In this episode, Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin shows you a techinque he calls “Drive By Shooting.” He also shows you how to tweak the resulting images in Photoshop.

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In this episode, Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin shows you how to create artistic images in Photoshop using textures, layers, and blend modes.

In This Episode:

• CG Textures web site: CG Textures
• Tweaking a texture
• Adding a layer
• Upsizing Image Tutorial click here: Upsizing Image

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• Changing blend modes
• Adding a solid color overlay

In this episode, Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin continues his tutorial on creating photo books, showing you how to create a full page spread with four images. He also shows you how to create an action to add photos to the page.

In This Episode

• Exploring MPIX Pro
• MPIX Pro Website
• Creating Photo Books
  • Using guides
  • Creating placeholders
  • Cropping in Lightroom
  • Open Lightroom image as Smart Object in Photoshop
  • Create an action

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In this episode, Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin continues his tutorial on creating photo books, showing you how to create a full page spread.

In This Episode:

• Creating a Photo Book
  • Creating a full page spread
  • Duplicating a layer
  • Transforming a layer
  • Creating an action

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In this episode, Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin explores online sources for creating photo books. He also shows you his workflow for creating a photo book.

In This Episode:

• Photo Boook Sources
  • Shutterfly
  • Lulu
  • Blurb
• Creating a Photo Book
  • Finding and organizing your images in Lightroom 2
  • Opening the image as a Smart Object in Photoshop
  • Creating a Front Cover
  • Creating an Inside Front Cover

This tutorial will be continued in the next episode of Pixelicious.

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In this episode, Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin shows you how he creates abstract images in Photoshop.

In This Episode:

• Creating Abstract Images in Photoshop
  • Creating Layers
  • Using filters
  • Changing layer blend modes
  • Changing layer opacity
  • Using Adjustment Layers
• KPT Filters
• MPIX

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In this episode, Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin explores the Lightroom 2 Finder panel. He also takes a trip to Adobe Labs and installs the Configurator for Photoshop CS4.

In this episode:

• Adobe Labs
• To download Adobe Configurator, click here: Download
• Using Configurator
• Photoshop Lightroom 2
  • Using the Filter Panel
  • Find images using keywords as filters
  • Find images using metadata as filters

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In this episode, Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin share some tips for organizing your Lightroom catalog. He also shows you how to resuce a mediocre image in Photoshop.

• Organizing Your Lightroom Catalog
  • Naming folders
  • Metadata Template
  • Keywords
  • Keyword Painter
• Rescuing a Mediocre Image in Photoshop
  • Converting an image to LAB Mode
  • Using the Apply Image command
• Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk
• Photo walk website

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In thie episode, Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin completes the tutorial on workflow from Lightroom to Photoshop. He adds artistic touches to the image and prepares it for gallery presentation. He also discusses a great new book he’s reading and tells you about some of his wildlife photography adventures.

In This Episode:

• Within The Frame by David DuChemin
  • To download a sample chapter, click here: Within the Frame CH 01
• Wildlife Photography
  • For more information about the Tamron lens, click here: Tamron 200-500mm
• Photoshop Magic
  • Creating a new layer
  • Working with filters
  • Adding a layer style
  • Extending the canvas
  • Using the Text tool
  • Aligning layers

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In this episode, Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin continues his exploration of Photomatix software, highlighting the Photoshop Tone Mapping plug-in and the Lightroom Photomatix plugin. He also shows you how to make tone mapped images pop with NIK Multimedia Color Efex Pro 3.0 filters.

In This Episode:

• Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk. For more photo walk information, click here: Worldwide Photo Walk
• Photoshop Photomatix Tone Mapping Plug-in
• NIK Multimedia Color Efex Pro 3.0 Filters
  • Bleach Bypass Filter
  • Tonal Contrast Filter
• Curves Adjustment Layer
• Lightroom Photomatix Plug-in
• NIK Multimedia Color Efex Pro 3.0 in Lightroom
• Click here for more information about Photomatix: Photomatix
• Click here for more information about NIK Multimedia Products: NIK Multimedia

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