Photoshop Compositing With Blend Modes
With the introduction of the new and improved Refine Edge in Photoshop CS5, making selections has never been easier…or has it? In this tutorial I show you a technique using Blend Modes to make [More]
Contact Sheets in Photoshop CS5
Back when Adobe’s Creative Suite 4 was launched, many people bemoaned the fact that an old favorite plug-in, Picture Package (Contact Sheet II) and its associated Web Gallery counterpart, had been [More]
Blurry II: Combining Techniques
Last week I went over a few ways to lessen motion blur in a photo. There are also, of course, many other ways you can approach this problem – these were just the tip of the Photoshop iceberg. Any [More]
Levels and Curves
I’ve been asked recently about Levels and Curves. Now I could record a TipTorial but regular readers will know, you’d be better off with some professional tutorials. It’s unusual [More]
The Photoshop CS5 Masks Panel
It’s great to welcome back Dan Moughamian to TipSquirrel.com. Here Dan takes a look at how to refine your layer masks by using Photoshop’s Masks panel in combination with an adjustment [More]
"Fixing" Blurry
Do you have any photos, I know you do, that look like the person taking it was a bit on the shaky side (everything in the photo is a bit blurry)? Or maybe the subject of the photo moved, maybe the [More]
“Fixing” Blurry
Do you have any photos, I know you do, that look like the person taking it was a bit on the shaky side (everything in the photo is a bit blurry)? Or maybe the subject of the photo moved, maybe the [More]
Creative Stacking Diversions
Last week, I mentioned that I’d be covering my use of Stack Modes as an “automatic tourist remover.” However, this week, I endeavored to get out in the field and take some new photos [More]
Quick Tip – 3 Easy Ways to Shade a Shape
Adding highlights and shadows to your shapes can give them depth and form. Here I try to give you an overview of three of the easiest ways to to this. Using just Layer Styles I’ll quickly run [More]
Dark II; Photoshop's Layer Blend Modes
Ok, here’s the deal: There’s more than one way to do 99.9% of anything you do in Photoshop. I think there may be only one way of turning it on and off, I could be wrong. It’s my belief, [More]
Dark II; Photoshop’s Layer Blend Modes
Ok, here’s the deal: There’s more than one way to do 99.9% of anything you do in Photoshop. I think there may be only one way of turning it on and off, I could be wrong. It’s my belief, [More]
Noise Reduction with Smart Object Stack Modes
Last week we took a look at Stack Modes in Photoshop, and found that all we needed was a layered Smart Object, and we could use the Stack Modes to great effect. This week we will continue to look at [More]
Photoshop Palette and Workspace Questions
From time to time some strange things happen in Photoshop. Here I look at a couple of the things I’ve been asked about regarding the workspace, both of which are meant to happen and can be of [More]
Photoshop or Lightroom, Which to Choose?
If you’re a photographer looking at upgrading your existing image editing software then you’ve never had so much choice, but which do you choose? The chances are you already have a favourite [More]
Get Inked with Photoshop and No Needles
I would love a tattoo…but I’m terrified of needles. That makes it impossible to get inked. So I guess the next best thing is to do it in Photoshop! 1. First we need to create a map for [More]
