5 Techniques for Enhancing Contrast in Digital Images
Wednesday, 11th August, posted in Videos, 8 comments.Hands up if you like you’re images all Mean ‘n’ Moody? Yup! me too and that is why I going to give you my top five techniques for enhancing contrast in you’re images with Adobe Photoshop CS5.
Lightroom Essential Training Part 10 – Import Preferences
Tuesday, 8th June, posted in Videos, add a comment.Importing images into the Lr catalog has a set of preferences for fine tuning things. If you are not into shooting RAW, then you will want to check this screencast out, so that you can work with Jpeg images in the same you would a RAW image. Enjoy!
Picture Package with Smart Objects
Saturday, 5th June, posted in Videos, 9 comments.When Adobe launched Photoshop CS4 they decided to retire the automated picture package plugin. If you miss it? you can still download it and install it manually into Photoshop CS4 or CS5. But why bother when you can easily create your own picture package combination using smart objects. Get the popcorn out its a biggie!
Lightroom Essential Training Part 9 – Drag ‘n’ Drop Importing
Tuesday, 1st June, posted in Videos, add a comment.This is a cool little feature of Lightroom, where by you can drag n drop images to start the import process. Great if you are in a hurry to see your work. Enjoy!
Lightroom Essential Training Part 8 – Trouble with External Drives
Tuesday, 25th May, posted in Videos, add a comment.The trouble with external drives is that they can be unplugged and not connected when you really need the images contained within the drive. Well, in this screencast I will show you what you need to do to reconnect with your images. Enjoy!
Create Autumn Color in Summer with Photoshop
Monday, 24th May, posted in Videos, 3 comments.This is a brilliant little cheat for Photoshop, where by you take an image shot in summer and give it that autumnal look by altering the color of the leaves. The great thing about doing this is that the leaves are in really good condition so you can get the best of both seasons. Fast and easy to do… Enjoy!
Photoshop CS4 Quick Tips – Target Sliders
Thursday, 20th May, posted in Videos, 3 comments.I have to confess I don’t use this feature as much as I should. But in my defence I get ACR to the heavy lifting for me before I even go near Photoshop. However, if you have got an image in CS4 and you want to specifically target a highlight, shadow detail or specific colour. Then using the target scrubby slider is just a dream come true. Enjoy!
Lightroom Essential Training Part 7 – Importing from an External Drive
Tuesday, 18th May, posted in Videos, 1 comment.Importing images from an external hard drive is essentially the same as importing from disk. But with a few essential do’s and dont’s… Enjoy!
Photoshop CS4 Quick Tips – The Rotation Tool
Thursday, 13th May, posted in Videos, 3 comments.If you use any of the cloning and healing tools on a regular basis then you are going to want to make friends with the rotation tool. This is the best way for getting into those awkward corners and no more rotating brushes when you can just non-destructively rotate the whole image canvas.
Lightroom Essential Training Part 6 – Removing Images
Tuesday, 11th May, posted in Videos, add a comment.Removing images from the catalog safely is a really important lesson to be learned. You don’t want to delete content that is really important do you? Enjoy!
Photoshop CS4 Quick Tips – Changing Brush Size
Thursday, 6th May, posted in Videos, 1 comment.This is keyboard shortcut that I actually thinks work better if you are using a PC. Why, well its all to do with right clicking and even though you can right click on MAC. Changing brush dynamically seems to be just so much easier for PC users. So give the CS4 way of altering the brush size and tip softness a go!
Lightroom Essential Training Part 5 – Importing Existing Folders
Tuesday, 4th May, posted in Videos, add a comment.We all have images on our existing hard drives. So this will probably be the first way you will bring images into your Lr catalog. Enjoy!
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