In ACR the toolbar is always visible throughout the panels, sometimes they will interact with each other or allow you to access sub-panels. I will cover what each tool does and how to use it. I will cover the sub-panels and other features in later articles.
This posting is going to be a multi-part overview of Adobe’s Camera RAW convertor also known as ACR. It’s the engine that powers Adobe Bridge and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. The first part of these tutorials will cover what RAW is and give a general overview of why and when you should use it. Following postings I will break [More…]
This is the final instalment of this series. So far I’ve laid down the foundations for all portrait retouching and, to a degree, other genres. If you break your dark room processes down into steps then you will be able to edit and produce outstanding work rather than trying to do everything at once. In this [More…]
This post is all about skin retouching, what it is and common mistakes that people make. I will make it clear up front I will not be using any blur methods in this tutorial. The reasons for this come down to what these methods do. They destroy the fabric of your image. We have to step back [More…]
This is a lengthy article on my retouching work flow. It’s not a in-depth account of every stage but rather my thought processes on key aspects that I consider throughout the early stages. 2 more articles will follow covering other areas of my work-flow. This particular process has been developed over 10 years from various sources I’ve read over [More…]
This is an introduction to the retouching methods I use within Photoshop, don’t take this as gospel as my methods and techniques do change as I explore the hidden features of Photoshop. Instead use these tutorials as a map towards your own styles and techniques. I use Masks and Channels extensively to shape and mould the images and many [More…]
The brush engine is one of the core tools of Photoshop, there is very little you can do without using the Brush Tool. However many photographers never broach the complexities or the powerful capabilities of Photoshop’s Brush Engine that lurks beneath the brush settings panel. It’s this difference that separates those that have used Photoshop [More…]
Often seen as an advanced Clone Stamp Tool but is actually very different under the hood. There is several Healing tools available to the user to fulfil specific objectives such as the Patch Tool, Spot Healing and also the Healing Brush Tool itself. The introduction of the HBT has made the retouchers a life easier when [More…]
The Clone Stamp Tool (CST) is one of the oldest and best known tools in Photoshop. It’s a powerful tool that can totally rebuild an image. For many people the true power of the Clone Stamp Tool is hidden under the menus and never accessed. The hidden power of CST is that it can access Photoshop’s [More…]