An Introduction to Lightroom Collections
What are collections and why are they different from folders? Folders are where your images are imported and, conventionally, they are titled by date and that’s about it; they don’t tell [More]
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Importing Images to Lightroom
Lightroom is a powerful piece of kit but it is useless unless you know how to import images into your catalogues. So in the tutorial I will go through the methods of importing existing images and [More]
Color Away Discoloration with Photoshop
Do you have any photos that have spots and splotches of color on them that was never part of the original photo? Fellow NAPP member Bob Byington had such a photo and asked me if I could help him to [More]
XOR Text Effect with Photoshop
XOR is a technical term that comes to us from computer science, but in Photoshop we see it all the time. It is the computer graphics effect that causes our cursor to always be a different color from [More]
Repairing Damage With Photoshop:Heal or Patch?
I find that most users quickly master the Clone Stamp tool. Unfortunately many become truly stumped by its two cousins, the Healing Brush tool and the Patch tool. Knowing when to turn from cloning to [More]
Putting Things Behind Glass with Photoshop Elements
In photomontage work there’s sometimes a need to have people or objects behind glass, or other transparent surfaces. This might be someone outside a window or, as we’ll be demonstrating in this [More]
Adding Copyright Data in Bridge
Last week on TipSquirrel, we looked at a process for adding copyright metadata to your images using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Today, we’ll cover a similar process for those of you who are using [More]
Seeing Red
I had a friend call me in a panic the other day. She was scanning some 35mm film and she was freaking out because they kept scanning bright red. I’ve seen it before I told her, and it’s not as [More]
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]
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]
Max Stacks with Photoshop
Over the past few weeks, we’ve explored the world of Smart Objects, and we’ll continue that exploration here today. However, one special note for today’s lesson – the Smart Object features [More]
Adobe Quick Tip Thursday
Greetings all! Just some quick tips today as I'm getting myself together for this weekend's D2W conference. As always we're talking Photoshop so let's throw out the tips:
1. Did you know you can use your keyboard's Numeric Keypad to change a Layer's opacity? Dial 0-9 to get 100% through 90% opacity. Dial two digits (54) to get 54% opacity. USEFUL TIP - If you're using a brush-based tool you'll change the brush opacity INSTEAD of the Layer opacity. [More]
3D from 2D with Photoshop and Apple Motion
TipSquirrel.com is proud to welcome Ariane Fisher. Ariane is the Creative Director at Storymix Media. She is Apple certified in Final Cut Pro and Motion Graphics, and also enjoys dabbling in 3D with [More]
Replacing Sky Part 2
This post was previously seen yesterday at Wetzel and Company. Find out why at the end of this post. Something happens to old photos of a certain age: The sky disappears. Just completely up and [More]
Replacing a Sky with Photoshop
Sometimes it’s necessary to replace elements in a photograph. Sometimes it’s just fun! Whether for fun or necessity, here’s a fairly easy way to go about replacing a piece of a photo, in this [More]
