Picking Apart Photoshop Actions
Actions are a great way to get things done quickly, but they’re also a wonderful learning tool. Knowing how to examine an action can help you find new techniques as well as discovering bases that [More]
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Blending Images with Various Focal Points with Photoshop
For this video I’ve taken four photographs, all focused on a different Lego figure. Using Photoshop I’m going to blend them together so that I get one, in focus image. This technique is great for macro photography for shooting flowers, insects and other small objects. [More]
Using the Photoshop Masks Panel
In the past several tips I’ve explored ever more deeply into the art of creating selections. Of course, one of the primary uses of selections is to create a mask, in order to non-destructively hide [More]
Q & A With The Restorationist Janine Smith
This week, with the indulgence of the Honorable Mr. Squirrel and you, the reader, I’m going to attempt to answer a few questions. You see, I get asked these particular questions a lot, on a fairly [More]
Q & A With The Restorationist Janine Smith
This week, with the indulgence of the Honorable Mr. Squirrel and you, the reader, I’m going to attempt to answer a few questions. You see, I get asked these particular questions a lot, on a fairly [More]
Image alignment and analysis with Difference Blending
Way back when we started our journey through the dark and forbidding lands of Photoshop Blend Modes, I showed this chart, grouping the blend modes into some distinct categories: If you look closely, [More]
Local Adjustments in Lightroom
No I’m not talking about going to your local chiropractor…..We are talking Lightroom, Silly! I will admit until a couple months ago a few weeks ago I knew there was Local Adjustments in [More]
Refining Masks with Overlay Blending
After a weeks break TipSquirrel welcomes back Mike Hoffman Creating a good mask is an essential part of retouching and compositing images, but the process of developing that mask doesn’t have to [More]
Custom Black & White in Lightroom
Welcome back photographer Andie Smith I LOVE LOVE LOVE black and white images. When I was in school, we shot with black and white film (Ilford for me please!) and processed our images in the darkroom [More]
Blend Mode Basics – Part 2
TipSquirrel welcomes back Mike Hoffman Welcome back to my ongoing series, exploring the secrets of blending modes in Photoshop. Last time, we looked at the four main categories of blend modes [More]
Repairing Ink Blots
Bad things happen. Bad things even happen to our photos. Bad things like…ink. So when the bad thing happens, how do you go about fixing it? The first thing to remember is to not try to wipe it [More]
The Tilt-Shift Effect in Photoshop
TipSquirrel welcomes back photographer Andie Smith – Twitter I have a confession…. I love the look of miniature models, but hate using a tilt-shift lens. Thankfully I’m good [More]
Restoring A Partial Fade
Last week we went over noise reduction, sans plug-in. This week, using the same photo provided, with thanks, by Kelly (Herstoryan), we’ll bring back an extremely faded element. In the example [More]
Ask A.J. About Photoshop #1
Today's guest post is a little different. To kick off the new "Ask A.J." series I thought it best to respond with a video answer to the questions posted. Little did I know the adventure awaiting me as I tried to render out the screencast file, then upload to YouTube, then to Vimeo. Needless to say, I'm a bit tired from the early AM recording, but it's all for you dear readers. Watch the video, leave some comments, and spread the word if you think this is a good thing. Oh, and forgive me if I drift off a bit towards the end, I made it through the night without so much as a drop of caffeine. [More]
