I am planning to record new series of tutorials:
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Astropad with iPad Pro and Apple Pencil
I have been using the full version of Adobe Photoshop CC on my iPad Pro using Apple Pencil via the Astropad App for the past few days. The application that helps me to operate Adobe Photoshop CC on my iPad Pro is Astropad. Astropad costs $19.99 and for this very LOW price I am able to work on ANY project using my Adobe Photoshop CC full version on my iPad Pro from ANYWHERE at my home or studio.
Today I tried digital painting in Adobe Photoshop CC on my iPad Pro using the Mixer Brush Tool and Apple Pencil (a pressure sensitive stylus). I am extremely pleased with how Astropad performs. No lag! My brush strokes remans same (real-time), I don’t need to change anything in my technique. I want to point out that all the colors displayed on in Adobe Photoshop CC using Astropad are absolutely the same to my eyes.
Another BIG plus with Astropad is that I don’t need to look at my monitor during my painting. So the digital painting experience using iPad Pro and Apple Pencil in combination with the full version of Adobe Photoshop CC is ABSOLUTELY identical to traditional painting using canvas, paper and your favorite brush or pencil (My iPad Pro and Apple Pencil review is posted here) .
Now when I travel I will not take with me my medium Wacom Intuos tablet because I always travel with my iPad Pro. My iPad Pro has all my favorite mobile applications like Adobe Photoshop Sketch, Adobe Photoshop Fix, Adobe Photoshop Mix and many more Adobe mobile apps. So why would I need to carry my Wacom tablet with me anymore? I don’t.
I’ve been asked many time which apps and equipment I use in my studio or when i am travel. So I decided to put together my studio equipment list and on the go kit.
Studio kit:
Adobe Creative Cloud Full plan
iMac
Wacom Intuos
iPad
Adobe ink
Nikon D600
Westcott Rapid Box
Wescott Eyelighter
Tripod
iPhone 6 Plus
Microphone
Easel
Arkon_Mount TWBroadcaster
On to go kit:
Adobe Creative Cloud Full plan
MacBook Pro
Wacom Intuos
iPad
iPhone
Adobe Ink & Slide
Nikon D600
Westcott LED
Tripod
Arkon_Mount RM179
My Help To Go service
My Help To Go service offers help with any of your design and photography projects. If you want a second opinion, or you’re just not sure if you are in a rough patch I can help you. This is a one-on-one online consultation. You can choose between half hour and one hour consultation.
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I will show how to create Impressionist brush from Acrylic Paint to Adobe Photoshop using Adobe Brush.
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a Zombie image in Adobe Photoshop
1: Create a new document
2: Open the image you would like to use as a background image. I am using image I downloaded from Dollar Photo Club.
Select > All > Edit > Copy > Highlight your new document > Edit > Paste
3: Open your Zombie image. I am using image I downloaded from Dollar Photo Club.
4: Using Rectangular Marquee Tool select your Zombie
5: Edit > Copy > Highlight your document > Edit > Paste
6: Select > Focus Area > Remove the white background around your Zombie
7 : Resize and move your Zombie
8: Highlight the background layer
9: Adjustments Layer > Exposure
10: Adjustments Layer > Vibrance
11:Highlight your Zombie layer
12: Adjustments Layer > Vibrance
13: Duplicate Zombie layer ( “Zombie copy” layer) and move this layer under your Zombie layer
14: Edit > Transform > Distort
15: Image > Adjustments > Levels
16: Filter > Gaussian Blur Radius = 28.9 Pixels
17: Make Zombie copy Layer opacity = 54%
18: Merge all visible layers
19: Duplicate Zombie copy layer > Filter > Camera Raw Filter > Dehaze filter . Make Dehaze -29, Grain: Amount =6, Size =25, Roundness =50. Click OK and make layer opacity = 59
20: Add a new layer with white color on it > Filter > Render > Fibers
21: Magic Wand Tool > Select the Layer ( simply drag the Magic Wand Tool from the left top corner to the right bottom corner ) > Delete > Select > Deselect >Image > Adjustments > Levels
22: Filter > Blur > Motion Blur
23: Image > Free Transform > Resize the rain layer
24: Make rain layer opacity = 27 > Adjustments > Curve
25: Merge All visible layers.
Duplicate this layer
26: Filter > Render > Lens Flare
27: Click OK and make a layer opacity = 47% > Add a layer mack > Erase left bottom corner of your lens flare layer ( top layer)
28: Adjustments > Color Lookup > LateSunset.3DL > Layer Opacity =31
This year I went to a local park for a 4th of July fireworks display. I pretty much got some nice images using my Nikon and Terry White’s firework shooting settings. But it doesn’t matter how good your settings are we still cant avoid the smoke in our fireworks pictures. Thanks to the Dehaze effect in Adobe Lightroom CC I can remove the smoke from my pictures in a second simply moving Dehaze effect slider to the right. Moving Dehaze slider to the right from 0 to +100 you are removing haze/smoke from your pictures. Moving the Dehaze effect slider from 0 to -100 you can add a haze effect to your pictures.
See it in action here:
Click on + icon
Click on Camera Roll icon
Choose your first ( and it will be our background ) image
Resize your image
Adjust > Exposure ( move exposure’s slider all way to the left to apply the Night Time Effect to our background layer)
Click on the second layer icon and add your second image
Click on Cut Out icon. Now we need to remove the Moon’s background.
Resize the Moon’s size
Adjust > Exposure ( move exposure’s slide to the left to make the moon darker )
Holding the Moon Layers move this layer over our Background layer
Now we have another “empty” layer. Click on the “empty” layer and chose the robot image
Cut Out > Remove Robot’s image background
Adjust > Exposure > Move Exposure slider to the left to make robot image absolutely dark
Holding Robot Layer icon move this layer over our First layer
Click on Looks icon > Natural + look
Adjust > Saturation > Move slider to the left
Send to Photoshop > Your image is Stored in your Creative Cloud Photoshop Folder
Open your Photoshop Mix image in Photoshop
Adobe Paper Texture Pro
Chose any paper texture you like to work with > Image > Adjustment > Vibrance
Make Layer opacity = 67% > Gradient Tool ( with opacity = 18% )
Apply mask to highlight the moon and robot
Adjustment Layers > Exposure
Last week I was in Paris and Milan. I was visiting Louvre in Paris and the Leonardo Da Vinci exhibit in Milan. As usual people from around the world were attending those museums. But what surprised and made me sad was that many of people were not interested in art in general. They were standing in a line for tickets in Louvre about 1-2 hours and what they were interested in more was a selfie. I am a big fan of social media but I truly believe when you are next to the Mona Lisa you must (at least) have one quick (one second) look at the Mona Lisa and after that you can turn your back to the most beautiful peace of art to take a selfie. I can understand three languages and I heard from the people around me: “I have my selfie for Facebook or Instagram. Now we can go” AND THEY DID NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE MONA LISA AT ALL!!! People who came to museum to see art were very upset, they had trouble to get close to the art to see it because of all the people with phones.
It was the same in Milan. At the Leonardo da Vinci exhibit they do not allow you to take any pictures of the art and signs were posted everywhere, but it did not help. People were sneaking photos of the art and did not care that they were damaging it with their camera’s flash.
OK if you want to use your phone you can use it in a good way using an Adobe app. Using Adobe Shape CCor Adobe Color CC, you can capture the art you want to and after that you can create illustrations, for example a coloring book/page for your children to educate them.
You can create your own art from the shape you created with Adobe Shape CC using Adobe Photoshop or illustrator. With Adobe mobile apps we have new ways to use our smartphones and I really hope that people will stop turning their back to the art to have a selfie and will start using their smartphones to create something what will last forever.
