A Pull Focus Effect With Photoshop CS6
While producing a slideshow recently I thought it might be cool to add a ‘pull focus’ effect to one or two of the images. By doing this, I was able to draw the viewer to various parts of an image. [More]
Blending Options for Photoshop Smart Filters
Here's a quick tip regarding Smart Filters. In my travels I've met many folks who use Smart Filters, and they enjoy the ability to non-destructively apply filters. The capability to adjust filter settings and/or mask a filter provide for a number of creative possibilities. However, I'm surprised at the number of folks who don't know that Smart Filters also have blending options. [More]
Hide Menu Items in Photoshop
Howard Pinksy organises his menus to keep his Photoshop workspace nice and clean.He shows us how to hide those items we don't need, making those we do easier to find. [More]
Selective Smart Sharpening in Adobe Photoshop
One of the wonderful (and often confusing) things about Photoshop is that there are many ways to do just about anything. Sharpening is no exception and almost everyone will have their favourite method.. This is my current favourite for its flexibility and the results it achieves. This method is both easy and effective and perfect for saving as an action to be applied to any image at the click of a button. One of the benefits of this method is that the amount of sharpening and even where is sharpened is all adjustable after application. [More]
Photoshop Guides and Rulers
Learn to use Guides and Rulers in Photoshop to accurately and precisely place and align images and objects. Guides are essential when exact measurements or precise alignment is required. [More]
ACR to Photoshop Edits Aren’t Set in Stone
I was talking to a photographer the other day and I was saying how much I love Adobe Camera Raw (ACR), and that I’ll do 90% of what I want to achieve there before moving into Photoshop. He argued against this stating “Once you’ve clicked Open Image in ACR your adjustments can’t be changed”. By default this is true, but not when you use my beloved modifier keys…. [More]
Dynamic Slideshows with Photoshop CS6
One of the best new features of Photoshop CS6 is the amazing way Adobe have incorporated video editing abilities into Photoshop. Now if like me you’d call yourself a photographer rather than a videographer , then you might be tempted to skip this post but trust me, this is a 100% photo friendly tutorial. [More]
Add Punch and an Easy Soft Glow With Photoshop
In this video I take a look at a really easy way add a bit of punch to an image and add a soft glow. It works great on all those Valentines images you’re bound to be taking today! [More]
Your Phone Camera Photos Suck (Blur Removal Software Review)
No matter how good the settings on your phones camera are, they probably aren’t going to help out of focus or blurry images. You might try to take multiple shots of whatever you’re photographing, and hope at least one comes out halfway decent – that’s usually my main M.O., but if you are stuck with blurry or out of focus images, what can you do? [More]
A Kinder, Gentler HDR in Photoshop CS6
HDR doesn't have to be gritty, edgy, with radioactive colors. At its heart, HDR is a technique that can allow you to more accurately capture the images you see - as long as you aren't too heavy-handed with the controls. [More]
Creating a Chiseled Text Effect in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements
We'll be using Photoshop layer styles to achieve the effect as well as the somewhat obscure Type Mask tool. If you're not familiar with this tool, it's a little like a cross between the Type tool and Quick Mask; we can type our text as usual but when it's committed, instead of creating a layer with the text it creates a selection; this is perfect for the technique as we do not need to work on the text directly. You can follow the original tutorial using the link above but change the dimensions to 1000x200 pixels to create the correct document size. If you don't want to start the image from scratch, it can be downloaded here. [More]
How to Make a Photoshop Brush
Creating a custom brush in Photoshop is a must have skill, Simon Rudd explains how to go about it. [More]
Layer Comps in Photoshop
The Layer Comps feature in Photoshop allows you to create and save a variety of different compositions within a single file, and switch back and forth between the layouts quickly and easily. You can even save all your comps automatically to a group of files. [More]
Interactive Photoshop Wordsearch
Ahh that Monday feeling, we need a distraction. Here's a Photoshop related wordsearch to help you through. Best thing is, if you finish and refresh the page it'll be a different puzzle! [More]
Photoshop Fashion Retouch Techniques
In this exclusive video author Richard Harrington takes us through some Photoshop techniques he uses for retouching portraits.
Including masking hair, refining color and spot healing. [More]
