Compositing in Photoshop Touch
As part of our Adobe Touch Week Howard takes a look at Photoshop Touch on the iPad and puts it through its paces by compositing two images. [More]
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As wonderful as Adobe Photoshop is, I doubt there is a person that would call it simple.. There are many ways to do just about anything, from choosing which tool to use, find that skin smoothing [More]
Creating the Sin City Effect with Photoshop Elements
Call it hackneyed, call it cliché; the spot colour effect may well have had its day, but it can still look stunning when used with the right image. In this tutorial we’ll pay tribute to the [More]
Fixing Franken-Face
What is “Franken-face”? Consider this image: A young woman sitting on a pony on a bright and sunny day; what a great memory! The daughter of the woman pictured cherishes it, but would [More]
The Photoshop CS6 Oil Paint Filter
Sometimes it’s good to take a step back and have a little fun with Photoshop. Try new filters, new blend modes… experiment a bit! CS6 offers plenty of opportunity for this with new [More]
Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS6: A Review
An independent review of Richard Harrington's Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS6 book by Richard Hales. [More]
Photoshop Textures and Texture Extension
In this video, Eric Renno demonstrates how to find and install the Paper Texture Extension and then use it to add more atmosphere to an otherwise plain image. [More]
Photoshop Signature Brushes and Shapes
Whether you want to watermark your images, or just an a tasteful signature for artistic flair, there are several ways to accomplish this in Photoshop. In this tutorial, we’ll look at two ways to create a signature that can be applied over and over – one method using Photoshop’s Brush Engine, and the second using Photoshop Custom Shapes. [More]
Taming your Photoshop Presets
Do you suffer from unsightly, bulging panels? Are your pickers bursting at the seams? Would you like to shed a few hundred items but still be able to enjoy a healthy choice of custom presets? [More]
Photoshop CS6: Importing 3D Models (Onto Mars!)
In this video tutorial we’ll look at how you can import 3D models and composite them on your photographs in Photoshop CS6 Extended! [More]
19th Century Beauty Experiment
What makes portrait photography so much better today than it was in the 19th century? Because, let’s face it, most of those folks didn’t look their best. Was it the lighting? Lack of make-up? The equipment? I imagine all of the above played a part, along with the fact that the subject had to sit up to 15 minutes due to the exposure time, hence no smiles. The lighting, especially at first, was quite harsh. In the beginning limelight was used, which resulted in extremely white, chalky faces, and later, battery operated arc lamps which were also quite stark. Later, around the turn of the century, full walls of windows were often used, taking advantage of daylight, as well as electric light. Even though the renaissance masters figured out how to harness and soften light to paint by (Rembrandt used shutters and a white cloth hanging over the windows to diffuse light), photographic portraiture wouldn’t reach that level until much later in the game. [More]
Book-Cover Composite Themes with Photoshop
Using some quick compositing techniques, you can create a series of book covers, CD covers, artwork, or related graphical designs that look different, yet share a common feel and theme. This video tutorial uses Photoshop CS6, but the techniques apply to any recent version of Photoshop. [More]
Fixing Chromatic Aberration in ACR 7.1
Shortly after Photoshop CS6 was released, Adobe provided a very useful update to users of the Camera Raw plugin: brand new tools for removing CA or chromatic aberration! CA is the fancy term given to the fuzzy "color fringes" that we often see, in shots taken under bright light. Just zoom in between 100-300%, and as you pan around the subject, check the high contrast edges. Subjects shot against a bright skies or lights are particularly vulnerable to displaying CA.
Fortunately there's a very easy solution in Camera Raw 7.1 that requires only a few clicks. Let's take a look. [More]
Use Photoshop to Add Some Cloud
Sometimes a blue sky is lovely, especially when you're trying to get a tan :) but sometimes you may want to add some clouds to that perfect sky – it may make things more interesting.
That's easily achieved with this Photoshop quick tip. [More]
Add a Top Level Folder to your Lightroom Catalog
In last week’s tutorial, we looked at some easy ways to migrate a Lightroom catalog between machines, and one of the key tips was keeping your image folders organized under a single top level [More]
