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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Photoshop Warp – Problems and Solutions

21/07/2011

Its a helpful feature of Photoshop but can test the patience of a saint sometimes. Here’s an example of when I wanted to use Photoshop’s Warp function but it just wouldn’t do what I wanted. In this video I convince Photoshop that up is down and back is front. [More]

Get Stuck In To Photoshop – A Beginners Guide

18/07/2011

In this video I help those opening up Photoshop for the first time and being a little overawed by it all. We’ll take a quick look at the layout of Photoshop before singling out the tools and filters best suited for your first ‘play’ with this amazing software. [More]

Birdfair Ticket Winner

13/07/2011

Congratulations to Mark Pearce Who has won 2 tickets to three days at this year’s Birdfair! Since launching the competition I’ve been asked “what its got to do with Photoshop?”. On the [More]

Stroke Path With Brush – Extra

11/07/2011

In this video I take a look at an old favourite Stroke Path With Brush. This time though I go a little further and experiment with more options. I admit, I love using this feature and may have been a [More]

TipSquirrel.com Action Set

04/07/2011

This action set includes some techniques you’ll want to use again and again on your images, including; High Contrast, Color Separation in LAB, Duo Tone, Fixing Faded Photos, Grunge Border, LensBaby Effect, Soft Glow, Soft Vignette, Stars, Star Wars Text effect. The techniques are all based on tutorials from The Photoshop Nuts at TipSquirrel.com. [More]

Win Tickets to Birdfair 2011

27/06/2011

For some years I’ve been invited to go along to Birdfair, and every year I’ve made some excuse or another. You see, I’m not a birdwatcher so why would I want to go? Last year however I succumbed, and off I went. During my day I looked at all manner of photographic and optical equipment, watched TV nature presenters battle it out in a Call My Bluff style game show and heard the gasps as nature photographer and presenter Chris Packham ‘confessed’ to using Photoshop. So enthused and inspired by what I saw I’ve had a chat with the lovely people at the Birdfair office and managed to grab 2 three day passes to this year’s event! [More]

A Quick Look at Vignettes in Adobe Camera Raw

20/06/2011

In this video I take a look at the old and new vignette settings in Adobe Camera Raw. Previously designed to remove unwanted vignettes from images they have become part of the artistic toolbox of the photographer. [More]

Very Simple Quake-Grunge Text in Photoshop

06/06/2011

I was asked recently about grungy text. There’s plenty of tutorials out there but I wanted something simple, that can be done in a couple of minutes but has a great effect. Here’s my solution. [More]

Grids, Guides and Putting Them Into Actions

02/06/2011

Unlike Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop doesn’t have a grid tool (as yet?), so we’re forced to find ways to make our own. In this video, I’ve demonstrated a couple of ways of making a grid both [More]

Capture, Digital Photography Essentials. A Review

30/05/2011

When I received my copy of Capture, Digital Photography Essentials I was a little confused. At first glance it wasn’t immediately apparent who the book is aimed at. A flick through revealed some [More]

Rotating The Clone Stamp in Photoshop

23/05/2011

In this video TipTorial I take a quick look at some of the parameters that can be changed when using Photoshop’s Clone Stamp Tool. In particular, how to rotate and flip the stamp. Many thanks to Janine Smith for providing the photograph. Also a nod to Gavin Hoey for helping me realise the difference between CS5 and earlier versions. [More]