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]
Video Tutorial
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]
Selecting Hair in Photoshop Elements 11
Photoshop Elements keeps getting better and better with each new release. With the recent release of Elements 11, Adobe has crammed even more Photoshop’s power into Elements with the addition of [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]
Targeted Adjustment Tool in Adobe Camera Raw
In this video I take a look at a feature of Adobe Camera Raw that is often over looked, Targeted Adjustment Tool.
I switch between using this and heading straight over to the right hand side, but find using the tool is just that bit quicker and ‘less fiddly’. [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]
Making Corners Lift From The Page in Photoshop
In this Photoshop tutorial video I answer a reader question. How, they asked, can you easily make it look like the corners of the photograph are lifting from the background?
I demonstrate two ways here, with some tips along the way including finding the centre of an image and separating Layer Styles from a layer (yep, you really can!) [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]
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]
Introducing Photoshop Touch for iPad
It was only a matter of time. When a device like the Apple iPad is developed for mobile computing and creative uses, working with photos is a given. That means making selections and layers, applying [More]
Photoshop Coloured Lighting into a Scene
In this video Photoshop tutorial aimed and beginners and intermediate users of Photoshop I add some colour to a reflection of a window. The work a long files nostainedglass.jpg and colouredwindow.jpg [More]
Put a Simple Photoshop Frame On It
In this Photoshop tutorial video I’m going to add a very simple frame to my image by increasing the Canvas Size. This works well but there’s a couple of things I need to consider if I want to do the same to all my images, and should I want to record an action. [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]
Use Photoshop for a Seamless Action Sequence
Technically an action sequence is a series of photos merged together to show the progression of an object through the frame. Artistically an action sequence is brilliant way to show movement in your photos and make amazingly eye-catching images. [More]
