MINI TUTORIALS BY DAVID THOMASSON

[denise ippolito]

I've posted some mini tutorials on other forums. Below are some links, just a hodge-podge of techniques, but some might find a few tricks to try.

Relighting a family portrait with s/h and hue/sat
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=31221041 (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=31221041)

Selection using Quick Select and Quick Mask
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...=1#post7090708 (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=7090708&posted=1#post7090708)

Layer mask – basic principle
http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/sho...81#post2242381 (http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/showthread.php?p=2242381#post2242381)

Skin smoothing tutorial (see page 10):
http://www.radiantpics.com/skin.pdf

About contrast:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=21228863 (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=21228863)

Blurring a background:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=23239450 (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=23239450)

Clone out a background shadow:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=21203616 (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=21203616)

Fix background shadow by copy/paste:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=21489646 (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=21489646)

Copy/paste instead of cloning:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=21489646 (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=21489646)

Building a basic edge mask for sharpening:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=22066131 (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=22066131)

Turn gray hair to black:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=21499370 (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=21499370)

Using a hue/sat adjustment layer to build a mask:
http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/sho...96#post1176596 (http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/showthread.php?p=1176596#post1176596)

Painting instead of cloning:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=21149051 (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=21149051)

Brighten skin tones with soft light:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=20717164 (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=20717164)

Fixing a blown sky with selective color:
http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/sho...69#post1231069 (http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/showthread.php?p=1231069#post1231069)

Fixing blown highlights on skin
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=30564120 (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=30564120)

Day-to-night tutorials:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...hread=18550924 (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1006&thread=18550924)
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...hread=18581140 (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1006&thread=18581140)

Links to various eye tutorials here:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=23770779 (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=23770779)

Fixing moiré with noise reduction:
http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/sho...05#post1111105 (http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/showthread.php?p=1111105#post1111105)

Making a high-key sketch:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=19116397 (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=19116397)

How to fix a Blown Sun
http://www.radiantpics.com/sunfix.pdf






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[Dave Mills]

Denise...Very,very helpful.Nice job putting these together. Will have fun checking these out....

Actually David did them!!!!

[denise ippolito]

Actually David Thomasson was very generous to put them together for us!!!

[Dave Mills]

OOps, thought you did...I pass along a thanks to David. Appreciate the tips and tutorials very much.The nice thing is you never stop learning how to do something better or easier. These links also lead to other links which are very interesting also. Thanks again David!!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

THANKS David!!!! Very kind of you to take the time and put it together for us:)

[Jackie Schuknecht]

I've done two and they are great. Well written and easy to follow. Looking forward to trying them all!!!
Thanks again David!

[Jeni Williams]

Thanks David, a great help!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Thanks David and Denise for making these so well contained and freely available for us to learn from. :)

Cheers from Down Under... .... .... ...

[Julie Kenward]

Great stuff here! Thanks David and Denise!

[Harshad Barve]

great tutorials , Thanks David & Denise