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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.

Using the Adobe Photoshop Curves Tool For Photography

The Curves tool in Photoshop is one of those areas that’s widely misunderstood. Not only is it misunderstood because editors don’t know what it can accomplish, but many folks also don’t know how to use it. While it does take some practice, it can actually do a lot. There are a few other tools to […]

Using the Transform & Free Transform Tools in Adobe Photoshop

Once you get into and work with Adobe Photoshop for a few months, you’ll find yourself using the Transform and Free Transform tools very frequently. Most likely, you’ll become comfortable with one or the other and you’ll effortlessly slide into an effective routine and will probably never look back. These tools are easy to grasp […]

How To Edit More Than One Photo at a Time in Adobe Camera Raw

This is one of those posts you’re going to want to print out and keep in your back pocket for frequent use. If you’re a busy photo editor, you definitely want to know how to edit more than one photo at a time in Camera Raw. This is otherwise known as batch processing. This technique […]

How To Make A Photo “Pop” With Adobe Camera Raw

Every time I open a photo in Adobe Camera Raw for editing, I’m sure to follow a certain sequence of events to end up with the result I’m after. First, I want to make sure the contrasts are good. I work in the Basic panel for a while, adjusting the exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, etc…to […]

Creating, Editing & Deleting Smart Collections in Adobe Bridge

How to create and manage collections across both Adobe Bridge and Adobe Lightroom are fairly similar. I’ve already covered a few aspects of them in some previous posts. If you’re interested in learning some background on collections in general, please take a look at these: Targeted & Smart Collections in Adobe Lightroom Adding Photos To […]

Taking a Closer Look at Keyword Sets in Adobe Lightroom

The funny thing about photography is that many of us really only take photos of a few genres, for lack of a better word. What I’m trying to say is that while we think we’re out there everyday, snapping photos of anything and everything, in reality, we’re either people, animal, nature, landscape or portrait people. […]

Using the Levels Adjustment in Adobe Photoshop for Photography

When it comes to making minor color and exposure adjustments in Photoshop, the Levels adjustment tool can come in quite handily. If you read my post on editing brightness and contrast, then you already know where the Adjustment panel resides. If not, I suggest you check out that post or simply continue to read on […]

Reducing the Number of Layers For Efficiency in Adobe Photoshop

While working in Adobe Photoshop, there are some basic premises we all need to keep in mind. One very important premise is that we must assume we’re going to, someday, open the file we’re currently working on, again, and edit it. It may seem that the moment we feel as though we’re finished with a […]

How Can I Open Multiple Photos From Adobe Bridge Into Camera Raw?

I’ve got a fast, but extremely helpful post today that talks about how to open a photo or multiple photos from Adobe Bridge into Adobe Camera Raw. Now, I know I already covered one technique (which I’ll cover again) in my post on how to batch edit files, but there are a few more I’d […]

Using the Histogram Clipping Warnings in Adobe Camera Raw

Have you ever seen a printed photograph, or one online for that matter, that had jagged edges throughout some of its gradients? Usually, this will occur is the color space is very small, but it’ll also occur if the dynamic range inside a photo has been clipped. You can usually tell if it’s been clipped, […]