Believe it or not, one of the greatest challenges budding photographers face is deciding exactly what to take photos of. As time goes on and as they accrue experience, they develop what’s called an “eye.” This eye has the uncanny ability to see things. The strangest things. Things that might not be easily noticed by […]
Comparing the Smart Sharpen & Unsharp Mask Filters in Adobe Photoshop
There are tons of menu items for tools in Adobe Photoshop that were put there years ago and that have been replaced with better options. The reason Adobe keeps the old ones around is because, I’m assuming, many editors have gotten used to and enjoy using those older tools. It takes time to transition to […]
How to Create an Editable Halftone Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
Have you ever seen those really cool text effects where it appears that the text was created from little dots? This look is called a “Halftone Effect” and it’s possible to create something like this right inside of Adobe Photoshop. Since this type of thing takes a little practice to get just right, it’s important […]
Exploring Layer Style Contours in Adobe Photoshop
Contours are those little things that most of us breeze right by when working with layer styles in Adobe Photoshop. I completely understand why this happens. When I open up the Layer Style palette to apply a Drop Shadow, Inner Glow, Stroke or any other style, I primarily focus on the top portion of each […]
A Closer Look at the Shape Tools in Adobe Photoshop
When I work in Adobe Photoshop, I use the various shape tools quite a bit. Even when I write these posts and create the screenshots for them, I use the shape tools. In these cases, I primarily draw with the Rectangle Tool and the Ellipse Tool to outline points of interest in those screenshots, but […]
How to Add a Copyright Watermark to an Image in Adobe Photoshop
I don’t know how I let this one get past me for so long. This topic is so popular that I’m almost ashamed of myself for missing it. Adding copyright watermarks to photographs is something virtually all photographers have to do, so I thought it’d be a good topic to cover here. Luckily, the process […]
Placing Smart & Non-Smart Objects in Adobe Photoshop
When I work on files in Adobe Photoshop that have multiple images contained in them, I usually combine those images in the same file by clicking on the appropriate layers in the individual tabs and then by dragging those layers over to the working file. I’ve discussed this process quite a bit on this website. […]
Use Split Toning For Simple Color Correction in Adobe Camera Raw
Have you ever taken a photo that ended up having a color cast over it? I’ve taken tons of these types of photos. Most of the time, I can see the color cast appearing and changing right through the view screen on my camera as I capture the photo. Typically, this happens to me when […]
Using the Original Refine Mask Dialog for Rugged Edges in Adobe Photoshop
Once upon a year, there was a nice little Refine Mask dialog box that worked very well in regards to cleaning up selection edges and the like. In Adobe Photoshop CC version 2015.5, however, came the wonderful new Select & Mask workspace that replaced it. You’ve all seen this new Select & Mask workspace. I […]
Making Selections From the Select & Mask Workspace in Adobe Photoshop
I have no idea how many posts I’ve written about making selections in Adobe Photoshop by this point, but I know it’s a lot. The sad part about all the work I’ve put into this topic is that I feel like I’ve only scratched the surface. There is so much to selecting objects in this […]
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