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Age Spots

Age Spots

There are tons of digital photo restoration tutorials online these days, on fixing torn pieces on old photos, and matching colors when adding things to the photo. One recent tutorial put torn pieces back and then matched the color because the tones were different. The two pieces matched perfectly, with very little effort, even though...

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Lightroom vs Adobe Bridge

It may come as a shock, but with the pending releases of Lightroom 3 and CS5 currently on the brain, folks still have time to debate whether to use Lightroom or Adobe Bridge. Really? This is still a question? *grin* Actually, I can understand the confusion. Perhaps you started off with a copy of...

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Lightroom vs Adobe Bridge

It may come as a shock, but with the pending releases of Lightroom 3 and CS5 currently on the brain, folks still have time to debate whether to use Lightroom or Adobe Bridge. Really? This is still a question? *grin*

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Photoshop At 20 – A Personal View

Last week I put out an invitation to all Tipsquirrel.com readers to celebrate Photoshop at 20 by submitting a paragraph saying what Photoshop means to them. The responce was somewhat less than i was hoping but, those that did respond did so with great insight and honesty. It’s true what they say, it isn’t...

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Scott Kelby, Andrew Kramer, and the Decline of True Art

TipSquirrel welcomes back Chad Perkins Before digging into this blog, I must clarify its scandalous title. This blog is most certainly not to deride the artistic talents of Scott Kelby or Andrew Kramer. On the contrary, I am a big fan of both of these guys, particularly Andrew Kramer. As a matter of fact,...

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Welcome To Photoshop

photoshop  (v.)”to edit an image using a computer program,” 1992, originally in ref. to Photoshop, a bitmap graphics editor trademarked and published by Adobe, released in 1990.” Dictionary.com  I don’t blame Adobe, far from it, their advertising and position in the market has led to their product becoming a verb, like Google, Hoover or Sellotape. Here’s...

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Scanning For Restoration

Scanning For Restoration

So, you’ve got this great old photo you want to restore. What are the steps you need to take to get it into your computer so you can perform some Photoshop magic? Is the photo in fairly good shape , that is, not all crispy, crumbly, tattered and torn? The first thing you need...

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Becoming an ACE and ACI

Becoming an ACE and ACI

Becoming an Adobe Certified Expert or Certified Instructor is something that I’ve found that many people are interested in. There seems to be a lot of questions about how to get certified, and if it’s worth it or not. I’m hoping to give you a little bit of help in both of these areas...

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