Photoshop

One of the most basic things you can do to a photo with a person in it to make it look better is to brighten the eyes of that person. The closer and more visible the eyes are, the more important this task becomes. Bright eyes translate to health and vibrancy. This brightness can make […]

If you’re a photo editor for any type of publication, you have likely come across a situation where you needed to add hair to an area that didn’t have any. Of course, you wouldn’t want to add any old hair, you’d want to add the hair that belongs to the person in the photo. This […]

I want to take a moment today to talk about Smart Objects and Smart Filters. As much as I discuss these two features of Adobe Photoshop on this blog, I believe there are still many folks out there who don’t really get what’s going on. It’s easy to work on all sorts of things inside […]

One of the most common Photoshop questions I see floating around out there on the internet looks something like, “How do get an image you show through text?” Or maybe it’s something like, “How do I turn text into an image?” Either way, whoever is asking these questions basically wants to know the same thing; […]

This wasn’t the easiest title to come up with. Basically, I’m talking about how to keep layer effects in line with (scaling with) the size of objects in a layer inside of Adobe Photoshop. If you’ve ever double-clicked on a layer before to add different effects to it via the Layer Style palette, you know […]

I’ve discussed quite a few different types of blurs on this blog so far, but I’m not sure I ever touched upon the Spin Blur filter in Adobe Photoshop. This particular blur is extraordinarily helpful when attempting to add motion to something that rotates. It could be anything; an engine pulley, wind fluttering through the […]

I know I write a lot about various techniques and tips when it come to photography and working in Photoshop. Some of them are really easy, but some of them are complex. I try to keep things as simple as possible in here because I know that, as I’m learning things, I get lost easily. […]

Let’s suppose you want to create a silhouette of something and place that something in a file that you’re working on. Let’s also suppose that the item you’d like to create the silhouette of is in a completely different file inside of Photoshop. What would you do? What if there were a way to select […]

Selecting objects in Adobe Photoshop is one of the most common tasks you’ll face as an editor. Luckily, the folks at Adobe have created a very robust workspace for you to adjust and perfect the edges of those selections. While the Select & Mask workspace isn’t difficult or challenging to use by any means, it […]

Every so often, I come across a tip that is so awesome that I can’t wait to share it with you. I recently discovered one of these tips and today is the day you’ll learn about it. That is, of course, if you aren’t already aware of its existence. In previous posts, I wrote about […]