Getting Started in HDR Pro
In this exclusive video for TipSquirrel.com Rich Harrington show’s us how to get our images into HDR Pro ad what to do with them once they’re there! [More]
Photoshop
More Beyond HDR in Photoshop CS5
Do you ever look at other people’s amazing HDR images and wonder why your HDR images never quite look as good? Well you’re not alone. In fact creating a really great HDR takes more [More]
Exporting Panoramas to Photoshop from Lightroom
Before I go into the how’s and wherefores of this tutorial I think I ought to explain a few things in case any of you are a little unsure of what panoramic photographs are and how they are made. A [More]
To The Max
Do you use Photoshops Maximum filter? Did you even know there was a Maximum filter in Photoshop? If so, you win a gold star! If not, you should; it may actually come in handy some day! Lines in [More]
Dodge and Burn for Photoshop Drama
With the popularity of Photoshop plug-ins from companies like Topaz, On One and Nik, it’s easy to forget that much of the capability to create dramatic images already exists within Photoshop. It’s a little more work, but it’s fun, rewarding, and comes with no additional price tag! [More]
Win Great Photoshop Elements Books
We’ve got two of the best Photoshop Elements books to give away to one lucky reader. No nonsense guide to getting the most out of your images using Photoshop Elements. Save time with invaluable [More]
Color Balance Correction
Ask what adjustment they think of when they hear “color correction in Photoshop” and most people will answer “Curves”. Nothing wrong with that, I pretty much always use it myself, either [More]
Photoshop PDFs – Creative, Sweet!
As part of the Creative Suite, Photoshop offers a very nice integration with other CS products, including one that you may have overlooked – Adobe Acrobat. Photoshop can create native Acrobat PDF [More]
Accessing ACR from Photoshop
Sometimes I come across something that changes the way I use Photoshop and today I share one such thing.
I’m a fan of Adobe Camera Raw and it’s where I like to start my editing but what if you’re working with a PSD file?
No worries, there’s a way to access Adobe Camera Raw right from inside Photoshop. [More]
Using Photoshop to Add Shadows and Highlights to a Page Curl
In my last post I used the Warp function to make a page curl effect, but it looks a bit flat.
In this video I add a couple of shadows and a highlight and use Warp again to get just the right shape. [More]
Using actions in Photoshop Elements
If you haven’t used the full version of Photoshop, you might not be familiar with the concept of actions. Essentially, they are sequences of commands designed to quickly reproduce a particular effect on an image. They range from simple enhancements to extremely complex manipulation operations and are designed primarily to save you time by doing all the repetitive parts of a technique at speed.
Although you can’t actually create your own actions from within Elements, you can install and run them. [More]
Photoshop Warp – Problems and Solutions
Its a helpful feature of Photoshop but can test the patience of a saint sometimes. Here’s an example of when I wanted to use Photoshop’s Warp function but it just wouldn’t do what I wanted.
In this video I convince Photoshop that up is down and back is front. [More]
Photoshop Restoration – A Real World Walkthrough
Practically every decade has a signature look when it comes to portraits, not only due to the fashions of the time, but of the lighting and style of the photography. Today we’ll turn an ordinary black & white into a portrait reminiscent of the glamour portraits of the 30’s and 40’s popularized by George Hurrell. [More]
Text Chiselled in Stone with Photoshop
This week’s tip is a two-for-one, bringing you some classic techniques. We’ll create a nice stone texture, then carve some text in it using layer styles, as well as a few additional tricks. [More]
Get Stuck In To Photoshop – A Beginners Guide
In this video I help those opening up Photoshop for the first time and being a little overawed by it all.
We’ll take a quick look at the layout of Photoshop before singling out the tools and filters best suited for your first ‘play’ with this amazing software. [More]
