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

Selection using Quick Select and Quick Mask
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...=1#post7090708

Layer mask – basic principle
http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/sho...81#post2242381

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

About contrast:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=21228863

Blurring a background:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=23239450

Clone out a background shadow:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=21203616

Fix background shadow by copy/paste:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=21489646

Copy/paste instead of cloning:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=21489646

Building a basic edge mask for sharpening:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=22066131

Turn gray hair to black:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=21499370

Using a hue/sat adjustment layer to build a mask:
http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/sho...96#post1176596

Painting instead of cloning:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=21149051

Brighten skin tones with soft light:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=20717164

Fixing a blown sky with selective color:
http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/sho...69#post1231069

Fixing blown highlights on skin
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=30564120

Day-to-night tutorials:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...hread=18550924
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...hread=18581140

Links to various eye tutorials here:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=23770779

Fixing moiré with noise reduction:
http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/sho...05#post1111105

Making a high-key sketch:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=19116397

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






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