Articles by Eric Renno

About Eric Renno (435 Articles)

Eric’s background in video editing with Adobe Premier led to his interest, and then obsession, with Photoshop. Starting TipSquirrel.com as a hobby he is proud to have gathered together and be a part of The Photoshop Nuts. Known as only “TipSquirrel” for two years, Eric ‘went public’ when he was a finalist in The Next Adobe Photoshop Evangelist competition. He’s also been a finalist in Deke’s Techniques Photoshop Challenge. While still taking on some freelance work, Eric has recently become a Lecturer at Peterborough’s Media and Journalism Centre where he enjoys sharing his knowledge as well as learning new skills. This realisation that he loves to teach has made Eric look at altering his career path.

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Creating Light Streaks With Photoshop

15/10/2012

In this Photoshop tutorial I answer another reader question. How, they asked, can I add light streaks into an image. In particular, they wanted to add the streaks around a bottle, so that's what I do here with a quick, and simple use of the Pen Tool, some Layer Styles and a little bit of Warp. Colour and glow can all be changed once the image is finished to give as much flexibility as possible. [More]

Targeted Adjustment Tool in Adobe Camera Raw

08/10/2012

In this video I take a look at a feature of Adobe Camera Raw that is often over looked, Targeted Adjustment Tool. I switch between using this and heading straight over to the right hand side, but find using the tool is just that bit quicker and ‘less fiddly’. [More]

Making Corners Lift From The Page in Photoshop

01/10/2012

In this Photoshop tutorial video I answer a reader question. How, they asked, can you easily make it look like the corners of the photograph are lifting from the background? I demonstrate two ways here, with some tips along the way including finding the centre of an image and separating Layer Styles from a layer (yep, you really can!) [More]

Using and Checking Perspective Crop in Photoshop

24/09/2012

In this Photoshop tutorial I take a look at the ‘New’ Perspective Crop Tool. Ok, it’s not new as such but it does have a new home. Getting the crop right is tricky so I’ve included a couple of things I do to check I’ve got it right. [More]

Photoshop Coloured Lighting into a Scene

10/09/2012

In this video Photoshop tutorial aimed and beginners and intermediate users of Photoshop I add some colour to a reflection of a window. The work a long files nostainedglass.jpg and colouredwindow.jpg [More]

Put a Simple Photoshop Frame On It

03/09/2012

In this Photoshop tutorial video I’m going to add a very simple frame to my image by increasing the Canvas Size. This works well but there’s a couple of things I need to consider if I want to do the same to all my images, and should I want to record an action. [More]

Photoshop Textures and Texture Extension

27/08/2012

In this video, Eric Renno demonstrates how to find and install the Paper Texture Extension and then use it to add more atmosphere to an otherwise plain image. [More]

Photoshop Transform Tips and Tricks

20/08/2012

In this video I explore the uses of the Photoshop Transform command to help lay out the framework for a dartboard. The transform command is used to correctly space all the wires and to keep all the circles concentric. [More]

Adobe Creative Cloud – First Impressions

13/08/2012

You may be looking to get a new Creative Suite package and have heard about the Creative Cloud, so what is it and should you subscribe to it? In short, the Creative Cloud is a collection of Adobe [More]

Using Photoshop to Make Concentric Circles

06/08/2012

OK, I’m no graphic designer or digital artist, but I needed a ‘cartoon style closing credit’ for a piece I was working on with a student. Creating the circles was easy, and I kept them [More]

Where to Find Even More from The Photoshop Nuts

02/08/2012

We’ve already added a new page to TipSquirrel.com with handy links to The Photoshop Nuts’ own sites but today I’d like to point you toward their other commercial material. With all this 'proper work' they're doing I#d like to publically thank each and every one of them for providing FREE content to this site. They really are as generous as they are talented. [More]