Adjustment Layers

Master Color Gradients in Photoshop Without Destroying Your Subject's Skin Tone
Video Tutorials

Master Color Gradients in Photoshop Without Destroying Your Subject's Skin Tone

The Problem Nobody Talks About Here’s something that happens to Photoshop users constantly: you try to change the color of someone’s clothing and suddenly their face looks like they’ve been in a tanning booth accident. It’s because Photoshop’s color tools are too good at finding every instance of a color—including the ones you didn’t want to touch. In this excellent tutorial, Aaron Nace (PHLEARN) shows us how to surgically recolor specific objects while keeping skin tones looking natural.

Blend Modes: Stop Using Normal Mode Like a Caveman
Techniques

Blend Modes: Stop Using Normal Mode Like a Caveman

Blend Modes: Stop Using Normal Mode Like a Caveman Look, I get it. Blend modes seem intimidating. There are like 27 of them, they have weird names like “Overlay” and “Soft Light,” and nobody’s really explained what they actually do in plain English. So you’ve been sticking with Normal mode, layering stuff on top, and adjusting opacity until things look vaguely correct. We need to fix that. Right now. Here’s the truth: blend modes are just math formulas that tell Photoshop how to combine two layers together.