Blake Rudis - Journal

I just recently got my hands on Oloneo’s PhotoEngine… Probably the best HDR program on the market. You get complete control over Color, Contrast, Brightness, and Luminance during the tonemapping process. You have to check out this tutorial if you are an avid HDRtist.

I have put together an HDR tutorial on how to make those images more true to what you saw. To cut the crap, I am sick of seeing over saturated nasty HDR images and here is my reaction. I have also added some pretty important information on how to fix those pesky HDR radio active clouds.

I hope you enjoy it and more importantly, I hope you find it useful!

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This one is How to Create The Graphic Novel look with your photos. It took me a while to come up with a good technique, I am crazy about it now and find myself doing it to every picture I pull into Photoshop just to see how it would look in a graphic novel. Check it out for yourself, you will not be disappointed!

A crash course in photo retouching without destroying your original image in Photoshop CS 5! A great practice to get into!

Cool Tips and Crazy Tricks is all about using shortcuts and hot keys to increase your workflow. I remove the background of an image and replace it with another mainly using hot keys and some pretty cool tricks, like Quick Layer Masks. Check it out!

My Post processing tutorial is up on everydayHDR. A quick video tutorial showing some really simple post processing techniques that will really make you life easier and your images kick ass!

I am using Photoshop CS 5, but any Photoshop can run these techniques.

EverydayHDR’s Free Photomatix Video Tutorial is up today on EverydayHDR. A crash course in Photomatix with a link to my full Photomatix Tutorial .

I know you guys are all excellent photog’s but, I have been working on Beginner’s tutorials on EverydayHDR.com and this weeks is f/stops, EV’s and ISO’s I you want the low down on how these work so you can get your camera off of AUTO mode, go check it out!

I realized I was putting out a lot of advanced tutorials, while there are many that wanted some basics. I listen to my audience and create tutorials based off of their needs. Today’s tutorial is a Beginner’s Guide to Composition , but it is for everyone! I breakdown composition and explain how your images effect people psychologically. Check it out.

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Just threw another tutorial down HDR IMAGES IN TEXT a pretty good approach to the intimidating features of text in Photoshop. Just a mere sample of what you can do with HDR images and text!