If you’ve been to Faded+Blurred before, you know that RadLab is one of our favorite Photoshop plugins. In fact, it’s become our goto plugin on a variety of different projects, both personal an Read More

One of my favorite shows on television at the moment is Fringe, which is odd, since I really couldn’t get into the first couple episodes. Anyway, the first episode of season four aired last week and Read More

In our previous Photoshop tutorial, I showed you how to create a realistic frame and matte, using gradients and drop shadows. In this tutorial, we’re going to continue with drop shadows, only this t Read More

In this video tutorial, we’re going to look at how subtle details can have a dramatic overall impact on the outcome of a photograph. To illustrate this, we’re going to be using Photoshop CS5 t Read More

Do you use the Unsharp Mask Tool in Photoshop to sharpen your images? After watching this tutorial, you may never use it the same way again. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to recreate the Mask Read More

The idea from this Photoshop Elements 9 tutorial came from a member of our local photo club who asked for help with one of his images. The aircraft in his photo looks great, but the sky has been blown out Read More

One of the advantages to shooting in RAW is the inherent flexibility you get by capturing the raw image data to your camera’s sensor. Things like adjusting white balance or even making adjustments t Read More

Duo tones and split tones can be much more dramatic and rich than a straight black & white photograph. In this tutorial, I’ll show you techniques for creating duo tones and split tones in Photos Read More

In the previous video tutorial, I showed you a technique to non-destructively dodge and burn your photos using blend modes. In this Photoshop Elements 9 tutorial, I’m going to demonstrate how to use Read More

Shooter extraordinaire and friend of F&B, Patrick Shipstad is back with a rocking new tutorial. This time, Patrick shows you how to create a super-clean, super-glam portrait shoot. He takes you through Read More

In this video tutorial, I’ll show you how to non-destructively dodge & burn your photographs using Photoshop Elements 9. First, what do I mean by non-destructive and why do you need it? Using th Read More

A couple of weeks ago, we posted an article to the blog called “Just Add Texture”, where Nikki showed how she uses texture layers to create a vintage or even a grunge feel to some of her photo Read More

One of the keys to mastering Photoshop is to establish an efficient workflow that enables you to move about the interface quickly. In this video tutorial, I’ll show you 10 quick tips and shortcuts t Read More

I got a chance to test out my new Lensbaby Composer lens and I gotta say it was a lot of fun! It had to be the right project for the effect I knew I’d get from it. So before I started twisting the l Read More

Learn how to create a simple “Auto Tone” preset in Lightroom. This preset is a real timesaver, especially when you are processing a lot of images. It looks at each image and applies unique v Read More