January 2012

Easy Image Borders with Photoshop Smart Filters

31/01/2012

It seems that nearly every third party plug-in these days has some ability to provide a variety of image borders, but so far that capability isn’t in Photoshop. At least, not directly. But, with [More]

The Midas Touch: Beyond the Basics of the Levels Adjustment in Photoshop Elements

26/01/2012

When we talk about the Levels dialog in Elements, we generally stick to the default mode of adjusting the shadows, midtones and highlights of the overall image in order to correct and boost the existing tones. There is far more to the Levels adjustment, however, as we’ll find out in the following tutorial. [More]

Solving Common Photoshop Problems – Lightroom Image Disappeared?

24/01/2012

Here’s a problem that has plagued everyone at some point in the Lightroom learning curve, and it can be a real stumper if you aren’t paying attention, or if you aren’t wise to the ways of [More]

Lightroom 4 Beta Quick Tip – Geotags

20/01/2012

You no doubt have heard the good news, that Adobe launched its public beta of Lightroom 4, and there’s plenty to be excited about! For this tutorial we’ll take a quick look at the brand [More]

Changing The Background Colour of a Photo With Photoshop

18/01/2012

So, what do you do when you have a picture you love with a background you hate? Why change it, of course! Take, for example, this picture of my cousin David; he loves the pic but hates the pink! So [More]

Solving Common Photoshop Problems–The Brush Tool

17/01/2012

Sometimes the simplest things can create the biggest headaches, and so it is with the Brush tool in Photoshop. You might think, grab the tool, set the color, shape and brush size, and paint away. But then… something is wrong. The brush isn’t painting at all, or it’s painting in a way you aren’t expecting? What’s gone wrong? Should I reset preferences? Reinstall Photoshop? [More]

Changes to the Basics Tab in Lightroom 4 Beta

16/01/2012

Recently, I have seen a lot of discussion regarding the changes to the development module in Lightroom 4 Beta and I wanted to go over some of these changes since Lightroom 3. In my previous post, I [More]

A Real World Camera Raw and Photoshop Workflow

13/01/2012

In this exclusive to TipSquirrel.com video, Rich Harrington takes us through a real world scenario using Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop. [More]

A quick look at colour correction in Lightroom 4 Beta

11/01/2012

Exciting news yesterday as Adobe released the first public beta for Lightroom 4. Lots of people have been asking me what has changed since LR3? is it worth upgrading? etc. Based on my first [More]

Create a Copyright Preset in Lightroom

11/01/2012

Its a new year so time for something that’s good for you but not necessarily fun, sorry. You’ve probably let the new year’s resolution for keywording slip already so here’s something that [More]

Solving Common Photoshop Problems–Type Troubles

10/01/2012

Photoshop can be a strange beast when it comes to working with type. While Photoshop isn’t designed to have a powerful text layout engine, lacking the full-featured capabilities of InDesign for [More]

Filter Your Photos in Lightroom

06/01/2012

If you’re a regular Lightroom user then you’ll know just how fast your Lightroom Catalogue can grow. It’s not unusual to find photographers with tens of thousands of images in a single [More]

Easy Rectangle Photo Effect with Photoshop

05/01/2012

This month I thought I’d show you a nice easy way to create a cool photo effect using the Rectangle Marquee Tool and the Stroke Layer Style. Step 1 For this project you will need a Photo [More]

Solving Common Photoshop Problems–Greyed out Filters

03/01/2012

In my role as moderator of the member forums over at the National Association of Photoshop Professionals Website, I routinely help struggling users to come to grips with the powerful, yet [More]

Win How To Cheat in Photoshop Elements 10

02/01/2012

With thanks to our friend and Nut David Asch and the nice people at Focal Press, we’ve got a copy of the hot off the press How To Cheat in Photoshop Elements 10 To enter just complete the [More]

2009 A collection of links to handy Photoshop resources.

2009 Eric started making his own content.

2010 Photoshop experts started to contribute and 'The Photoshop Nuts' were assembled

2012 Eric is a finalist in Adobe's 'Next Photoshop Evangelist' competition.

2014 The Nuts see personal success or change career, TipSquirrel limps on.

2015 Eric presents for Adobe for the first time at The Photography Show

2016 Eric leaves freelance and becomes employed. TipSquirrel looses steam.

2020 Eric resumes freelance and vows to get TipSquirrel back on it's feet

2021 Eric begins making content. No Nuts this time, but plans to have guests from time to time.

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January 2012