Simple Adobe Photoshop Effects: Black & White Photos
We all love a crisp, high-resolution photo, but nothing beats the classic quality of a good black and white. Using Adobe Photoshop, you can turn just about anything black and white, and to be honest it doesn’t take all that much effort…if you know the few simple steps, that is. That’s where we come in. Photoshop offers several methods to turn an image black and white. For instance, you can go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Black & White and that will automatically generate the desired effect. But, if you want a little more control and mastery of Photoshop, you will want to...
read moreAdobe Photoshop Menu Bar Tutorial: Using Logic to Find the Function You Need
Many people new to Adobe Photoshop and other Adobe Creative Suite programs feel like a deer in headlights. Sure, many of Photoshop’s tools will be completely new, and the software is, without question, complex. But, coming into your first projects, we can guarantee that you know at least two things: some items in the main toolbar and the goals of your project. With these things to build off of, we can help you make educated guesses where to look for the design-enhancing whatchamacallits and thingamajigs in Photoshop with good old-fashioned logic and imagery. File & Edit Menus...
read moreHoning Adobe Photoshop Skills: Creating Memes
Creating designs with a central image and text is one of the most common uses of Adobe Photoshop. Flyers, billboards, magazine ads, book covers and countless other materials use this format. These types of designs aren’t only made by professionals. Regular Joes like you and me put together amusing designs all the time. Memes, for example, are extremely popular on the Web and can be created with the most basic Photoshop tools. Sure, they might not be as polished as a billboard in Times Square, but they are perfect for sharpening Photoshop skills. You’ve got to start somewhere, and creating...
read moreHoning Adobe Photoshop Skills: Removing Red Eye
Retouching photographs is one of the many amazing abilities of Adobe Photoshop. Even the most talented photographers need help if they want to get their shots just right. Removing red eye from photos always gives photos a higher level of professionalism, and you don’t have to hire a professional graphic designer to do it. Unless it’s Halloween and you want everyone in photos to look like red-eye ghouls, Photoshop has the cure, turning your ghouls into happy, smiling humans. In today’s example, however, we are helping my dog, Claire, who has come down with a mean case of ...
read moreAdobe Creative Suite: Introduction to Using Layers
Creating designs in Adobe CS programs is a little like making a collage–various materials are put together to make one composition. The key difference, however, is that a composition in Photoshop has to be treated as if it were in 3D. As in, you don’t slap materials next to each other. Rather, materials are stacked on top of each other. Be it text, photos, or an original design, if there is more than one source material for your project, you need to know how to manage layers in Adobe Creative Suite (CS) programs. For an easily-digestible overview on layers, check out our October...
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