PHOTOSHOP

I created a tutorial about a year ago in which I combined 2 images, starting with Lightroom and then moving into Photoshop tom create the composite. I decided it was lacking, plus Adobe has made a few significant changes to Photoshop, one being the reworking of the Refine Edge feature and renaming it “Select and Mask”.

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Selecting Hair – Masking with Channels

Posted on: February 6th, 2017 0

Sometimes the “Select and Mask” function (or the older “Refine Edge”) in Adobe Photoshop doesn’t cut it. Do you find yourself trying to make a selection and mask this way and can’t get good results? Then you should check out this “old-school” technique for creating a selection, using CHANNELS!

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Lightroom to Photoshop Editing – PART 3

Posted on: December 7th, 2015 1

This is the FINAL video of this series……thankfully. 🙂 At least this video is relatively short at under 7 minutes. In it, we see how to mask the hair and create a white background. Read the rest of this article…

Lightroom to Photoshop Editing – PART 2

Posted on: December 2nd, 2015 2

In this video we continue from PART 1 and open the image into Photoshop as a SMART OBJECT. This gives us access to all of Lightroom’s adjustment from WITHIN Photoshop! Read the rest of this article…

Lightroom to Photoshop Editing – PART 1

Posted on: December 2nd, 2015 0

In PART 1 we begin the process in Lightroom by doing some minor retouching to the portrait. Read the rest of this article…