BECOME A PHOTOSHOP NINJA!
Photoshop is used for a huge range of creative image and production tasks like print production, product visualisations, film matte backgrounds...the list goes on. Pretty much every commercial printed image you look at will have gone through Photoshop at some stage of the production cycle. It is the industry standard tool for image editing, and experts in their fields will agree - there is often more than one way to edit and manipluate images in Photoshop. So, the question is, what are the best working techniques in Photoshop - well, that's where the Ninja in you comes out!
From my experience of using Photoshop for well over a decade, using it for complex seperations and finishes, product visualisation and animation I have the pleasure of sharing with you the ultimate studio Photoshop tips and tricks! If there is one thing that I have realised in this time, it's that you never stop learning new techniques.
So, read ahead and enjoy - even expert Photoshop users should be able to find some great little tricks and goodies here!
Added: July 4th, 2008
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I have read a-lot about this around the Internet, and there is a-lot of debate about how to stop this shift in colours when you use the ’save for web’ function. I will explain what I do in as easy to understand manner as possible! This is something that is really annoying for Photoshop users, especially those that have little or no understanding of colour profiles and ’soft proofing’.
Here is the scenario - you have an image that you have colour corrected to your hearts content. You the go to ’save for web’ and disaster strikes - the contrast can go a bit wishywashy, saturation is lost and all-in-all your perfect image doesn’t look so perfect anymore! Don’t panic, just follow my simple step to perfect web colour!
Read the whole article Photoshop troubleshooting - Avoiding shift in colours when saving for web
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Added: July 3rd, 2008
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Yes, a shameless plug for Photoshop Ninja (come on guys - it doesn’t happen very often!!) As part for WordCamp UK 2008 - the conference for UK WordPress blogers and developers, there is an awards ceremony to be held at the event (which I’ll be attending, so see you there!!). The Humphries are designed to recongnise UK WordPress bloggers and Photoshop Ninja is in the ‘content’ category.
So, if you have a spare 15 seconds and you have got some good tips and tricks from Photoshop Ninja - vote for the site here!!
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Added: June 23rd, 2008
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This is something that catches a-lot of Photoshop users out. You are getting used to using layers and think they are wonderful. Moving them around - re-ordering them to your hearts content! Then you do something on the ‘background’ layer and suddenly realise that you can’t move it… it won’t budge even in the layers palette, let alone moving it around you actual image canvas!!
Read the whole article Photoshop Troubleshooting - Why can’t I move or re-order the background layer?
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Added: May 24th, 2008
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I often see Photoshop files where the background is filled with a flat colour. The simple way to do this is to simply select all and fill with the desired colour - but what if you change your canvas size… back to step one because your left with a rectangle filled with one colour surrounded by your background colour! There is a simpler, more flexible way of-course!
Read the whole article Creating a solid background - the sensible way!
Posted in Techniques - Layer, Techniques - Web | 2 Comments »
Added: May 8th, 2008
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Sometimes you will want to make a marquee selection, and move it whilst still drawing it (you still with me!). So rather than draw it and then move it, this technique allows you to draw it AND move it AND THEN still keep resizing your selection.
Read the whole article Moving selections whilst drawing them
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