Photoshop Workbench Archive
Photoshop Workbench 238: Blending a Soft Edge with a Background
Dennis Heckman was a participant in my recent Botanical Dreaming workshop in Boulder, CO. During a live Photoshop evaluation, Dennis inquired about the best way to replace the hazy upper left corner of this calla lily image with a more attractive blue to black gradient. Since this is a shallow focus f/2.8 portrait, [...]
Photoshop Workbench 237: Fusing the Old and New
I recently came across a wonderful Dave Cross tutorial that illustrated how to fuse an old photo with a new one. Dave’s tutorial idea was inspired by a visit to a site called Abduzeedo.com. On the site, there are images of people holding old photos in front of the locations where they were [...]
Photoshop Workbench 236: Canon Multiple-Exposure Script
The ability to capture multiple exposures broadens the universe of creative possibilities. Most Nikon cameras possess a multiple-exposure feature. With this feature, it’s possible in-camera to create soft-glow montages, multi-image montages, multiple-exposure Monets, multiple-exposure tilts, and multiple-exposure rotate and zoom montages. Unfortunately, Canon cameras don’t possess a multiple-exposure feature, but don’t despair, [...]
Photoshop Workbench 235: Taking Advantage of Symmetry When Retouching
In a live Photoshop session during a recent RMSP workshop, Nancy Ortowski submitted this lovely image of the Boulder Theater. Nancy wanted to know if it’s possible to remove the lamp post from the right side of the scene. Normally, this would present a significant retouching challenge, but due to the theater’s symmetry, [...]
Photoshop Workbench 234: Game Changing Edits in Adobe Camera Raw 6.1
In today’s Workbench, we’ll use Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) 6.1’s powerful inventory of features to breath life into an already stunning image submitted by Bev Robertson. If you don’t have ACR 6.1, you’ll first need to upgrade to Photoshop CS5, then you can download 6.1 for free by opening Bridge and choosing Help>Updates. [...]