http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Design/Graphic-Design/Software/Adobe-Photoshop A listing of the most recently indexed works about Design and Graphic Design and Software and Adobe Photoshop in the field of technical communication. en-us Copyright (c) 2005-08 by the EServer. All rights reserved. tclib-editorial@eserver.org (TC Library Editorial Board) webmaster@eserver.org (Geoffrey Sauer) http://tc.eserver.org/images/newlogo.gif http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Design/Graphic-Design/Software/Adobe-Photoshop http://tc.eserver.org/35457.html http://tc.eserver.org/35457.html Most people who have designed websites or apps in Photoshop will, at one point or another, have had issues trying to match colors in images to colors generated by HTML, CSS or code. This article aims to solve those problems once and for all. http://tc.eserver.org/34766.html http://tc.eserver.org/34766.html The official Adobe Reference guide is available online and in PDF form. While not exactly a “quick” reference guide, it is essential for anyone who uses Photoshop professionally. http://tc.eserver.org/32641.html http://tc.eserver.org/32641.html Photoshop. Fireworks. If you’re a serious web designer (and not using the GIMP) you’re going to be using one or the other. But which is best? http://tc.eserver.org/32071.html http://tc.eserver.org/32071.html This tutorial will teach you how to quickly create a 'grunge' effect for your photos using ONLY Photoshop. And while you might not need a grunge image, it will show you how to create a vector mask which will give you a tool to create numerous effects easily. http://tc.eserver.org/30526.html http://tc.eserver.org/30526.html Un weblog / magazine avec les techniques de conception graphique avec le logiciel Adobe Photoshop. http://tc.eserver.org/29314.html http://tc.eserver.org/29314.html It's next to impossible for one person to know the ins and outs of every single facet of Photoshop. With that in mind, we present three video tutorials to plug a variety of holes in your Photoshop knowledge. http://tc.eserver.org/28523.html http://tc.eserver.org/28523.html Step 1. Clean up any blemishes or distracting marks in the illustration. Make it as perfect a B & W illustration as you can. Make sure the contrast, sharpness and clarity are uniform throughout. Step 2. You will have sharply clear demarcations of tone which are easy and you will have areas where the tones between parts are quite similar and therefore more difficult. Start by using the Keep-Color brush to preserve everything you do not wish to color. Carefully outline each element with your chosen color being sure there are no unwanted gaps. Where there is no demarcation between tones, you should outline each color as precisely as you can. Also, the original may have lines separating the sleeve from the jacket for example. Cover that line with the Keep-Color brush and put a line of your chosen color closely beside each side of the line. Step 3. Press the run button (green arrow) and be amazed when your B & W illustration pops into color just as you ordered. Press the green check mark , the AKVIS window closes and the changes are applied to your original graphic. Save your new image immediately." http://tc.eserver.org/28141.html http://tc.eserver.org/28141.html This is a simple tutorial on how you can make a statue from a portrait with Photoshop. It is highly recommended if you're using a close up portrait of a woman/man. http://tc.eserver.org/28056.html http://tc.eserver.org/28056.html In Photoshop CS2, many of the shortcuts for the application menus, palette menus and tools can be customized using the Keyboard Shortcuts editor. Although this document mentions some of the more common editable shortcuts, it also provides additional functionality only accessible through using keyboard modifiers which can't be changed through the Keyboard Shortcut editor. Although this is not a completely comprehensive list of all of the keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop CS2, it is my goal to present the shortcuts and additional functionality that enable me to use Photoshop CS2 both more freely and efficiently. http://tc.eserver.org/28057.html http://tc.eserver.org/28057.html Automating repetitive tasks in Photoshop can increase productivity as well as save time and money. Almost any command (or set of commands) in Photoshop can be recorded into an action to be applied repetitively to a single file or across multiple file. The most basic action will execute one command such as resizing an image or displaying a dialog box. More complex actions can execute multiple commands automating more elaborate tasks. When used with the Batch command and/or Droplets, these actions can be applied to multiple files at once, enabling Photoshop to do repetitive tasks more quickly than even the best-trained Photoshop user! When repetitive tasks in a more involved workflow need to be carried out between applications, then AppleScript, Visual Basic, or JavaScript can be used to create scripts which work with Photoshop. In the case of conditional logic (a fancy way of saying 'Make a decision!') when an action needs to be applied to some files but not others, JavaScript files can be written to fulfill this need. One word of caution when first trying to conquer actions - run them on duplicate files, leaving your pre- cious originals unaltered. As you become more Action savvy, you can kick off those training wheels, and batch away! http://tc.eserver.org/27428.html http://tc.eserver.org/27428.html Shows how to create a stroke layer style in Photoshop CS2 to quickly add a custom border to your photos. http://tc.eserver.org/27430.html http://tc.eserver.org/27430.html Shows how to simulate a depth of field effect using a filter. http://tc.eserver.org/27426.html http://tc.eserver.org/27426.html Shows how to find the exact center point of your Photoshop document. http://tc.eserver.org/27431.html http://tc.eserver.org/27431.html Use an Adjustment Layer to easily change a color in your photo, and then quickly change it back if things don’t work out. http://tc.eserver.org/27440.html http://tc.eserver.org/27440.html 'Step-and-repeat' is the term used for the process of duplicating an object and spacing or transforming the duplicates sequentially. http://tc.eserver.org/26986.html http://tc.eserver.org/26986.html Before the age of color film, when black-and-white photography was the only option, it was common practice for photographers to tint a black-and-white image with colored dyes to mimic real-life colors. 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There are four sections to D:Photoshop: Techniques, which includes articles on specific Photoshop tools and techniques and how they affect an image. Tutorials, which include step-by-step applications of Photoshop tools and techniques that can unlock your productivity and capabilities in real-world production situations. Reviews, thorough commentary on the Photoshop products hitting the market this moment, including books, videos and other media, hardware and software. News on current events in the Photoshop industry. http://tc.eserver.org/26008.html http://tc.eserver.org/26008.html Line art and stencils from a bitmap? Tough question. If it's line art you're looking for, convert the bitmaps to grayscale, then use the Brightness / Contrast adjustment layers to 'homogenize' your image and clean up edges. http://tc.eserver.org/26004.html http://tc.eserver.org/26004.html Mixing vector and photo is one of the hottest trends in the illustration industry today. We've seen this effect used in national ad campaigns from Anheuser-Busch to Hawaiian Tropic. In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at how to create this effect in Illustrator. Before you begin, keep in mind that you can download the Illustrator source fi le used in this column. http://tc.eserver.org/25907.html http://tc.eserver.org/25907.html The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) is a trade association and resource for Adobe® Photoshop® education, training, and news. http://tc.eserver.org/25929.html http://tc.eserver.org/25929.html Before Photoshop CS2's introduction of the Vanishing Point filter, cloning away things in perspective was one of the hardest removal tasks of all. Luckily, this incredibly cool filter not only simplifies removing things in perspective, it actually makes it fun. 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These settings can be saved as a preset style and can then be applied to other layers as well. http://tc.eserver.org/22699.html http://tc.eserver.org/22699.html Quick mask mode is a powerful means of selection in Photoshop. It is a selection based on the masking of the desired portion of an image. It is used for minute and accurate selections. http://tc.eserver.org/22539.html http://tc.eserver.org/22539.html Drawing on a period of instability and change in her personal life, artist John Trevino calls on Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter to create a richly layer composition that evokes a transient state of being. http://tc.eserver.org/22312.html http://tc.eserver.org/22312.html In this topic, you will apply Bevel and Emboss and Outer Glow effects to an Adobe Photoshop CS type layer. http://tc.eserver.org/22311.html http://tc.eserver.org/22311.html In this topic, you will create a Photoshop CS type layer in which you will add and format type. http://tc.eserver.org/22325.html http://tc.eserver.org/22325.html In this tutorial we'll look at using some of Photoshop's tools to produce realistic brushed-metal effects. 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There seems to be some mystery surrounding the use of layers so we'll go through this tutorial with the focus on using layers and why and how they make our job easier. http://tc.eserver.org/22324.html http://tc.eserver.org/22324.html This tutorial will show you some ways to select areas of your images using the variety of selection tools available in Photoshop. First we'll talk about why selecting part of an image is so useful, and then we'll examine the various selection methods in Photoshop: the Marquee tools; the Lasso tools; the Magic Wand tool; the Color Range tool; and the Quick Mask mode. Finally, we'll look at ways to modify and fine-tune your selections. http://tc.eserver.org/22318.html http://tc.eserver.org/22318.html In this tutorial we'll list 10 really useful techniques and shortcuts for Photoshop beginners. 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This is true not only because Photoshop is available on a wide array of platforms ranging from Mac to Windows to UNIX, but because after four generations of development, Adobe Photoshop has the most intuitive user interface, the most complete set of tools, and the largest number of reference books around. http://tc.eserver.org/21905.html http://tc.eserver.org/21905.html Photoshop's Actions feature is a powerful tool for automating repetitive tasks or even batch-processing files, and you'll work more effectively with it if you know exactly what Actions can and can't automate. http://tc.eserver.org/21839.html http://tc.eserver.org/21839.html Twelve Photoshop tips for the Web that'll make you a speed demon. http://tc.eserver.org/21831.html http://tc.eserver.org/21831.html Capture the majesty of that mountain range by creating a panorama in Photoshop. http://tc.eserver.org/20882.html http://tc.eserver.org/20882.html A 'quick start' guide to creating graphics using Adobe Photoshop 7.0. http://tc.eserver.org/20280.html http://tc.eserver.org/20280.html Is Photoshop 7.0 magnificent? Or does it leave us itching for more? http://tc.eserver.org/20279.html http://tc.eserver.org/20279.html Adobe Photoshop is the Ginsu knife of graphics programs - it does everything from creating Web graphics to tweaking photos to putting the head of your favorite actor on the body of a porn star. http://tc.eserver.org/20278.html http://tc.eserver.org/20278.html This is a broad overview of the Photoshop 7 window, its main features, and a few of the more important menus. http://tc.eserver.org/20197.html http://tc.eserver.org/20197.html By using Layer Styles, this effect can be created in two simple steps. Scott Kelby shows you how to look like a professional at a beginner's level. http://tc.eserver.org/20196.html http://tc.eserver.org/20196.html Here's one way to create reflections in water. (The basic steps can be adapted to work with any image.) http://tc.eserver.org/20195.html http://tc.eserver.org/20195.html Photoshop is useful at generating interesting textures and patterns, and version 7 even has a nifty Pattern Maker filter to help you craft patterns that tile seamlessly. To create a more custom look, I like to create patterns and texture using different combinations of the built-in filters along with Blend Modes and Adjustment Layers. It's fun to spend time experimenting in the Photoshop laboratory to see what you can come up with. http://tc.eserver.org/18525.html http://tc.eserver.org/18525.html Working in your new layer, and on the item you wish to keep in focus, find a starting point, click the mouse once and begin slowing tracing around the object. Once it has been entirely traced, return to your starting point and double-click to select your object. Under the SELECT menu choose INVERSE. Then under the FILTER menu choose BLUR » GAUSSIAN BLUR. When the Gaussian Blur window appears, use the radius slider bar to choose the amount of pixels to blur. I chose 4.5 for my example. When you are satisfied with the preview, click OK. http://tc.eserver.org/18524.html http://tc.eserver.org/18524.html Photoshop's Actions utility is a great way to speed up repetitive image-editing jobs or quickly perform commonly used edits. This tool lets you assign a sequence of commands to a single key. Rather than going through a number of steps, the program records a set of actions and allows you to recall those same actions with a single keystroke the F12 function key, for example. http://tc.eserver.org/18366.html http://tc.eserver.org/18366.html Julie Hill shows you a quick and easy way to enhance a photograph's point of interest using Photoshop 7.0. http://tc.eserver.org/14160.html http://tc.eserver.org/14160.html Believe it or not, Adobe Photoshop can be used for more than just photo editing and design. 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After getting the images via email the next morning I couldn't hardly call the photographer to say 'shoot it again.'       In this scenario the photographer had but one chance to create the images for a web page with an important, compelling story. In situations like this the only thing you've got to work with are the camera and your senses.       The serious nature of the message dictated that the audience play an important role in the overall impact of the story. However, the lights were mixed incandescent and fluorescent, giving a greenish tint to the audience when the stage lights rendered flesh tones fairly well.