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Rescuing Underexposed Images with Camera RAW
There are many, many reasons to love Photoshop CS’s Camera RAW plug-in. Continue Reading »
Camera RAW Color Spaces
“Why do my RAW images look so much worse in Photoshop than they do in the Camera RAW preview window?” Continue Reading »
ScatterLight Lenses
We spend hundreds and thousands of dollars to acquire the sharpest lenses possible. Continue Reading »
Depth-of-Field: Wide Angle Lenses
Last week we examined the nature of depth-of-field. Now let’s take a look at how depth-of-field can be applied practically and creatively. Continue Reading »
Depth-of-Field: Sharp From Stem To Stern
When most digital photographers stray from Auto or Program exposure modes, it’s usually to the Shutter-Preferred mode to better stop action. Continue Reading »
A More Complex Distortion Problem
The city and countryside of Chartres, France, are dominated by the magnificent cathedral. Continue Reading »
Simple Photoshop Distortion Corrections
As a photojournalist, I’ve always been partial to my “normal” lens: the wide angle. Continue Reading »
The Shadowy Face of The Luminosity Mask
Last week we learned how to use a Luminosity Mask (Command+Option+Tilde [~] or PC: Control+Alt+~) to emphasize highlight details in ultra bright situations such as snow on a Swiss Alp. Continue Reading »
Recovering Lost Highlight Detail
Tips and tricks are the trading cards of Photoshop. Continue Reading »
Panoramas: When The Terrain Doesn’t Cooperate
When last we visited the exciting world of making panorama images with Photoshop, I used a relatively common subject as an example: a level drawbridge over Florida’s Intracoastal Waterway close by my home. Continue Reading »
Photoshop Tutorials
Hollywood Touch-Ups
See how you can add some subtle touches to give that green screen studio shot the Hollywood treatment.
3D Christmas Ornaments
Corey shows how to create reflective holiday ornaments using 3D in Photoshop.
Styles & Text
This week Corey has a tutorial using layer styles and text shapes to create energetic effects.
3D Light Beams
This effect was discovered by a 'happy accident' and uses the 3D features inside of Photoshop CS4 Extended.
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The Bourne Effect
Corey shows you how to re-create the graphic effect from the new Bourne Legacy movie poster. With an extra twist!
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Flare Effects
Corey has a cool trick for creating a flare brush and see how one effect can lead to another.
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Hollywood Touch-Ups
See how you can add some subtle touches to give that green screen studio shot the Hollywood treatment.
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3D Christmas Ornaments
Corey shows how to create reflective holiday ornaments using 3D in Photoshop.
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Smart Object Masking Trick
Dave Cross shares a trick he discovered that will help you remove white from around your subject when using smart objects.
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Light Painting
Dave Cross takes a popular trend - light painting - and shows you how you can paint text recreating this cool trend.
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Create A Composite Layer
If you have a multilayer composition and you
want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.
Another option is to create a new layer at the top of the stack and make it active. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) each layer you want to include to make those layers active, as well. Press Option-Command-E (PC: Alt-Ctrl-E).
by Colin Smith
