Making the Grass Green with Photoshop

In this video tutorial I show you how to make grass that little bit more green and less yellow quickly using a simple replace colour technique.

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended: Retouching Motion Pictures

With the explosion in popularity of podcasting, innovations in video content for cell phones, and the continued popularity of video cameras, video content creation and appreciation is snowballing. Today’s audience expects Hollywood production values in games, independent DVD titles, Shockwave files, and fan club shorts. Google’s You Tube is presently the reigning video content distributor for cottage-industry enthusiasts. Photoshop CS3 Extended: Retouching Motion Pictures creates an accessible entry point for image retouchers wishing to participate in the next wave of digital content. Assuming an intermediate to advanced working knowledge of previous versions of Photoshop, it focuses on the new tools and features of Photoshop Extended, enabling readers to first get a handle on the medium of moving pictures, then to attain a level of proficiency with retouching and enhancing digital film as they work through several real-world scenarios. Ideal for users ranging from home video buffs to professional studio employees, this tutorial-based book includes several hands-on projects and tackles a range of topics, including an introduction to digital video and importing and working with video layers and the Animation Timeline palette. It then proceeds to integrating media such as Autodesk 3D Studio scenes and video footage, creating rotoscope sequences by painting over footage, compositing green-screened 3D animations, and adding special effects layers to footage.

Available at Amazon.com.

Creating Cool and Easy Image Borders with Smart Photos in Photoshop CS2-3

In this video we will learn all about one of the many hundreds of ways there are to border an image. We will create two borders, one with a layer mask the other with a clipping mask. We will also style a Smart Object with a Border, Vignette, and some layer styles and smart filters and learn some cool tricks along the way!

Realistic Special Effect Explosion in Photoshop CS3

This video we will create a realistic looking bomb explosion and add it to a photo we are working in.

Camera RAW 101

This video is not an argument for using and shooting in Camera RAW, but rather all about how to use the Camera Raw Utility plug-in.

Selective Focus in Photoshop CS3

A great technique on how to change the focus on an image. Using Channel, layers and a filter in Photoshop CS3.

Removing the Background from an Image in Photoshop

This tutoiral will go over the steps in removing a background from an image and adding a few effects with Photoshop.

Red Eye Fix using Photoshop

You probably have some digital pictures that are perfect but for a common problem known as red eye. Use Adobe Photoshop to fix red eye and make your photos look professional.

HDR and Photoshop Overview

This video tutorial explains HDR (High Dynamic Range) with Photoshop.

Upsizing Images in Photoshop CS3

This tutorial shows a technique for increasing the size of high-resolution images in Photoshop CS3. It also shows how to create an action for the technique. This technique also works in Photoshop CS and CS2.

Wrap Text Effect in Photoshop

Wrapping text in creative ways adds a fun and playful quality to a picture. Learn how to wrap text around an object using three different effects in Adobe Photoshop.

Nitty Gritty Photo Effect in Photoshop

This week we'll be heading back into Photoshop CS3 in order to achieve a very cool look on our digital photos. The look we get with this technique is very unique and leaves a lot of room for customization. There are several techniques out there that are similar to this one, but I believe this to be the superior method because all of the effects we've done to this photograph are completely non-destructive and customizable!

Mix and Match in Photoshop

In this episode of Quicktips we take a look at how to realistically blend a subject into another background. This is a very useful technique that requires very little effort.

Grand Theft Color

In this week's episode of Quicktips, learn one of the most commonly asked questions … "How do I copy a specific color from a website?" The answer is very simple and I'll show you how to do it quickly and easily using Photoshop!

Realistic Drop Shadows in Photoshop

See how using layer styles in a different way can save you a bit of time on your drop shadows. We’ll keep a couple other things in mind as well to really sell the realism of the effect.

Remove a Color Cast and Color Correct Skin using Curves in Photoshop CS3

We will discuss the basics of RGB and CMYK colors and how you need to use them to color correct everything from everyday snapshots to portrait photographs. We will be using the eyedropper and the info palette to read the colors in the photos we color correct and based on the CMYK read out of the color sample targets we will adjust the color channels using a curves adjustment for spectacular colors that are perfect. Also learn about the perfect color formula for getting color correct skin!

Keyboard Shortcuts in Photoshop

One of the questions I see most often in my inbox is "are there any keyboard shortcuts for adjustment layers?" The short answer to this is no, but in this week's episode of Quicktips, I will show you how you can fix this problem.

Draw Digital Clear Plastic Style Tape using Photoshop CS3

In this video we will place four photos in Photoshop using Adobe Bridge. We will then style them to look like small photographs and create some pieces of clear tape to "hold" them down on our cork board.

Crossing the Process in Photoshop

Cross Processing has been a popular photographic technique for many years and with the innovation of digital tools the look of cross processed photos has become even more popular. There are many plug-ins and tools out there that will help you achieve an effect such as this, but all of those tools require more time and money than I am willing to spend. Luckily when I was poking around in the curves dialogue box I actually found a preset that does a very nice job of "cross processing" a photograph. Add this as an adjustment layer and you've got yourself a kick-butt technique, and most importantly a non-destructive effect!

Create Sparkle/Dusty Brush and add Fantasy or Bling to Photos in Photoshop

In this tutorial we will go about creating a brush using one of the basic brushes included with Photoshop and we will edit this brush to paint randomized sparkles which we will then duplicate, blur, colorize, and blend a little to create a cool fantasy type effect that is nice in any photo or illustration!