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- 1 June 2010 : Ice & Icicle text effect in Photoshop (No Comments)
(updated, with Video) In this tutorial, I will show you how to create ice texture and icicles hanging off of the ice. You can choose any shape you like to [More...]
- 25 May 2010 : Cropping and fixing a Photo of a Photo (No Comments)
If you were to photo an image from a magazine, books, photograph etc, you might not always get it at the exact angle where it is perfectly allign, and if [More...]
- 18 May 2010 : Draw a steaming ceramic tea cup in Photoshop (1 Comment)
Everyone is just dying to learn how to draw a ceramic tea cup complete with semi reflective surface, liquid texture and steam coming out of it, now you get to [More...]
- 21 February 2010 : Layer Blending Modes Part two (1 Comment)
continue from Layer Blending Modes Part one The following sets are combination of the last two set, where 50% gray area has no effect on the photo, darker pixels on the [More...]
- 20 February 2010 : Layer Blending Modes Part one (4 Comments)
Think of Photoshop layers as stacking pieces of transparent papers one on top of another to create the final image. In addition to your “normal” layers there are also special [More...]
- 22 January 2010 : Add Me on Twitter! (1 Comment)
I finally set up a Twitter account, please add me on Twitter to get updates on my blogs! https://twitter.com/sanweng Do you have a Twitter account that deals with mostly graphic related [More...]
- 11 January 2010 : Using clone stamp on Photoshop (with Video) (8 Comments)
Clone stamp is not just for cloning objects in photos, you can also “erase” them. Blemishes and wrinkles can be magically erased from your model’s faces as well as that [More...]
- 11 January 2010 : Weekend Beach Photoshoot with Canon S90 (4 Comments)
Here are more photos shoot with my Canon S90! http://www.flickr.com/photos/doremon313/4265516690/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/doremon313/4265514598/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/doremon313/4264763429/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/doremon313/4264758959/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/doremon313/4265509144/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/doremon313/4265510852/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/doremon313/4265507032/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/doremon313/4265505194/
- 4 January 2010 : Basic Brush function in Photoshop (4 Comments)
Brush property can be use for any other tool that requires painting on the effects or selection such as painting dodge and burn effects or painting quick mask selection. Selecting Brush [More...]
- 12 December 2009 : Canon s90 goes to New York (update) (11 Comments)
I just got back from my New York trip, I brought my new Canon S90 to see how well it performs. You might have already read my previous post/review about [More...]
- 10 December 2009 : Choosing colors with Eyedropper in Photoshop (No Comments)
If you need to get the exact color from a specific location on your photo you can extract that information using the eye dropper tool. There are two version of the [More...]
- 10 December 2009 : Increase highlights & Shadows with Burn & Dodge tool in Photoshop (No Comments)
Dodging and Burning can help you brighten and darken small or big areas of your photo instantly. I advise using this only for small touch ups as it is directly [More...]
- 29 November 2009 : Fast and easy selection with Polygonal Lasso Tool in Photoshop (1 Comment)
Polygonal Lasso tool is perfect for outlining object with straight edges such as buildings. You can also simulate curving organic edge by using the refine edge tool later. (L) Short cut [More...]
- 28 November 2009 : Making freehand selection with Lasso Tool in Photoshop. (No Comments)
Lasso tool is good for minor quick selection unless you have really good eye/mouse coordination or you are drawing from a tablet don't think about making precise selection. I rarely use [More...]
- 22 November 2009 : How to retrace the edge of a selection in Photoshop (1 Comment)
After creating your selection you can further refine the edge of the selection. With the Refine Edge tool you can expand, contract, soften and even automatically trace the nearest edge. Refine [More...]
- 21 November 2009 : Simple selection with Rectangle/Oval Marquee Tool (No Comments)
Rectangle and Oval Marquee tool is great for quick geometric selection for drawing shapes, creating boarders, outlining geometric object in a photo etc... Hit M on keyboard to activate the Marquee [More...]
- 20 November 2009 : Aligning and reducing image using Crop tool on Photoshop (2 Comments)
There is more to just making your photo smaller and trimming away unwanted edges to the Crop Tool. You can also add more pixel, align, match dimension of another file [More...]
- 20 November 2009 : Selecting similar colors with Magic Wand in Photoshop. (2 Comments)
If you need to quickly select an area of similar color such as replacing the sky or a green screen Magic Wand is your tool. Activate Magic Wand by [More...]
- 18 November 2009 : Professional way to outline and select with Pen/Path Tool in Photoshop (3 Comments)
Why use a Pen tool to draw or make selection? Because it gives you better control and higher precision that other tools cannot give you. Pen tool can be intimidating at [More...]
- 26 October 2009 : Quick and easy way to correct color in LAB (1 Comment)
This tutorial will show you how to adjust your photo color to give it a nice saturation quick and effective. In this tutorial I will show you how [More...]
