Cross-processing with Curves tutorial

Quick tutorial showing you how curves works with the hand selection tool and saving the process as a preset so you can apply it to any image.

http://www.vimeo.com/user2338241/videos

Cross processing with Curves from David Johnson on Vimeo.

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The portrait was shot with a Nikon D700, Nikon R1-C1 flash system and a Nikkor 105 VR f2.8
Once you've saved this cross process technique as a preset you can apply it to any of your images in a flash, why not record more than one preset??? Remember the preset still has the flexibilty of a normal curves adjustment layer, use it in conjunction with the hand selection tool

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Welcome to 121 Photoshop, I'm David but if you're an internet follower of mine you might know me better as Manky Maxblack. I hope you've managed to have a look at some of my online tutorials at Vimeo from the link above. They'll soon be HD and I will post information once they are up and running.

Here's a shot from one of my web contacts Andy Benedetti who used my set of Motion Blur tutorials to create this stunning image that was Number 1 in Explore on Flickr



http://www.flickr.com/photos/abenedetti/4268774652/in/photostream

So, you're probably asking, how does this work? This is Photoshop for Photographers,if you want to learn about Web design and Painting this won't be for you.

I'll be posting tutorials on here and links to Vimeo and Screencast and giving you a breakdown of how to use each tutorial. If you use Photoshop already you've probably discovered that there is usually more than one way of acheiving similar results, if you look at my Black and White tutorials I've posted 11 methods....there are probably more, it goes to show you the flexibity and power in Adobe Photoshop.