Mission, Style and Branding

Mission, Style and Branding

I am frequently asked about how to move the “Personal Brand” forward. Previously, I wrote about How to Find Retouching Work, but before you find that work, how do you stand out in the crowd? Once you have their attention, you need to keep it. Read more »

11 Ways to Find Photoshop Retouching Jobs

Ways to Find Photoshop Retouching Jobs

Question: How do you continue getting new jobs and clients? This is an issue I am struggling with. Do you have any suggestions for me to get clients, jobs, etc? Answer: I was thinking about your question for quite a while. If I needed to start over again, what worked, [...] Read more »

Problematic Smart Objects and Smart Filters

Problematic Smart Objects and Smart Filters

Somewhere between being lazy, and not trusting new toys, I never really tried Smart Objects, or Smart Filters. On the surface, something always felt "wrong" about using them. I could never quite put my finger on it before. Now I know the problem. Read more »

Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop for Beginners

Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop for Beginners As a beginner with Photoshop, it can be easy to become lost, or otherwise confused on what steps would be best to try next. Should you start with contrast, color, or noise removal? No matter what kind of photo manipulation you’re doing, your [...] Read more »

Quality Adobe Photoshop CS5 Tutorials

Quality Adobe Photoshop CS5 Tutorials – by R. Rodriguez and John Ross If you’re a web-site designer, photographer, retoucher, or technical engineer, you are very aware that Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 is out, and you’re itching to see what it can do. You are already excited about all the new [...] Read more »

Adobe Creative Suite CS5.5 – What is New in CS5.5?

What is New to Adobe Creative Suite CS5.5 – by R. Rodriguez and John Ross   Movies, Television, Computers, Tablets, and even Mobile Phones. Adobe is a perfect example of a company striving to deliver higher quality technology, building it right into their illustration, photo editing, and desktop publishing software. [...] Read more »