adobe Lightroom to edit your landscape photographs. Follow along by downloading the raw files used in this tutorial via the link below. Download Tutorial Files Editing a Landscape Image Now, let’s begin by opening up Lightroom classic. Here, we can import the raw files that you’ve downloaded so you can follow along step-by-step. Importing our Images To import the raw files, click on the Import button in the bottom left-hand corner.

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Retouching

How to retouch a Portrait in seconds

In this tutorial I cover How to retouch a Portrait in seconds – what if I told you there is a way to retouch a portrait in photoshop with one click? Would you be interested? Would it save you time? Yes, of course, it would. I’m a professional retoucher based out of Washington, DC. My business is shark pixel, and I will help you learn photoshop and lightroom. In this tutorial, I’m going to tell you about one specific action I think every portrait photographer should have in Photoshop.

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Compositing

How to Create a Dune-style Movie Poster in Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial, I’m going to show you how to change a model’s eye color and recreate the character poster for the recent Dune movie. In the course of this tutorial, we’ll also dive into skin blemish correction, frequency separation, blending options and much more. If you want the files used in this tutorial to follow along step-by-step, click below. Download Tutorial Files This post has been adapted from the following YouTube tutorial.

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Lightroom

Dodge and Burn Secrets: Urban Landscapes

In this Lightroom tutorial, I’m going to show you how to use the old “dodge and burn” trick on urban landscape images to turn an unassuming photograph into a dramatic showstopper! If you want the files used in this tutorial to follow along step-by-step, click below. Download Tutorial Files This post has been adapted from the following YouTube tutorial. Watch the video or just follow the steps as outlined below.

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Photoshop Beginner Tutorials

How To Use Overlays in Photoshop – Part 1

In this Photoshop tutorial, I will teach you how to use overlays in Photoshop. We’re going to build 4 Photoshop projects, starting with a very simple and easy composite using just one overlay and building toward more and more stunning effects with each subsequent project. Download Tutorial Files This post has been adapted from the YouTube tutorial found here. In this tutorial, I’m going to teach you how to use overlays in Photoshop, starting with a pretty simple project.

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Photoshop Beginner Tutorials

How To Use Overlays in Photoshop – Part 2

In Part 2 of this Photoshop tutorial, I will teach you how to use multiple overlays in Photoshop. This post has been adapted from the YouTube tutorial found here. Download Tutorial Files Part 2. Using multiple overlays In the second project, we’re going to introduce multiple overlays. You can see the before and after here: See before (on the left) and after (on the right) below: Quite spectacular, right? This effect is actually really simple as well, just like the first project.

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Photoshop Beginner Tutorials

How To Use Overlays in Photoshop – Part 3

In Part 3 of this Photoshop tutorial, I will teach you how to use overlays in Photoshop including neural filters and displacement maps. This post has been adapted from the YouTube tutorial found here. Download Tutorial Files Project 3: Using neural filters and displacement maps Project 3 is really special. You can see the before image here, which is a great photo but pretty flat: and the after image here, which has a lot of depth added by shadows and lights:

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Photoshop Pro Tutorials

How To Use Overlays in Photoshop – Part 4

In Part 4 of this Photoshop Tutorial, I will teach how to use advanced Photoshop overlays and what stunning effects you can create with them. This post has been adapted from the YouTube tutorial found here. Download Tutorial Files Part 4. Advanced Photoshop overlays and special effects Finally, in the last project we’re going to work on adding some Photoshop special effects. You can see the before (left) and the after (right) here:

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Photography

6 IMPORTANT Composition Tips for BETTER PHOTOS

In this tutorial, we’re talking about six rules of composition that I believe will drastically improve your photography. I’m Joel Grimes—a commercial advertising photographer with over 35 years of experience and will teach you today my most important composition tips for better photos! I’m also an educator and love talking about photography. You can download The Rules of Composition ebook used in this tutorial to follow along step-by-step, click below.

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Photography

Posing Tips For Women

How to Pose Like a Pro: 7 Posing Tips for Women Posing is a key part to capturing a wonderful image. You can have the most beautiful subject in the world, but if you don’t pose her correctly, the photo will fall flat. Luckily, there are many effective posing tips for women that will help your photographs stand out. These posing tips for women may be helpful to both photographers or any woman who wants to accentuate her look in a picture.

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Photography

How To Shoot A Portrait Photo

In this Photoshop tutorial, you are going to learn how to shoot a portrait. You can watch the video by Clicking here or simply just follow the steps outlined below. Now I will show you how to shoot a portrait photo. You can see the before image on the left and the after image on the right. Let’s start with a Natural Portrait If you want to shoot a portrait its very simple.

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Retouching

How to Add and Retouch Hair in Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial, I’m going to teach you some crazy tricks for adding, retouching, and manipulating hair in Photoshop. Some of these techniques you may already know, but I’m sure there will be some workflows tips you’ve never seen before! Watch the video or just follow the steps as outlined below. Download Tutorial Files In this tutorial, I’m going to teach you how to add and retouch hair in Photoshop.