PW140 - Tutorial 21, Chapter 3 - Northwest Wales Sunset

Today we complete our free photoshop video tutorial showing how we turned that badly exposed RAW file into a bright, colourful and interesting seascape. In this show we do some dodging and burning using a bitmap layer and then we use a curves layer with overlay blending mode to darken the corners as a vignette. Finally we use a neat technique for adding a lens flare to the image without the filter making a destructive edit. 

Tutorial 21, Chapter 2 - Northwest Wales Sunset

• Dodging and burning
• Vignetting
• Adding a lens flare
• Lens flare as a non-destructive edit
• Guiding the eye

PW140 - Tutorial 21, Chapter 3 - Northwest Wales Sunset

PW138 - Tutorial 21, Chapter 1 - Northwest Wales Sunset

Today we start a brand new tutorial showing how I turned a very challenging exposure into a very pleasing seascape with rich blue, purple and yellow tones using Adobe Lightroom and then Photoshop. In this episode I use colour balance and graduated filters to add the colour toning and some sky darkening. I also bring back detail in the very light and dark regions by using the fill light and recovery sliders.

Tutorial 21, Chapter 1 - Northwest Wales Sunset

• Recover lost highlight detail
• Recover lost shadow detail
• Cropping
• Creative use of white balance and tint
• Adding colour with graduated filters

PW138 - Tutorial 21, Chapter 1 - Northwest Wales Sunset