October 2011
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Tip: Saving and Stacking Layers
You have a project with many layers, and you want to save a graphic in one of the layers for use in another project… (or, you might you want to save all the layers as seperate files…)
You could turn off all the “eyeballs” except for the layer you want to save… and use Menu item File: Save as… for every layer.
But, that’s a lot of work!
However, in...
August 2011
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Animating the frames...
Okay, now we have a bunch of tweens… but, you’ll notice that the layers palette looks a bit strange… There is only one layer and maybe layer(s) labeled frame 1 and frame 2…
The Next Step: In the animation palette, select ALL the frames In the Layer Palette Delete Frame 1 and Frame 2 (In the layers palette ONLY) and turn off the eyeball for the background layer (click it)...
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The Last Day
Photoshop Projects: Actions, Sharpening, Soft Proofing and more…
Week 8 Outline
Sharpening your Image…
Subjects How to Make a Studio Print
Soft Proofing
Sharpening Tools
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Week 8 Outline
#5 DPI
#4 Sharpening
#3, #2, #1 Setting up the printer
#+ Soft Proofing
Studio Prints
Aligning Images
Objectives
Soft Proofing: How to save time and money (ink and...
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Animation in PhotoShop
The question was asked in class…
How to you make an animation…
Tween, ease out, ease in… Animation in Photoshop
Those are all animation terms…
1. Understanding Tweening in Photoshop
Tweening is a process that makes a series of frames in a video or animation. It is derived from the animation term “betweening”, mathematically it’s known as...
Take a Break, look for meteors except it's an Off...
Off Year for the Perseid Meteor Shower - Homepage Observing - SkyandTelescope.com: “”
It”s a Full moon
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It's about colour!
In digital photography most skin tone issues occur because the cameras in general adds a red hue or tint to flesh tones… And, if there is any issue with white balance, skin tones becomes an issue. I found a really good tutorial that takes us beyond just correcting for a red hue/tint on Smug Mug’s web site.And, I got it backwards
90% of all you need to know is that you can never let the...
Week 7 Outline Who is that Masked Person?
Subjects
Making a selection and Mask with the Pen Tool
Refining the Edge of a Mask
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Pen Tool Masking
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Objectives
To move a person, animal, object from one photo and place it in an exotic location.
Create a “Photoshopped Master...
My New Photography Website →
After a few months of organizing and testing, I have just recently launched my new nature and wildlife photography website to the world. While I probably won’t get rich, I hope to have a lot of fun filling it with new “gems” in the forthcoming months and years….and maybe it will pay for some of the expenses I just thought I would share with all of you. Enjoy your visit! ...
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Bring to class...
Howdy
Bring a photo to class of a person or an object that you would like to “cut out” and replace the background.
Like you and your family visiting some exotic location in the world…
I’ll have demo pics you can use, but…
Garry at Everest Base Camp…
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Pen Tool - Paths Key Board Shortcuts
Keyboard Short Cuts Pen Tool Paths
Command (Mac), Control (PC) lets you shift between the Pen Tool and the Direct Selection Tool.
Arrow Keys nudge a selected point up, down, left and right
Convert Point Tool, Option-click (Mac) Alt-click (PC) the anchor point while holding down mouse button and dragging creates a new control handle.
Option-click (Mac) Alt-click (PC) an anchor point that...
Review -- Working with the shape and pen tools
The “class logo” was made using the Custom shapes tool. The layers were converted to a smart object and saved as a PSD file.
The same file can be loaded into Adobe’s Dreamweaver as a smart object and placed on a web page. If the logo file is later edited and saved in Photoshop, Dreamweaver will “automatically” update the graphic on the web page it’s...
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Arrows missing | Custom Shape tool | Photoshop...
William Shakespeare - To be, or not to be (from Hamlet 3/1)
To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune..
Here’s the link to the Adobe Bulletin
Arrows Missing
Here’s the article
Issue
When you use the Custom Shape tool in Photoshop Elements Editor and load the Arrow shapes, only one...
July 2011
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Drawing with the "Pen" and "Shape" Tools --Part 1
The question was raised in class, ”how do you draw with the pen and shape tools?”
I must admit that this part of Photoshop I have not paid much attention to in the past except to use the preset Shape tools. Just playing around with the pen tool reveals a whole other side to Photoshop.
There are no vector drawing tools in Photoshop Elements, but there are shape drawing tools and a...
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Week 5 Review ---Typography
Typography
Objective
Using Fonts in various media… make composites
Making a poster
Making an Ad
Magazine Cover
Making a Certificate
Materials
On the class server, in the folder PSP you’ll find a folder labeled week5parts
Copy ‘week5parts’ to YOUR folder!
The Wanted Poster On the blog you’ll find instructions on how to make a “line drawing” mug shot...
Questions
If I just click on submit It now works.
Thanks
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Merging Photo's using PSE's Photomerge®Group...
Photoshop (PS) Vs Photoshop Elements (PSE)
The Project is to “merge” these two photos.
Photoshop Elements (PSE) PSE 8 and lower, does not have “masking layers” except when you use Adjustment Layers, and that as you will see gives us a work around if you need to make a mask in PSE 8 or lower. Layer masks were added to PSE 9. More on that later. Also there is no auto...
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Week 4 --- Masks in Photoshop
Layer Mask in Photoshop
You can use masks to hide portions of a layer and reveal portions of the layers below. Layer masks are grayscale bitmap images that are edited with the painting or selection tools. Layer masks are nondestructive, which means you can go back and re-edit the masks later without losing the pixels they hide. In the Layers palette, the layer masks appear as an additional...
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Week 4 Review -- Masks
Layer Mask in Photoshop You can use masks to hide portions of a layer and reveal portions of the layers below. Layer masks are grayscale bitmap images that are edited with the painting or selection tools. Layer masks are nondestructive, which means you can go back and re-edit the masks later without losing the pixels they hide. In the Layers palette, the layer masks appear as an additional...
Hi Garry: So, you asked us to let you know what we would like to learn during class. I want to learn more about sizing photos and understanding the relationship between both pixel dimension and document size. Also, I (and maybe some others) might need a refresher on selecting an image out of a photo and how to save that and use it again later. Thanks ~ Brooke
Before and After (Cell phone photo) by Kris Durr
Grand Teton Photo - Before Processing
Grand Tetons - After Processing
Grizzly Bear - Before Processing
Grizzly Bear - After Processing
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Week 3 Review ---Enhancing Photographs Using...
Howdy
We covered a lot of material on Wednesday.
Here’s the review I promised. 3 parts the rest will be posted RSN (Real Soon Now)
You’ll find the Camera Raw case study here
Enjoy, have a great week end
Post your own enhanced images!
Got a question, ‘holler
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Enhancing your Image(s)... Photoshop's Camer Raw
“Photoshop is a great plugin for Camera Raw,” Photographer and Camera Raw Guru, Jeff Schewe.
As you saw in class, It is by far easier and quicker to enhance your photos in Camera Raw than using Photoshop Elements or Photoshop to edit them. Photoshop is for complex composites, merging photos, removing or adding objects in a photo… where you need to use layers, masks and...
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Making a Difficult Selection
When the Quick Selection tool Keyboard (W) fails because the colors you are selecting are too similar to the background… You can to use a selection tool you can control. Pressing the keyboard letter L selects the active Lasso tool. The default is the plain Lasso Tool. For this case select the Magnetic Lasso Tool.
If you haven’t used the lasso tools at all, you might find it...
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How to ask a question or Submit a Photo or Work of...
Look in the right hand column.
You’ll see 2 “Buttons”
“Ask Me Anything”
and
“Submit”
When you click either button an “editor” will pop up,
The “Ask me Anything” button allows only text input
The “Submit” button allows you to add images…
The images should be either in .jpg or .png format…
The image...
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A Printing Problem (Prints are too dark)
Sometimes Printing problems can be quite “VEXING!”
The problem in this case is with an Epson 2200 inkjet. The printer is putting too much ink on the paper, producing dark prints…
The usual suspects with this problem are:
a) Monitor is too bright
b) Two color profiles are being applied to the print (one from Photoshop, and one from the printer)…
But in this cases an HP...
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Photoshop Projects --Week 2 Review
An Introduction to Brushes in Photoshop, The Great Coverup.
Jul 7th, 2011 3:21pm
Project Goal: To cover up an unwanted object by painting over it with a “brush” .
You will find step by step instructions on the following web page An Introduction to Brushes
Featuring Brush 112, the Dune Grass Brush
Homework: Post your Cover Up, or Beard Coverup to this blog, share with your...
June 2011
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Jumping Jack Garry --- Puppet Warp
The Next Step
Here’s how to make the above “video”
Step 1
Duplicate Layer 1, (the Garry Layer) and Activate the bottom Garry layer by clicking on it to turn it blue, and turn “on” the eye ball…
Step 2
Reload the garry selection that you saved earlier
Now choose the Menu Item
Edit > Puppet Warp and set the pins where you want the joints to move...
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How to make your instructor disappear ... and you...
This is a NEW feature in Photoshop CS5 called Content Aware Fill and this is how you can take that feature one step further…
Step 1. Load the photograph in your class CD that is in the folder “AwareFill”. (or use your own)
Step 2. When we edit anything in Photoshop we should practice “Non-Destructive Editing.” (I didn’t do that in class) To do that Find the Layers palette
Menu: Windows >...
Welcome to Photoshop --Week 1 Getting Ready
Have a great July the 4th! Rule #1: Never throw away data.Recommended Software Adobe’s Photoshop CS5Adobe has a 30-day Free Trial Period For ALL of their software. It is the Full version without any encumbrances… Photoshop CS5 (Mac and PC) I Absolutely recommend the upgrade to Photoshop CS5 Purchase $699 The upgrade is $199.00 plus Tax if you have Photoshop CS through...