Hello Everyone

Here is the action mentioned in the show to create the separate document with all of the masking channels included.

Please don't forget to install the HSB/HSL filter from your original Adobe Photoshop instal dvd.
Without that plug-in, you will not get some of the masking channels available to you!

I will post at a later time a better explanation of the blend modes to better understand starting points using calculations.
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This action is made from a tutorial by Corey Barker
seen here

It works on quite a few different images it just needs the odd bit of tinkering ( mainly colour etc )

All that i have done is made it into a action this is all Corey's workflow

I hope it is of some use to someone and that you enjoy the use of the action!

On my birthday I decide not to worry about anything and just play with Photoshop. I forgot about perspective, light, color and trying to make any kind of sense. It turned out to be a rather interesting exercise in imagination. Makes me wonder how much we have to force eyes to see in our made up images and how much we can trust our brains to complete the story.

Hello All

I have a new tutorial posted in the usual place...
(here is the link for those who have not yet been there.... http://www.pmai.org/content.aspx?id=9970)

As usual it is another technique that uses a tool for something other than what it is meant for.

And its intuitive..... go figure.

This is another tutorial on masking, and even though it has the same name as my last tutorial, it is using a different tool altogether....

Yesterday I listened to two great Podcasts from here;

Podcasts

One was with Fay Sirkis and the other with Katrin Eismann. And in a way they said the same thing. That the more traditional art (painting/photography) you know the better your Photoshop work will be.

I've learned so much lately that I'm fairly paralyzed with all the different ways to achieve the same effect. Which probably means I'm doing way too much in ACR, LAB, Photoshop adjustments layers,...