photoshop filter: minimize and maximize by los angeles retoucher taylor yoelin
If you’re not a pathing master, or a lasso tool genius, chances are you’ve come across the bummer of having a little fringe outline around an object or person when creating a composite. Are you left with a beautiful background, clean layer mask, but your main subject has that weird color halo? Here is a […]
quick shop tip: load into layers + align
not many ‘shoppers out there know this handy time-saving trick, so I thought I’d share. a very common technique for getting slick, beautiful photographs is layer comping/compositioning. especially when shooting hard to light and reflective surfaces, this technique involves shooting “plates”, each image honing in on perfecting a certain look. for instance, when I shot […]
my favorite photoshop tool: fade
the fade tool can be used after you make any adjustment. the fade tool is scalable back from 100%. the fade tool can be applied through a blending mode. the fade tool is the best photoshop tool that nobody knows about, and it is your new best friend. you can access the fade tool immediately […]
howto: make your own iphone ringtone
why should you be required to buy a song twice to get a ringtone on your iphone? you shouldn’t. since we agree, let’s continue. this is pushing me dangerously close to spewing out my guts about how i feel concerning the apple vs microsoft debate, but i’ll save that for another time. the good stuff […]