Getting Creative with Photoshop & Lightroom Series by Les Arnott
Video 1 - Featured in Phototrain Magazine Issue 1.
How To Get The Perfect Exposure
Aimed at the Intermediate Photoshop user Les explains how to make a good image into a perfect image using Camera Raw, masks and blending modes to get detail back in both blown and shaded areas of an image. Why settle with good when it can be perfect? Remember to click the view full screen selection to get the most from your viewing experience.
Video 2 - Featured in Phototrain Magazine Issue 1.
Using The Google Nik Collection PS Plugin
Aimed at the Intermediate user Les explains how to use the free Photoshop Plugin from Google. See how to apply effects, use recipes of effects and how to add control points to apply effects to specific areas. The Google Plugin can be downloaded here:
https://www.google.com/nikcollection/
Video 3 - Featured in the Phototrain Magazine Issue 1.
Create a Classic Soft Focus Effect
Aimed at the Intermediate user Les explains how to create a classic soft focus effect that will really make your animal, pets and people portraits shine. Although it’s labelled as an intermediate level it really is easy to follow for those with the basic levels of knowledge too! Give it a try and see what you come up with!
Video 4 - Featured in the Phototrain Magazine Issue 1.
Black & White conversion in Lightroom
In this video for basically all levels of previous Lightroom skill levels Les demonstrates how to get the best black and white conversions from colour images within Lightroom using the basic adjustments, colour filters and presets within the software to get different styles and effects
Video 5 - Featured in the Phototrain Magazine Issue 1.
Extracting Using Focus Selection
Another dive into Photoshop and wet your feet video from Les. Learn to make a selection using the Focus Selection facility plus learn to edit, neaten your masks and apply filter effects to specific areas of a picture. Add layers and paint a new background to create an artistic look to an image of an owl. Lots of skills to learn for the Intermediate to Advanced learner in this project.
Download the image here to practise the exercise. (Right click and select …. download linked file As)
Video 6 - Featured in the Phototrain Magazine Issue 2.
Working With Perspective
Another dive into Photoshop and get creative video from Les. In this exercise we see how to create a simple label and put it on 2 sides of a cardboard box keeping the correct perspective in both cases by using Photoshops Vanishing point filter. The file to use for practising the exercise can be downloaded here also.
Download the image here to practise the exercise. (Right click and select …. download linked file As)
Video 7 - Featured in the Phototrain Magazine Issue 2.
Working With Perspective
Another dive into Photoshop and get creative video from Les. In this exercise we see how to create a simple label and put it on 2 sides of a cardboard box keeping the correct perspective in both cases by using Photoshops Vanishing point filter. The file to use for practising the exercise can be downloaded here also.
