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This was down to a combination of an excellent delivery style and his demonstration of radically new to most of us at least post-processing techniques. In particular, his use of Photoshop Channels for contrast and sharpening was a revelation and he went into the technique in detail.

And sorry, Lightroom users, you can only use Channels with Photoshop. The use of channels is my foundation point for everything I do in the world of image manipulation. Calculations enhance the image channels as if they are on steroids. It is incredible what can be achieved using this tool.

The interface is not that easy to understand to begin with but it will not take long before you can use it intuitively as a part of your image manipulation toolset. Blend If was not invented by Adobe or the original makers of Photoshop. I first used this concept of creating transparency within an image at least ten years before Photoshop was conceived. In the initial versions of Photoshop it was effectively hidden, so it was rarely used by anyone. It is an important part of why I use Photoshop to manipulate images and once you see what I can do with it, Blend If will be important to you to.

HSB is by far the most common method used by software developers to give us a tool to manipulating the colours of our images.

It is exclusively used in all RAW converters and widely used within Photoshop. I also demonstrate how to create a skin pattern to fill in blown out areas of skin tone. Skip to content. Tag Archives: guy gowan.

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