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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.

Using Multiple Color Range Masks in Adobe Photoshop

In the past, I’ve written posts that talk about changing specific object colors with Adobe Photoshop. I’ve also discussed how to use the color range selection tool. Finally, I covered how simple it is to use masks. Today, I’m going to work through a small project that uses all three of these topics. It’s going […]

Adding a Textured Background to a Portrait in Adobe Photoshop

This is one of those really relevant and helpful posts that you’ll want to save for a rainy day (hint hint – bookmark). I say this because adding a textured background to a portrait in Adobe Photoshop is quite the popular undertaking. And depending on how the original photo was taken and how distinct the […]

How To Create a Faded Photograph Look in Adobe Camera Raw

When it comes to manipulating the colors of a photograph, there’s no better place to go than Adobe Camera Raw’s HSL / Grayscale panel. There, you have everything you need, such as adjusting the Hue, Saturation and Luminance of eight colors. If you’d like to add saturation and vibrance, you can do that. If you’d […]

Using Masks to Colorize Only Part of a Photo in Adobe Photoshop

Have you ever seen a black and white photo that has only one object in it that’s color? I have. Actually, I’ve seen photos like this all over the place. They’re pretty cool, if you ask me. The color object is usually profound, such as a red rose that a child is carrying. Or perhaps […]

Linking a Smart Object to a File in Adobe Photoshop

In a previous post, I talked about how beneficial it could be to embed smart objects into a document in Adobe Photoshop. The reasoning I gave for this was that it would be helpful in, say, a magazine layout to have the ability to create “placeholder” images inside the overall file. If you didn’t have […]

The 3 Best Ways to Sharpen Photos in Adobe Photoshop

The ability to sharpen photos in Adobe Photoshop has been available for a very long time. This ability has also gone through quite a few iterations. In the earlier days, we could choose one of the three more basic sharpening filters and either stick with what it gave us or sharpen again and again, using […]

Working with Channels in Adobe Photoshop

In Adobe Photoshop, channels are sort of confusing. Before sitting down to write this post, I went back and forth for quite a while trying to reduce the amount of information into something that’s as easy to understand as possible. I think I have it, so I’ll begin writing about it. Be warned though, working […]

How To Adjust Photo Exposure in Adobe Lightroom

A lot of people think that when they edit photo exposure in applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom and Camera Raw, they’re simply adjusting the photo’s brightness. In a way, they are. But that’s not all they’re doing. Sure they’re reducing the brightness of overexposed areas and increasing the brightness of underexposed areas, but really, […]

Inverting & Coloring with the Magic Wand Tool in Adobe Photoshop

When it comes to selecting nice solid areas of a photograph, nothing beats the Magic Wand Tool. It’s fast, accurate and customizable. In reality, there aren’t many alternative tools in Adobe Photoshop that are as intuitive and flexible as this one is. In today’s post, I’m going to introduce you to the Magic Wand Tool. […]

Quick Keyboard Shortcut Guide For Blending Modes in Adobe Photoshop

After working with blending modes in Adobe Photoshop for a while, you’ll come to realize that navigating between the different modes can become quite cumbersome. Don’t get me wrong – it’s not like getting from one to the next with your mouse is tragically difficult or anything, but I think most designers, editors and photographers […]