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Photoshop is probably the first application people think of when digital artwork is brought up. Whether you work in print, web, video, or photography (just to name a few), it’s very likely that the software is integrated into your workflow. And it’s not just digital artists who know of it, as even my technology-inept mother will joke and say something could be “Photoshopped” eventually to fix a particularly awful photo. But with the different versions of Photoshop that have been released over the last few years, which one is right for what you’d like to do? The answer is simple, and I’ll adapt a great photography quote to shed some light on the matter: “The best version of Photoshop is the one you’re using.” It’s true to a point, but there are a few considerations you might want to ponder before you make the investment. Read More

When it comes to creating text effects in Photoshop, the possibilities are truly endless. There are so many tutorials out there that show you how to make neat looking text. Here are just a few of them.
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One of the most desirable functions of Photoshop seems to be the ability to remove backgrounds from an image. Now, like most processes you can pull off within the software, there are several ways to go about it and every seasoned pro has their own way of doing it. I’m here to share my methods, so whether you need to chop out some product images for a website or you just always wanted to see your grandmother riding on top of a velociraptor which happens to be breathing atomic explosions, you’ll know the ropes thanks to this tutorial. Read on! Read More

These days, it seems like everyone and their grandmothers are taking pictures everywhere they go. A large percentage of those people are then posting them online or sharing them via email or multimedia messages. With all this image swapping going on, there’s an increasing interest in using software to edit photos so they look their “best” before being revealed to the world. I put “best” in quotes because I see mostly in-your-face, digital-looking effects thrown onto shots by amateurs. Now, you’re no amateur, and you also have Photoshop at your disposal. So I’m here to give you a few pointers and quick tutorials on how to quickly and effectively edit your photographs, while preserving your own creativity on a shot by shot basis in Photoshop.
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You may have noticed that fine arts have been making their way into graphic design in a big way over the last few years. Graphite, watercolor, acrylics, and scanned-in textures are sprouting up everywhere, even corporate design (historically the last group to the party). I personally love the look of graphite and find myself emulating the look of my trusty 3H pencil quite a bit. But when I was commissioned to create a poster for a local band, I decided that I would attempt to create almost all of the elements by hand, and composite them all together using Photoshop.
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People are not as beautiful as they are made out to be in magazines. The truth is all published pictures are retouched. Some have small modifications like red eye removal or cropping out the background. Other photos are manipulated much more – editors retouch blemishes, skin tone, or even whiten teeth.Although I do not like my images to appear fake, I do like to make subtle changes that do not take away from the picture’s reality. If there is redness in a subjects’ eye I will remove it;  if their teeth appear yellow I will also fix it.  But if someone’s nose is a little pointy I will not fix it – although digital nose jobs are easy I believe they are going too far.

So when should you retouch your photos? Read More