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Visualization Tutorials

Below is a list of tutorials that I have developed over the years. They are organized into four categories: Fundamentals, Styles & Effects, Final Moves, and Other Tutorials. If you are new to this site, perhaps start with my “Getting Started” tutorial first.

Fundamentals

focus on the essentials such as adding people, landscape, and other basics

Getting Started Composing an Image PSD Layer Management Tips for a Perfect Sky Adding People Sold out Crowd Interior Elevations Interior (Pool Rendering) Exterior Elevations Water Reflections Adding Grass Landscape 2 Quick Sections Site Plan Site Plan 2 Window Light Cutting out objects Ambient Occlusion Repeating Trees

 

Aerial Trees Break Down Desert Night Tutorial: Part 1 Managing Diagrams in Photoshop Cutout People 2017 Oblique Floor Plans SMART OBJECTS INTRO Composing Your Perspectives Cliff Retreat Moments: Part 2: Material ID and Masks The Big Picture: Beginners Guide Floor Plan Study 6 Tips for a Perfect Sky V-Ray Settings Overview Inspiration Day to Night: All Photoshop Photoshop Layer Management Favorite Architectural Cutout and Texture Resources Avoiding Repeating Trees Portfolio Upgrade: Part 2 Painting Light: Exterior Glass Exterior Elevation: Shadow Tweaking MIT Site Plans and Diagrams Porter Sq. Section Porter Sq. Station: Existing Conditions Typography Part 2 Desert Abstract Interior Studies Desert House Vignettes Winter Special #6 Philly Diagram Study Lab Section Studies Exploded Axon Part 2 No-Render Quick Collage Some Thoughts on Texture Breaking Up Edges Using Masks X-Ray Experimenting Continued Winter Special #3: Final Cranbrook Rerndering Rendering Breakdown: Radial Blur Cranbrook Project: Interior Illustration X-Ray Illustration: Part 2 Digital Quilling Urban Abstract Illustration Styles & Effects

Fast tips that I typically apply towards the end of illustrations. These tutorials take seconds, but can dramatically change an image.

Xray Snow Wet Street Sketch Look Frosted Glass Stainless Steel Painted Look Blueprint Digital Quilling Urban Abstract Abstract 1 Abstract 2 Exploded Axon Plan Oblique Radial Blur Collage Rasterbator HDR

Final Moves

Fast tips that I typically apply towards the end of illustrations. These tutorials take seconds, but can dramatically change an image.

Adjusting the Verticals Adjusting the Levels Depth of Field Color Overlays Grunge Vignetting Image Softening Atmospheric Fog Sun Rays

Texas Prairie: Color Grading Adding Depth Via Fog Landscape Tutorial Continued: Final Post Processing Sun Rays Tutorial (Video) Quick Tip: Adjusting The Verticals Quick Tips: Image Softening Quick Tips: Vignetting Quick Tips: Grunge Quick Tips: Color Overlays Quick Tips: Adjusting Levels Depth of Field Tutorial Desert Night Tutorial: Part 2 Architectural GIFs Train Pavilion Diagrams Boston Greenway Museum: Building Diagrams Diagrams: Hatch Patterns Diagrams: Pedestrian Paths Site Analysis Diagrams Lofting Basics & Process Sketchup Timelapse Past Presentation Boards: Part 3 Past Presentation Boards: Part 2 Past Presentation Boards: Fail Model Cleanup: Part 1 Getting Your Stuff to the Masses Sketchup to Photoshop: No Render Engine Required Kerkythea Tutorial Part 4: Post Processing Kerkythea Tutorial Part 3: Night Rendering Kerkythea Tutorial Part 2: Soft Shadows Kerkythea Tutorial: Part 1 Basics Kerkythea Clay Rendering Other Tutorials

Other tutorials that you might find helpful such as rendering with Kerythea, all Photoshop workflows, and ideas on diagramming.

V-Ray Getting Started

Kerkythea Clay Rendering Kerkythea  Shadows Kerkythea Night Rendering Kerkythea Post Processing

No-Render SU to Photoshop No-Render Day Scene No-Render Night Scene No-Render Night Scene 2

Diagram Patterns Diagram Pedestrian Paths