Bitmap to Vector?

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.

Photoshop 911 (2005). Design>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Photoshop

Color Corrections with Hue/Saturation

Hue/Saturation dialog uses HSB (hue-saturation-brightness) model of the color presentation. The slider Hue shifts color position on the rainbow-colored bar at the bottom of the dialog, Saturation can increase/decrease color intensity, while Lightness changes its brightness

Doubrovski, Andrei. Photoshop 911 (2004). Design>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Photoshop

Color Photo from Black and White

This reader wants to make a color photo from a black and white. Tough question.

Photoshop 911 (2004). Design>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Photoshop

Colorizing a Map in Photoshop

Laying color over a map is easier than you think and it doesn't require brushes.

Photoshop 911 (2004). Design>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Photoshop

Cropping for DVD TV

Because of the size of the pictures not being close to a T.V. 4:3 aspect ratio the pictures have black side bars when viewing them. I was wondering if anyone knows a way to resize the background wider to match the 4:3 ratio?

Photoshop 911 (2005). Design>Multimedia>Video>DVD

Hot Spots Too Bright

I have a photo of a pearl necklace, which has one bright flash spot on each pearl. How do I reduce the brightness without making the pearls appear dull and gray?

Photoshop 911 (2004). Design>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Photoshop

How to Get Better Scans

Removing margins, extracting type from scanned digital images.

Photoshop 911 (2000). Design>Graphic Design>Scanning

Merge Layers Loses Effects

When merging a layer with the layer below John lost all of the effects applied to that upper layer. Answer: Don't merge?

Photoshop 911 (2004). Design>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Photoshop

Photoshop Blends Color to Grayscale

How to take a photo, remove the color so that it's black and white. Then, I want to drag over it so that the B&W blend into color. Basically, a nice transition from no color to colorized.

Photoshop 911 (2006). Design>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Photoshop

Prints Look Muddy

Screen doesn't match prints? Paper affects density of inks? Open your color management dialog in CS and look for the printer profile. This should fix the problem.

Photoshop 911 (2005). Design>Document Design>Prepress

Sizing Images for Print in Elements

This reader wants help sizing images to gang print onto single photo paper sheets...

Photoshop 911 (2004). Design>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Photoshop