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]
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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]
Lightroom 3 – Watermarks
Recently it was brought to my attention that there are a number of folks who aren't using the Watermark feature inside of Lightroom 3. I was surprised to find some folks didn't know about it, or more importantly weren't aware of the ability to create custom watermarks. For today's article I have two items-first I've embed my video tutorial on how you can create your own custom watermark in Lightroom 3. Second, based on a number of requests, I'll walk you through the steps to edit an existing watermark. [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]
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]
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]
How to Make Photoshop Clipping Masks
In today’s video tip, learn how to create and use a clipping mask within Photoshop. Clipping masks can be used like a digital cookie cutter, to provide a quick and easy way to use the shape and [More]
Stroke Path With Brush – Extra
In this video I take a look at an old favourite Stroke Path With Brush. This time though I go a little further and experiment with more options. I admit, I love using this feature and may have been a [More]
A Photoshop HDR Workflow Example
In this video, photographer and trainer Rich Harrington takes 3 images and works with them to complete a single HDR image with multiple effects.
Combining the images and them post processing within Photoshop Rich gives us a real world example of photographic workflow. [More]
Reflections in 3D, part 2
Today, we’ll finish up the image we started last week. We’ll start with the basic 3D text and postcard elements we created, add a 3D model of a wine glass, and finish off with some standard [More]
Create a Power Line Background Using Photoshop
A few days ago Gavin Hoey posted a great tutorial on his YouTube Channel showing how to create a Fractured Image Effect. A lot of people asked how Gavin created his background for the tutorial so he’s very kindly recorded a new tutorial for TipSquirrel.com showing just that. [More]
Reflections in 3D
Today we start a multi-part tutorial in creating complex 3D images in Photoshop 3D Extended. The image we’ll create was inspired by a magazine advertisement I spotted while “relaxing” on a recent airline journey. The interweaving reflections caught my eye, and the idea for a tutorial was born. [More]
HDR Finishing–Tips and Techniques
As we’ve seen in the past few tips on HDR, the process of combining and tone mapping the bracketed images is only a small part of the overall process. In today’s video tip, we will see some [More]
HDR Finishing : We’re Not Done Yet
Today, we wrap up the HDR Image that we started last week. As a recap, in Beyond Ordinary HDR, we introduced the idea that HDR isn’t an end in itself, just another tool that ought to be [More]
