Combining Adobe Lightroom Classic and Adobe Photoshop is part of every photographer’s arsenal. But how do they have amazing photos while yours are still mediocre? We’ll look at 10 easy tips and tricks to capture that moment – extremely simple, yet rarely executed 1) Your Location and Equipment In one…
Beginner Photography: Photoshop or Lightroom?
Photoshop is the cornerstone of Adobe and pivotal to its success since the first release way back in 1987, and in 1990 under the Adobe brand. Lightroom is not as old, well-known, or powerful as Photoshop, but it still holds plenty of value and is one of the most-used programs…
Neon Poster in Photoshop
Difficulty: Advanced What you will learn: Creating a neon poster for Vivid Sydney Downloads: SydneyHarbour Image Download the ‘HT Neon’ font here. Select the slider to activate it. You will be prompted to log into Adobe Creative Cloud. This font will now appear in your font list for all Adobe Products. Step 1…
10 Photoshop Essentials for Beginners
10 essential things to get started with Photoshop Difficulty: Easy What you will learn: Reference image used through out guide: Adi Kavazovic (2021) 1) Pixel sizes Images in Photoshop are raster graphics, meaning the image is compiled of millions of pixels. A disadvantage of raster images is that images can only be upscaled…
Using a DSLR Camera
Digital Single-Lens Reflex cameras, or DSLRs, combine the optics and mechanisms of single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras with the digital processing of image sensors and computers. Difficulty: Medium What you will learn: Manual mode, understanding components of exposure Manual Mode On the left side of the top of the camera, there…
Layers & Masks in Photoshop
Difficulty: Medium-Advanced What you will learn: Basics of photoshop files, layers, masks, selection tools and transparency Download these two images: TIGER, RAINFOREST(right click and “save as” to save them to your computer) Result: Step 1 – Make a new empty photoshop file. File > New Use the settings shown. (This will make an A4 poster…