... That question leaves the door wide-open to plugging my own wares, but I think it would be more useful to step back and think about what you are really...
The cliche experience that many have had is watching a family member trying to master the color on the family TV set. The people-centric medium of TV makes us...
Amongst the plethora of screens and functions and the thousands and thousands of options that you have in Photoshop and Elements for correcting, changing and...
A topic that comes up again and again in my classes and presentations in one form or another is "What makes a good photo?" There is no simple answer. However,...
The Brief Anatomy of a Mistake It seems to be human nature to be dismayed at having made mistakes. Botching a capture in a fleeting moment is a missed...
With the holidays approaching it is still not too late to take on a project and do your own holiday card. All you really need is an image for the cover, some...
The Entertainer and the Entertained Magicians in their magic acts are entertainers. They perform mystical feats designed specifically to cleverly trick us --...
Coming from a writing background (I have an MFA in Fiction Writing), I find it is interesting to note the overlap and comparison of thinking about composition...
Are You A Photoshop Junkie? Photoshop <http://www.aps8.com/pscs3.html> junkies are people who religiously upgrade from one version to the next without...
As a Photoshop professional and author of Photoshop <http://aps8.com/taplb.html> and Elements <http://aps8.com/hppe4.html> books, people looking to buy a...
I am pleased to announce that my new Photoshop book The Adobe Photoshop Layers Book <http://aps8.com/taplb.html> was officially released today. You can find...
Question: Where can I find in-depth, unbiased reviews of software for photographers? I have looked on the net but what I mostly find are pretty abbreviated...
[Continued from Part 1] In the previous entry in this blog, I discussed some of the theory involved in choosing a color space. Let's look at my current...
What Color Space Do I Use? (Part 1) [PART1 of a 2 part answer about using Color Space] Question: I've been trying to come to terms with color management and...
Question: I am fairly new to Photoshop, but rarely use it because I don't know what to do with an image. In your last blog entry you mentioned having a ...
Question: What is the best way to learn Photoshop? Answer: Short answer: There is not one 'best way'. Many people are daunted by trying to learn Photoshop....
This group has been pretty dormant due to the fact that I have been writing books for Photoshop Elements. I am going to start writing for Photoshop again -- in...
... The easy answer is: No. when you stroke the text, Photoshop uses the equivalent of a rounded brush of some sort, and in following the contour the corner ...
... Obviously this would be better to do from the original. However, since that isn't an option, you can convert from the JPEG. You may want to do what you can...
" I just bought hidden Pwers Of CS.there are certain points that I want to clear 1)The multipass printing--well taking the example of wagontrain.would it mean...
<<I wanted to automate placing a copyright in my images so I can run a batch and place the copyright 5% in from the bottom and right of any image. How do I go...
"I was thinking about the upgrade to Photoshop CS. What do you think of the new version?" I am more impressed with the Photoshop CS upgrade (PS7 to PSCS) than ...
... You may be able to get PS5.5 running on XP, but I would suggest getting nothing earlier than PS 7 if you are going to be buying a copy of Potoshop . The...
... There are several ways to make such comparisons, it all depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Here are some possibilities: 1 - Make a selection of...
I have heard several complaints about "activation hooey", having to do with Adobe's choice to require program activation for Photoshop CS (BTW for those who...
... Don't go assuming you get those kind of results (good or bad) with 10 minutes using the airbrush (not really the right tool). You will probably need an ...
... RGB mode is display color, or color created by light process (like a monitor, TV, LED prints) and CMYK is generally printed color based on light absorption...
Howdy... Last week I posted a link to a layer masking tutorial I wrote for graphics.com. Some had problems with the link, but they have it corrected now. Just...
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