Archive for May, 2008

Stage Lights

Learn how to make these smoky stage lights by creating a gradient selection in quick mask mode

Better Healing With A Custom Brush

I have to give credit for this incredible tip to NAPP member Stephanie Cole, who showed it to me after the Midnight Madness session at the Photoshop World Conference & Expo in LA. She pointed out how you can get a real mottled-looking result sometimes when using the Healing Brush. However, she found that when [...]

New Tryouts at Adobe Labs

Labs

How To Heal On A Blank Layer

One of the cornerstones of professional retouching is to always perform your retouches on their own separate layer. That way you never “bruise” (damage) the pixels of the original image. However, when using the Healing Brush in Photoshop 7, you really had no choice—you had to use it on the same layer. In Photoshop CS, [...]

Correcting Highlights? Watch Out For Open Shadows!

If you open the Shadow/Highlight command (found in the Image menu, under Adjustments) to open up the shadows in your photo, you’re in good shape from the get-go because it automatically increases the shadow area by 50%. That’s great, if that’s what you’re after. But what if you’re trying to pull back the highlights in [...]

Joe McNally on Scott’s Blog

Joe

Getting More Accurate Color Using Replace Color

If you’re using Replace Color (under the Image menu, under Adjustments) to select an area within your photo and replace it with a different color, the new color is pretty much an approximation, because you’re dragging sliders, rather than inputting the exact RGB or CMYK build you’re looking for. In Photoshop CS2, there’s a way [...]

Illustrator Tutorials

Illus

Determining The Motion Angle In Smart Sharpen

Here’s a tip I picked up from our buddy and NAPP Help Desk Director Peter Bauer. In Smart Sharpen (under Filter, choose Sharpen), there’s a special form of sharpening that removes visible motion blur. This sharpening is called (are you ready for this?) Motion Blur sharpening, and you choose it from the Remove pop-up menu [...]

Design Effects

Corey shows how to use the luminosity of an image to create a cool design effect and spice up your simple photos.

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