Customizing Photoshop CS2 Menus

Photoshop CS2 is, in my humble opinion, the most user-friendly version to date.

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June 20th, 2006 | Al Ward | Tools, Tutorials | Comments (0)

Manipulating Style Elements

There is a way, however, to pull a Style effect, such as a drop shadow or such, from the layer it was applied to and give it its’ own layer, on which it may be manipulated, edited, or set on fire. Continue Reading »

June 20th, 2006 | Al Ward | Tools, Tutorials | Comments (1)

An Exercise Using The Patch Tool

The patch tool operates on a premise similar to the clone tool, but with patch you can actually make a selection of an area to use as your patch, and drag it to the area to be corrected. Continue Reading »

June 20th, 2006 | Al Ward | Tools, Tutorials | Comments (0)

Actions: How did they do that? Revisited

Ok, for those of you who are familiar with my weekly column or my website, you are by now familiar with this topic somewhat. Continue Reading »

June 20th, 2006 | Al Ward | Tools, Tutorials | Comments (0)

Using Masks for Seamless Backgrounds

Ever wonder where all those seamless backgrounds come from? How does the creator get them to blend so…well, seamlessly? Continue Reading »

June 20th, 2006 | Al Ward | Tools, Tutorials | Comments (2)

Photoshop Elements: Slimmed Down But Powerful

I’m a Photoshop guy in a Photoshop world. Pretty narrow minded outlook, but that is how I’ve operated for quite some time, and quite contentedly. Continue Reading »

June 20th, 2006 | Al Ward | Tools, Tutorials | Comments (0)

Splat: Alien Skin’s Newest Incarnation- Part 1

For those of you who, like me, enjoy a good romp through the Filters menu on occasion, you should be pleased to hear Alien Skin Continue Reading »

June 20th, 2006 | Al Ward | Tools, Tutorials | Comments (0)

Facial Warp: Time For A Makeover

If you are like me, you have the bad habit of collecting photos, textures, or other graphic objects for future use in your work. Continue Reading »

June 20th, 2006 | Al Ward | Correction, Tutorials | Comments (0)

The 88×31 Button Resolution Trick

I’ll get to this week’s tutorial shortly, but first I wanted to express my deepest thanks to all of you. Continue Reading »

June 20th, 2006 | Al Ward | Tutorials, Web | Comments (0)

Curved Type Reflections

One such question came in yesterday concerning curved type reflected off a surface. Once I wrapped my brain around it the answer was/is very simple, so we’ll tackle it here. Continue Reading »

June 20th, 2006 | Al Ward | Text, Tutorials | Comments (0)

Fun With Layer Warp

It seems my Photoshop work of late has been geared more toward photography than it was in the past, but occasionally I just like to open the program and play. Continue Reading »

June 20th, 2006 | Al Ward | Effects, Tutorials | Comments (0)

Text Stenciling

I’ve been doing a lot of Photo-effect and alteration tutorials for www.photoshopuser.com lately, and occasionally it feels good to get back to where it all began for me… type effects. Continue Reading »

June 20th, 2006 | Al Ward | Effects, Tutorials | Comments (0)

Quick Painting

This week I’ll show you a quick way to turn your photos into a line art drawing. Continue Reading »

June 20th, 2006 | Al Ward | Effects, Tutorials | Comments (0)

Fun With Faces

Even though I’m ‘into’ crazy effects, for a long time I considered the liquify tool to be pretty useless. Some times it just takes awhile for things to sink in. After some work with the tool, I’ve revised that opinion and now love to liquify. Continue Reading »

June 20th, 2006 | Al Ward | Effects, Tutorials | Comments (1)

Photoshop 7 Alchemy: Apply Image

Photoshop 7 has a few new commands and blending modes that I’ve been playing with, and as I already told my buddy Colin Smith about it, I thought I’d better write on the subject before he beat me to it! Continue Reading »

June 20th, 2006 | Al Ward | Effects, Tutorials | Comments (0)