Category Archives: Photoshop

Photoshop CS6 – Now a free download

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

Here’s the link the download the Beta Photoshop CS6. Note – it’s 1.7 GB -so it will take a while. http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs6/ Lynda.com had some free tutorials. There are also free tutorials at the site below. http://www.photoshopuser.com/cs6 Here are some notes … Continue reading →

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Changing Out a Sky in a Photo

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

If you have Photoshop, here’s an easy way to take out a poor, overblown sky and swap in a nice sky background. Open up the photo with the bad sky. Select the sky with the Quick Selection Tool. Open up … Continue reading →

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Making Your Own Coloring Books

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

One of the interestings things you can do in Photoshop is create your own coloring book for your kids or grand-kids. This is a picture I took and turned it into a coloring page. Here’s how the process works. After opening … Continue reading →

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Free Book Download – One Day Only

Posted on December 10, 2011 by

The book, “Wildlife photography On Safari with Your DSLR: Equipment, Techniques, Workflow is available as a FREE PDF download tomorrow – Sunday – Dec. 11th ONLY. Here’s the link: http://www.serengeti-wildlife.com/wildlife_buch_englisch.php

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Text in a Circle – Photoshop

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

Here’s another nice article about the process. http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/photoshop/articles/phs8ppcircletxt.html

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Color Correcting Under Water Pictures

Posted on August 3, 2011 by

Since I’ve started scuba diving, I’d like to start taking under water pictures. Unfortunately, unless you’ve got a very expensive setup, it’s hard to get good looking pictures initially because many reds, orange, and yellows are lost as you dive … Continue reading →

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Image Resizer for Windows 7

Posted on May 14, 2011 by

One utility which I’ve missed for a while, because I had it in Windows XP  is an easy Image Resizer. Thanks to Paul Thurrott for recommending Image Resizer. After installation, you right click on an image and then get the … Continue reading →

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Creating a Curved Line in Photoshop

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

I was trying to create a curved line in Photoshop and having all sorts of problems. Here’s the solution.

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Ten Years Younger in Photoshop

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

Here’s a Photoshop technique which will help to get rid of ten or more years on a picture. Duplicate your picture – Ctrl J Add a filter to the picture – Filter – Blur – Surface blur – Settings – … Continue reading →

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Fixing a Photo – Contrast

Posted on February 11, 2011 by

Many times a photo needs a bit of tweaking to make it a bit more vivid. Here are two tips to do just that in Photoshop. I first use levels – Ctrl L to change the contrast. Copy the picture … Continue reading →

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