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)...
Aug 21st
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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 Home 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...
Aug 19th
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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...
Aug 18th
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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
Aug 12th
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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...
Aug 11th
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Week 7 Outline Who is that Masked Person?
Subjects Making a selection and Mask with the Pen Tool Refining the Edge of a Mask Contact e-mail: // ]] // ]] // ]] // ]]]]>]]> Class Blog: http://psprojects.tumblr.com/ Home Pen Tool Masking Pen Tool Details Selections and Masks Objectives To move a person, animal, object from one photo and place it in an exotic location. Create a “Photoshopped Master...
Aug 11th
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! ...
Aug 11th
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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… 
Aug 10th
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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...
Aug 8th
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...
Aug 4th
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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...
Aug 4th
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