I am currently bringing back to life old photos from when I used to shoot film. So this week I thought it would be cool to follow up on how I setup my graphics tablet and show you how I use on a 35mm film scan. If like me you have a bunch of old neg’s in need of scanning. Then this will give you a great workflow for retouching a Tiff image in Adobe Camera RAW and Photoshop.
This weeks screencast is a bit of a departure from my normal Lightroom and Photoshop tutorials as I thought now was the time to do a video all about the Wacom Tablet. In this screencast I will guide you through my setup and how best to fine tune your own Bamboo or Intuos tablet for use with Adobe Photoshop.
This is a real shorty to finish off the preferences series and it covers the plugins and type preferences. So thats this short series finished just in time for Photoshop CS5 to come out. Go Figure! I will make changes for CS5 as and when I get my paws on a copy… 
If you follow my screencasts regularly, then you will know I am a big fan of adding a little vignetting (darkening of the corners) to my images. Heck! I even created a whole series of actions called the “Vignette Maker” just for Photoshop. But what if you want to create a vignette non-destructively in Lightroom or ACR? Yes, I know we can all do that with the post-crop vignette. No brainer! Ah, but what if you want to off-set the vignette? Watch the screencast after the jump for the work around.
In this penultimate screencast of the series, I show you how to setup the guides, grids and slice preferences. I have been in here a lot of late whilst creating Storybook Album Designer v6. But you will probably only visit this preference once in a blue moon.
Have you ever shot a RAW image, “chimped” the LCD on the back of the camera and thought “Nice One” only to be disappointed later when you download the image onto your computer? Well, let me show you how to create a better RAW file straight from the camera and thats before you even go near an adjustment slider. This screencast may just change your life? Ok I exaggerate! But it will make your RAW images look more like the preview on the back of your camera. Happy Days!
We are on the home straight of the preferences series and in this screencast I show you how to make the most out of the units and rulers. When it comes to creating actions, this is one preference I dip in and out of a lot and if you are into web graphics you will visit this preference pretty regularly. So let me show you how to set things up and how to get here quickly.
This is probably one of the least adjusted preferences but one that I did not want to skip. So if you need to know how to re-color your transparency grid or change your gamut warning, then this is the screencast for you.
The Photoshop Cursors are getting more and more sophisticated with each version released. You are going to want to make the most of the cursor features and this screencast shows you how to do it. Remember to make sure your caps lock is off though otherwise all you might see is those little cross-hairs!
My highly acclaimed Storybook Album Designer software is soon to be launched and I thought it would be really cool to start showing you some of the new features. What better way to do this but with a power session of eight Photoshop user tips that make using both Storybook and Photoshop a lot faster…
The performance preferences in Photoshop CS4 are one of these things that you only need to setup once. Get it right and Photoshop runs smoothly and is a joy to use. Get it wrong! and Photoshop becomes a sluggish beast from which all your pixels will slowly be spat back out at you.
The file handling side of the Photoshop CS4 preferences is pretty much a set it up and forget about it kinda thing. However don’t think its not useful. If you do not move files between other pieces of software much. This is where you can lower the size of a file without compromising on quality.
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