Photoshop Tutorial – Adjustment Layers

August 25, 2013 by John Ross

Photoshop Tutorial - Adjustment Layers

This video is available Free for Everyone.
Running Time: 6 minutes

In this digital world we live in, you see the ubiquitous JPEG everywhere—practically all images you can find online are in this format. Short for Joint Photographic Experts Group, JPEG pictures are compressed images that have the .jpg file extension. Basically, JPEGs or JPGs compress images in order to make their file sizes smaller.

The most annoying thing about sending files and pictures online or via email, is to find that your file attachments are too big; and we wouldn’t want that now, would we? Waiting all that time trying to send over files only to have them rejected due to file size…JPGs solve that issue by reducing image file sizes so that they don’t take up too much space, be it in your hard drive or USB or in your camera.

Color Spaces and Color Profiles | Digital Fundamental Tutorial

August 4, 2013 by John Ross

Digital Fundamentals - Color Spaces and Color Profiles

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Running Time: 8 minutes

This is an Adobe Photoshop Video tutorial that explains Color Models, Color Modes, Color Spaces, and Color Profiles. This is one of the modules from the Photoshop Basic 1 Video Course. I thought this video was a good example of the course content overall. It's a little bit dry, but I hope you find that it gets right to the point, and educates in a clear, and easy to understand way.

Mission, Style and Branding

April 26, 2013 by John Ross

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?

I could easily say that the first thing you need to do is create awesome work. You need to build a solid portfolio that puts you well above everyone else. Then, once you have their attention, you need to keep it. Let's see how you can do that.

11 Ways to Find Photoshop Retouching Jobs

April 10, 2013 by John Ross

Find Retouching Work

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, and what didn't. There really aren't any overnight answers. Honestly, it all comes down to "who you know". The best advice I could give you, is that you need to be where the work is. I could also add that it comes down to going out of your way to be noticed. You can not just wait in your studio for work to knock on your door when you are just starting out. The following is what worked for getting my own studio noticed.

Problematic Smart Objects and Smart Filters

March 14, 2013 by John Ross

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.

Tonal Range, Levels and Curves | Digital Fundamental Tutorial

February 14, 2013 by John Ross

Photoshop Tutorial - Tonal Range, Levels and Curves

This video is available Free for Everyone.
Running Time: 10 minutes

This is an Adobe Photoshop Video tutorial that explains Tonal Range, and the difference between Levels and Curves. While each of these topics is technically different, they each work with the same basic principals, so I thought it would be helpful to understand them, if I covered them all at the same time. Before you seriously get started working with RAW Files, you need to understand Tonal Range, and how the different Sliders affect different aspects of the image.

Color Range | Photoshop Basic Tutorial

November 24, 2012 by John Ross

Photoshop Tutorial - Color Range

This video is available Free for Everyone.
Running Time: 8 minutes

Color Range tool is a crucial aspect of Photoshop Masking, that many people have difficulties using. The tool plays a significant role in selecting groups of color areas, that need to be adjusted separately in a particular image. Color Range has the quickest, and simplest options available for selecting complex patterns as well. In addition, you are able to preview your selection, and pick the best results, before committing to the task.

Photoshop Tutorial – Masking Simplified

November 16, 2012 by John Ross

Photoshop Tutorial - Masking Simplified

This video is available Free for Everyone.
Running Time: 18 minutes

Properly masking out an image in 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 be using Color Range and the QuickMask.

In this video for beginners, I will slowly explain how to use both these tools to make simple and complex selections. This video is also an introductory lead-in to my 2 hour Photoshop Masking Tutorial. That extended video covers many expanded topics that cover the range from Beginner, Intermediate, to Advanced.

Photoshop Tutorial – CS6 Preferences Overview

November 12, 2012 by John Ross

Photoshop Tutorial - CS6 Preferences Overview

This video is available Free for Everyone.
Running Time: 10 minutes

This Adobe Photoshop CS6 tutorial goes through the preferences panel, and points out the most important settings that need your attention. Largely, it is an informative video designed to help ensure you understand basic settings of Photoshop CS6.

Photoshop Tutorial – Duplicate Image

September 13, 2011 by John Ross

Photoshop Tutorial - Duplicate Image

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Running Time: 2 minutes

This Adobe Photoshop tutorial quickly shows how to Duplicate image. Why would you want to Duplicate an image? Well, maybe you need to make an image greyscale, but still need to keep the original. Or maybe you want to create a new variant. Who knows. This is just a simple Photoshop 101 How To video.

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