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How To Use Shadows/Highlights Non-Destructively with Smart Objects in Photoshop – I Create Content #4

by A.J. Wood June 20, 2011 I Create Content

Here’s an afternoon post for everyone. This week we’ll talk some Photoshop. We’ll start off by looking at the Shadows/Highlights adjustment and how we can use it non-destructively with layers in Photoshop. Enjoy!

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Find Offline or Missing Images Photos in Lightroom – I Create Content #3

by A.J. Wood June 17, 2011 I Create Content

We wrap up one week of shows, three episodes in the can. Today’s deal is brought to you by Jason Anderson the host of the Learning Digital Photography podcast and infamous Canon Blogger. Jason has just released the Photographer’s DIY Legal Kit, a series of contracts every photographer should have in their camera bag. The [...]

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Ten Things Beginners Should Know About Lightroom – I Create Content #2

by A.J. Wood June 15, 2011 I Create Content

Woo Hoo! TWO SHOWS. We’re on our way people. *grin* In today’s episode I talk about Cyberlink’s PhotoDirector 2011. If you signup for their beta program you can get a free license when their software is released this summer. Some are calling it a Lightroom clone, and I’ll be posting my thoughts next week. Adobe [...]

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Lightroom Keyboard Shortcuts – I Create Content #1

by A.J. Wood June 13, 2011 I Create Content

Good evening everyone! It’s a late night post as Monday did it’s best to get away from me. Kicked off the morning with a Photoshop class, had a wonderful visit with the Dallas Municipal Court in the early afternoon, wrapped up with an evening InDesign class and STILL managed to get episode #1 of the [...]

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Retouch a photo using Adobe Lightroom 3 – Part 1

by A.J. Wood November 30, 2010 Tutorials

After losing my voice for a few weeks, I’m back with another Tip Tuesday episode. Today I have Part 1 in our Portrait Retouching series using Lightroom. I’ll start off with some of the basic tonal corrections to get us going. Enjoy the video!

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Create a Rock Texture in Photoshop CS5

by A.J. Wood November 2, 2010 Tutorials

WOW. Where has the year gone? To kick off November you’ll find two new videos. Today’s tutorial demonstrates the Lighting Effects filter, something that appears to be missing if you’re running a Mac. That’s because to use some menu items & plugins on a Mac, you’ll need to run Photoshop CS5 in 32-bit mode. I’ve [...]

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Photoshop Keyboard Tips & Tricks using Option / ALT Keys

by A.J. Wood October 27, 2010 Tutorials

Alright, so technically this is Tip Tuesday the “Wednesday Edition”. It’s been a crazy travel week. As you may know this week kicked off AdobeMAX. I was briefly in LA, but had to miss all the fun to return to Dallas. I have lots of client projects I’m wrapping up and I actually thought TODAY [...]

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Tip Tuesday – 10/12/2010

by A.J. Wood October 12, 2010 Tutorials

In today’s Tip Tuesday episode I give you Part 1 of our portrait model retouch. We’ll start with the setup in Lightroom, and next week I’ll show you the steps in Photoshop. Enjoy the video!

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