These are the voyages of the Photoshop & Illustrator follower and student, as they continue their mission to search out cool new techniques, meaningful training and to go where they've never gone before. (Also: Adobe Illustrator Tutorials below)
You are encouraged to submit a tutorial... and share the adventure!
Recent Photoshop FAQs
- Easy Photo Tricks This series focuses on beginner tricks for digital photos easy in Photoshop or Elements
- Easy Exposure Tricks When the image is too dark, these tricks can really help get the right exposure quickly
- Flash Corrections Dealing with flash problems can be frustrating -- with layer masks and these tips, deal with flash fall-off
- Digital Step Wedge Solve testing and analysis problems without wasting print paper or inks - digital step wedge
- Photoshop and the Motion Blur add drama to two photos using Adobe Photoshop motion blur filters -- directional and radial motion blur
- Creating Photoshop Mirror Reflections... how to create the realistic mirror surface reflections of an isolated image -- as popularized by Web 2.0, and Apple iPhone marketing.
- Put another person into that photo What happens when you have two photos of two people and you need to join them into a single photo? Follow along
- Creating your own Custom Drop Shadows The pros know you need to know how to produce realistic drop shadows by hand -- generate shadows for multiple surfaces, and projection distances
- Creating Black & White from Color another of those frequent questions from the Photoshop 911 emergency room gets answered by expert Barry Huggins
- Balancing the light in Night Scenes night shots can use this single-step lighting adjustment.
- Saving Photos: Dark, Under Exposed when it looks too dark to save, before trashing the photo, try some of these tricks!
- Gradient Maps A Photoshop 911 reader asks how a certain 'tinted' look was achieved in some sample photos... it looks like a gradient map adjustment layer was put to good use!
- Matching Color A Photoshop 911 reader asks how the "Match Color" function works to save two of his photos. Match Color works great -- sometimes. When it doesn't, you have to look for other solutions.
- Collage Mosaic several readers have asked about breaking apart a single photo so it looks like a collection of snap shots. Here we show the "SLICE" method, and in Collage Mosaic Part Two we'll show a more casual random method.
- Outlining Type: Right or Wrong: This tutorial points out the wrong and right ways to outline shapes, like typography, in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
- Levels Masking - Using the Levels Adjustment Layer to spot lighten or darken portions of an image
- Photo Pop - Select a portion of a photo to pop out of a frame... it's easy when you've got layers
- Photo Filters - Photo Filter Layer in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements is the Photo Filter that acts like the traditional photo filters
- Separations - Separations for screen printing made easy
- HEX Color Problems - Hex colors from Photoshop don't match in browsers
- Sequential Photos - putting together photos to simulate a sequential multiple-exposure
- Making Frames - Making complicated frames and matting is a matter of many easy steps
- Warping Images - Using Photoshop to Warp images to a surface or shape
- Transform Vectors - Changing the shape of a Photoshop vector object with the Direct Selection Tool
- Wood Carving - Using Photoshop to carve lettering into wood
- Changing Colors - Change color of an object, then apply a logo
- Fix Old Photo - Restore the color of an old photo using Photoshop Adjustment Layers
- Clipping Paths - Clipping Paths with holes for donuts
- Save Shadows - Replace white background and retain shadows
- Layer Masks - Layer Masking used in joining images for Montage
- Mirror Image - Using flip to mirror an image
- Simple Watermarks make and automate them
- Custom Shapes become watermarks
- HEX Color Gif a very basic tutorial on obtaining an accurate HEX color in a GIF file for use on the web.
- Watermarking more on the topic of watermarking
- Paint-in Color
- Image in Type
- Article: Clipping
- 5 Texture Tips - learn the key ingredients to great textures
- Rain Effect Tutorial a nice animated Rain Effect sent in by Colossus
- Making Black/White in Photoshop for converting color images to good black and white images by Richard Schneider
- Match color from another photo - Before combining two photos, how to get them to match color values
- Getting the Ansel Adams Look - Is it a color photo? You'll need the channel mixer or levels
- Cloning Tool Stopped Working - I am having problems with the cloning tool on photoshop 7
- Scaling to match another image size - Scaling to an exact target size is tricky... and should never enlarge!
- Resetting Dialogs in Photoshop - if Photoshop seems to be misbehaving
- PS 7 rejects Scanner - hello? where did my scanner go???
- Color Photo from Black and White - to and from black and white tips and tricks
- Help removing white backgrounds - How do I get rid of the White background in my forum sig?
- How to pick up an exact color... - How do you select an exact color to match?
- How to fix a corrupted file - Crashing during a "SAVE" is not a pretty picture
- Hot spots too bright - Flash flare and hot spots can cause problems. Here's one way to solve the problem...
- Photoshop picks only black or white - When I go to pick my colour, it will only be Black-white
- Replacing Body Parts - How do you match the color in photos before swapping faces...
- Multiple Scan Assembly - How do you assemble multiple parts of an oversized scan?
- Photoshop Elements for Sepiatone - Give a photo the "old fashioned" look with sepia toning
- Lost scanner contact - Photoshop can't find my scanner!
- How to restrict the file to just TWO colors? - Trying to build a 2-color ad
- Clone Stamp Problems in CS - Here the Clone Stamp Tool seems to have a life of its own, and doesn't catch new samples...
- How do you create an artistic border? - Creating artistic borders
- How to achieve Black/White with Color Detail - How to achieve Black/White with Color Detail
- How to select Hair - The 1,000th person has asked how to select hair
- How do you merge pictures and text? - trying to merge 2 pictures and text
- Photoshop Text Runarounds? - How do I create text runarounds in Photoshop CS
- Sizing Images for Print in Elements - This reader wants help sizing images to gang print onto single photo paper sheets...
- Copying Saving from Disk to Disk - Problems cutting and editing images from disk to disk
- How to fix a corrupted file - Crashing during a "SAVE" is not a pretty picture
- Optimizing graphics for the Web - Can you direct me to a tutuorial on how to optimize photos I wish to publish on my website?
- Fading Photos - Use Feathering or Layer Masks
- Grid Patterns over Photos - Multi colored, grid over art - painstaking process
- Pen Tool in Photoshop CS - Why can't you draw an "Open" path
- Photoshop and Error 39 - NOT Photoshop!/li>
- Automating the Healing Brush - lots and lots of dust spots
- Burned Holes in Photoshop
- Help recall Filter Settings... Reapplying filter effects
- PS Bevels by hand
- PS helps Faded Photo two scans?
- Making round corner rectangles in Photoshop
- Hot spots in photo (Flash Burn)
- Adding Fill Flash in Photoshop
- Removing Date Stamps from Photos
- Mismatched resolution causes problems
- Making round corner rectangles in Photoshop
- Get Rid of White Backgrounds? Classic question!
- Aging Photos: What would they look like today?
- Custom Gradients? break out of the defaults
- Annoying Gray Boxes? Careful what you click
- Selecting Wrong Colors? Eyedropper Spread Trick
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Quark XPress Tips & Tutorials
- Quark XPress for Publishing
Here are the latest Quark tutorials: all about publishing.November 2004 - Quark XPress Just for Fun
Here's a brief collection of Quark XPress tutorials submitted... for beginners.November 2004
Latest Illustrator Tutorials
- Adobe Illustrator Scan / Trace / Vector: This week's tutorials look at Adobe Illustrator 10 working with the pen tool drawing and tracing Scans... maps, mapmaking, Logo Design, Drawing Curves, Pencil Tool Basics, Text Warping Tools, Vector Graphics, Turn Bitmap Images into Vector Art, and importing illustrator files
- Adobe Illustrator Strokes & Fills:
This week we cover the very basics of Illustrator color tools, stroking and filling, as well as some items on color management and drawing October, 2004
Latest Photoshop Tutorials
- Photoshop Pen Tools & Vector Paths:
This week we cover vector paths, the path palette, and the pen tool. Vector Tutorial (Heathrowe) Adobe Photoshop Pen Tool (USC.edu) Pens, Paths, and the Bird (Stanford.edu) Intro to Photoshop Pen Tools (GFXlab.com) Creating relaistic icons (Pen Tool) among others. October 2004 - Adobe Photoshop Photo Retouching & Restoration 2: This is actually the second in our series of Photoshop Retouching sites, this time concentrating on some specific tools: Patch Tool; Ades Design - Adobe Photoshop Tutorials; Retouching and Repairing; Improving Tone and Removing Dust & Mold; Repairing Color Photos in Photoshop 7 and more... September, 2004
- Adobe Photoshop Photo Retouching & Restoration: Healing Brush/ Patch Tool, Using Layers in Adobe Photoshop (Layer Masks), Using Photoshop Strategically, realistic spotlight effect in photoshop, Retouching Images, "Save Time Tweaking" Tutorial and more... September, 2004
- Adobe Photoshop Painting & Brushes:
Another round of Photoshop Brushes and painting -- this time including a few on layers and layer masking techniques - 9 references in all September, 2004 - Adobe Photoshop Layers: Once again we return to Photoshop Layers and we'll take some good field trips to other universities where their layer tutorials are in progress. ... Harness the Power of Layers, and Instructions for Layers
- Beginning Photoshop
This week: the selection tools; lasso, marquee, magic wand, and others. August 30, 2004 - Photoshop Quick Mask & Masking
This week: Using Quickmask; Masking Techniques and Tools; Alpha Channels, Basic Color Selections; Lynda on Masks (QuickTime); combine images; Master Photoshop's Masking Tools; Removing Backgrounds; Image Blending; 4-Creating Masks and Channels; and more... 26 references in all!April 12, 2004
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