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Blueprint: Magic Blog It Board & Print It Board Photoshop Actions Shares

This week instead of sharing editing “Blueprints” I am sharing a great way to display images on the web (with the help of a few customers and fans.) The blueprint itself: “click play on the photoshop action and follow the directions as your photos almost magically insert themselves into a storyboard collage template.  A minute…

40 Top Photoshop Tips, Tricks & Tutorials from MCP Actions

Over the past year I have done many videos and shorter tips and tutorials. My readership has grown tremendously and many of you may have missed some of these. I wanted to make your lives as easy as possible and put them in one place. Here are links to 40 popular Photoshop quick tips and tricks and video…

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Recognize the Person in Today’s Before and After Blueprint?

Yep – I figured today I would subject myself to a little “Blueprint” action.  I still remember the days of getting carded and being told I look so young.  Well those days are “past tense” I think.  I am now 37 and starting to look and feel my age. Here is a photo of me before and after some…

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Blueprint – Jumping for Joy {plus send in your own blueprint}

This week’s blueprint makes me excited for Spring, where you can get outdoors and enjoy life. As always I love feedback and opinions on the editing, as every edit will not appeal to all. MCP wants your blueprints too.  If you are an MCP Actions user and want to submit your blueprint, please email it…

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8 Ways to Find “The Light” and Enhance Your Photography

Here are 8 ways to help you find better light. This is not a scientific post – these are just ways I have tried to find better light and in turn improve my photography. I hope they help many of you too.  I may do some tutorials for you to expand on these in the future.  Please make notes in the…

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MCP Blueprint – Giving Dimension and Life to This Photo

This week’s MCP Blueprint photo is one where a little “action” made a lot of difference, but where it does not have an overly processed look, as it did the past few weeks. This shot I took of this high school senior was properly exposed but lacked dimesion and vibrancy.  With a few clicks and a…

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MCP Blueprint – Oh Baby Baby – Make Me Pop

This before photo was sent in from a customer.  What a cute, fun photo. I just had to play and see what I could do with it – to make it more dramatic. Overall I loved the straight out of camera.  It just needed some more pop and depth.  Plus the colors were a little cool.…

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How to Save Time in Photoshop…

One problem with using photoshop is it can be time consuming.  There are many ways to speed up your Photoshop Workflow.  I just launched a new MCP Workshop called “Speed Editing – Edit Smarter – Get Your Life Back.”  Check it out!  But if you do not have”time” to take the workshop – below are…

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A Look at Curves in Photoshop CS4

While this is NOT a curves tutorial exactly, if you have CS4 or are considering getting it, this is a look at the Curves Adjustment Layer in the new “Adjustment Panel.” I hope you will learn a lot from this diagram I have made for you.  If you are wanting to actually learn CURVES, check…

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How to Get Both Eyes in Focus when Shooting Wide Open

This week I have been asked this same question 4 times, so I thought I would do a post to answer it for all my readers: “How do you get your eyes tack sharp and in focus when shooting WIDE OPEN? Is it in camera or your eye doctor action?” In the past few years…

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MCP Blueprint – Similar Shot – Different Conversion

Here is a similar but not matching shot to last Friday’s “Blueprint.”  I wanted to show you how you can take similar lighting and transform the photo with a different mode and look.  Which you prefer will depend largely on your style and taste.  I am more a “color gal” so I prefer the one…

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MCP Blueprint – ruined photo into something printable (why to shoot Raw)

One of my customers sent in her plays on a photo.  She actually had sent this to me to use in the All About Curves Workshop she attended.  During the workshop I explained that it was wa too blown out and overexposed – and that her only possible chance for saving it was if she…

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Wanting to Learn Photoshop? Curves, Color Pop, Color Correction – Class Times Inside

I have some openings for this coming up week’s workshops so I wanted to post here and let you know the times.  If you are interested, go under the workshops tab on the blog – to check out. Or click on the specific workshop name below. This week’s workshops are: All About Curves – March…

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Blueprints * A New Photo Makeover Segment on the MCP Blog

*** We are over 300 on comments from yesterday – I will let a few more of you get in on the fun – as I really want the feedback.  I will pick a winner for both the MCP $50 and the Huge Branding Prize from SnapBrand on Sunday.  So go comment if you have not…

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Jasmine Star Photographer Answers Your Questions

I am honored to present the answers to 10 questions submitted to Jasmine Star.  Her answers are honest and fun!  And she is such an incredible wedding photographer.   I hope you enjoy and learn from her…   I will show the reader’s question in italics and then Jasmine’s answer below it:      …

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Fix It Friday – a fun Before and After Share – with Instructions

I am a Judge and Contributor to a great site called I Heart Faces.  And every week they have a photo they send to a few people to work on a before and after shot.  I participate when I can.  This week’s edit was unique for me.  I am not usually all about the text. …

Shortcut Keys for Photoshop – A Must See – Save Time!!!

If you want to really save time when using Photoshop, there are a few things you can do. You can arrange your desktop in an efficient manner, you can learn how to make and use presets, use actions, and even batch process.  But one way to save time is to use less mouse and more quick…

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Problem Photo: One Customer’s Fix

I had to share this letter and before and after photo I received from one of my fans.  I hope it can help you with one of your problem photos. Hey Mrs. Jodi,   Here is an extreme problem photo. My batteries were running low in my sb600 so the power was half staff and the…

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Shortcut Keys in Lightroom (Edit Faster and Smarter)

Thank you again to Nathan Holritz from Photographer’s Edit. Here is a follow up to his video – a list of shortcut keys that you can use in Lightroom.

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Quick Fan Share

One of my customers, Tricia of Hayden Burns Photography, just sent me her play with the new MCP All in the Details action set.  I loved it so much, that I did a few more plays and made an example for my site from them.  Just wanted to share with all of you on the…

White Balance, Color Correction, Color Casts, OH MY!

I just got this question from a reader: “What is the best way to address color issues?  I love the photos I take but the color is always off.” The short answer…. – in camera – the single best way to address color is to do a custom white balance using a white balance card,…

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