Quick Tonal Changes With Photoshop Gradient Maps
Photoshop Gradient Maps have been around for a while but there's some great new gradients supplied as default. In this video for Fotolia I take a quick look at this powerful feature; [More]
Isolating a Single Photoshop Layer and Deselecting a Range
In this 30 Second Photoshop video I take a look at how easy it is isolating a single Photoshop layer and how with one movement you can hide the visibility of a whole range of layers. [More]
Photoshop Retouching Tips – Nondestructive Healing
The cloning and healing tools in Photoshop continue to improve all the time, and now most of the retouching tools offer Adobe’s amazing “content-aware” technology. However, in order to get the most from the Healing Brush, Patch Tool, Clone Stamp, and all the others, you’ll want to explore ways to accomplish nondestructive healing during your retouching sessions. [More]
Photoshop Crop Tool – Its Not Just For Cropping
CoverPhotoshop Crop Tool has, you may thing one simple basic function, but it has a whole host of other great features beside just resizing your image. It'll straighten, add canvas and even has different overlays to help with composition. [More]
30 Second Photoshop – Resize Large Layers
Bringing in layers larger than the image you're working on can often result in some fiddly navigation, not however if you use this simple combination of shortcut keys. [More]
Make the Most of Text with the Photoshop Character Panel
Photoshop has a great capability for manipulating text and there's a real powerhouse in the Character Panel.
In this video for Fotolia I take a look at all the features in the panel to make a simple poster layout. I look at kerning, glyphs and font sizing among other great features. [More]
30 Second Photoshop – Quick Bokeh Effect
In this quick tip video I demonstrate how to create bokeh using the brush panel options. [More]
How to post to Facebook with Lightroom
Did you know you can post to Facebook from Lightroom, directly and automatically? Back in version 3, Adobe introduced Publish Services to Lightroom, and this continues to be the best way to manage your photos when you’re posting to social media. [More]
Manipulating Layers in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements
In this video for Fotolia for those relatively new to the software I take a look at manipulating layers in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements [More]
30 Second Photoshop – Auto Select A Layer
In this quick tip video I demonstrate how to select layers without going anywhere near the Layer's panel. [More]
Lightroom Workflow : Good to Great
I get questions all the time about my workflow, and in this tutorial I’m answering some specific questions I got related to some recent bird photos I posted on my Flickr photostream. Some other photographers had been with me and struggled to capture images in the same location and time. In addition to the workflow I present in this video, I’ll add some additional tips [More]
My Fav Photoshop Easter Egg
An Easter Egg in computer terms is a hidden feature of software that has no effect on the software itself. In Photoshop there's a beauty! [More]
Lightroom 5 – Keyboard Shortcuts
Everybody loves keyboard shortcuts, and today on TipSquirrel, we have Lightroom 5 Keyboard Shortcuts for you!
Learning keyboard shortcuts can help boost your productivity and can be the key to a smooth and consistent workflow. In addition, you’re taking some of the work away from your mouse, and that can be a benefit if you tend to suffer from repetitive motion stress.
There are a few Lightroom 5 keyboard shortcuts everyone should know – for example, the big three in my mind are “G, E, D” (for grid view, loupe view, and develop module view). And there’s “R” for the crop tool. But there are oh, so many more Lightroom 5 keyboard shortcuts. [More]
Taking the Photoshop Adobe Certified Expert Exam
I was recently asked about becoming an Adobe Certified Expert and what I think is the best study tools, so I thought I’d make it the subject of my post this week.
I’m not going to lie to you, taking the exam was a nerve-racking experience. I’ve taken it a few times now and I can’t say it gets any easier, but I like doing it, and I certainly like getting the results (so far). [More]
Lightroom Mobile Quick Setup Guide
As you may have noticed, Adobe has just released Lightroom 5.4, along with the new Lightroom Mobile for iPad. Lightroom mobile extends your workflow beyond the desktop, and onto your iPad, where you can review, rate and even edit your images, and have the changes synchronized automatically back to your main catalog.
Lightroom uses the Creative Cloud storage services as the hub for this synchronization, and as a result, you must be a member of one of the subscription services for this to work, including any of the Creative Cloud plans, or the Photoshop Photography Program. The iPad app is completely free, so this is just another benefit of the Creative Cloud subscription. [More]
