Video Tutorial

Photoshop Signature Brushes and Shapes

21/08/2012

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]

Photoshop Transform Tips and Tricks

20/08/2012

In this video I explore the uses of the Photoshop Transform command to help lay out the framework for a dartboard. The transform command is used to correctly space all the wires and to keep all the circles concentric. [More]

Photoshop CS6: Importing 3D Models (Onto Mars!)

16/08/2012

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]

Book-Cover Composite Themes with Photoshop

14/08/2012

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]

Add a Top Level Folder to your Lightroom Catalog

07/08/2012

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]

Using Photoshop to Make Concentric Circles

06/08/2012

OK, I’m no graphic designer or digital artist, but I needed a ‘cartoon style closing credit’ for a piece I was working on with a student. Creating the circles was easy, and I kept them [More]

Migrating a Lightroom Catalog

31/07/2012

One question I seem to get asked a lot is, “how do I move my Lightroom Catalog to another machine, and keep all my edits, collections, and metadata?” In today’s video, I’ll show you a quick and easy way to get your Lightroom catalog from one machine to another, without losing any data. In this example, we see the process using Lightroom 4, but the process hasn’t changed since the first version of Lightroom, so everyone can use this tip. [More]

Pro Workflow Techniques Start To Finish

28/07/2012

In this video tutorial Rich takes us through the processing of an HDR image from start to finish. To get his desired effect, Rich utilises Blending Modes, Blur and the new to CS6, LUTs. Once the [More]

Creating Fake Highlights with Photoshop

26/07/2012

Now of course there's nothing better than getting things right 'in camera' but when it comes to the lighting, what are you supposed to do after the fact when you maybe want to add some highlights or even tweak those that are already there? Well here's a technique for doing just that…for adding in or tweaking highlights, and it's one I tend to use on a fairly regular basis when putting together composites; however it's also a technique that can be used in any image and what's more it's quick and easy to apply. [More]