Need to unpick a seam? Learn all about seam ripping. From the tools you can use to different techniques and tips on how to seam rip. You'll also get some hacks for cleaning up all those loose threads.
Take your sewing projects to the next level using these sewing tips and tricks.
Sharpening can be a tricky adjustment to both understand and to use effectively. For portrait photographers, finding the best Lightroom sharpening settings for portraits can be even more difficult. You likely have a lot of
Must Have Craft Tips - Sewing Sharpening! These are great tips and tricks for keeping your scissors, rotary cutters and pins nice and sharp!
Above: When we sharpen women’s skin, our general goal is to keep the skin looking soft (with men it’s just the opposite — we want to see every bit of texture, every crease, every crevase, and so on). So, when we sharpen images of women, we have to take an extra step to ensure we only sharpen the details areas  (like her eyes, eyelashes, lips, edges of her nostrils, her hair, clothing, etc.) and we want to avoid sharpening her skin because sharpening there would accentuate texture and detail that we don’t want to keep soft. Luckily, Lightroom makes this super simple (as long as you know the hidden keyboard shortcut). STEP ONE: Start by going to the Detail panel (shown here) which is where Lightroom keeps its main sharpening controls). STEP TWO: Hold the Option key (PC: Alt key) down on your keyboard and click and hold on the Masking slider (as shown above) in the Detail panel. When you do this, the screen will turn solid white. This is telling you that sharpening is being applied to the entire image. We actually usually want that, of course, but not in portraits of women. STEP THREE: Now, with the Option key (PC: Alt key) still held down, start dragging that Masking slider to the right. As you do, parts of your image will turn black. Those areas are no longer being sharpened (only the white areas will be sharpened now). Take a took at the preview above and you’ll see that there are still some white spots, patches and lines on her skin, and that her hair still has lots of black in it. Our goal is to drag this masking slider far enough to the right to where only the detail edge areas are left in white (like her eyes, nostrils, eyebrows, hair, clothing, etc.) are in white, and the rest is in black. We’re not quite there yet, so keep dragging. STEP FOUR: Once we drag far enough, look at the results. Her skin areas are pretty much solid black, and that means that none of those areas are being sharpened — they’ll stay nice and soft, but her blouse, her jewelry, her eyes, lips, nostrils, hair, etc. — the parts that now appear in white), all will be sharpened. That’s it — that’s all you have to do. Once you see her skin areas have turned black, you can release the Option Key and the Masking slider, and use the Amount slider to apply as much sharpening as you’d like. Hope you find that helpful, and we’ll see ya back her tomorrow for more tips : 🙂 Best, -Scott P.S. Today we’re totally celebrating with “Cyber Monday” deals over at KelbyOne, and if you’ve ever wanted to join, today is the last day we’re offering our best deals ever (you’ll super dig out full-length, in-depth Lightroom classes). Here’s the link just in case.Â
Everyone want nice crisp images, right? But there’s a difference between “crisp” and “crispy” as you’ll learn in the video below. Photoshop offers a variety of sharpening tools, filters and techniques, and this tutorial explains the best approach for various types of photos.
Learn the best way to sharpen photos to get that WOW! factor, using the High-Pass filter in Adobe Photoshop + free Photoshop Action included!
What exactly sets the top salespeople apart from their peers? According to Stephen Harvill…the best performing salespeople have certain characteristics that set them apart:
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After reading this list of Cricut hacks, you'll be exclaiming "Why Didn't Think of That?!" Even if you have a Silhouette, you'll love this list of great tips and tricks you'll find super helpful when working with your cutting machine!
Sharpen scissors with this sharpening scissors DIY guide.
40+ Lightroom Tutorials, tips, and tricks from a variety of different sources that will help you to learn more about Lightroom and enhance your skills.
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This guide dives into a powerful non-destructive sharpening technique using Photoshop's Alpha Channels for better editing.
Learn the best way to sharpen photos to get that WOW! factor, using the High-Pass filter in Adobe Photoshop + free Photoshop Action included!
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Sharpening an image with a high-pass filter in Photoshop is a simple way to make the image pop. But what happens if you've sharpened your image and you decide you want to make a change? You'll likely have to delete your high-pass layer and start over. Unless, of course, you follow this tip from PiXimperfect's Unmesh Dinda. It happens all the time. You've applied your high-pass
The best thing you can do for your pruners (and your hands) is clean, sharpen and lubricate them for the coming season. It only takes about five minutes to get them in shape and I'm giving you a quick tutorial on how to do it.
XVerify, an Email Marketing and Validation Solution provider, recently contacted me about an infographic that they created entitled “How to Sharpen your Email Skills”. There is a lot of good information in this infographic, and it parallels much of the Email Etiquette advice and t
Learn how and when to sharpen in Lightroom including what the various sharpening sliders in the Lightroom detail panel will do to your photos.
How should you take care of your knives? Can you adequately sharpen them at home or should you leave it to the pros? What's the difference between honing and sharpening? Here's our advice!
Sharpening gives your images a bit of pop by increasing the edge contrast, but it’s easy to go too far and end up with an over-sharpened mess. In this
