Video Viewfinder POV in Photoshop
I was recently asked by a student if it was easy to make a video look like it was being viewed through a viewfinder. Using Premier-Pro’s titling we got the job done but I wondered if it would be [More]
Camera and Photoshop Club Searchable Database
Hi there! We’re compiling a database of camera and Photoshop clubs all around the world. The idea is simple, we’d like our readers to be able to find a club, or clubs in their area and get [More]
Masking with The Photoshop Pen Tool
Creating a good mask is one of the essential skills in compositing images within Photoshop. Recognizing the right tool for the masking job is an art in itself. Today, we’ll look at an often overlooked, but highly effective way of creating a very good mask – using the Pen Tool in Photoshop. [More]
Photoshop CS6 The Missing Manual – A Review
Photoshop has a pretty extensive help file, and I don’t need to tell you dear TipSquirrel.com reader that there are some brilliant tutorial websites out there, but nothing quite takes the place of a well laid out, indexed manual that can sit quietly on the desk until that day when you just need to know something in a hurry.
O’Reilly publish a whole range of Missing Manual books and for Photoshop CS6 they have once again turned to Lesa Snider. Lesa has penned two previous incarnations of the Photoshop Missing manual, authoring the CS5 and CS4 books as well as the iPhoto ‘11 Missing Manual. [More]
Start to Finish Workflow with Gavin Hoey
There’s photographic potential all around us, that’s one of the amazing things about photography. Usually there’s a direct connection between the distance travelled and the amount of inspiring [More]
Ten More Things About Lightroom
AJ Wood returns with a follow up to his popular post Ten Things Beginners Should Know in Lightroom with an updated Lightroom 4 edition.
These are AJ’s ‘must know’s’, do you have any of your own you want to share? Drop them in the comments and we’ll compile them for a future post. [More]
Movie Poster Credit Template for Photoshop
Imagine my delight when I came across this great font which has all the relevant parts incorporated into it. To get the ‘Music by’ or ‘Costume Design’ for example takes just a simple keystroke. Brilliant. [More]
Photosmith 2 – A Review
Photosmith is an iPad app that claims to be the ‘bridge’ between Lightroom and the photographer allowing them to sort, keyword and organise photographs ‘in the field or when traveling’ and even when ‘hiding from the rain under an awning in Bogota’ when ‘even a slim notebook is unwieldy’. The app works with JPEG and RAW files and integrates wirelessly with Lightroom. [More]
Photoshop CS6 – Kuler
In this post, Howard introduces us to the power of Kuler. If you're looking for a color theme for your projects, look no further than Kuler, it’s built right into Photoshop and is a great extension! [More]
Coloring With Photoshop – Hair
We left our heroine a bit on the pink side, but we’ll get back to that in a little while. The color of the hair can affect the way we see the skin tone, so I’d like to work on that, right now. When colorizing hair, like skin, I like to take my colors from the historical era I’m trying to duplicate [More]
Dramatic Skies with Camera Raw’s Graduated Filter
On a recent Saturday morning, I was privileged to join some fellow NAPP members for a friendly “Canon vs. Nikon” shootout, at Fort Desoto Park in Saint Petersburg, Florida. The original intent was to compare the new 5DMIII against the new D800. Out on the beach, things got a little crazy, and a few of us took the term “shootout” literally! I was on hand to capture some of the hilarity. [More]
Reviving Afternoon Skies with Photoshop Multiply Mode
Dealing with overly bright skies is a challenge photographers of all stripes must deal with on a regular basis. We've all been there: on vacation, in a great spot, just a few hours to photograph but sunrise and sunset are not an option. So we photograph our subjects when the sun is overhead, showering everything in blue light. Skies suffer the worst sometimes, with areas that are partially blue and others partially blown out or too bright. The shot below exemplifies this. [More]
Create a Simple Time Tunnel in Photoshop
This month I thought I'd show you an easy way of creating a time tunnel or ripple effect effect using just a couple of filters and a little masking. [More]
12 Courses, 2 Nuts and 7 Days Free at Lynda.com
Hi, Eric here with a slightly different post. I’m sending you off somewhere else!
Today I’m offering you the chance to head off and get 7 days of free UNLIMITED ACCESS to all the courses at lynda.com.
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Publish from Lightroom to Dropbox
Cloud storage service Dropbox is a very handy and useful tool, allowing you to share files between your machines. For photographers, it provides and easy way to get your images on all your devices quickly and easily. If you’re using Lightroom, then the Publish Services that were introduced with LR3 give you direct integration from Lightroom all the way through the cloud – a very nice capability. In today’s video tip, you’ll learn how to set up a Publish Service to manage your Lightroom portfolios right within Dropbox. [More]
