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A multi_layered image made in Photoshop Photo Editing Tutorials

In the 'good old days', when we had finished the day's photography, we would disappear into the darkroom and spend hours breathing in the fumes of nasty, smelly chemicals in the pursuit of our art, now we have Adobe Photoshop.

Photoshop is the greatest programme known to man, well photographers anyway. Computers were invented just to run Photoshop. Every picture on this website has had some work done on it in Photoshop, even if it was just to get the size right.

This section of the site consists of a few tutorials for the absolute beginner covering such essentials as making your pictures the right size, getting the contrast right and getting the colour right.

There are also tutorials on RAW files, how to sharpen your photos and how to edit photos using the quick mask.

Since I have been running the members' photo gallery it has been easier to see what people need to know. The most often repeated sin the photos that appear there is the tilting horizon so here's a tutorial to adress that called Straightening Horizons and Converging Verticals. Also a tutorial on how to Replace a Boring Sky.

Another recent addition is a set of four videos that I found on the interent covering the use of layers for compositing .

There are a couple of tutorials aimed at the Black and White enthusiasts, one on using the channel mixer and another on using curves in adjustment layers .

Below is a complete list of editing tutorials.

We also have a comprehensive tutorial on how to make HDR (High Dynamic Range) pictures with Photomatix Pro software.

These tutorials are not meant as an instruction book for using Photoshop they are designed to help you make better, more informed choices in your editing, whatever software you may use.


Photoshop Tutorial Description Level
Size Scaling your files.
Contrast Balancing those pixels.
Colour Dealing with colour casts.
Processing RAW Files An introduction to Adobe Camera Raw.
Processing RAW Files using HSL Advanced use of ACR.
Sharpening Using the unsharp mask.
Using the Quick Mask Masking parts of your picture to edit certain areas.
Adjustment Layer Masks How to build accurate layer masks.
Straightening Horizons A must for landscape and building photographers.
Replacing Boring Skies Using layers in Photoshop.
Videos on Compositing Video tutorials on using layers.
Using the Channel Mixer How to make a better job of changing images from colour to black & white.
Using Curves on Adjustment Layers laying with contrast and tones to give a more dramatic effect.
High Dynamic Range How to shoot and process HDR pictures with Photomatix Pro software.
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