MINI TUTORIALS BY DAVID THOMASSON

denise ippolito · Apr 21, 2009

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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Dave Mills · Apr 21, 2009

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

Actually David did them!!!!

denise ippolito · Apr 21, 2009

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

Dave Mills · Apr 21, 2009

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!!