In this episode Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin presents the sixth installment of his series on mastering layers in Photoshop. Grumpy Ken presents the second installment of his series on the power of selections. The episode ends with a slide show from one of Doug’s recent photo shoots.

• Mastering Layers in Photoshop CS3 (Part 6)
  • Creating a displacement map
  • Using the Vanishing Point command
  • Using the Blend If option for blending layers
  • Adding a clipping mask to a layer
• The Power of Selections (Part 2)
  • Introducing the selection tools
  • Using the Marquee Selection tools
  • Using the Lasso tools
  • Using the Magic Wand tools
• A Samurai Photographer slide show

 

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In this episode Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin presents the 5th installment of his series showing you how to master layers in Photoshop. Grumpy Ken starts a series on the power of selections. The episode ends with one of Doug’s quick tutorials showing you how to get rid of sensor dust spots in Lightroom.

• Mastering Layers in Photoshop (Part 5)
  • Using layer masks to apply filters to specific parts of an image
  • Painting on a layer mask
  • Using Layer Effects
  • Using the Layer panel Fill option
  • Creating a “Glow” effect
• The Power of Selections (Part 1)
  • Introducing selections
  • Introducing the Magic Wand tool
  • Adding to and subtracting from a selection
  • Introducing the Lasso tool
  • Putting it all together
• Removing dust specks in Lightroom
  • Removing spots
  • Synchronizing your settings
  • Testing to see if you have dust on your sensor

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In this episode Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin demonstrates how to use the workflow layers action. He also present the fourth installment showing how to master layers in Photoshop.

• Using an action
  • Dodging and burning an image
  • Setting levels
  • Adjusting contrast with a curves adjustment layer
  • Using a retouch layer to remove unwamted elements from an image
• Mastering Layers in Photoshop (Part 4)
  • Placing images as Smart Objects
  • Copying and pasting Layer Styles
  • Aligning objects
  • Creating a group
  • Using Smart Filters
  • Masking Smart Filters
  • Replacing the contents of a Smart Object

Bonus:
Scroll down past the first video to see Grumpy Ken’s bonus for this episode in which he shows you his technique for extracting a subject from the background.

 

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In this episode Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin presents the third installment of his series on mastering layers in Photoshop CS3. He also offers some thoughts about being in the moment and what it can do for your photography. The episode ends with a tutorial on sharpening images and reducing noise in Camera Raw.

• Mastering Layers in Photoshop CS3
  • Using Adjustment Layers,
  • Creating layers from selections
  • Using Layer Comps
  • Exporting Layer Comps
  • Layer Comps PDF
• Being in the moment
  • Focusing on your subject
  • Ignoring distractions
• Camera Raw
  • Sharpening images
  • Reducing noise
• Blurb Photo Book Contest

 

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In this episode, Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin presents the second part of his series on layers. Grumpy Ken shows he usese layers in his workflow and how he automates the workflow by creating an action to create the layers he regularly uses.

• Mastering Layers ( Part 2)
  • Using blank layers to retouch and enhance images.
  • Using blend modes and layer opacity.
  • Creating Smart Objects
  • Creating a new image from a layer
• Workflow Layers
  • Creating an action to automate the creation of workflow layers.
  • Using Workflow layers
  • Adjustment layers

 

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In this episode Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin presents the first installment of his series that shows you how to master layers in Photoshop. He also shows you how the pros dodge and burn their images.

• Mastering Layers in Photoshop
  • Introducing layers
  • Creating duplicate layers
  • Creating blank layers
  • Introducing Blend modes
  • Introducing layer masks
  • Creating layer groups
• LensBaby Inspiration
  • Slideshow
  • Shooting from the hip
• Dodging and Burning done right

 

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In this episode Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin discusses ways to find new places to shoot, shows you how to create a slideshow in Lightroom, and shows you how to get creative in the Lightroom Develop Module.

• Discovering new places to photograph
• Creating a PDF slide show in Photoshop Lightroom
  • Creating a Quick Collection
  • Sorting your images
  • Creating a custom slide show
  • Saving a custom slide show preset
  • Exporting the slide show
• Getting Creative in the Photoshop Lightroom Develop Module
  • Making an image pop with the HSL tab
  • Using Vibrance, Clarity and Saturation
  • Using Split Toning
  • Saving a custom preset

 

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In this episode, Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin discusses compostion. Grumpy Ken discusses features you should look for when buying a tripod. Doug shows a quick technique for adding contrast to a photo.

• Composing your photos
  • Landscape or Portrait mode
  • Placing the horizon line
  • Rule of Thirds
  • Asymmetrical composition
  • Using patterns in your composition
  • Framing your subject
  • Point of view
• Tripods
  • Features to look for when buying a tripod
  • Tabletop tripods
  • Gorillapod
• Adding contrast to images
  • Curves adjustment layer
  • Creating an action to add contrast

 

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In this episode, Grumpy Ken offers some sage advice for photographing portraits. Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin introduces you to Smart Objects, and shows how to create a gallery wrap for a poster size print.

• Portrait Photography
  • Choosing a background
  • Posing
  • Communicating with the subject
• Introducing Smart Objects
  • Creating Smart Objects
  • Using Smart Filters
  • Editing Smart Objects
  • Creating templates with Smart Objects
• Creating a Poster Gallery Wrap

 

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In this episode, Samurai Photograph Doug Sahlin presents the final installment of his series on image retouching. There’s also information about a new offering from Blurb, which is undoubtedly the great bargain in self publishing on the planet. Doug also discusses ways to find great landscapes to photograph that are near your home. 

•  A new book offering from Blurb
• Image retouching - Part 5
  • Glamour glow
  • Convert an image to black and white with an Action
  • Download the Gorman B&W conversion Action
  • Edtiing a layer mask
  • Selective color
• Finding great landscapes to photograph near your home
  • Morris Bridge Wilderness
  • Shooting digital infrared images
  • Lifepixel’s web site

 

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