This course and panel are beyond any expectations that I had! This will get your brain fired up in new ways!
Blake’s courses are always next level but this one goes beyond that. Sit back and absorb then start your own experiments into what will help you take your images to exceptional. Learning how to bring out the vision that we see when we take the shot, how to think about how a viewer sees the image, color and tones is something that I have struggled with. I am a clinical thinker, not someone that thinks with emotions in mind, so this was a learning curve for me and will continue to be. Blake explains the emotional connection, the impact on a viewer and how to bring those together very well; literally how to bring your vision to life so that it can speak for itself. To slow down, take a minute and think about what you want the viewer to focus on, why you think that is the most important part(s) of the image. Once you have those, then bringing your vision to life is much easier.
The panel is laid out in a way that is not only well thought out but is very easy to use, it just flows as you work.
Once again Blake has taken very difficult concepts, methods, techniques and made them understandable. My mind is blown at how easy this panel is to use and how much it can simplify many of the things that I do to images, I absolutely love the tone and color sculpting aspects of this panel. The sliders in the color section will rock your world.
Rated 5 out of 5
Heike Lindner (verified owner)–
Kudos! This new approach and workflow is a universe of its own and all comes together in a precise, very focussed education and panel – and I mean it in that order. This approach with focus on photo editing but from an artists and painters perspective is unique, and I feel like you finally found a way to sum up mechanical and creative to something that is much greater than just the sum of those two parts.
I absolutely love module 1 with the discussion of art movements, painting and image analysis and clear explanation of how we perceive a work of art – what an eye opener!
Module 2 shows an impactful mix of explaining the Visionary Panel in practical application step by step, and always with the general approach of clustering tone and color in mind.
The Visionary Panel itself is a gorgeous collection of tools you put strategically together for our new processing journey. Because it needs technical knowledge, emotional openness and painters know how walking together hand in hand. A perfect match.
Module 3 finally provides sheer joy of fluent processing – Visionary at work 🙂
That course and panel is indeed your strongest work by now, Blake!
Rated 5 out of 5
John Falloon (verified owner)–
I have been looking for a course like this for years. I am no expert in Photoshop. I know what I need to know to get the job done. This Visionary Panel course lit a fire underneath me. Blake’s approach to tone colour and effects is simply outstanding. You will approach post processing of your images in a completely new and “user-centric” way. Highly recommend this course and the panel!!!!
Rated 5 out of 5
BJ Spanos (verified owner)–
Once again, Blake offers amazing training and a very easy to use and useful panel. The Visionary Panel course encourages photographers to edit their photos with their viewers in mind, as a painter would, by using color to create areas of the image to draw the viewer in and around the image. The key is to share your vision for an image and to create an experience for the viewer through light (tones) and color. Brilliant!
Rated 4 out of 5
Thales M. (verified owner)–
Rated 5 out of 5
Joseph Valentine (verified owner)–
There is so much thought behind every button in the Visionary Panel, and your emphasis on vision rather than techniques is both inspiring and effective! For anyone who takes the effort to understand the strategy and the techniques, this is an outstanding product, even revolutionary!
Rated 5 out of 5
John Falloon (verified owner)–
Best photoshop / photography course I have ever taken!
Rated 5 out of 5
Rebecah Thompson (verified owner)–
Fabulous as usual Blake! You put your heart and soul into what you do for us. Thank you!!
Rated 5 out of 5
darcy q. (verified owner)–
The educational lectures really stretch your mind.
Rated 5 out of 5
Bryan Cecchi (verified owner)–
Just beginning to get to the acual panel
Rated 5 out of 5
Robert Oberman (verified owner)–
Rated 5 out of 5
Vincent Ciro (verified owner)–
The best panel and course ever! Not just another “how to”, Photoshop course but a fundamental change in thinking about photo processing overall. It explains the “WHY” of enhancing photos as if we were “painting” the image ourselves. Anyone, given enough time, can learn what buttons to push in Photoshop but the inherent “why” is never taught…until now.
It gives a whole new perspective on how to view each photo and what we want the viewer to see and experience, not just how we see our images ourselves.
I never thought of things the way the course teaches.
HIGHLY recommended for all Photoshop users.
Deepest thanks for Blake’s time, effort and expertise. Bravo!
Rated 5 out of 5
Rick Flematti (verified owner)–
What a huge help in my tonal and color adjustments all in one panel. Very powerful tool to engage the viewers of my work. Thanks Blake!
Rated 5 out of 5
Richard Olson (verified owner)–
Blake creates outstanding products and well produced tutorials.
Rated 5 out of 5
Shawn F. (verified owner)–
I just finished rewatching Module 2, which explains what the panel buttons do. This panel is amazing! The selective color adjustment sliders alone make this worth the purchase! I could never figure out what other colors to adjust to modify the main color. Now I don’t have to.
Rated 5 out of 5
Michael M. (verified owner)–
Awesome. People need your full education to appreciate the value. Well worth the money
Rated 5 out of 5
Joe N. (verified owner)–
I have used the Visionary Panel on 3 photos so far. It will take some time experimenting how to best use the panel for the different type of images. It really does a great job as you get the hang of all the buttons.
It is a must to watch all of the videos in correct order to get the best results.
Rated 5 out of 5
Thomas Barry (verified owner)–
takes photo education and practice to another level.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ralph Marshall (verified owner)–
The introductory panel opened my eyes to good art and finally gave me an idea of what makes a good photo. I’ve begun viewing the panel items and tried a few and I believe my editing results are much improved over earlier editing I did to the same photo. So, for me that is a wonderful step forward.
Rated 5 out of 5
Chan Garrett (verified owner)–
Bought as a F/64 member and on sale. Spent less than current price.
Rated 5 out of 5
TC Conner (verified owner)–
Rated 5 out of 5
David P. (verified owner)–
I am still working through the instructional videos, which are excellent, but have as Blake suggested, taken time to practice a little after each tool section is discussed. I can see that first the mindset shift this promotes and the tools will move the needle significantly on realizing my hopes and vision when post processing my images. In fact, I’ve identified a few images I will be going back to re-edit with a different mindset and a set of tools to support it. Well done Blake!
Rated 5 out of 5
Deena Spector (verified owner)–
There is a lot in this course. I am working my way through it and every so often I have that aha moment. Today I understood why you work on getting your colors set before using the panel. I have only started this journey and I cannot wait to see where this takes me
Rated 5 out of 5
Stephen Woodburn (verified owner)–
The visionary panel is a great panel that guides you through editing your photos in the same Tone, Color and Effects workflow that Blake is known for. What makes this panel different is the unique approach that is based on what the photographer saw and what the photographer wants the viewers of the photograph to see. The education that comes with this panel is some of the best photography editing education that I have seen. Take it slow and absorb all that Blake Rudis teaches in this phenomenal product.
Rated 5 out of 5
Clay S. (verified owner)–
The tools included in the visionary panel coupled with the training videos create a powerful streamlined workflow to take your photographs to the level of a work of art.
Rated 5 out of 5
michael pirrocco (verified owner)–
I haven’t used the visionary panel as of yet but I am sure from attending your webinar, I have confidence in your program.
Rated 5 out of 5
Stephan R. (verified owner)–
A new and effective way to work and improve your photography. Blake helped me think differently about my photography and processing. The concept – module 1, illustrated why we should think about our photos the way painters thought about their paintings connecting the painting to the viewer. Module 2- the panel itself, allowed me to not worry about what technique would help me to express my vision but rather what did I want to accomplish with my photo and a simple way to implement the vision. Easy and effective. Module 3 – workflow using the panel. Fantastic.
Rated 5 out of 5
Terry Hickey (verified owner)–
The panel is what I expected, exceptional, but the first module really grabbed me. Thanks, Blake!
Rated 5 out of 5
Marilyn Charlesworth (verified owner)–
By far the most intuitive and integrative panel and comprehensive timely education that inspires and motivates growth. You have outdone yourself with this one, Blake!
Rated 5 out of 5
Richard Fiddelke (verified owner)–
I am just starting the program. My health took a left turn for a while. What I am done offers some interesting work ahead. Hopefully I will have completed the beginning of the process and start on the “fun” part.
Rated 5 out of 5
Christopher Cowan (verified owner)–
Blake, all your work on this is fantastic I have been waiting for this panel. Now I need to experiment with it. I know it will help me get my vision across. Thank again for sharing your passion and fueling mine. Cheers – Chris
Rated 4 out of 5
Doris Woodruff (verified owner)–
Rated 5 out of 5
William K. (verified owner)–
An awesome piece of software….
Rated 5 out of 5
Marie H. (verified owner)–
Blake this is an amazing course. I started my artistic journey as a happy snapper. Moved to hand painted digital art and now combining the 2 to create amazing images. I love the way you teach to think like a painter and it is all about the tones to guide the viewer and the creating emotion… I love it
Rated 5 out of 5
Jos Jacob Vengassary (verified owner)–
Excellent course. I did go once fully through. Still after practicing I have to go through again especially the panel videos(module 2).some buttons from the panel look similar to Zone System and Palette Effects and Blend If Panel in disguise. But the effects are totally different the Color Panel is much different. Above all the underlying concept of the panel is totally different.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ian Clarke (verified owner)–
Great workflow
Rated 5 out of 5
Dirk Uys (verified owner)–
above and beyond what i expected
Rated 4 out of 5
Deborah Littlejohn (verified owner)–
Rated 5 out of 5
Denny Souers (verified owner)–
Rated 5 out of 5
Michael (verified owner)–
As usual a very well done panel, easy to follow, the course is again methodical, pertinent, well done, each lesson is small enough, explained well, with great images to work with. Blake has outdone himself with the panel, lot to digest, very impressed.
Rated 5 out of 5
Nico Broekhof (verified owner)–
Excellent product and training
Rated 5 out of 5
David Walker (verified owner)–
Simply the best and most thought provoking course I have ever bought. It throws away some of the myths and “rules” about photography and put in its place a new workflow to achieve photography that will amaze your viewers. I am still at the basic level of the teachings, some principles are very subtle, but the basics have already produced me some great images! I am a Brit and have given it 5 Stars, my normal great score would be 4 Stars, enough said!
Rated 5 out of 5
Alan T. (verified owner)–
The “panel” does an excellent job of simplifying some PhotoShop processes. Perhaps the primary reason I’ve invested in this panel is for the related education. Blake always does an excellent job of explaining the available processes, their application and illustrated results. Moreover, Blake’s pedagogical approach not only provides specific learning outcomes but creates a thought provoking environment to assist you with your artistic growth using these tools.
Rated 5 out of 5
Kathleen W. (verified owner)–
Rated 5 out of 5
D Day (verified owner)–
This is your Magnum Opus, I could always sense that I was almost ‘getting it’, and how I think about imagery with a more deliberate and artful intent as I was advancing with your teaching and more importantly your friendship. NOW? Well, I am sure the work I am creating now will continue to get better as I get more comfortable with this workflow.
I also have two big art fairs this month. I am confident the artwork I’m printing now will connect with collectors. Wish me luck.
As I continue to create and publish, your guidance is a keystone to my success. Thank you.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ian Jenner (verified owner)–
Rated 5 out of 5
Tina K. (verified owner)–
I am loving the Visionary Panel as it has streamlined my work flow alot. It is also easy to use as well.
Rated 5 out of 5
Steven Rubin (verified owner)–
This is a great tool and education that has dramatically helped my post processing
Rated 5 out of 5
John R Alvarez (verified owner)–
This is innovation at its highest level. It facilitates making art by implementing a naturally creative workflow. At the same time, using the tools to good effect requires an ongoing and substantial investment of time and patience.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ray Grace (verified owner)–
Possibly (probably) the best panel yet. Certainly the most inspiring, thought-provoking and soul searching; particularly Module 1. I have read a couple of the lessons twice just to ensure everything sank in. I expect that, during any future lack-of-mojo moments, the module will be watched again. 11 out of 10!
Rated 5 out of 5
Donald Chesnut (verified owner)–
The very first panel for editing photos that involves feelings instead of technical elements. You do your edits to make you feel good about your photo, instead of trying to be correct with the technical edits.
Rated 5 out of 5
James Lassoie (verified owner)–
This panel and supporting training videos represent the accumulation of Blake’s knowledge and experience over the past 20 years. It offers a unique viewer-perspective to post processing that emphasizes communicating one’s vision by addressing focal points and tonal clusters rather than getting bogged down in ACR and Ps minutia. Supported by his perspective as a painter and his special understanding of color and how the human brain ‘reads’ images Blake has designed a revolutionary workflow panel that is both logical and relatively easy to use, especially for those of us who are often confused by the near-endless editing possibilities offered by Adobe. I wish this panel was around when I started ‘slamming sliders’ hoping to produce something engaging for others. The Visionary Panel is greatly improving my chances of doing so.
Rated 5 out of 5
Kirk Fanning (verified owner)–
Awesome panel that shifts your perspective from a technical to artistic approach to photography and photoshop. Or from a Cartesian to Van Gogh view perspective to photoshop painting your photography
Rated 5 out of 5
Robert (Bob) Keller (verified owner)–
Following the concept of the photographers responsibility to direct the viewers attention to the important areas of your photo, the panel utilizes incredible engineering to help simplify control of Tone, Color, and Effects. I’m sure that with learning and experience with this panel, you can certainly getting to your finished edit more efficiently.
Rated 5 out of 5
Greg Scott (verified owner)–
For anyone that has followed Blake’s previous work, the Vision Panel makes perfect sense. Earlier tools taught us how to use his tools when editing our images. The vision Panel focuses more on where and when to use tools in the editing process. I have always appreciated Blake’s emphasis on visual instruction allowing the viewer infinite opportunities to replay challenging steps. I have adopted Blake’s latest workflow in all of my photo work based on the Vision Panel.
Rated 5 out of 5
Mary P. (verified owner)–
Think Like a Painter! This course introduces a new way to approach photography and provides amazing editing tools. It is evident that he has put a great deal of thought and work into creating the Visiionary Panel. Not only does he explain how each button works, he also goes into THE WHY behind the settings.
Rated 5 out of 5
Neal (verified owner)–
Another winner from Blake. It really makes you think about your artistic vision.
Rated 5 out of 5
BILL L. (verified owner)–
Still learning how to use these tools. So far, so good. Hopfuly it will improve my editing skills in Photoshop and reduce my time editing.
Rated 5 out of 5
Kenneth Brown (verified owner)–
Very helpful. I love the way you have stepped back from technique to the vision based approach. Well explained in module 1. I’m a guy who can do a museum in an hour. But i am seeing things a bit differently now. Only hiccup is that the panal wants to creat its own column on the far right side of my screen and refuses to detach/float so I can’t dock it below other plugins.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jeffrey K. (verified owner)–
Probably the best utility I’ve ever bought for Photoshop. The art education alone to me was worth the price. The knowledge of the concept of tones and lights/darks and how the eye is drawn to certain places is invaluable. The the Visionary Panel then actually lets you modify your photos (and other artwork) so that the colors/tone adjustments added to your image can change where the viewer is most likely to first focus their attention. And it can look completely natural so that the adjustments aren’t obvious to the viewer. Amazing…
I can’t recommend this enough. Worth every penny. Just wish I had this years ago.
Rated 5 out of 5
Neil Hickman (verified owner)–
The Visionary Panel created by Blake Rudis is quite extraordinary. I have never rewound so many video tutorials the instant something remarkable was shown. In some instances I did it 3 times because I did not believe what my eyes showed me the first time. In each instance I left the tutorial and tried it on one of my prized “finished” images. WHAT an eye opener!!
Rated 5 out of 5
Rolf Sjölander (verified owner)–
A new way of thinking, very helpful. Will take a while to wrap my head around but then……
Rated 5 out of 5
Krish Chandran (verified owner)–
Eye opening. The course has been a huge revelation for me. Thanks Blake !
Rated 5 out of 5
Rae (verified owner)–
After years of trying to match my vision of a painterly photograph without any actual digital painting, and never really being successful, your course has taught me how to achieve that dream. I wanted so much to move beyond a perfect photograph and create a work of art…yet have it remain without question a photograph. I have been through the tutorial twice and I have used what I am learning on four images so far. Even at this early stage, they are getting rave reviews, including comments “it is like a beautiful painting”. I can’t thank you enough Blake!
Rated 5 out of 5
Kenneth (verified owner)–
Vision is really changing my head. Amazing how you can get two different visions out of a given photo capture.
Back when I started taking pictures 60 years ago you’d bring the roll of film into the local film processor where they’d treat the film with the right chemicals. Now you gotta treat the capture with the right light.
Love being pushed to get off some old paths and strike out on some new.
Rated 5 out of 5
Thomas Gossen (verified owner)–
I’m lovin’ it! Can’t wait to become proficient at using it.
Rated 5 out of 5
James Ranka (verified owner)–
The Visionary Panel is a game-changer, but the educational videos are literally priceless!
Rated 5 out of 5
Charles Fleischman (verified owner)–
I’m only half-way into studying the videos and I feel much more confident in processing my images. Great work!
Rated 5 out of 5
Eric C. (verified owner)–
I have just completed all the VP videos. Just starting to play with the panel itself. My initial impression is that it is very instinctive and intuitive where the older panels were reasonably technical and much harder to get my head around.
Discovering the end product of VP are more like an artworks than a capturing of a moment, where as the older panels lean towards the right mathematical formulas to create all the right colours, tones, lighting etc….. than to create the “artwork” Can still be achieve, but I reckon you need a good understanding of all the technical behaviours of mixing colours digitally in combination with tonal valves, different types of blending etc…. plus all the variation PS offers.
Blake you are definitely on a winner here. VP makes me feeling comfortable just to play around to achieved what I want or what I want to see without having to know too much technical informations. ( many times with old panels, I have no idea how I got to that point that pleases my my eyes) I can see in the future I can use the older panel to really fine tune the VP product if one chooses to. the VP have taken you to well over 95% to an ideal finish.
So looking forward to playing and learning and discovering about the VP and its limits
Rated 5 out of 5
E Hoffmann (verified owner)–
This course, together with the other premium courses makes up the total. I would not have benefitted from this course without the previous courses to build on. This course is the round-off which I have been searching for for a very long time
Rated 4 out of 5
Stephanie (verified owner)–
Excellent tutorials. Much to learn. An exciting photographic adventure.
Rated 5 out of 5
Howard (verified owner)–
An extraordinary panel that has the viewer in mind.
Rated 5 out of 5
Bill Sensenig (verified owner)–
Another amazing tool from the mind of Blake Rudis. I’ve been following his instruction since the basics of the Zone System and love how the knowledge keeps evolving. I highly recommend diving in if you want to become a better photographer and an even more creative digital photo processor.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jeff P. (verified owner)–
Rated 5 out of 5
Steven Feith (verified owner)–
Rated 5 out of 5
Johann Klaassen (verified owner)–
I consider Blake as one of the best educators when it comes to art, photography and photoshop. I’ve been at this for 50 years and have taken courses from numerous instructors, you can’t go wrong with Blake!
Rated 4 out of 5
Ed Snell (verified owner)–
I am currently in the workflow module. I love what you have created and module one was great. That said I am looking forward to learning how and when to use previously purchased products in my workflow.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ed C. (verified owner)–
I am working though everything for the 2nd time to make it all automatic.
Rated 5 out of 5
Tim Clifton (verified owner)–
I like the updated tools, & emphasis on tone clusters. A great sequel to his early Vision course. I appreciate Blake’s conversation about AI, & challenge for us to be better. As always great work Blake.
Rated 5 out of 5
Amy Gonzalez (verified owner)–
Well, I have not quite finished the education in this course, but I just have to offer this review for others. This is hands down the best education I have seen in my years of “learning Photoshop”. This goes away from the actual steps of Photoshop and is really an art education course instead. Blake works to help you tap into your vision of what you want others to see when they look at your photo. What draws them into your photo. It’s just an amazing process.
Aside from the education, the Panel makes experimenting and playing easy and intuitive. The logical order of tools you would use in Photoshop made easier to use. It is laid out really nice and a wonderful addition to PS. This is best education and panel yet. This is really going to help me create the amazing photos that I feel I have struggled with in the past. Well worth the price.
A huge thank you Blake!!
Rated 5 out of 5
Peter Bushby (verified owner)–
Rated 5 out of 5
mike moffat (verified owner)–
A very intuitive panel to use. Excellent instruction.. Lots of follow along work flow examples Blake has outdone himself this time.
Rated 5 out of 5
James Macaluso (verified owner)–
Blake your creativity and drive has a profound influence on my insight and workflow. You have provided tools and instructions that make post processing unbounded. I am especially impressed with the masking potential of the What If and Visionary panels used in conjunction. And I can’t imagine working without My Panel which I have customized..
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous (verified owner)–
Still working way through the course but loving it.
Rated 5 out of 5
Malcolm Broomfield (verified owner)–
If I could give it a higher score I would, Superb in every way and draws you in to the beauty of what you are doing as well as the mechanics. Simply superb.
Rated 5 out of 5
Frank Shelley (verified owner)–
The greatest and most useful tool for any photographer today. I now feel very connected to my images. Blake is a gift from God.
Rated 5 out of 5
Stephen Weiss (verified owner)–
Pulls together most all the Actions I use into an easy to access panel that reminds you of what you might want to use on your photo
Rated 5 out of 5
Joshua (verified owner)–
This has made workflow so much easier. Also being able to pull more detail easier.
Rated 5 out of 5
Chris Jeffery (verified owner)–
So far so good, but I have only made it through module 1. All very interesting, but I did not expect the AI content. I think it good that you have made us more aware of AI, and to think about it.
One issue I find is remembering it all. I know that I have a poor memory, and trying to recall all the considerations just before pressing the camera shutter is like a foreign language, and I cannot remember any of them either.
The second issue is to touch the emotion, again something that does not come naturally. Module 1 has made me have a good think about it. It makes me think that those who can touch the emotion have a great head start to be an artist, dancer or writer. As for the rest of us, will it come with practice?
Rated 5 out of 5
Andrew H. (verified owner)–
Thoroughly enjoyed the course and learned so much
Rated 5 out of 5
Adam E. (verified owner)–
Awesome Blake! Most comprehensive and practical approach to the subject out there. Powerful instruction and tools to bring the vision to life.
Rated 5 out of 5
Louise Lindsay (verified owner)–
I am only halfway through the teaching videos, and already I am loving this panel. I have followed Blake for years and listened to and loved most of his YouTube tutorials. I always have learned so much from him. I am pretty advanced in terms of understanding and using Photoshop.
I cannot say enough good things about the visionary panel so far. It makes such sense and fits with my own workflow. Everything is made so much easier. If you didn’t know much about Photoshop, it would be a huge gift to have this panel. But even knowing all I do about Photoshop processing, it is also a huge gift to have this panel. There is one “go to” place with easy ways of doing all sorts of processing, which I might normally try to do in other ways from “scratch”. Blake is a marvelous teacher and photographer and artist. I am so grateful that he has developed this one panel where everything lives and is integrated. I look forward to listening to the rest of his teaching videos and learning more about the other parts of the panel. I can’t wait to process more of my own images with this panel. My artwork is shown in a Florida Keys art gallery near where I live. I am often printing my images and exhibiting and selling them. I think this visionary panel is going to help take my work to an even better level. It also is going to cut down my processing time which I am very happy about.
I should mention that I also use Topaz and Nik plug-ins when processing my artwork. But now I may be using mostly this visionary panel, which gives me much more and easy control over crafting my artwork, and creating my own interpretation. Thank you, Blake.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jeffrey Adams (verified owner)–
After watching Blake’s preview of the Visionary Panel, I envisioned that the Panel could help me be more efficient in my photo processing, and it has certainly fulfilled that objective; but what really has changed my approach to editing are the education videos and written material that Blake includes. I thought Module 1 would be a bunch of fluff, but I was wrong, it lays a foundation on how one can draw focus to the most important subject matter of the image. Module 2 demonstrates using the panel in a practical manner, Module 3 provides a number of case studies on applying the theory and panel. Just fantastic.
Rated 5 out of 5
Gary D. (verified owner)–
This course is everything Blake promises and more. 5 stars from me!
Rated 5 out of 5
Angelo (verified owner)–
Rated 5 out of 5
Kathleen Towns (verified owner)–
This was the most logical and understandable presentation I have used to date. I was able to pause each module and try the different elements on my photographs, then finish, then work more on mine. Blake’s presentation style is professional yet friendly and easy to understand. I have only used photoshop for two years and this education has pushed me to a new level.
Rated 5 out of 5
Diana Warren (verified owner)–
Very informative and useful.
I Greatly appreciate your courage to speak up for the importantance of hard work and integrity to improve our photography skills and meet our goals. Very appreciative of the time and effort you put in your courses to help improve the quality of my photofraphy.
Thank you again
Diana Warren
Rated 5 out of 5
Ken W. (verified owner)–
Almost through module 2- taking time to play with my images. So far, I do see a slight improvement but taking more time to get the image where I want it to be.
Rated 5 out of 5
Suzanne Brown (verified owner)–
I have not had time to learn the program yet but it looks to be fantastic!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous (verified owner)–
Great, well designed panel and educational videos were well done.
Rated 5 out of 5
Carolyn R. (verified owner)–
Wow. After your Visionary course, I can now see more flat images. I love the way you get more depth and focus for the viewer to see. It will take me a little more time and experiments to get my images anywhere near yours, but this course surely gives me a path and tips to help me on the way. Thanks MUCH!
Rated 5 out of 5
Dean (verified owner)–
Rated 5 out of 5
DAVID HEASELDEN (verified owner)–
Definitely a Rating of 5. (The Radio Buttons did not work!!).
The panel is a great means to collate all the photoshop tools necessary to assist in producing stunning images – step aside AI!
The Modules are easy to follow with Blake’s relaxed approach. He is testament to the fact that if you know your subject well you can explain it easily which is well accomplished.
Rated 5 out of 5
Raymond O. (verified owner)–
The panel is easy to use, and along with the education it’s a must-have for all photoshop users
Rated 5 out of 5
Roy C. (verified owner)–
This panel changed how I work with Photoshop. Enjoy the whole concept makes you pay attention how to work with light etc.
Rated 5 out of 5
McNabb CC (verified owner)–
OUTSTANDING!!!!! the entirely “new” approach from a painter/artist point of view has been revolutionary. The skills are not difficult nor the overall concept, but it does take some getting used to really THINKING about the image outcome and not just mechanically processing and seeing what comes out at the end. GREAT program!!! This is changing everything.
Rated 4 out of 5
Jim C. (verified owner)–
Rated 5 out of 5
Kevin FitzGerald (verified owner)–
A fully inclusive course with new ideas and thoughts.
Rated 5 out of 5
Ab Arends (verified owner)–
Hi Blake, I asked you if the `Visionary Panel` would add anything to my other panels I already had from you.
You said that you are constantly tailoring yourself and your insights to the latest developments, and therefore your personal growth.
Since training is crucial and a lens also costs $1000+ i purchased the panel..
The `vision` is that you photograph for the viewer, you want to give the viewer the same feeling/experience as when you decided to take the photo. So you will have to lead the viewer’s eyes through `focus points` to achieve that goal. This is possible by the tools available in the Panel.
These have been made as simple as possible, with the possibility of introducing your own ‘vision’ and in a order that you have unnoticed your own workflow!
Especially the `color grading` is perfect, so easy, you can see what the colors are `doing` in relation to each other! In short, another real ‘Blake Rudis’ panel!
I still use my other panels for dodge&burn, PE4 and Blend-If panel, because they are useful for specialized tasks.
I thank you for your Vision!
Greetings, Ab Arends
(maybe a bit of crooked English here and there, but that’s because Google Translate doesn’t always understand me…)
Rated 5 out of 5
Charlie N. (verified owner)–
Although I’m just beginning to understand the power the visionary panel provides to change a good photo to a great one, the results already are bringing a smile to my face.
My wife, who was an artist, used to provide a different perspective when we were out together. As she no longer can do that, I cannot thank Blake enough for his arduous effort and for sharing his learnings and the tools to help me take my work to the next level.
Blake , you are an inspiration!
In a word, the visionary panel is “enlightening”
Rated 5 out of 5
Tom B. (verified owner)–
Rated 5 out of 5
Paul Harrison (verified owner)–
As usual the education is to Blake’s high standard with more to learn on top of his previous courses. His panel probably takes the best bits from his previous panels and then refines them further introducing fresh ideas to his basic mantra of tone/colour/effects. To give you a full review of his panel, ask me again in a year when I’ve learned and practiced all of its possibilities. Well done Blake.
Rated 5 out of 5
John Perry (verified owner)–
This is an amazing course and panel. Blake makes it so easy to learn with video and written materials, and he covers everything in depth without overcomplicating the subject. It has both increased my understanding of effective post processing, and yet simplified my (previously complex) workflow. Highly recommended.
Rated 5 out of 5
CHRISTINE GARNER (verified owner)–
Have you ever been bored with your photo editing, never satisfied with the outcome and just craving more but didn’t know what to do? That was definitely me, until I purchased Blake Rudis’ Visionary Panel. This course has not only changed my editing but how I compose my photo in camera & the vision I want to portray post processing.
I have learned things in this course that I could have NEVER imagined or learned elsewhere. It will change your photography life for the better!
Rated 5 out of 5
230531MJM (verified owner)–
There is a real teaching moment related to the Visionary Panel
You state that this is how you are going to edit from now on. I can hear people thinking; well why did I pay for all those other things, I want my money back.
Remind everyone of your often stated “It’s a slow build up process”. How many years did you spend getting to the Visionary Panel?
I would not trade any of the hundreds of hours I have spent from Thirty Days of Photoshop thru PE4 because I have a working knowledge the processes now.
The Visionary Panel is akin to taking a final exam and acing it and being shocked. Sometimes the best education you get is not knowing when you are learning.
I look forward to the next big breakthrough. Remember, this is no such thing as perfection.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jeffrey McPheeters (verified owner)–
Excellent teaching to go with the new panel. Thanks for sharing your workflows and approaches to creating images that tell the story and captivate the viewers.
Rated 5 out of 5
Michele D. (verified owner)–
This was an amazing experience for me. I’ve been a student for years and have happily learned and used Blake’s panels and instructions. This new approach seems more organic than previous approaches and offers the “why we do it” as well as the “how to do it”.
I just finished the lessons and my first photo. It almost looks like a painting come alive.
Wow – thanks Blake!!
Rated 5 out of 5
Brad Waufle (verified owner)–
It’s a great product, really good educational video’s on how to use the panel. I’m still in the learning phase but loving the results.
Rated 5 out of 5
Brian Draper (verified owner)–
Rated 5 out of 5
JR Milne (verified owner)–
I really appreciate Module 1 the most. Why? Because I really want to understand how to navigate the viewer around my pictures. Blake’s explanation of how artists accomplish this goal is truly relatable.
Rated 5 out of 5
Donna V. (verified owner)–
Sheer genius! Just love it. Really like how it takes the most important features of other panels and combines them into one. Especially love the Painter’s Colour Sliders.
Rated 5 out of 5
william Leibow (verified owner)–
opened my eyes to what could be done. Only downside is I need to review all my images and possibly modify them
Rated 5 out of 5
Carol Evanger (verified owner)–
This course has taught me to how to process and show my image as I want, and then with the use of the tools further develop the magic I was seeing. I will be rerunning many of my photographs through this course to reevaluate what I wanted to see and then use the skills learned throughout the course to achieve my goal. Thank you!
Rated 5 out of 5
Monique (verified owner)–
Loved the panel but even more, I loved the training. It teaches me to look at my photos a whole new way.
Rated 5 out of 5
Mary Lou D. (verified owner)–
I’ve been using the Visionary Panel following Blake’s processing steps. The first Tone Evaluation tab is eye opening and lets you know where your viewer is looking at the image. The Color tabs and sliders make adjusting color nuances easily and correctly. His videos make it easy to understand what is happening. Unlike purchased presets I now understand how the color opposites affect the picture. I recommend this product to anyone who really wants to accurately adjust images to match your style.
Rated 5 out of 5
Thysje (verified owner)–
This is so much quicker than when I was messing around with luminosity masks. The Panel is very versatile. And I found the videos extremely helpful. Thanks Blake!
Rated 5 out of 5
Mary C. (verified owner)–
Although, due to medical issues, I have been unable to actually go through the training for the Visionary Panel and utilize all its gifts, I can only go by past experience with Blake’s work. He is a gifted and talented software developer who sincerely wants to help others learn new ways to develop images with quality, impact and thoughtfulness for what our viewers desire to see in an image. I believe that this new Visionary panel will be no exception. As such, it has my full heartfelt support and accolades for a well defined, well thought out and well documented product. I am convinced that those who purchase this product will come away completely satisfied that they have learned from one of the best and that their work, as a result, has improved significantly. Go for it! Blake’s training courses are outstanding!
Rated 4 out of 5
Rohan Nel (verified owner)–
Understanding one’s own vision is massive! Thank You!
Rated 5 out of 5
Kwok Tung Leung (verified owner)–
Great ,helpfully.
Rated 5 out of 5
kwok tung leung (verified owner)–
Rated 5 out of 5
LUIZ PAULO GRINBERG (verified owner)–
I’m delighted with my new tools. Some of them worked so well that I’ve already got acceptances for new titles in Salons/Contests, mainly on BnW sessions. I’m still studying the color session and feel it a lit bit harder, because it presupposes a very good understanding of the color pallet.
LouiseDan (verified owner) –
This course and panel are beyond any expectations that I had! This will get your brain fired up in new ways!
Blake’s courses are always next level but this one goes beyond that. Sit back and absorb then start your own experiments into what will help you take your images to exceptional. Learning how to bring out the vision that we see when we take the shot, how to think about how a viewer sees the image, color and tones is something that I have struggled with. I am a clinical thinker, not someone that thinks with emotions in mind, so this was a learning curve for me and will continue to be. Blake explains the emotional connection, the impact on a viewer and how to bring those together very well; literally how to bring your vision to life so that it can speak for itself. To slow down, take a minute and think about what you want the viewer to focus on, why you think that is the most important part(s) of the image. Once you have those, then bringing your vision to life is much easier.
The panel is laid out in a way that is not only well thought out but is very easy to use, it just flows as you work.
Once again Blake has taken very difficult concepts, methods, techniques and made them understandable. My mind is blown at how easy this panel is to use and how much it can simplify many of the things that I do to images, I absolutely love the tone and color sculpting aspects of this panel. The sliders in the color section will rock your world.
Heike Lindner (verified owner) –
Kudos! This new approach and workflow is a universe of its own and all comes together in a precise, very focussed education and panel – and I mean it in that order. This approach with focus on photo editing but from an artists and painters perspective is unique, and I feel like you finally found a way to sum up mechanical and creative to something that is much greater than just the sum of those two parts.
I absolutely love module 1 with the discussion of art movements, painting and image analysis and clear explanation of how we perceive a work of art – what an eye opener!
Module 2 shows an impactful mix of explaining the Visionary Panel in practical application step by step, and always with the general approach of clustering tone and color in mind.
The Visionary Panel itself is a gorgeous collection of tools you put strategically together for our new processing journey. Because it needs technical knowledge, emotional openness and painters know how walking together hand in hand. A perfect match.
Module 3 finally provides sheer joy of fluent processing – Visionary at work 🙂
That course and panel is indeed your strongest work by now, Blake!
John Falloon (verified owner) –
I have been looking for a course like this for years. I am no expert in Photoshop. I know what I need to know to get the job done. This Visionary Panel course lit a fire underneath me. Blake’s approach to tone colour and effects is simply outstanding. You will approach post processing of your images in a completely new and “user-centric” way. Highly recommend this course and the panel!!!!
BJ Spanos (verified owner) –
Once again, Blake offers amazing training and a very easy to use and useful panel. The Visionary Panel course encourages photographers to edit their photos with their viewers in mind, as a painter would, by using color to create areas of the image to draw the viewer in and around the image. The key is to share your vision for an image and to create an experience for the viewer through light (tones) and color. Brilliant!
Thales M. (verified owner) –
Joseph Valentine (verified owner) –
There is so much thought behind every button in the Visionary Panel, and your emphasis on vision rather than techniques is both inspiring and effective! For anyone who takes the effort to understand the strategy and the techniques, this is an outstanding product, even revolutionary!
John Falloon (verified owner) –
Best photoshop / photography course I have ever taken!
Rebecah Thompson (verified owner) –
Fabulous as usual Blake! You put your heart and soul into what you do for us. Thank you!!
darcy q. (verified owner) –
The educational lectures really stretch your mind.
Bryan Cecchi (verified owner) –
Just beginning to get to the acual panel
Robert Oberman (verified owner) –
Vincent Ciro (verified owner) –
The best panel and course ever! Not just another “how to”, Photoshop course but a fundamental change in thinking about photo processing overall. It explains the “WHY” of enhancing photos as if we were “painting” the image ourselves. Anyone, given enough time, can learn what buttons to push in Photoshop but the inherent “why” is never taught…until now.
It gives a whole new perspective on how to view each photo and what we want the viewer to see and experience, not just how we see our images ourselves.
I never thought of things the way the course teaches.
HIGHLY recommended for all Photoshop users.
Deepest thanks for Blake’s time, effort and expertise. Bravo!
Rick Flematti (verified owner) –
What a huge help in my tonal and color adjustments all in one panel. Very powerful tool to engage the viewers of my work. Thanks Blake!
Richard Olson (verified owner) –
Blake creates outstanding products and well produced tutorials.
Shawn F. (verified owner) –
I just finished rewatching Module 2, which explains what the panel buttons do. This panel is amazing! The selective color adjustment sliders alone make this worth the purchase! I could never figure out what other colors to adjust to modify the main color. Now I don’t have to.
Michael M. (verified owner) –
Awesome. People need your full education to appreciate the value. Well worth the money
Joe N. (verified owner) –
I have used the Visionary Panel on 3 photos so far. It will take some time experimenting how to best use the panel for the different type of images. It really does a great job as you get the hang of all the buttons.
It is a must to watch all of the videos in correct order to get the best results.
Thomas Barry (verified owner) –
takes photo education and practice to another level.
Ralph Marshall (verified owner) –
The introductory panel opened my eyes to good art and finally gave me an idea of what makes a good photo. I’ve begun viewing the panel items and tried a few and I believe my editing results are much improved over earlier editing I did to the same photo. So, for me that is a wonderful step forward.
Chan Garrett (verified owner) –
Bought as a F/64 member and on sale. Spent less than current price.
TC Conner (verified owner) –
David P. (verified owner) –
I am still working through the instructional videos, which are excellent, but have as Blake suggested, taken time to practice a little after each tool section is discussed. I can see that first the mindset shift this promotes and the tools will move the needle significantly on realizing my hopes and vision when post processing my images. In fact, I’ve identified a few images I will be going back to re-edit with a different mindset and a set of tools to support it. Well done Blake!
Deena Spector (verified owner) –
There is a lot in this course. I am working my way through it and every so often I have that aha moment. Today I understood why you work on getting your colors set before using the panel. I have only started this journey and I cannot wait to see where this takes me
Stephen Woodburn (verified owner) –
The visionary panel is a great panel that guides you through editing your photos in the same Tone, Color and Effects workflow that Blake is known for. What makes this panel different is the unique approach that is based on what the photographer saw and what the photographer wants the viewers of the photograph to see. The education that comes with this panel is some of the best photography editing education that I have seen. Take it slow and absorb all that Blake Rudis teaches in this phenomenal product.
Clay S. (verified owner) –
The tools included in the visionary panel coupled with the training videos create a powerful streamlined workflow to take your photographs to the level of a work of art.
michael pirrocco (verified owner) –
I haven’t used the visionary panel as of yet but I am sure from attending your webinar, I have confidence in your program.
Stephan R. (verified owner) –
A new and effective way to work and improve your photography. Blake helped me think differently about my photography and processing. The concept – module 1, illustrated why we should think about our photos the way painters thought about their paintings connecting the painting to the viewer. Module 2- the panel itself, allowed me to not worry about what technique would help me to express my vision but rather what did I want to accomplish with my photo and a simple way to implement the vision. Easy and effective. Module 3 – workflow using the panel. Fantastic.
Terry Hickey (verified owner) –
The panel is what I expected, exceptional, but the first module really grabbed me. Thanks, Blake!
Marilyn Charlesworth (verified owner) –
By far the most intuitive and integrative panel and comprehensive timely education that inspires and motivates growth. You have outdone yourself with this one, Blake!
Richard Fiddelke (verified owner) –
I am just starting the program. My health took a left turn for a while. What I am done offers some interesting work ahead. Hopefully I will have completed the beginning of the process and start on the “fun” part.
Christopher Cowan (verified owner) –
Blake, all your work on this is fantastic I have been waiting for this panel. Now I need to experiment with it. I know it will help me get my vision across. Thank again for sharing your passion and fueling mine. Cheers – Chris
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William K. (verified owner) –
An awesome piece of software….
Marie H. (verified owner) –
Blake this is an amazing course. I started my artistic journey as a happy snapper. Moved to hand painted digital art and now combining the 2 to create amazing images. I love the way you teach to think like a painter and it is all about the tones to guide the viewer and the creating emotion… I love it
Jos Jacob Vengassary (verified owner) –
Excellent course. I did go once fully through. Still after practicing I have to go through again especially the panel videos(module 2).some buttons from the panel look similar to Zone System and Palette Effects and Blend If Panel in disguise. But the effects are totally different the Color Panel is much different. Above all the underlying concept of the panel is totally different.
Ian Clarke (verified owner) –
Great workflow
Dirk Uys (verified owner) –
above and beyond what i expected
Deborah Littlejohn (verified owner) –
Denny Souers (verified owner) –
Michael (verified owner) –
As usual a very well done panel, easy to follow, the course is again methodical, pertinent, well done, each lesson is small enough, explained well, with great images to work with. Blake has outdone himself with the panel, lot to digest, very impressed.
Nico Broekhof (verified owner) –
Excellent product and training
David Walker (verified owner) –
Simply the best and most thought provoking course I have ever bought. It throws away some of the myths and “rules” about photography and put in its place a new workflow to achieve photography that will amaze your viewers. I am still at the basic level of the teachings, some principles are very subtle, but the basics have already produced me some great images! I am a Brit and have given it 5 Stars, my normal great score would be 4 Stars, enough said!
Alan T. (verified owner) –
The “panel” does an excellent job of simplifying some PhotoShop processes. Perhaps the primary reason I’ve invested in this panel is for the related education. Blake always does an excellent job of explaining the available processes, their application and illustrated results. Moreover, Blake’s pedagogical approach not only provides specific learning outcomes but creates a thought provoking environment to assist you with your artistic growth using these tools.
Kathleen W. (verified owner) –
D Day (verified owner) –
This is your Magnum Opus, I could always sense that I was almost ‘getting it’, and how I think about imagery with a more deliberate and artful intent as I was advancing with your teaching and more importantly your friendship. NOW? Well, I am sure the work I am creating now will continue to get better as I get more comfortable with this workflow.
I also have two big art fairs this month. I am confident the artwork I’m printing now will connect with collectors. Wish me luck.
As I continue to create and publish, your guidance is a keystone to my success. Thank you.
Ian Jenner (verified owner) –
Tina K. (verified owner) –
I am loving the Visionary Panel as it has streamlined my work flow alot. It is also easy to use as well.
Steven Rubin (verified owner) –
This is a great tool and education that has dramatically helped my post processing
John R Alvarez (verified owner) –
This is innovation at its highest level. It facilitates making art by implementing a naturally creative workflow. At the same time, using the tools to good effect requires an ongoing and substantial investment of time and patience.
Ray Grace (verified owner) –
Possibly (probably) the best panel yet. Certainly the most inspiring, thought-provoking and soul searching; particularly Module 1. I have read a couple of the lessons twice just to ensure everything sank in. I expect that, during any future lack-of-mojo moments, the module will be watched again. 11 out of 10!
Donald Chesnut (verified owner) –
The very first panel for editing photos that involves feelings instead of technical elements. You do your edits to make you feel good about your photo, instead of trying to be correct with the technical edits.
James Lassoie (verified owner) –
This panel and supporting training videos represent the accumulation of Blake’s knowledge and experience over the past 20 years. It offers a unique viewer-perspective to post processing that emphasizes communicating one’s vision by addressing focal points and tonal clusters rather than getting bogged down in ACR and Ps minutia. Supported by his perspective as a painter and his special understanding of color and how the human brain ‘reads’ images Blake has designed a revolutionary workflow panel that is both logical and relatively easy to use, especially for those of us who are often confused by the near-endless editing possibilities offered by Adobe. I wish this panel was around when I started ‘slamming sliders’ hoping to produce something engaging for others. The Visionary Panel is greatly improving my chances of doing so.
Kirk Fanning (verified owner) –
Awesome panel that shifts your perspective from a technical to artistic approach to photography and photoshop. Or from a Cartesian to Van Gogh view perspective to photoshop painting your photography
Robert (Bob) Keller (verified owner) –
Following the concept of the photographers responsibility to direct the viewers attention to the important areas of your photo, the panel utilizes incredible engineering to help simplify control of Tone, Color, and Effects. I’m sure that with learning and experience with this panel, you can certainly getting to your finished edit more efficiently.
Greg Scott (verified owner) –
For anyone that has followed Blake’s previous work, the Vision Panel makes perfect sense. Earlier tools taught us how to use his tools when editing our images. The vision Panel focuses more on where and when to use tools in the editing process. I have always appreciated Blake’s emphasis on visual instruction allowing the viewer infinite opportunities to replay challenging steps. I have adopted Blake’s latest workflow in all of my photo work based on the Vision Panel.
Mary P. (verified owner) –
Think Like a Painter! This course introduces a new way to approach photography and provides amazing editing tools. It is evident that he has put a great deal of thought and work into creating the Visiionary Panel. Not only does he explain how each button works, he also goes into THE WHY behind the settings.
Neal (verified owner) –
Another winner from Blake. It really makes you think about your artistic vision.
BILL L. (verified owner) –
Still learning how to use these tools. So far, so good. Hopfuly it will improve my editing skills in Photoshop and reduce my time editing.
Kenneth Brown (verified owner) –
Very helpful. I love the way you have stepped back from technique to the vision based approach. Well explained in module 1. I’m a guy who can do a museum in an hour. But i am seeing things a bit differently now. Only hiccup is that the panal wants to creat its own column on the far right side of my screen and refuses to detach/float so I can’t dock it below other plugins.
Jeffrey K. (verified owner) –
Probably the best utility I’ve ever bought for Photoshop. The art education alone to me was worth the price. The knowledge of the concept of tones and lights/darks and how the eye is drawn to certain places is invaluable. The the Visionary Panel then actually lets you modify your photos (and other artwork) so that the colors/tone adjustments added to your image can change where the viewer is most likely to first focus their attention. And it can look completely natural so that the adjustments aren’t obvious to the viewer. Amazing…
I can’t recommend this enough. Worth every penny. Just wish I had this years ago.
Neil Hickman (verified owner) –
The Visionary Panel created by Blake Rudis is quite extraordinary. I have never rewound so many video tutorials the instant something remarkable was shown. In some instances I did it 3 times because I did not believe what my eyes showed me the first time. In each instance I left the tutorial and tried it on one of my prized “finished” images. WHAT an eye opener!!
Rolf Sjölander (verified owner) –
A new way of thinking, very helpful. Will take a while to wrap my head around but then……
Krish Chandran (verified owner) –
Eye opening. The course has been a huge revelation for me. Thanks Blake !
Rae (verified owner) –
After years of trying to match my vision of a painterly photograph without any actual digital painting, and never really being successful, your course has taught me how to achieve that dream. I wanted so much to move beyond a perfect photograph and create a work of art…yet have it remain without question a photograph. I have been through the tutorial twice and I have used what I am learning on four images so far. Even at this early stage, they are getting rave reviews, including comments “it is like a beautiful painting”. I can’t thank you enough Blake!
Kenneth (verified owner) –
Vision is really changing my head. Amazing how you can get two different visions out of a given photo capture.
Back when I started taking pictures 60 years ago you’d bring the roll of film into the local film processor where they’d treat the film with the right chemicals. Now you gotta treat the capture with the right light.
Love being pushed to get off some old paths and strike out on some new.
Thomas Gossen (verified owner) –
I’m lovin’ it! Can’t wait to become proficient at using it.
James Ranka (verified owner) –
The Visionary Panel is a game-changer, but the educational videos are literally priceless!
Charles Fleischman (verified owner) –
I’m only half-way into studying the videos and I feel much more confident in processing my images. Great work!
Eric C. (verified owner) –
I have just completed all the VP videos. Just starting to play with the panel itself. My initial impression is that it is very instinctive and intuitive where the older panels were reasonably technical and much harder to get my head around.
Discovering the end product of VP are more like an artworks than a capturing of a moment, where as the older panels lean towards the right mathematical formulas to create all the right colours, tones, lighting etc….. than to create the “artwork” Can still be achieve, but I reckon you need a good understanding of all the technical behaviours of mixing colours digitally in combination with tonal valves, different types of blending etc…. plus all the variation PS offers.
Blake you are definitely on a winner here. VP makes me feeling comfortable just to play around to achieved what I want or what I want to see without having to know too much technical informations. ( many times with old panels, I have no idea how I got to that point that pleases my my eyes) I can see in the future I can use the older panel to really fine tune the VP product if one chooses to. the VP have taken you to well over 95% to an ideal finish.
So looking forward to playing and learning and discovering about the VP and its limits
E Hoffmann (verified owner) –
This course, together with the other premium courses makes up the total. I would not have benefitted from this course without the previous courses to build on. This course is the round-off which I have been searching for for a very long time
Stephanie (verified owner) –
Excellent tutorials. Much to learn. An exciting photographic adventure.
Howard (verified owner) –
An extraordinary panel that has the viewer in mind.
Bill Sensenig (verified owner) –
Another amazing tool from the mind of Blake Rudis. I’ve been following his instruction since the basics of the Zone System and love how the knowledge keeps evolving. I highly recommend diving in if you want to become a better photographer and an even more creative digital photo processor.
Jeff P. (verified owner) –
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Johann Klaassen (verified owner) –
I consider Blake as one of the best educators when it comes to art, photography and photoshop. I’ve been at this for 50 years and have taken courses from numerous instructors, you can’t go wrong with Blake!
Ed Snell (verified owner) –
I am currently in the workflow module. I love what you have created and module one was great. That said I am looking forward to learning how and when to use previously purchased products in my workflow.
Ed C. (verified owner) –
I am working though everything for the 2nd time to make it all automatic.
Tim Clifton (verified owner) –
I like the updated tools, & emphasis on tone clusters. A great sequel to his early Vision course. I appreciate Blake’s conversation about AI, & challenge for us to be better. As always great work Blake.
Amy Gonzalez (verified owner) –
Well, I have not quite finished the education in this course, but I just have to offer this review for others. This is hands down the best education I have seen in my years of “learning Photoshop”. This goes away from the actual steps of Photoshop and is really an art education course instead. Blake works to help you tap into your vision of what you want others to see when they look at your photo. What draws them into your photo. It’s just an amazing process.
Aside from the education, the Panel makes experimenting and playing easy and intuitive. The logical order of tools you would use in Photoshop made easier to use. It is laid out really nice and a wonderful addition to PS. This is best education and panel yet. This is really going to help me create the amazing photos that I feel I have struggled with in the past. Well worth the price.
A huge thank you Blake!!
Peter Bushby (verified owner) –
mike moffat (verified owner) –
A very intuitive panel to use. Excellent instruction.. Lots of follow along work flow examples Blake has outdone himself this time.
James Macaluso (verified owner) –
Blake your creativity and drive has a profound influence on my insight and workflow. You have provided tools and instructions that make post processing unbounded. I am especially impressed with the masking potential of the What If and Visionary panels used in conjunction. And I can’t imagine working without My Panel which I have customized..
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Still working way through the course but loving it.
Malcolm Broomfield (verified owner) –
If I could give it a higher score I would, Superb in every way and draws you in to the beauty of what you are doing as well as the mechanics. Simply superb.
Frank Shelley (verified owner) –
The greatest and most useful tool for any photographer today. I now feel very connected to my images. Blake is a gift from God.
Stephen Weiss (verified owner) –
Pulls together most all the Actions I use into an easy to access panel that reminds you of what you might want to use on your photo
Joshua (verified owner) –
This has made workflow so much easier. Also being able to pull more detail easier.
Chris Jeffery (verified owner) –
So far so good, but I have only made it through module 1. All very interesting, but I did not expect the AI content. I think it good that you have made us more aware of AI, and to think about it.
One issue I find is remembering it all. I know that I have a poor memory, and trying to recall all the considerations just before pressing the camera shutter is like a foreign language, and I cannot remember any of them either.
The second issue is to touch the emotion, again something that does not come naturally. Module 1 has made me have a good think about it. It makes me think that those who can touch the emotion have a great head start to be an artist, dancer or writer. As for the rest of us, will it come with practice?
Andrew H. (verified owner) –
Thoroughly enjoyed the course and learned so much
Adam E. (verified owner) –
Awesome Blake! Most comprehensive and practical approach to the subject out there. Powerful instruction and tools to bring the vision to life.
Louise Lindsay (verified owner) –
I am only halfway through the teaching videos, and already I am loving this panel. I have followed Blake for years and listened to and loved most of his YouTube tutorials. I always have learned so much from him. I am pretty advanced in terms of understanding and using Photoshop.
I cannot say enough good things about the visionary panel so far. It makes such sense and fits with my own workflow. Everything is made so much easier. If you didn’t know much about Photoshop, it would be a huge gift to have this panel. But even knowing all I do about Photoshop processing, it is also a huge gift to have this panel. There is one “go to” place with easy ways of doing all sorts of processing, which I might normally try to do in other ways from “scratch”. Blake is a marvelous teacher and photographer and artist. I am so grateful that he has developed this one panel where everything lives and is integrated. I look forward to listening to the rest of his teaching videos and learning more about the other parts of the panel. I can’t wait to process more of my own images with this panel. My artwork is shown in a Florida Keys art gallery near where I live. I am often printing my images and exhibiting and selling them. I think this visionary panel is going to help take my work to an even better level. It also is going to cut down my processing time which I am very happy about.
I should mention that I also use Topaz and Nik plug-ins when processing my artwork. But now I may be using mostly this visionary panel, which gives me much more and easy control over crafting my artwork, and creating my own interpretation. Thank you, Blake.
Jeffrey Adams (verified owner) –
After watching Blake’s preview of the Visionary Panel, I envisioned that the Panel could help me be more efficient in my photo processing, and it has certainly fulfilled that objective; but what really has changed my approach to editing are the education videos and written material that Blake includes. I thought Module 1 would be a bunch of fluff, but I was wrong, it lays a foundation on how one can draw focus to the most important subject matter of the image. Module 2 demonstrates using the panel in a practical manner, Module 3 provides a number of case studies on applying the theory and panel. Just fantastic.
Gary D. (verified owner) –
This course is everything Blake promises and more. 5 stars from me!
Angelo (verified owner) –
Kathleen Towns (verified owner) –
This was the most logical and understandable presentation I have used to date. I was able to pause each module and try the different elements on my photographs, then finish, then work more on mine. Blake’s presentation style is professional yet friendly and easy to understand. I have only used photoshop for two years and this education has pushed me to a new level.
Diana Warren (verified owner) –
Very informative and useful.
I Greatly appreciate your courage to speak up for the importantance of hard work and integrity to improve our photography skills and meet our goals. Very appreciative of the time and effort you put in your courses to help improve the quality of my photofraphy.
Thank you again
Diana Warren
Ken W. (verified owner) –
Almost through module 2- taking time to play with my images. So far, I do see a slight improvement but taking more time to get the image where I want it to be.
Suzanne Brown (verified owner) –
I have not had time to learn the program yet but it looks to be fantastic!
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Great, well designed panel and educational videos were well done.
Carolyn R. (verified owner) –
Wow. After your Visionary course, I can now see more flat images. I love the way you get more depth and focus for the viewer to see. It will take me a little more time and experiments to get my images anywhere near yours, but this course surely gives me a path and tips to help me on the way. Thanks MUCH!
Dean (verified owner) –
DAVID HEASELDEN (verified owner) –
Definitely a Rating of 5. (The Radio Buttons did not work!!).
The panel is a great means to collate all the photoshop tools necessary to assist in producing stunning images – step aside AI!
The Modules are easy to follow with Blake’s relaxed approach. He is testament to the fact that if you know your subject well you can explain it easily which is well accomplished.
Raymond O. (verified owner) –
The panel is easy to use, and along with the education it’s a must-have for all photoshop users
Roy C. (verified owner) –
This panel changed how I work with Photoshop. Enjoy the whole concept makes you pay attention how to work with light etc.
McNabb CC (verified owner) –
OUTSTANDING!!!!! the entirely “new” approach from a painter/artist point of view has been revolutionary. The skills are not difficult nor the overall concept, but it does take some getting used to really THINKING about the image outcome and not just mechanically processing and seeing what comes out at the end. GREAT program!!! This is changing everything.
Jim C. (verified owner) –
Kevin FitzGerald (verified owner) –
A fully inclusive course with new ideas and thoughts.
Ab Arends (verified owner) –
Hi Blake, I asked you if the `Visionary Panel` would add anything to my other panels I already had from you.
You said that you are constantly tailoring yourself and your insights to the latest developments, and therefore your personal growth.
Since training is crucial and a lens also costs $1000+ i purchased the panel..
The `vision` is that you photograph for the viewer, you want to give the viewer the same feeling/experience as when you decided to take the photo. So you will have to lead the viewer’s eyes through `focus points` to achieve that goal. This is possible by the tools available in the Panel.
These have been made as simple as possible, with the possibility of introducing your own ‘vision’ and in a order that you have unnoticed your own workflow!
Especially the `color grading` is perfect, so easy, you can see what the colors are `doing` in relation to each other! In short, another real ‘Blake Rudis’ panel!
I still use my other panels for dodge&burn, PE4 and Blend-If panel, because they are useful for specialized tasks.
I thank you for your Vision!
Greetings, Ab Arends
(maybe a bit of crooked English here and there, but that’s because Google Translate doesn’t always understand me…)
Charlie N. (verified owner) –
Although I’m just beginning to understand the power the visionary panel provides to change a good photo to a great one, the results already are bringing a smile to my face.
My wife, who was an artist, used to provide a different perspective when we were out together. As she no longer can do that, I cannot thank Blake enough for his arduous effort and for sharing his learnings and the tools to help me take my work to the next level.
Blake , you are an inspiration!
In a word, the visionary panel is “enlightening”
Tom B. (verified owner) –
Paul Harrison (verified owner) –
As usual the education is to Blake’s high standard with more to learn on top of his previous courses. His panel probably takes the best bits from his previous panels and then refines them further introducing fresh ideas to his basic mantra of tone/colour/effects. To give you a full review of his panel, ask me again in a year when I’ve learned and practiced all of its possibilities. Well done Blake.
John Perry (verified owner) –
This is an amazing course and panel. Blake makes it so easy to learn with video and written materials, and he covers everything in depth without overcomplicating the subject. It has both increased my understanding of effective post processing, and yet simplified my (previously complex) workflow. Highly recommended.
CHRISTINE GARNER (verified owner) –
Have you ever been bored with your photo editing, never satisfied with the outcome and just craving more but didn’t know what to do? That was definitely me, until I purchased Blake Rudis’ Visionary Panel. This course has not only changed my editing but how I compose my photo in camera & the vision I want to portray post processing.
I have learned things in this course that I could have NEVER imagined or learned elsewhere. It will change your photography life for the better!
230531MJM (verified owner) –
There is a real teaching moment related to the Visionary Panel
You state that this is how you are going to edit from now on. I can hear people thinking; well why did I pay for all those other things, I want my money back.
Remind everyone of your often stated “It’s a slow build up process”. How many years did you spend getting to the Visionary Panel?
I would not trade any of the hundreds of hours I have spent from Thirty Days of Photoshop thru PE4 because I have a working knowledge the processes now.
The Visionary Panel is akin to taking a final exam and acing it and being shocked. Sometimes the best education you get is not knowing when you are learning.
I look forward to the next big breakthrough. Remember, this is no such thing as perfection.
Jeffrey McPheeters (verified owner) –
Excellent teaching to go with the new panel. Thanks for sharing your workflows and approaches to creating images that tell the story and captivate the viewers.
Michele D. (verified owner) –
This was an amazing experience for me. I’ve been a student for years and have happily learned and used Blake’s panels and instructions. This new approach seems more organic than previous approaches and offers the “why we do it” as well as the “how to do it”.
I just finished the lessons and my first photo. It almost looks like a painting come alive.
Wow – thanks Blake!!
Brad Waufle (verified owner) –
It’s a great product, really good educational video’s on how to use the panel. I’m still in the learning phase but loving the results.
Brian Draper (verified owner) –
JR Milne (verified owner) –
I really appreciate Module 1 the most. Why? Because I really want to understand how to navigate the viewer around my pictures. Blake’s explanation of how artists accomplish this goal is truly relatable.
Donna V. (verified owner) –
Sheer genius! Just love it. Really like how it takes the most important features of other panels and combines them into one. Especially love the Painter’s Colour Sliders.
william Leibow (verified owner) –
opened my eyes to what could be done. Only downside is I need to review all my images and possibly modify them
Carol Evanger (verified owner) –
This course has taught me to how to process and show my image as I want, and then with the use of the tools further develop the magic I was seeing. I will be rerunning many of my photographs through this course to reevaluate what I wanted to see and then use the skills learned throughout the course to achieve my goal. Thank you!
Monique (verified owner) –
Loved the panel but even more, I loved the training. It teaches me to look at my photos a whole new way.
Mary Lou D. (verified owner) –
I’ve been using the Visionary Panel following Blake’s processing steps. The first Tone Evaluation tab is eye opening and lets you know where your viewer is looking at the image. The Color tabs and sliders make adjusting color nuances easily and correctly. His videos make it easy to understand what is happening. Unlike purchased presets I now understand how the color opposites affect the picture. I recommend this product to anyone who really wants to accurately adjust images to match your style.
Thysje (verified owner) –
This is so much quicker than when I was messing around with luminosity masks. The Panel is very versatile. And I found the videos extremely helpful. Thanks Blake!
Mary C. (verified owner) –
Although, due to medical issues, I have been unable to actually go through the training for the Visionary Panel and utilize all its gifts, I can only go by past experience with Blake’s work. He is a gifted and talented software developer who sincerely wants to help others learn new ways to develop images with quality, impact and thoughtfulness for what our viewers desire to see in an image. I believe that this new Visionary panel will be no exception. As such, it has my full heartfelt support and accolades for a well defined, well thought out and well documented product. I am convinced that those who purchase this product will come away completely satisfied that they have learned from one of the best and that their work, as a result, has improved significantly. Go for it! Blake’s training courses are outstanding!
Rohan Nel (verified owner) –
Understanding one’s own vision is massive! Thank You!
Kwok Tung Leung (verified owner) –
Great ,helpfully.
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LUIZ PAULO GRINBERG (verified owner) –
I’m delighted with my new tools. Some of them worked so well that I’ve already got acceptances for new titles in Salons/Contests, mainly on BnW sessions. I’m still studying the color session and feel it a lit bit harder, because it presupposes a very good understanding of the color pallet.