In this episode, Samurai Photographer Doug Sahlin presents the first installment of his new series, Fun with Filters. He also offers some thoughts on creativity.

• Fun with Filters (Part 1)
  • Introducing Filters
  • Managing 3rd Party Filters
  • Fading a filter
  • Using the Radial Blur filter
  • Drawing Attention to a Subject with the Lighting Effects filter
  • Simulating a Zoom Blur effect with the Radial Blur filter
  • Creating a Soft Focus effect wtih the Gaussian Blur Filter
• Creativity
  • Leonardo Da Vinci on creativity and art
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson on blazing a trail

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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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