Category Archives: Video Tutorial
Talking Time-lapse with Adobe’s Julieanne Kost
Richard Harrington talks to Adobe evangelist Julieanne Kost about making time-lapse videos in Adobe Photoshop. Learn some great techniques from a true Adobe expert. Be sure to check out her blog too for some excellent tutorials – http://jkost.com/index.html.
Joining Adobe in 1992, Julieanne has learned her craft through hands-on experience and now serves as the Senior Digital Imaging Evangelist. Spanning digital imaging and illustration, her role includes customer education, product development, and market research. She is a frequent contributor to several publications, a speaker at numerous design conferences and tradeshows, and a teacher at distinguished photography workshops and fine art schools around the world.
RC Concepcion Reveals How to Make Better HDR Photos
Scott Bourne catches up with HDR expert and author Rafael “RC” Concepcion.
He is the author of the bestselling book “The HDR Book – Unlocking the Pro’s Hottest Post-Processing Techniques.”
RC shares some great advice on getting the most from your HDR photos.
Be sure to read RC’s blog for some great tips too – http://www.aboutrc.com/blog/
Ghost Busting Your HDR
If you’ve shot an HDR, you know that minimizing movement is essential.
Tripod… check.
Steady hands… check.
Wind… DAMN!
One problem that plagues HDR is subtle movement in the scene. That could be clouds, walking people, or branches blowing in the wind. In this quick tip, Rich Harrington shows you how one checkbox can solve your ghosting problems.
Who ya gonna call?
Two Down & Dirty Techniques to Make Your HDR Photos Pop
Like your HDR images? Want them to pop more? In this 3Exposure tutorial, Rich Harrington shows you how the Find Edges Command, a Black & White Adjustment Layer and blending modes can take your image from wow… to WOW!
These techniques are easy and fast so take 4 minutes and extend your skill set.
© Richard Harrington
Removing Reflections from Nighttime Time-lapse
I find myself traveling a lot… as such I can get some pretty great views. One of my favorite shots to get is a nighttime time-lapse of the cityscape.
The key is to turn off all the lights in your room and sit in the dark.
Even still, long exposure times (which are key to the light streaks seen above) can lead to invisible blemishes coming into the shot.
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use Camera Raw in Photoshop to repair the unwanted reflections. The key is to use a brush stroke to paint in some extra adjustments.
This post sponsored by iStockphoto.
