Photoshop Slice Tool
The slice tool can be used to help create webpages and elements of them. In this post I'll show you how to create a very simple navigation example. [More]
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Wide Eyed Cat – Have Fun in Photoshop
A few years ago there were a number of birthday cards with large eyed cats and dogs on them, I thought I would spend a few minutes showing you how you can make your own spin on this idea. [More]
Format Text In Photoshop With Kerning and Tracking
Photoshop does a great job of formatting text and can be quite intuitive. Sometimes however you have to get stuck in a finesse it yourself.
In this Photoshop tutorial video, I take a look at kerning and tracking before finishing off the text effect with a few Layer Styles and Blend Mode combinations. [More]
Using Photoshop Shapes to Make Apple Maps Type Pins
In this video I’ll use Photoshop shape capabilities to make Apple Maps typpe of pin to add to my image.
I’ll use stroke, gradient, stroke positioning and many other settings as well as some handy tips on manipulating paths.
As always I’d love to see your images using this technique! [More]
Use Photoshop to Subtly Retouch Eyes
In this video I’ll demonstrate a very easy, yet highly effective way of bringing your subjects eyes ‘to life’ using nothing more than a couple of brushes and a mask in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. [More]
Easy Retro and Light Leak Effect for Photoshop and Elements
When it comes to creating that retro look Photoshop offers a seemingly endless range of options. The trouble is many of the techniques involve multiple complex steps. Well here’s a retro effect [More]
GuideGuide 2 Overview for Photoshop CS6
In this video Howard Pinsky explores the use of GuideGuide 2. If you use guides more than occasionally this extension should be a part of your Photoshop! It works with CS4, CS5 and CS6. [More]
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]
Filtering a Video Clip with Photoshop Extended
Photoshop's filters are pretty powerful (and certainly diverse). Knowing this, you may find yourself wanting to apply a filter to a video clip. This is very possible, but there's a specific workflow you must follow. [More]
Lighting an Unlit Cigar with Photoshop Layer Styles
Hi Folks, For this month’s tutorial I thought I’d share a technique with you that I used recently on an image that I made during one of my Character Portrait Workshops. (New course date just [More]
Speed your scanning workflow in Photoshop
If you’re like me, you probably have stacks of old photographs sitting around in the “to be scanned” queue. In fact, you may, like me, have additional piles from family and friends in the same [More]
Using Photoshop to Cut Off a Finger
I’m not sure how many people have seen my horror work but I spent years removing faces and turning people into monsters. So for this tutorial I thought I’d show you a simple method of how [More]
HDR Techniques : Prepare Now, Avoid Headaches Later
As we discussed in last week’s introduction to taking your HDR Beyond the Ordinary, using the HDR and Tone Mapping software is only one step in what should be a much bigger workflow. In today’s video tip, we look at ways of preparing your images for the HDR process – there are a lot of image artifacts and problems that can be removed from the equation before we even open up Photomatix, or HDR Efex Pro, or Photoshop’s Merge To HDR Pro. [More]
Vector Masks in Photoshop
In last week’s post on TipSquirrel, we started looking at drawing with shapes and paths in Photoshop. In the interest of getting our toes wet, so to speak, we looked at the shape tools, and saw [More]
