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Graphic & Photo Design Tips, Tutorials & Techniques

The design section includes posts and articles that cover tips, tutorials and best practices for various areas of web design on the internet today. Also discussed is print design for offline media. Discussion includes fundamental and moderately advanced topics in the worlds of brand identity, graphic design, photo manipulation, typography and more. Additional topics include how to effectively manage website layout, e.g. mobile and tablet interface, responsive website design as well as coverage of online communities that assist with the design profession.

Painting With the Mixer Brush in Adobe Photoshop

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m no painter. As a matter of fact, I can’t draw or paint. I can hardly even trace. But when I saw how cool the Mixer Brush was in Adobe Photoshop, I had to stop to take a closer look. Today, I’m here to tell you that it’s […]

A Smart Use of Multiple Cropping Methods in Adobe Photoshop

For the longest time, I used the Rectangular Marquee Tool in Adobe Photoshop for all my cropping. I used it, it was great, things got done. It wasn’t until I learned about the power of the Crop Tool that I switched over to that. There are distinct benefits to using the Crop Tool and I […]

Collapsing Stacks & Organizing Virtual Copies in Adobe Lightroom

I’ve got some really great tips for you today. If you’re into using virtual copies in Lightroom, these shortcuts will be truly helpful. They’re the types of things you’ll likely use every time you take advantage of virtual copies themselves, so keep on reading below. In today’s post, I’d like to talk about how we […]

How to Create a Custom Vignette in Adobe Camera Raw

In a previous post, I wrote about how you can create a vignette to enhance a photograph in Adobe Camera Raw. If you’d like to read that post, please click the link below. How to Add & Adjust a Border Vignette in Adobe Camera Raw In my previous post, I walked through the process of […]

How to Create Actions with Camera Raw Inside Adobe Photoshop

In my recent posts, I’ve been talking a lot about how to speed up the processing of multiple images. Adobe has made this really easy to take advantage of through their variety of methods for this. As a matter of fact, one of my more recent posts connects Adobe Bridge and Photoshop together to make […]

How to Resize & Save Files From Adobe Bridge Using Image Processor

When it comes to photo editing, doing things in bulk is the way to go. Well, as much as possible. I couldn’t even imagine (and I cringe when I think about this) taking hundreds and hundreds of photos and unloading them onto my computer, only to, say, resize them one by one. Back in the […]

Using the Reduce Noise Filter in Adobe Photoshop

If you use Adobe Camera Raw in conjunction with Adobe Photoshop, you probably take advantage of Camera Raw’s noise reduction capabilities. Camera Raw handles getting rid of an reducing noise like a champ. Inside the Detail panel of this application, there are six sliders that focus on two aspects of noise reduction; luminance and color. […]

What are Clipping Masks in Adobe Photoshop?

In Photoshop, masks are wonderful things. They allow us to non-destructively edit layers and they give us tons of flexibility. They’re so versatile, I’m tempted to say that editors, if they really tried, would be able to find an unlimited amount of use for them. In short, general masking does one thing in Photoshop. It […]

How to Load Additional Gradients into Adobe Photoshop

In some cases, there’s more to Adobe Photoshop than meets the eye. When the application is initially installed, it goes through the process of placing files onto your computer’s hard drive and loading various things, such as brushes, gradients, shapes and many more items to work alongside those files. The thing is, when Photoshop is […]