Posts Tagged ‘photoshop’
Using clone stamp on Photoshop (with Video)
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 annoying person who somehow made it in to your photo.
To ...
Basic Brush function in Photoshop
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 – Photoshop is shipped with ...
Choosing colors with Eyedropper in Photoshop
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 eyedropper, one is call eyedropper and the other one is ...
Increase highlights & Shadows with Burn & Dodge tool in Photoshop
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 applied onto your photo so it is difficult to reverse the effect.
Before ...
Fast and easy selection with Polygonal Lasso Tool in Photoshop
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 key to activate the Lasso, hold shift ...
Making freehand selection with Lasso Tool in Photoshop.
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 freehand lasso as I find it difficult ...
How to retrace the edge of a selection in Photoshop
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 edge is available in many selection ...
Simple selection with Rectangle/Oval Marquee Tool
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 tool, hold Shift + M to ...
Selecting similar colors with Magic Wand in Photoshop.
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 hitting (W) key or select it from the tool box.
Magic wand works by selecting ...
Professional way to outline and select with Pen/Path Tool in Photoshop
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 first but once you learn it everything you touch with ...
