Working with Image Stacks in Lightroom
In a recent tutorial here on TipSquirrel, we looked at a technique to Automatically Stack Lightroom Images. In that tutorial, we touched on a powerful tip for setting up stacks in Lightroom, but [More]
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Better Vignettes With Photoshop
There’s several ways to make vignettes using Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop but Richard Harrington has a better brand new way. [More]
3D Layers with Video in Photoshop
In last week’s tutorial, we looked at Video Masking in Photoshop. Today, we take this project to a whole new dimension – the third dimension – as we learn to apply our video project to the surface of a 3D object. With the video animation playing on the surface of the 3D object, we can create another layer of animation and move it around, adding additional effects for a very flexible and interesting result. [More]
Drag and Drop from Lightroom
I was asked recently whether you could drag and drop files from Lightroom onto a memory stick and this raised a few points that I thought were worthy of mentioning here. To understand the [More]
Video Masking in Photoshop
Learn how to create a clipping mask for your video within Photoshop CS6 – and see how to animate the clipping mask as well. Create unique effects for your video projects, right within Photoshop. [More]
Creating Light Streaks With Photoshop
In this Photoshop tutorial I answer another reader question. How, they asked, can I add light streaks into an image.
In particular, they wanted to add the streaks around a bottle, so that's what I do here with a quick, and simple use of the Pen Tool, some Layer Styles and a little bit of Warp.
Colour and glow can all be changed once the image is finished to give as much flexibility as possible. [More]
Smoothing Texture in Photoshop
A lot of old photos have a textured appearance. Some are so bad they look like they were printed on a heavy watercolor paper, which is a very artsy effect, I'm sure, just not to everyone's taste! Texture can be corrected, especially if it isn't too terribly deep, and here's a super easy way to do it! [More]
Adjustment Layer Blend Modes in Photoshop
If you’ve been a TipSquirrel reader for a while, you know about adjustment layers. Maybe you even know about blend modes. But, did you know you can combine both, adding a wider range of effects [More]
Building an ebook in Lightroom
Today I thought I would try something a little different.. How about creating a book in Adobe Lightroom 4, converting it to an ebook and publishing it to the Apple iTunes (and Blurb book store). Does [More]
Photoshop Some Chocolate Text -With Sprinkles
In this tutorial I'll show you a few tricks and tips that all go to help to make text that looks like chocolate, we'll also add a few sprinkles for good measure! [More]
Content Aware Craziness in Photoshop
Content Aware Scale is typically used to protect certain areas of an image when you scale up or down. But, what if you used it in the opposite way – to direct Photoshop where you want certain [More]
Unify an image with Selective Color
The Selective Color adjustment layer in Photoshop provides a one-stop tool for controlling color. Learn to use it to add a creative color cast that unifies your image and provides enhanced mood or drama to your creation. [More]
Using and Checking Perspective Crop in Photoshop
In this Photoshop tutorial I take a look at the ‘New’ Perspective Crop Tool. Ok, it’s not new as such but it does have a new home.
Getting the crop right is tricky so I’ve included a couple of things I do to check I’ve got it right. [More]
Adobe Tutorial Player for Photoshop
Today I want to share a little known app called the Adobe Tutorial Player for Photoshop. Built with the Photoshop SDK, this app isn't simply a video player, but an interactive way to practice some quick Photoshop tutorials. It works by using the Remote Connections feature found in Photoshop CS5 & higher. Rather than reading & following the tutorial instructions, you can have the app show you the steps directly in Photoshop. [More]
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]
