John Ross, Author at The Art of Retouching

How to Succeed as a Freelancer | Self Employment for Beginners

October 12, 2020 by John Ross

How to Succeed as a Freelancer | Self Employment for Beginners

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Running Time: 10 minutes

Unlock the keys to Self Employment for Beginners! Your Freelancer Success is finally here. This video is part 3 in the series of How To Succeed as a Freelancer. If you take the time to watch them all, I will have given you every freelancer trick that I can think of to help you thrive. From finding Clients, to keeping them coming back. Success truly is within your reach.

What are Color Profiles and Color Modes in Photoshop?

September 23, 2020 by John Ross

What are Color Profiles Photoshop? | What are Color Modes Photoshop?

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Running Time: 11 minutes

My name is John Ross from The Art of Retouching Studio. In this video I want to clear up the usual common misconceptions about Color Modes, Color Models, Color Profiles, and Color Spaces. Give me a few minutes of your time, and you will no longer be confused by it.

The base cause of this confusion stems from my research in this topic. Half the websites say one thing, and the other half say something else. Rest assured that I am a qualified professional. I’ve done my research, and this is the correct information.

How to Succeed as a Freelancer | Freelancing Strategies

August 17, 2020 by John Ross

How to Succeed as a Freelancer - Freelancing Strategies

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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 undervalues your work, forcing you to spend all your time underpaid. If you could only break out of the low-cost slump through effective freelancing strategies, you might begin living a more prosperous life. The problem lies in my past belief that the price was too high; I assumed others wouldn't pay those rates. Boy, was I wrong.

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

August 10, 2020 by John Ross

8-Bit vs. 16-Bit - What is the Difference of 8-Bit and 16-Bit Images - Bit Depth and Tonal 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
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The 300 DPI Myth | What Are DPI, PPI & LPI?

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.

In this video we are going to cover a topic that nobody ever talks about. DPI, PPI and LPI. More specifically, dots per inch, pixels per inch and lines per inch. In the magazine and advertising industry, they throw around the acronym DPI all the time. Designers and advertisers keep telling everyone “I need that image at 300 DPI”. However, more often than not, they really mean 300 PPI.

Behind The Retouching | Subtle Beauty Retouching Techniques | Advanced Photoshop #138

August 31, 2016 by John Ross

Behind The Retouching | Subtle Beauty Retouching Techniques | Advanced Photoshop #138

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Running Time: 33 minutes

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 (almost the last, yet almost the best), we're celebrating natural beauty and all the imperfections that go along with it in this video about Subtle Beauty Retouching Techniques. I'll be reviewing my layer structure and talk about all the difficulties I had with the client and the selected stock image.

Behind The Retouching | John Ross – Heroine Composite | Advanced Photoshop #136

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 | Camera RAW to Finished Project

April 7, 2015 by John Ross

Behind The Retouching | Camera RAW to Finished Project

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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 Camera RAW to Finished Project, Beauty Portrait tutorial. This means that I have to make the image model look flawless, but realistic.

Behind The Retouching | Camera Raw Techniques for Refined Portraits

January 15, 2015 by John Ross

Behind The Retouching | Camera Raw Techniques for Refined Portraits

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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
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Professional Masking | How to use Quickmask

December 24, 2014 by John Ross

Professional Masking | How to use Quickmask

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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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