John Ross

How to Succeed as a Freelancer – Part 1

August 17, 2020 by John Ross

How to Succeed as a Freelancer - Part 1

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Running Time: 13 minutes

The sad thing about working as a freelancer is that thanks to the word "Free", people often think that the work you do is low cost. In their mind, they are doing YOU the favor by keeping you busy, and helping you grow your portfolio so you can start making some real money.

This mindset completely under values your work, and forces you to spend all of your time underpaid. If you could only break out of the low-cost slump you find yourself in, then maybe you start living a more prosperous life. The problem is that I always felt as though that price was way too high. After all, I didn't want to pay those prices, so nobody else wanted to either. Boy was I wrong.

8Bit vs. 16Bit | Bit Depth | What is Tonal Range?

August 10, 2020 by John Ross

What is the Difference of 8-Bit and 16-Bit Images - Bit Depth and Color Range

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Running Time: 12 minutes

This Digital Fundamentals tutorial is on the difference between editing images in 8-bit color and 16-bit bit depth. While it should be obvious that 16-bit color is twice as good as the 8-bit color, it just doesn't seem that way to the naked eye. This is because humans can only see less than 10 million colors. Since 8-bit already exceeds 16 million colors, why in the world do we need to work in a bit depth that moves us into trillions of colors? Visually, they both look the same, why use the higher resolution?

This very quick Digital Fundamentals tutorial is only a few minutes long, but guarantees you will never work in the 8-bit bit depth again! With two adjustments using the levels tool, you
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300 DPI Myth | What Are DPI, PPI & LPI | Printing for Photographers

August 5, 2020 by John Ross

The 300 DPI Myth | DPI, PPI, LPI | Commercial Printing for Photographers

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Running Time: 10 minutes

What is the 300 DPI Myth? What are DPI, PPI and LPI? John Ross will explain to you the differences between Dots Per Inch, Pixels Per Inch, and Lines Per Inch. You will learn how to use them to supply images for Print magazines.

Behind The Retouching | John Ross – Natural Beauty – Advanced Photoshop #138

August 31, 2016 by John Ross

Behind The Retouching | John Ross - Natural Beauty - Advanced Photoshop Magazine #138

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Running Time: 33 minutes

My name is John Ross, and welcome back to Behind the Retouching! It’s been quite a while, and it is my absolute pleasure to lead you into another in-depth look at what goes on behind the scenes in an actual photo retouching session. For issue 138 of Advanced Photoshop Magazine, we’re celebrating natural beauty and all the imperfections that go along with it.

Adobe Fails | Changes, Glitches, and Poor Decisions

May 25, 2016 by John Ross

Adobe Fails | Changes, Glitches, and Poor Decisions

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Running Time: 10 minutes

As big a deal as Adobe Photoshop is in the world of retouching today, there are and always will be, errors inside the program—from minor inconveniences to glaring mistakes that are bordering on ridiculous. While the rest of the world can just shake their heads and wonder if someone over at Adobe was drunk when the blunder happened, we’re here to break these mistakes down for you so that you will know how to cope. Here are the most common Adobe Photoshop fails that you should be aware of.

Behind The Retouching | John Ross – Heroine Composite

June 12, 2015 by John Ross

Behind The Retouching | John Ross - Heroine Composite

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Running Time: 44 minutes

Welcome to Behind the Retouching, your all-access pass to learning about what goes on in an actual photo retouching session. Everyone loves a good superhero film, and Advanced Photoshop Magazine knows that one of the best parts of the hype is the awesome movie poster.

For issue 136, it’s all about the making of a superhero. My name is John Ross, and if you’ve always wondered how the magic behind those stunning movie posters work, you’ve come to the right place.

Behind The Retouching | John Ross – Lucy

April 7, 2015 by John Ross

Behind The Retouching | John Ross

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Running Time: 26 minutes

For Photoshop Creative Magazine #125, they wanted me to show what Portrait Retouching is all about. There are many different styles for portraits. Depending on what you’re working on—Studio, Beauty, or Fashion pieces—you can apply darker shades, be more gritty, use bright and soft edges, or go to town with more creative approaches. Basically, your style depends on the effect that you want your final image to have. In this photo, we’re going for a Beauty Portrait tutorial, which means that I have to make the image model look flawless, but realistic.

Behind The Retouching | John Ross – APM #132

January 15, 2015 by John Ross

Behind The Retouching | John Ross

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Running Time: 28 minutes

I’m here to walk you through what goes on in an actual beauty retouching session. For those who want to see my thought process as I go through my images, you’ve come to the right place. This short but highly informative session will give you valuable insights and professional tips and tricks that you won’t learn by simply watch a how-to video. This is less about the how, and much more about the why.

In this image for Advanced Photoshop Magazine #132, I will be taking you through an in-depth look at how I work and why I do what I do. Because summarizing my techniques into a few pointers for an article just won’t do, I’m going to break down every detail of my workflow so that you can see how I came up with my final photo.

Professional Masking | Photoshop Intermediate Tutorial

December 24, 2014 by John Ross

Professional Masking | Photoshop Intermediate Tutorial

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Running Time: 8 minutes

For Advanced Photoshop Magazine #130, I was asked to show how I create my selections. In this extended video, I'm going to show you the ins and outs of Professional Masking.

Properly masking an image with Adobe Photoshop is often done using one of the simple selection tools like Magic Wand or Lasso. This is simply the wrong approach. You should actually be using Color Range and QuickMask. If you're itching to know how I work around these tools, you've come to the right place. I'm going to let you in on the tips and tricks that I use behind the scenes in order to come up with a clean and accurate final image. Lets get started.

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