This tutorial shows you how to make duotone and tritone images in Photoshop. As you can guess two colors are used to create duotone photos and three to create tritones. From the artistic perspective, duotone helps to focus attention on shape, form and texture of the photo. Also, duotone is used to bring out middle tones and highlights of an image. The most common colors used in making duotones and tritones are blue, yellow, browns and reds. You should choose the color for duotone based on the mood of your photo. Continue Reading →
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Duotone and tritone effect Photoshop tutorial
Lightroom vs Photoshop for photography post production
About a year ago, I was sitting in a café in Harare, Zimbabwe. I spotted an artsy-looking guy with a Canon EOS 1D at a table across from mine and, as I’m a photographer, we got to talking. Turns out he was Rob Cooper, the famous wildlife photographer. He’s made the cover of Time magazine with his political photographs. After talking for a while, we got around to post production. I mentioned that I liked to use Lightroom, Adobe’s professional photography suite. He dismissed the idea and said that for a professional photographer, Photoshop was a better all-in-one tool. Continue Reading →
Abstract photography showcase
Abstract photography is the use of forms, shapes, colors and lines or similar themes to create visually appealing compositions, which may at times be perceived in more ways than one. However, as in any other form of photography, there is no single criteria which defines an abstract picture, nor is there any set of rules to creating abstract compositions. It depends on the photographer to perceive his environment in an altogether different way, and most of the time, it is this unique perception that ends up in a masterpiece on canvas. In this post I have gathered some of the best examples of abstract photography that I have come across through the years. Continue Reading →
5 efficient ways to fight inspiration blocks
Inspiration blocks also known as creative blocks are every designer’s nightmare. One of the worst parts about them is that they come with no warnings. The feeling is familiar for most people: blankness takes over, your mind just isn’t in the right place and you can’t find any creative ideas no matter how hard you try. Whether you’re struggling to overcome such a block or you just want to prevent it, here are some tips that will help you function at your full creative potential. Continue Reading →
Imagenomic Portraiture review
Portraiture is a Photoshop plugin which helps you to retouch portraits quickly and efficiently. Imagenomic Portraiture saves you a lot of time because you no longer need to spend hours on selective masking and tedious use of multiple Photoshop tools. Portraiture smoothens the skin and removes imperfections such as wrinkles, dark circles and freckles at the same time preserving skin pore texture and avoiding plastic look. Portraiture also preserves portrait details such as hairs, eyebrows, lashes. Besides natural looking portrait retouching, Portraiture can be used to create high-contrast and glamour effects for professional advertising and fashion photography. Continue Reading →
Top 20 Illustrator food and beverages tutorials
A collection of the best tutorials released across the web, demonstrating how to craft different types of delicious-looking goodies using Adobe Illustrator or/and Adobe Photoshop, step by step. These tutorials will teach you different vector illustration techniques and make your tummy rumble at the same time. I hope you will find creating vector food art as fun as I did. Enjoy the recipes! Continue Reading →
Top 20 Gimp video tutorials
Best Gimp video tutorials have been included in this review. Gimp video tutorials are selected in three categories: basics, intermediate and advanced. Following these Gimp video tutorials you’ll learn how to remove red yes and retouch portrait photos, how to create animated banner and use brushes, how to make 3D text effects and glossy button. If you haven’t checked yet, go and see our own creative Gimp tutorials, best Gimp plugins and Gimp photography workflow. Continue Reading →