Author: Stefan Kohler

How I shot the Photoshoper’s wet dream: A PSD room where you can control 34 different lights

Stefan Kohler

(hit play on this movie to see what this article is about, this is not a computer generated image, it’s all done in camera – see the final product here) As someone who deals with compositing on a daily basis, I foud myself in a restless state. And I don’t mean that restless state that all […]

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How to Color grade using Luminosity-Masks

Stefan Kohler

As you probably know, I am a bit obsessed with colors lately. While I was obsessively looking around and searching and asking people until they didn’t answer my requests anymore, something popped up and I have to share it because it’s simple and brilliant: Color Grading using luminosity masks. Zoë Noble just released a 10-minutes tutorial on Youtube, explaining […]

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How to Color grade using Luminosity-Masks

Stefan Kohler

As you probably know, I am a bit obsessed with colors lately. While I was obsessively looking around and searching and asking people until they didn’t answer my requests anymore, something popped up and I have to share it because it’s simple and brilliant: Color Grading using luminosity masks. Zoë Noble just released a 10-minutes tutorial on Youtube, explaining […]

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How to properly use the healing brush tool and why it needs a hard edge

Stefan Kohler

The healing brush tool in photoshop is one of more powerful tools the editing software has to offer. It is often used to clean skin, repair walls, or do any kind of work that requires repairing a texture without changing  the color and luminosity of an area. Stefan of RAW.Exchange was kind enogh to send us three […]

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Got a gazillion megapixel photo? This is how you use a “magnifying glass” to show off

Stefan Kohler

If you have a great camera and you took a great photo* there is really no way to show the resolution of that photo in the internet. Now, you may wanna ask why would you even wanna show off the resolution of such a photo, and I can think of several reasons. Potential buyers may […]

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How vanishing points work and how to apply them in photoshop for perfect perspective

Stefan Kohler

Hold on, we are going to show you what’s that weird point inside your transformation is. As most of the people who are doing image manipulation art, I find myself struggle with backgrounds – especially when it comes to creepy surreal backgrounds. I was building my own room in Photoshop – and it turned out […]

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Three tools to rule them all: How to fix anything in Photoshop with three basic tools

Stefan Kohler

I know – that title sounds a little bit like clickbaiting. This time it’s not. You don’t need a lot of fancy tools and techniques to fix the common problems in digital images (it will not help you with your taxes or wife, so the title indeed was a bit to general) Let me tell […]

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Realistic Composites does a great job at teaching you how to realistically compose

Stefan Kohler

Realistic Composites (basics) – €85.00 by Adrian Sommeling is a workshop that teaches you how to create lively, funny composits from start to finish. And when I say start, I mean from pre-planning a shoot so your photos are “composing ready”, until putting the last coloring touch on the final piece. As someone who is just starting out […]

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