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Using Gaussian Blur On Your Layer Masks For Smoother Editing
May 04, 2012
In this tutorial, I cover how to make use of the guassian blur filter when doing photo editing with layer masks in Photoshop. This technique really simplifies a lot of the process of making sure elements you're adding to a photo blend in properly. This can be used for many different things, but in this example, I show how to clone one spot of an image over another, and blend it in seamlessly.
Using The Offset Filter To Make Looping Textures & Correcting Uneven Lighting
March 02, 2012
In this tutorial I cover briefly how to use the offset filter to make looping textures in Photoshop, and how to address a common problem with uneven lighting that occurs when doing so.
Using Bounding Boxes As Guices To Help Align Perspective In Photoshop
February 10, 2012
In this tutorial, I cover how to use boxes as alignment guides when placing objects in perspective in your designs and illustrations.
Making Distressing or Grunge Brushes Quickly In Photoshop
February 03, 2012
In this super-quick tutorial I show you how to quickly take any dirty texture and turn it into a distressing brush in Photoshop for quick grunge effects.
Using Smart Objects To Quickly Crop And Edit Layouts For HTML and CSS in Photoshop
December 18, 2011
In this tutorial I cover a quick way to use Photoshops built in smart object capability to crop out elements of a design for quick cutting up of layouts into HTML and CSS.
Using Multiple Layer Masks on A Single Layer in Photoshop
December 18, 2011
In this tutorial, I go over how to use a simple layer stacking trick to use multiple layer masks on one layer to great effect. Very helpful tip.
Using Lab Mode To Remove Compression Artifacts From Small Or Highly-Compressed Photos
June 26, 2011
In this tutorial I go over how to use Photoshop's Lab color mode to smooth out and help remove compression artifacts from images that are either really small, or have been saved with way too much compression for their own good.
Removing iStock Photo Watermarks For Use In Comps and Roughs
June 05, 2011
In this tutorial, I cover a quick way to take the iStock watermark off the smaller roughs so they aren't distracting on your roughs and comps. This is not for stealing photos. Repeat, this is NOT for stealing. This technique provides a nicer looking small rough for use in comps, it does not remove the watermark completely, nor should you aspire to do so.
Surrealistic Room Photo Manipulation
April 03, 2011
In this tutorial, we will be creating a surrealistic room with realistic water as its floor, real clouds as its wallpaper with a clock on the wall and a boat on the water floor. We will learn a lot of technical aspects like visualizing and creating a perspective using the ruler and the transform tools especially the distort tool, creating realistic waves using the brush tool and two wave brush sets, using brush textures and apply it to the walls to make them realistic. Then we would be creating shadows using the brush tool and the burn tool. Finally we would make the boat look like it really is running and producing waves in its wake.
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Basic Use Of Actions To Repeat Tasks in Photoshop
April 03, 2011
This simple tutorial shows you how to use actions in Photoshop to repeat simple tasks multiple times to save you the hassle of doing it manually. This is filed under Illustrator as well, as the actions work the same way in Illustrator.