tutorials Archive

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    Orton Effect Tutorial

    In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to achieve the Orton 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

    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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    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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    Launch of AllyKatDesign Actions

    Hello loyal readers of my blog , I have launched a set of AllyKatDesign Actions to make photoshopping your images a little bit easier, especially if you’re like me and want everything NOW! A couple of the actions are set up for a flattened image,...

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    Recreating Jill Greenberg styled photos

    Hey everyone, sorry that its been so long between updates, so I’ve decided to make this a good one ^_^ For a while now I have been fascinated with the style of Jill Greenburg. Such beautiful emotive portraits, set against beautiful backgrounds. After studying the...

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  • Recreating Dave Hill Styled Photography

    Recreating Dave Hill Styled Photography

    Dave Hill is one photographer that I have a lot of awe for. I love the way he creates his images. Some people may say that they are too stylised or cartoonish but after trying to recreate his work, I found that its a lot...

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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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