Did you ever scan a photo or some film negatives on a flatbed or film scanner, only to realize that the image is covered in pieces of dust, pet hair, or lint?  Or maybe you photographed a closeup of an object only to find a bunch of obvious dust or scratches that were not very noticeable to the eye beforehand?  This Photoshop tutorial by the late Bob Mizerek will show you how to Photoshop out dust and scratches in a jiffy using this simple technique.

While the standard dust and scratches removal feature in Photoshop may be enough, you might find that many times that it takes away too much quality from the original image.  Using Bob’s method (as seen in the youtube video above) you will learn that dust removal can be a lot more selective using layers and masking; therefore preserving the important parts of the image, and all of its important details.

Here is a new amazing photography website that helps anyone learn how to light.  Ever look at a photo and wonder, “I wonder what type of lighting setup they used?”.  Well, now there’s a website (and an app) for that.  Strobox is an entire website dedicated to the behind the scenes setups of each and ever image submitted.Here is a stock photo I had shot, along with the lighting diagram I just posted.  It took me a total of about 2 minutes to make the diagram and post.  I’m definitely going to be bookmarking this website for those days when I just feel dull, and need some strobist lighting inspiration.

Here Bob (“The Miz”) shows us how easy it is with just a few steps to remove color cast issues that might have happened in your images.  Make sure to subscribe to our youtube channel for more step-by-step, easy-to-follow Photoshop video tutorials!

Have you ever taken a photograph of someone near a brightly colored wall, object, or in a certain environment; only to realize there has been a terrible colorcast on the subject?  This happens a lot.  The white balance isn’t always the issue, but more so what the light is reflecting off of.  Taking photographs of someone in the grass on a sunny day can many times make them have a slight greenish hue in their skin tones. Using some simple color range selections, and curves adjustment techniques, you can easily remove color cast issues using this simple technique that Bob Mizerek demonstrates in this video tutorial.

Want to learn how to crate and use actions in Adobe Photoshop?  Maybe you’ve heard about it, or tried it in the past, only to find yourself getting stuck or held up at a certain point?  This tutorial is for you.  It will walk you through the basics of how to record an action and then how to use it in your post processing workflow.  Tutorial by the one and only Bob Mizerek.

Cross processing is a technique where you either have the same image, shot on a tripod, captured with multiple exposures. Or, cross-processing can also be done by creating mutltiple exposure levels in post, using an original RAW file.  Here, Bob Mizerek gives us a peek inside his personal workflow to see how he took a landscape photo of a forest from dull to spectacular by cross-processing the image.

Here is a Photoshop tutorial by Bob Mizerek which shows you how to move layer masks; no matter which version of Photoshop you have.

This video tutorial shows you a few different ways in which you can select parts of your image for isolation using Adobe Photoshop.  Tutorial by the late Bob Mizerek.  Comment, share, and subscribe to our YouTube channel for many more tuts and creative goodness.

Selectively highlighting parts of your photographs is made easy, using the methods taught in this free quality Photoshop tutorial by Robert Mizerek.  Put it in HD mode, and watch it full screen.  The best part about this method, is because it gives you the freedom to selectively accentuate certain parts of your image.  Less is more, many times.  Comment / share / subscribe to our youtube channel for more.

Here Bob takes a nature / landscape photograph and shows us how to really bring it to life even further using Adobe Photoshop.

All you ever needed to know about the quick selection tool in adobe photoshop – here is an easy tutorial to help you figure out how to handle it.  Making selections is one of the most important skills to master in Photoshop.  This is just one method for quick selections that you might find a good use for, depending on the image or graphic you’re working with.  I find it’s sometimes a nice alternative to the magic wand or magnetic lasso tools.  Watch it in 720 HD at full screen, and have fun listening to me babbling like I just drank 5 coffees (maybe I had; I can’t remember).

Here is a Photoshop tutorial I recently made for OnlineWebMarket.net showing how to use the define pattern feature in order to create seamless textures and seamlessly tileable graphics.  I post a lot of tutorials narrated by other people, but this time the voice you’re hearing is my own. This is a quick demonstration on how easy it is to create a metallic mesh or grille texture that you can use as a background or a design element.  In just a few simple steps, you can use this easy to learn technique to create all sorts of backgrounds and backdrops.  Whether you need a fresh twitter background, a texture for your website, or even something high-resolution, this is a great technique to learn and know.

Cycling through blending modes can be a pain if you’re doing it one at a time with the mouse.  I quickly discovered clicking on the list, and then using the up and down arrows on the keyboard.  This method is even easier, using the shift and plus minus keyboard shortcuts.  Enjoy! I’ll have to remember to start breaking my old habits, and use this way myself.

In this tutorial, we learn how to make a simple selection using the lasso and magic wand tools in Adobe Photoshop. After making the selection, Bob shows how to clean it up with masking, using the quick mask mode. Later, the actual color of the gumdrop candy is actually adjusted in the hue / saturation dialog box. Yes, this is just one of many ways to adjust color of an object in a photo, selectively. If you get adventurous, try also playing around with “select color range” as an added selection option. The “replace color” feature is also a pretty valuable resource, when used properly. Each of these techniques can be done very wrong, if the details are overlooked. Be careful to watch surrounding color casts. If a green object is casting red, it’s just not going to look all that real.

Here is a simple to follow tutorial on how to use levels adjustments layers in Adobe Photoshop to change the lighting in a photo in post processing.  This photo of the trees in a forest is a great candidate for this technique.  Bob also shows how to work with basic selections and layer masks, in addition to the levels controls.  Another method taught here is how to apply a photo filter in Photoshop to warm up the tones of certain areas of the image.

Here is part 2 of 2 of the exploding bits and pieces Photoshop tutorial continued from yesterday’s post.  This is how you can make any object or selection fragmented into tiny shards or chunks and make them look like they’re bursting apart from the original object as tiny, separate pieces. Here the final touches are added, and you can see how to push this effect to even further realism using basic techniques. Tutorial by the late Bob Mizerek.

This an online seminar I’ve been looking forward to. #CreativeLIVE has been broadcasting some free live workshops (available for purchase after the original airdate) for a while now. I just thought it was worth mentioning that today was going to be Jeremy Cowart’s turn, offering a workshop on Experimental Portraiture. Jeremy is a dude you might be familiar with. He is the photographer that started Help Portrait. Watching his live interview the other day with Chase Jarvis on Chase Jarvis Live, we learned about how he has a background in graphic design, later making the switch to full time photography (I can definitely relate to that). Pass this along to a friend – I’m sure they would appreciate it. The live broadcast starts at 10:00 am PST.

Creative Live really is a great resource for creatives of all kinds.  They cover classes on photography, Photoshop techniques, web development, application development, and more.  Check out the course calendar and make sure you enroll for the upcoming classes you’re interested in.  If you don’t work for yourself, then you might just be able to convince you boss to let you get away from your daily workload in the office.  Once they hear that it’s free, how can they say no!?

Sometime I just let these play in the background, and I listen is as I work.  You just might pick up a few new ideas or tidbits that you will find helpful to apply in your own stuff.

UPDATE: Be sure to also “tune in” today, 12/03/10 for part 2 of the workshop.  Yesterday Jeremy did a lot of experimental studio portraiture, some Q&A, and plenty of critiques.  You can also chat about what is going on with all of the other viewers, which is pretty cool.  It lets you interact live with what is going on, and even possibly allows you to get a question in for Jeremy to answer live.

This is a short video tutorial by The Miz on how you can very easily set up a rule of thirds grid for your designs and images in Photoshop.  Composition is important in effective imagery, and this grid will definitely help you in both your design work layouts, as well as in your photo cropping in post-production.  The newer versions of Photoshop also have a “rule of thirds” grid automatically when you select the entire canvas using the crop tool.