
Russell Brown
About
RUSSELL BROWN is the Senior Creative Director at Adobe Systems, and an Emmy Award-winning instructor. He shares his delight in testing the creative limits of his tools, and his in-depth design knowledge and zany presentation style has won him a regular following among beginning, intermediate, and advanced users alike.
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See all articlesSharpen Focus with Photoshop’s Auto-Blend Layers
This tutorial is courtesy of the Russell Brown Show. There are times when low light or other factors make it impossible to capture a photo with a deep depth of field, yet a shallow depth of field may not yield the result you’re going for. In those situations, take several shots of the same subject […]
Get Your Portfolio on the iPad
This tutorial is courtesy of the Russell Brown Show. I’ve recorded five video tutorials that demonstrate how to move portfolio content from your computer to an iPad or other portable device. Here are some of the topics I cover in the various videos: * How to sequence images so they appear in the desired order […]
Photoshop How-To: When You Can't Cut It Out, Cover It Up
This tutorial is courtesy of the Russell Brown Show. When masking gets tough, sometimes just covering up the problem is the only solution. Photographer Scott Copeland presented me with a wedding photo that was perfect — except for the beer bottle and speaker interrupting the mood. The healing brush worked on the beer bottle, but […]
Create Amazing Digital Paintings with This Free Photoshop Filter
This tutorial is courtesy of the Russell Brown Show. Pixel Bender, a set of plug-ins that’s compatible with Photoshop CS5, includes many filters that take your images in new directions. But in this tutorial, you’ll learn how to go even further, transforming the oil paint filter beyond its stock results and creating a unique piece […]
Mask Flyaway Hair in Moments Using Photoshop
This tutorial is courtesy of the Russell Brown Show. The hardest part about masking has always been selecting areas of transition, such as flyaway hair on a portrait. The new masking tools in Photoshop CS5 are so easy to use that even novices can get impressive results: Just select a subject using the Quick Selection […]
Create Content-Aware Patterns to Fill Out Photos
This tutorial is courtesy of the Russell Brown Show. Photoshop CS5’s Content-Aware Fill feature intelligently fills in an area with texture that matches the surrounding pixels. While Content-Aware Fill is an amazing retouching tool that just about any Photoshop user can benefit from, its defaults are more successful on some photos than others. (Don’t have […]
Replace Missing Parts of a Photo in Photoshop
This tutorial is courtesy of the Russell Brown Show. Content-Aware Fill is a jaw-dropping feature, new to Photoshop CS5, that intelligently matches the lighting, tone, and noise levels of surrounding areas as you retouch a photo. But here’s one use you might not have thought of for Content-Aware Fill: filling in the empty corners that […]
Advanced HDR Editing Techniques
This content is courtesy of The Russell Brown Show. In this tutorial, I begin with the Merge to HDR command in Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended. I use it to combine seven photos shot one stop apart. The resulting high dynamic range (HDR) image looks OK, but I think it could be better: And in fact, […]
Easily Enhance Photos
This tutorial is courtesy of the Russell Brown Show. Camera Raw gives you fast and easy access to the data hidden in photos. Best of all, it comes with Photoshop! In this tutorial, I show you how to bring out the colors and the qualities of an image shot by photographer Clark Little. The original […]