October at TipSquirrel

It was another great month for TipSquirrel.com and I am, as always,grateful to everyone that contributed to the site.

Keep visiting in November for all the regulars, plus we’ll be welcoming back Andie Smith, AJ Wood and Chad Perkins. We’ll also be welcoming photographer Richard Hales for his first post at TipSquirrel.com.

 

Richard Harrington – Guest Post

Color Grading with Gradient MapsA brilliant tutorial on creating color effects with Photoshop “with little effort”

 A. J. Wood- Guest Post

Ask AJ About Photoshop The first in a regular post where AJ answers our questions. He surprised everyone by doing it as a movie. Questions for the next edition are now being taken.

Mike Hoffman – Guest Post

Creating a Jack-O’Lantern Carving with Layer Styles – A great Halloween tutorial.

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Magazine Wrap Around A redo of an earlier tutorial faking a wrap on a magazine cover

Simple Border Effects A simple, yet effective border effect using the shape tool

Make a Layer From Layer Effects Separating effects from the layer.

Masking Layer Effects The first video Top Tip Tuesday

 Janine Smith

Texture Matching – When restoring a photograph you may need to match a particular texture, here’s one solution.

Smoothing Texture Removing a texture from a scanned photograph

Combo Color Correction How to adjust the color of a photograph Part 1 of 2

Color Wheel Correction How to adjust the color of a photograph Part 2 of 2

Halloweenie Brushes29 vintage Halloween brushes

Rebecca Fryer

 The Magnifying Glass Effect Creating the effect of magnifying a layer, while keeping it’s versatility.

3D Glass Ball This tutorial uses Layer Effects to achieve a glass effect

Simon Rudd

Filling In With the Pen Tool Part 2 of ‘Making Line Art from A Photograph’

Shading Vectors on Photoshop Part 3 of ‘Making Line Art from A Photograph’