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  • The 30-day Bridge challenge: Free yourself from Lightroom elements histogram
  • Grabbing a 700 x 700 pixel 100% crop closeup close up
  • The sRGB troubleshooter colour color space Adobe RGB ProPhoto RGB untagged cmyk
  • Selling digital images client customer jpeg jpg sRGB 11:15 color colour printing sharpening
  • The Bridge Class training course education
  • All about monitor calibration screen brightness gamma profile profiling print
  • Trash those Jpegs! psd export
  • Read this before beginning calibration monitor screen spyder x-rite xrite datacolor
  • Cropping in the workflow crop tool trim rule of thirds
  • The wide gamut myth (or: Why you must work in sRGB) gamut lightroom Adobe RGB prophoto
  • The "Handyman Method" dodge burn
  • Introduction to soft-proofing in Photoshop bit gamut printing lab
  • Simple dodge and burn tutorial D&B
  • The non-destructive workflow layers
  • Which monitor to buy screen ips dell eizo calibration what
  • Which monitor calibrator to buy x-rite xrite spyder datacolor screen
  • The case for re-sampling resampling resizing sharpening unsharp mask resolution
  • Raw noise removal ACR Camera Raw Lightroom noisy
  • The role of masks when cloning clone stamp tool
  • Using Photoshop’s Gradient layer
  • The wonderful Dust & Scratches filter noise smoothing dust and scratches frequency separation
  • Histogram identification test  
  • Lightroom colour space settings sRGB color space
  • My black-and-white conversion action monochrome preset
  • Save for web actions with watermarking logo batch processing bridge image processor
  • Make your very first action facebook
  • Cellulite fix action (skin smoothing) frequency separation photoshop
  • Viewing colour channels in Photoshop Elements color channel mixer action
  • File saves action jpg jpeg psd
  • LAB mode black-and-white conversion action monochrome l*a*b*
  • Damien's classes editing raw levels skin channel mixer sharpening prepress cmyk layers masks creativity
  • FAQs about the classes frequently asked questions training courses
  • Can't find the class you signed up for? error course
  • The Raw Class elements training course camera lightroom acr
  • The Layers & Masks Class elements training course pixel workspace blend modes adjustment
  • The Levels Class curves elements training course
  • The Advanced Levels Class curves elements training course complex
  • The Print Sharpening Class elements printing sharpness output unsharp mask smart sharpen ppi dpi
  • The Skin Class elements skintones smoothing complexion frequency separation
  • The Channel Mixer Class creativity artistic creative glasses glare training course education
  • The Creativity Class creativity artistic creative training course education
  • The Advanced Black-and-White Class black and white training course education
  • The CMYK Class press printing cmyk deep etching logo design soft-proofing indesign illustrator vectors paths training course education
  • Which graphics tablet to buy wacom
  • Which editing software to buy program photoshop elements lightroom glary cleanmymac bridge adobe cc
  • Print lab reviews printing professional whcc millers mpix bay
  • Calibration instructions: Spyder datacolor
  • Calibration instructions: X-Rite xrite i1 i1display
  • Calibration instructions: ColorMunki x-rite xrite
  • Why do some print labs tell you to change your Photoshop Color Settings? printing sRGB North America General Purpose convert to working RGB
  • CMYK or RGB files for press printing? print lab convert gamut cyan magenta yellow black
  • Can’t find your soft-proofing ICC profiles print lab
  • Facebook colour troubleshooter color space colour space social media chrome firefox safari microsoft edge color
  • Preparing CMYK files for newspaper printing newsprint advertising cmyk prepress gamut soft-proofing
  • Problems with calibrating a small-gamut monitor screen calibration purple
  • Comparing your screen to your prints calibration monitor
  • My frustrations with the Australian printing industry cmyk rant prepress
  • Understanding Photoshop's Color Settings north america general purpose 2
  • Proof setup: Working CMYK ... not really photoshop iron proof colors
  • How we see image colour on Facebook firefox social media chrome
  • Buying a wide-gamut screen monitor eizo dell NEC
  • Please be wary of CMYK press printing
  • Color Settings in Photoshop Elements Always Optimize sRGB
  • Assign profile vs Convert to profile icc
  • Colour modes vs colour spaces rgb cmyk
  • Do Photoshop’s Color Settings matter? 
  • Check your monitor’s gamut screen icc profile
  • Football analogy: Why sRGB makes sense
  • Troubleshooter 2: The desperation zone sRGB
  • Please ignore your monitor profile calibration screen
  • FAQ: Client files too small or low resolution selling digital print size
  • Checking the size of digital photo files pixels resolution dimensions jpeg jpg megapixels money ppi pixels per inch
  • "Invalid JPEG marker" problem corrupt jpg
  • The PNG delusion website file facebook transparency slow
  • About Resolution ppi pixels per inch HD UHD 4K 5K 8K 300ppi 72ppi
  • Let’s cut Facebook some slack! compression web social media
  • The myths of digital imaging
  • Preparing web proofs for your customer 11:15 watermark
  • Selling digital files? You can’t limit print size client customer
  • Best practice for web photos social media watermark
  • Simple Lens Blur tutorial alpha channel filter
  • Blurring an object in the foreground of a photo
  • Shrinking an object in a photo head funny small liquify
  • Learning to identify casts colour color wheel
  • The importance of reviewing your editing adjustments layer layers alt option preview
  • Simulating Channel Mixer in Photoshop Elements pse
  • Safely adding noise to an image banding pattern backdrop lines
  • Photoshop vignette methods
  • That rich look dark hue saturation multiply blend mode
  • Powerful Gradient Map techniques blend modes
  • Wonderful Channel Mixer black-and-white
  • Choosing house paint colours home walls hue/saturation
  • Urban Processing: some ideas gradient map blend modes multiply overlay burn hue/saturation
  • A fun rainbow effect gradient
  • Preparing headshots to exact size senior yearbook magazine
  • Multiplicity (merging photos) multiple combine
  • Luminosity Selections
  • Screen and Soft Light blend modes midtone contrast
  • What makes a great black-and-white photo? b&w bw monochrome
  • Channel Mixer to fix a sun flare
  • Blend modes for editing: Not a good idea screen soft light
  • Creating a fake blanket with texture high pass background
  • Demonstration: Extending a studio floor backdrop background
  • Levels (or Curves) eyedropper for changing colours backdrop background
  • Replacing a background behind hair eyedropper
  • Preventing banding in backdrops gradient noise
  • Sky replacement method swap skies clouds
  • Adding a little bit of colour to a white sky skies selective color blue cyan
  • Achieving white backgrounds in your portraits eyedropper
  • Blue or green screen for background replacement? extract refine edge select and mask
  • Adding a little bit of blue to a white sky (Elements) pse gradient skies
  • Orange gradient for a dusk sky sunset golden hour skies
  • Blanket fade tutorial
  • Using a gradient layer to fix a sky skies gradient tool
  • Fading a background into a floor studio backdrop
  • Blurring a background (fake depth of field) false DOF lens blur
  • Moiré moire stripes stripy clothing
  • Fixing chromatic aberration CA purple edge green edge red edge
  • Distortion or perspective correction tutorial [Elements] PSE transform skew straighten crooked
  • Distortion or perspective correction tutorial [Photoshop] transform skew straighten crooked
  • Using a Photo Filter layer to fix casts cast correction
  • Strategies for managing out-of-gamut clothing soft-proofing gamut printing clipping bright red
  • Case study: Bright red clothing soft-proofing gamut printing clipping
  • Layer blend modes save the day lucky hard light
  • Pesky pinks noise histogram channels clothing
  • Ridding pesky rainbows dodge and burn soft light handyman
  • Minimising soft shadows hue/saturation levels dodging
  • Blending two exposures combining merging backlight backlit
  • Softening hard shadows cloning clone stamp tool
  • Fixing a crossed eye crosseyed swap flip
  • Liquify demonstration (with cloning and dodge & burn) tummy stomach thin
  • Fixing red-eye red eye pupil
  • Simple head-swap and face-swap tutorial headswap
  • Double chin fix without Liquify dodge and burn
  • Some ramblings about skin skintones cmyk
  • Patch Tool for eye bags under eyes creases wrinkles
  • Fixing Skin – acne, scratches, veins and blemishes pimples skin smoothing rash frequency separation
  • Whitening eyes sclera eyedropper
  • Whitening teeth dental
  • Flipping an eye swap reverse smart object
  • Correcting eyes distorted by glasses transform enlarge
  • Fixing tan lines tanlines suntan fake tan strap
  • Creamy / silky / perfect / angelic skin skin smoothing skintones frequency separation
  • A fix for glowing backlit ears  
  • Dealing with "hot" areas of skin glowing red skin oversaturated
  • Painting on some skin blown out skin blend mode
  • Skintones – don’t be hasty white balance exposure
  • Editing skintones in Photoshop Elements PSE
  • The right way to approach adjustment layer masks select selections magic wand marquee tool
  • Some layer mask tricks Add subtract intersect
  • "Extract then copy" vs "Copy then extract" composites copy paste selection
  • Batch adjust timestamps in Lightroom to easily sync files LR
  • The "Exposure Triangle" is a hoax ISO shutter speed focus
  • Finding ALL your Facebook messages [on phone] FB
  • Finding ALL your Facebook messages [on computer] FB
  • The wonderful "Scanner" app for Windows PC health hard drive space hard disk space
  • Password security  
  • The Caps Lock Trap brush tool crosshair
  • Low key and high key photos low-key high-key
  • Weddings: A plea to all photographers focus clean processing
  • Free texture files – old leather overlay
  • Another food analogy – Raw files vs Jpeg files pancakes flat dull boring
  • Camera resolution: less is more six 6 megapixels
  • Colours that are not what we think they are lies kindergarten grass skies
  • The frustration of multiple light sources mixed lighting
  • Working with dual screens (Windows 10) multiple monitors extend desktop vga DVI
  • Simple screen uniformity check monitor fading
  • Got a Dell laptop? You must turn off PremierColor  
  • When your desktop screen’s brightness won’t go low enough darker monitor calibration
  • Windows operating system losing the monitor profile Vista lost profile losing dropping
  • Monitor calibration: maintain your professional standards bathroom plumber client
  • The light around your computer office workspace dark dim
  • Must I calibrate?  
  • Damn you, Dynamic Contrast!  
  • Calibration "before-and-after" confusion spyder x-rite
  • What’s the purpose of monitor calibration? why
  • The "Blend If" sliders in Photoshop layer blending blend-if
  • Histogram identification test 2: Raw files  
  • Alt/Option key tricks  
  • What nobody tells you about Curves midtone contrast
  • Curved box method pen tool path shape
  • Some alternatives to cloning healing patch copy paste
  • The Pen Tool myth
  • Smart Objects: What they’re for, and what they’re NOT headswaps collages storyboards
  • The overrated adjustment brush lightroom camera raw acr
  • Brush Tool – difference between opacity and flow  
  • Opacity shortcuts brush tool keyboard
  • Photoshop’s "Arrange" functions windows tabs
  • Comparing Curves and Levels histogram
  • Shift while brushing shift key straight lines paint bucket tool
  • Making PDFs from Photoshop pdf files acrobat vector text type
  • A tour of the Actions panel button mode recording
  • Itty bitty tips for PS on PC hints Ctrl-Tab shortcuts
  • Adjustment layers – strength vs opacity  
  • Straightening horizons crooked rotate rotation
  • Printing enlargements: How big can you go? eyelashes billboard focus
  • Cropping and printing: the 8×10 problem composition
  • Preparing a file at the right size for a wrapped canvas print printing frame canvas wrap
  • Preparing files for a wrapped triptych canvas set of canvas wraps
  • Printing big enlargement megapixels
  • Canvas is great!  
  • Tiff files for printing print lab tif file jpeg
  • Clarification re: print labs Adobe RGB gamut soft-proofing
  • Printing big? Test small first section test print
  • 16-bit to 8-bit bit depth convert
  • Scanning guidelines for old photo restoration slides negatives damaged historic
  • Reproducible size of old photos enlarge how big restoration repair historic
  • More channel mixing channel mixer restoration spots mould mildew
  • Tips for photographing old photos for restoration camera historic tripod
  • Understanding Unsharp Mask USM sharpening
  • Noise removal and sharpening – the leap of faith Print Sharpening Class noise removal
  • Sharpening for web social media unsharp mask website blog
  • How do I retrieve lost or damaged files? corrupt failed hard drive recovery disk
  • High Pass Filter Sharpening hi pass
  • Photoshop mini-tutorials mini tutes
  • About JPEG file size jpg compression megabytes
  • Tip when transferring image files to your computer card reader
  • Buying a Mac or a PC windows macos
  • Mangled watermarks on Facebook pink magenta green blurry
  • How to properly re-install Spyder software (Windows) datacolor PC
  • Increasing bit depth in Photoshop – myths and truths 8-bit 16-bit 8 bit 16 bit 8bit 16bit
  • Camera Profile options in ACR and LR Adobe Color Adobe Standard Faithful Lightroom Adobe Camera Raw
  • What is XMP data all about? metadata
  • Don't allow your images to become untagged! embed profile include profile
  • To DNG, or not to DNG digital negative backup cloud upload
  • View your filename extensions in Windows file name extensions
  • Why PPI doesn’t matter – yet another analogy milk cup glass pixels per inch 72ppi 72dpi
  • Cursor preferences brush precise crosshair cross hair
  • Bit depth … explained by cake 16-bit 16bit 16 bit
  • What you see when you pixel-peep pixel peeping 100% close up
  • Measure the resolution of your screen monitor resolution ppi
  • Simple clipping mask and storyboard tutorial collage design
  • Simple storyboard tutorial – part 2: multiple photos clipping masks collage design
  • Create your own wall guides furniture
  • More about storyboards: Intersecting shapes paths design
  • Rounded corner shapes storyboard collage template paths design
  • Easy, funky, crazy clipping masks design template storyboard collage brush
  • Creating, saving and using a watermark  
  • Making a before-and-after  
  • Interesting way to show text on a photo reverse writing
  • Grids tutorial gridlines guides
  • Adding a scanned signature to a photo name watermark
  • How to make a star shape pointed
  • Resetting preferences: Photoshop CC photoshop creative cloud
  • Posting photos for critique on focus and noise  
  • Black boxes and other weird behaviour in Photoshop graphics processor drawing mode basic preferences performance
  • Resetting tools reset tool
  • FAQ: "Help! My Raw files won’t open!" dng
  • Dealing with banding  
  • Critiquing sharpness focus unsharp mask
  • Patch Tool Video healing
  • Video: Clone and Patch Tools  
  • Video: Magic Fairy Dust sparkle
  • Video: Batch-saving digital files (Photoshop) image processor
  • Video: Batch-saving digital files (Elements) process multiple files
  • CMYK PDF Video (Adobe InDesign and Acrobat) graphic design text vectors pantone
  • Video: Learn Liquify by playing  
  • Video: Using my Wacom tablet graphics tablet
  • Video: Make your own white balance sheet expodisk expodisc grey card 18% gray card
  • Video: Using the Tab key Alt-tab Option-tab switching cmd-tab, ctrl-tab
  • Video: Introduction to Adobe Bridge culling rating batch
  • Video: Converting raw files to DNG format adobe dng digital negative
  • Video: FastStone Image Viewer bridge
  • Video: Take control of your files bridge
  • Video: All about jpeg files jpg files compression
  • Video: Basics of pixel layers  
  • Video: Setting up your workspace (PS & PSE)  
  • Video: Fun with rainbows  
  • If it doesn’t rock, don’t show it! focus sharpness client customer
  • Examining the complexities of an ACR workflow camera raw bridge
  • The role of global edits in post-processing  
  • Order of layers for complex pixel edits liquify headswap perspective skin smoothing straighten
  • How aggressively can I crop? cropping megapixels printing
  • Replacing a raw edit in a PSD swap switch replace
  • Batch editing in Photoshop – a flawed premise? global local actions
  • What is "clean processing"? clean edit
  • Cloning in the workflow when to clone tool clone stamp tool
  • Opening jpeg files in ACR (Elements) PSE camera raw jpg
  • A Pinterest idea for skintones  
  • Obtaining a "before" version of a raw edit in ACR camera raw
  • There’s no such thing as a SOOC raw photo!  
  • Selective sharpening? eyes
  • Those family snaps  
  • Batch processing in ACR batch editing camera raw
  • Opening jpeg files in ACR (Photoshop) jpgs camera raw
  • Does white balance affect raw file quality?  
  • Great little disk cataloguer for PC cd dvd
  • Multiple images in one PSD black-and-white
  • Remini blur blurry
  • What to do with your memory card after a file corruption incident recovery
  • Tutorial: Preparing photos to fit in a locket tiny print oval
  • Creating an animated gif in Photoshop GIF file animation before after
  • Why can't I save as jpeg? save as copy file format psd tiff
  • Always embed the ICC profile when saving ikea untagged color profile

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