photoshop techniques

Article: Layer Masks—AdoramaTV.Digital Photography 1 on 1

Watch and learn how to use layer maskes in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

Article: How Do Colors Influence Black and White Photography?—AdoramaTV.Digital Photography 1 on 1

AdoramaTV Presents Digital Photography One on One. In this week's episode, Mark shows you how color can affect your black and white photography.

Article: Moiré Patterns—AdoramaTV.Digital Photography 1 on 1

AdoramaTV Presents Digital Photography One on One.

Article: Print Sizes—AdoramaTV.Digital Photography 1 on 1

AdoramaTV Presents Digital Photography One on One. In this week's episode Mark discusses image resolution and file size.

Article: Metadata—AdoramaTV.Digital Photography 1 on 1

In this week's episode Mark explains what metadata is and how it can be used in a photographer’s workflow.

Article: Lens Flare Sci-Fi Poster—AdoramaTV.Digital Photography 1 on 1

In this episode Mark Wallace walks us through the entire process of shooting and editing a science fiction movie poster.

Article: Single-Image HDR in Photoshop Elements.The powerful Shadows/Highlights control is the closest you'll get to applying HDR to a single image.

HDR: You've heard the term, and may have even tried it. After all, who wouldn't want to extend the range of shadows to highlights within one photo, and compensate for the relatively limited range of light capture of a typical digital camera?

Article: After-Capture Techniques for Close-Ups.Solving problems digitally that you can't possibly solve when shooting.

One of the great boons of digital photography is that the image-making process continues after you have taken your shot.

Article: How To Make A Cinemagraph.It's a still image...but it moves!

Cinemagraphy is a recently-developed technique that selectively causes some parts of a photograph moving. It's not quite video, it's not quite still photography, and it's uniquely oriented towards web use.

News: NAPP to throw Photoshop 20th birthday bash.Live webcast to feature world-changing software's co-creater

Blog: Adobe Photoshop: Happy 20th Birthday!.It is difficult to imagine the contemporary photographic landscape without Photoshop

Blog: Advanced HDR Tone Mapping in Adobe Photoshop CS4, Part 2.Jack Howard illustrates advanced workflows for HDR photographers with Adobe Photoshop CS4 in the 2nd half of this screencast series.

Article: PhotoZAP 15: Lost in a Fog.Our critics praise and pan your pictures

“The fisherman was placed dead center, and the image lacks punch.”—Mason Resnick

Article: PhotoZAP 14: HDR Overload.Our critics praise and pan your pictures

“I feel like I’m looking at a psychodelic interpretation of this scene…it’s too much!”—Mason Resnick

Blog: Advanced HDR Tone Mapping in Adobe Photoshop CS4, Part 1.In this two-part screencast series, Jack Howard illustrates some advanced workflows for HDR photographers with Adobe Photoshop CS4.

Article: User Report: onOne Software Mask Pro 4.1.Photoshop Selection and Masking Made Easy

Selecting parts of an image in Photoshop is one of the most important skills you can develop. Whether you are going to replace an area or use the selection to limit any adjustments, learning how to make clean selections is key.

Article: How to read a histogram.The key to understanding exposure

Low key? High key? Learn how to read histograms and you’ll understand how to manipulate them until you get the kind of digital image you want.

Article: The Pitfall of Darkening a Sky, Part 1.Avoid a typical image-editing gotcha by understanding your histogram

I often have an image in which I want to darken a sky, such as this one from my tutorial "A Split Neutral Density Filter on Steroids."