All posts in Photo & Video

For all kinds of subjects, the Internet abounds with deep, detailed material. When a person is interested in something new, however, all this information can make knowing where to start pretty hard. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to produce a simple explainer video. An explainer is a “what-is” introduction . . . Read more

Creative vision and technical know-how are a given for any good video producer, but client management skills are also important for success. In this series, you’ll learn about the three main types of clients who hire for video services—The Outsourcer, The Doer, and The Designer—and how to best help them . . . Read more
If you want to shoot video successfully, you’ll need to have absolute control of camera movement. So to help you, here are three courses that will teach you how to rack focus, how to pan, and how to shoot stable video using a variety of techniques and equipment. 1. Video Production on . . . Read more

Photographers rejoiced when Adobe launched Lightroom Mobile in 2014. The ability to keep working with your Lightroom catalog away from your desk was a long-awaited extension of the popular image manager and photo-processing platform. However, many of the features that photographers loved from Lightroom were absent from the mobile app. . . . Read more

What You’ll Be Creating As companies work to build brand loyalty, product awareness, and cut down on support calls, instructional videos are becoming very popular. But to make a successful instructional video, you have to get your viewers engaged from the very start. Especially with non-professional talent, recording a natural-feeling and . . . Read more

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a colorful rainy scene featuring an emotional woman. You’ll learn how to add a colorful background using blending modes, retouch the model and take care of details, make rain using a custom brush, adjust the color, and . . . Read more

Using a telephoto lens changes the way you shoot video: there is no better way to get close-ups and cinematic looks, such as shallow depth of field. This lesson will show you how to get the most out of the long lens. Visual Effects Long lenses can be used . . . Read more

The art of color grading sometimes feels as if it’s shrouded in mystery—the secret sauce that filmmakers use to get that magic “cinematic” look. Our new course, How to Color Grade Video, lets you in on those secrets. What You’ll Learn Grading might seem a big, intimidating, costly process—and it . . . Read more

Creative vision and technical know-how are a given for any good video producer. But client management skills are also important for success. In this series, you’ll learn about the three main types of clients who hire for video services—The Outsourcer, The Doer, and The Designer—and how to best help them . . . Read more

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial you will learn how to create an amazing magic dust effect. I will try to explain everything in so much detail that everyone can create it, even those who have just opened Photoshop for the first time. The effect shown on the left . . . Read more