Basic Tutorials Archive

  • Before&After

    Bleach Bypass Tutorial

    In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to achieve the Bleach Bypass effect, that you can find in my latest group of actions. 1.  If you have retouched the image and made density corrections, press crtl-shift-alt-E to make a merged copy of the...

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    Holga Effect Tutorial

    In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to achieve the Holga effect, that you can find in my latest group of actions. 1.  If you have retouched the image and made density corrections, press crtl-shift-alt-E to make a merged copy of the image....

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  • Before&After

    High Contrast Tutorial

    In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to achieve the High Contrast effect, that you can find in my latest group of actions. 1.  If you have retouched the image and made density corrections, press crtl-shift-alt-E to make a merged copy of the...

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    Hollywood Highlights Tutorial

    In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to achieve the Hollywood Highlights effect, that you can find in my latest group of actions. 1.  If you have retouched the image and made density corrections, press crtl-shift-alt-E to make a merged copy of the...

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    Dream Glow Effect Tutorial

    In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to achieve the dream glow effect, that you can find in my latest group of actions. 1. If you are working off the original image, press crt-J to duplicate the layer. If you have retouched the...

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  • Quick & Easy Monitor Calibration

    Quick & Easy Monitor Calibration

    Today I finally set up my second monitor for my computer. A bit of a kerfuffle as I needed to get a DVI To SVGA/VGA adapter in order to plug it into my graphics card. Half hour wait at the computer shop got me the...

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  • Blending Modes Exposed – Part II

    Blending Modes Exposed – Part II

    In part 1 of editing with blending modes, we had a look at adjusting density using screen and multiply modes, now we are going to look at how to change the look of a photo using gaussian blur, blend modes and the blend if grey...

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  • Blend Modes Exposed – Part I

    Blend Modes Exposed – Part I

    Blend modes in photoshop are a wonderful thing that can do so much for a photo. The best thing is that you can use them as a quick fix for editing the density of a photo or for adding extra depth. I thought I’d do...

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