Color is an essential element of design, therefore also an essential element of your visual brand. Whether you are a graphic designer yourself, or you are paying a designer your brands visual identity; picking color palettes can be a complicated process. Thankfully, there are a variety of color palette tools, apps, and resources to help you with this process. Below I’ve created a list of free and powerful color palette  tools that will help you decide the best color scheme for your brand or design project.   Web Apps: Adobe Color Adobe Color, formerly known as Adobe K ..read more

Image cropping Composition is very important in photography, it helps determine the focus and emotion of the image. Most photo editing programs (including photo editing mobile apps) allow you crop your images.    Cropping in Adobe Photoshop     Straightening Don’t you hate when you snap an image, and realize its slightly crooked later? This is easily fixed by straightening/rotating your image. Just like cropping most photo editing programs allow you to straighten your image. In programs like Photoshop, you’re usually able to straighten with the crop tool. Some mobile apps ..read more

Changing eye color is a simple Photoshop trick I think almost everyone who touches Photoshop should learn. There could be multiple reasons for changing eye color in Photoshop, but I commonly do this for creative projects. In, this tutorial I will walk you through the quick and simple steps of changing eye color in Adobe Photoshop. There is a video tutorial and written tutorial to help you along below. You can follow along using the same image I used by Alexandru Zdrobău or you can use your own. Download this image here. Make sure you LIKE and SHARE my video tutorial with your Facebook fr ..read more

Isn't annoying when everything about your photo is perfect, except this annoying area of color that has the project onto a person or object in your photo. These colors normally come from bouncing off another colored object or light source in the room. Sometimes these bounced colors can add a cool look to a photo. This is why some photographers use photo gels on top of studio lights to add a nice color rim to an image. Other times these colors can be an eyesore to a great image, that you'll desperately want to remove. So in this tutorial, I will show you a simple and quick way to remove these ..read more

In this super easy tutorial, I will show you the step by step process to creating a 3D effect for your images in Adobe Photoshop. This can make an awesome effect for your creative projects. You can follow along with your own image, or use the image I used for the tutorial. You can download it here.  1. Open an image in Photoshop 2. Duplicate Background Layer Duplicate by right clicking the background and selecting Duplicate. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Cmd+J to duplicate.  3. Select the Duplicate Layer and open Layer styles. Open the Layer Style panel by double-clicking t ..read more

  Collage templates can be super useful for so many different types of projects. Whether you're wanting to create a photo collage or moodboard, a collage template can make your workflow easy and quick. But how do you create one? In this post I will walk you through how to create a simple collage template in Adobe Photoshop.   There a multiple ways you can create a collage template in Photoshop. I'll show you two ways I create templates: Layer Group Method & Shape Tool Method. I prefer using Layer Groups because it helps maintain an organized workflow. However ..read more

Adobe Lightroom is a powerful photo editing tool that every photographer of every skill level should take advantage of. However, this program can be a little tricky to learn if you are not familiar with photo editing programs altogether. But with so many resources online, where do you start with learning such a program? Well, you can start with this list of easy Adobe Lightroom tutorials for beginners.  Introduction to Lightroom’s Library Module This tutorial is an introduction to Lightroom's Library Module. Here you will find a break down of each section of this module essential to ..read more

With Adobe Photoshop being such a complex program, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by all the features that you may feel you need to learn right away. It helps to have a simplified guide of the essential things you should learn in Photoshop, which is what Nathaniel Dodson of Tutvid shares in this video.  This video is broken down into 15 parts: 1. Working with the UI and saving Workspaces Understanding the Photoshop interface can be a little intimidating initially, especially if you're not familiar with design programs. However, once you get used to the interface Photoshop becomes much eas ..read more

If you like vintage film looking photos then this is the tutorial for you. In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a Vintage Grain Effect in Adobe Photoshop. This tutorial is fairly simple if you have some familiarity with Photoshop interface and tools. I will begin this tutorial with created a grainy layer with the Noise Filter, creating a Matte Effect with the Curves Adjustment Layer, and creating vintage color tones with the Color Balance Adjustment Layer. So let's get started! 1. Open Your Image I used this image from Unsplash by Tatiana Lapina. You can download it here.  2 ..read more

Adobe Photoshop CC is a powerful program, with tons of features that allow you so much control over your photos. I know, exciting right? But wait, you gotta crawl before you walk. There are some essential skills and tools you should learn before digging into hidden Photoshop’s powers. Here are some great Photoshop tutorials that will kickstart your Photoshop skills.  Interface and Tools Photoshop’s interface can be pretty overwhelming on the first time opening it. These tutorials will help you understand how to navigate and make the best out of Photoshop’s interface and tools.  Basi ..read more