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How to Succeed as a Freelancer | Self Employment for Beginners

October 12, 2020 by John Ross

How to Succeed as a Freelancer | Self Employment for Beginners

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Running Time: 10 minutes

Unlock the keys to Self Employment for Beginners! Your Freelancer Success is finally here. This video is part 3 in the series of How To Succeed as a Freelancer. If you take the time to watch them all, I will have given you every freelancer trick that I can think of to help you thrive. From finding Clients, to keeping them coming back. Success truly is within your reach.

What are Color Profiles and Color Modes in Photoshop?

September 23, 2020 by John Ross

What are Color Profiles Photoshop? | What are Color Modes Photoshop?

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Running Time: 11 minutes

My name is John Ross from The Art of Retouching Studio. In this video I want to clear up the usual common misconceptions about Color Modes, Color Models, Color Profiles, and Color Spaces. Give me a few minutes of your time, and you will no longer be confused by it.

The base cause of this confusion stems from my research in this topic. Half the websites say one thing, and the other half say something else. Rest assured that I am a qualified professional. I’ve done my research, and this is the correct information.

What is Effective Resolution? | Resolution and Pixel Density

September 14, 2020 by Russ

What is Effective Resolution? Understanding Resolution and Pixel Density

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Running Time: 10 minutes

My name is John Ross from the Art of Retouching Studio. In this video, I'll introduce you to three important topics that are essential for working with digital images in Photoshop, and these are pixels, image size and image resolution.

Having a solid understanding of how they are related to each other is essential for getting the best results when resizing images, both for print and for the web. Let’s take a look at Image Resolution, and how you can make it work for you.

How to Succeed as a Freelancer | Self-Employment Strategies

September 1, 2020 by Russ

How to Succeed as a Freelancer - Self-Employment Strategies

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Running Time: 10 minutes

My name is John Ross with the Art of Retouching Studio. This video is part 2 in the series of How To Succeed as a Freelancer, Self-Employment Strategies. How do you handle clients who demand that you get something done at 2AM on a Sunday? What happens when retouching styles clash?

In this video, I'll be talking about how to keep yourself sane throughout your retouching career beyond Photoshop and growing your portfolio. Because working from your home office and making money isn't all about the basics of Photoshop, it's about business. This video aims to teach you real-world skills on how to handle clients the right way and on how to make things happen as a successful freelancer.

How to Succeed as a Freelancer | Freelancing Strategies

August 17, 2020 by John Ross

How to Succeed as a Freelancer - Freelancing Strategies

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Running Time: 13 minutes

The sad thing about working as a freelancer is that thanks to the word "Free", people often think that the work you do is low cost. In their mind, they are doing YOU the favor by keeping you busy, and helping you grow your portfolio so you can start making some real money.

This mindset completely undervalues your work, forcing you to spend all your time underpaid. If you could only break out of the low-cost slump through effective freelancing strategies, you might begin living a more prosperous life. The problem lies in my past belief that the price was too high; I assumed others wouldn't pay those rates. Boy, was I wrong.

8-Bit vs. 16-Bit | Bit Depth | What is Tonal Range?

August 10, 2020 by John Ross

8-Bit vs. 16-Bit - What is the Difference of 8-Bit and 16-Bit Images - Bit Depth and Tonal Range

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Running Time: 12 minutes

This Digital Fundamentals tutorial is on the difference between editing images in 8-bit color and 16-bit bit depth. While it should be obvious that 16-bit color is twice as good as the 8-bit color, it just doesn't seem that way to the naked eye. This is because humans can only see less than 10 million colors. Since 8-bit already exceeds 16 million colors, why in the world do we need to work in a bit depth that moves us into trillions of colors? Visually, they both look the same, why use the higher resolution?

This very quick Digital Fundamentals tutorial is only a few minutes long, but guarantees you will never work in the 8-bit bit depth again! With two adjustments using
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The 300 DPI Myth | What Are DPI, PPI & LPI?

August 5, 2020 by John Ross

The 300 DPI Myth | DPI, PPI, LPI | Commercial Printing for Photographers

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Running Time: 10 minutes

What is the 300 DPI Myth? What are DPI, PPI and LPI? John Ross will explain to you the differences between Dots Per Inch, Pixels Per Inch, and Lines Per Inch. You will learn how to use them to supply images for Print magazines.

In this video we are going to cover a topic that nobody ever talks about. DPI, PPI and LPI. More specifically, dots per inch, pixels per inch and lines per inch. In the magazine and advertising industry, they throw around the acronym DPI all the time. Designers and advertisers keep telling everyone “I need that image at 300 DPI”. However, more often than not, they really mean 300 PPI.

Behind The Retouching | Subtle Beauty Retouching Techniques | Advanced Photoshop #138

August 31, 2016 by John Ross

Behind The Retouching | Subtle Beauty Retouching Techniques | Advanced Photoshop #138

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Running Time: 33 minutes

It is my absolute pleasure to lead you into another in-depth look at what goes on behind the scenes in an actual photo retouching session. For issue #138 of Advanced Photoshop Magazine (almost the last, yet almost the best), we're celebrating natural beauty and all the imperfections that go along with it in this video about Subtle Beauty Retouching Techniques. I'll be reviewing my layer structure and talk about all the difficulties I had with the client and the selected stock image.

Behind The Retouching | John Ross – Heroine Composite | Advanced Photoshop #136

June 12, 2015 by John Ross

Behind The Retouching | John Ross - Heroine Composite

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Running Time: 44 minutes

Welcome to Behind the Retouching, your all-access pass to learning about what goes on in an actual photo retouching session. Everyone loves a good superhero film, and Advanced Photoshop Magazine knows that one of the best parts of the hype is the awesome movie poster.

For issue #136, it’s all about the making of a superhero. My name is John Ross, and if you’ve always wondered how the magic behind those stunning movie posters work, you’ve come to the right place.

Behind The Retouching | Camera RAW to Finished Project

April 7, 2015 by John Ross

Behind The Retouching | Camera RAW to Finished Project

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Running Time: 26 minutes

For Photoshop Creative Magazine #125, they wanted me to show what Portrait Retouching is all about. There are many different styles for portraits. Depending on what you’re working on—Studio, Beauty, or Fashion pieces—you can apply darker shades, be more gritty, use bright and soft edges, or go to town with more creative approaches. Basically, your style depends on the effect that you want your final image to have. In this photo, we’re going for a Camera RAW to Finished Project, Beauty Portrait tutorial. This means that I have to make the image model look flawless, but realistic.

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