- How to Use the Field Blur Filter in Photoshop CS6
- May 9, 2012
- This excerpt from Photoshop CS6: Visual QuickStart Guide shows you how to use the Field Blur filter, which is handy when you need the most flexibility and control in blurring specific areas of an image while keeping other (more important) areas in sharp focus.
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- Using the Crop Tool in Photoshop CS6
- May 9, 2012
- This excerpt from Photoshop CS6: Visual QuickStart Guide shows you how to reset the Crop Box and choose preview, shield, and overlay options from the Crop Tool.
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- Working with Paragraph Composers and Tabs in Adobe InDesign CS6
- May 9, 2012
- This excerpt from Adobe InDesign CS6 Classroom in a Book shows you how to apply the Adobe paragraph and single-line composers, set tabs, and add a rule above a paragraph.
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- Setting Up Layout Rules for a Mobile App Design in Adobe InDesign CS6
- May 3, 2012
- This excerpt from Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design and Web Premium Classroom in a Book shows you how InDesign lets you work with alternate
layouts and helps you adapt your layouts with Liquid Layout rules.
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- Creative Lighting Effects with Adobe Photoshop CS6
- Apr 23, 2012
- Lighting Effects has been around a long time, but the Lighting Effects filter in Photoshop CS6 is essentially a brand new feature in the sense that it has been completely remade. This article provides a general overview of the filter (including its new interface), and demonstrates how you can use Lighting Effects to dramatically impact the composition or look of your photographs.
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- Optimizing Raw Workflow with Adobe Photoshop CS6 and Camera Raw 7
- Apr 23, 2012
- This article will give you a taste of how powerful Adobe Camera Raw 7 is, by taking one shot from a series of bracketed exposures (originally used for HDR imaging), and restoring the important details in both the highlight and shadow regions.
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- Recomposing Picture Elements with Content-Aware Move and Content-Aware Patch in Adobe Photoshop CS6
- Apr 23, 2012
- This tutorial provides two examples of how these new Content-Aware additions in Photoshop CS6 can help you to recompose or remove elements in your pictures that are slightly out of place, or that are not as easily removed by other methods.
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- The Hidden Power of Photoshop Blend Modes: General Techniques
- Apr 23, 2012
- This excerpt from The Hidden Power of Photoshop Blend Modes familiarizes you with the basics of blend modes.
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- The Hidden Power of Photoshop Blend Modes: Removing Vignetting
- Apr 23, 2012
- In this excerpt from The Hidden Power of Photoshop Blend Modes, Scott Valentine shares a handy method to realize some basic recovery using the Divide blend mode. It also leaves you some creative latitude for additional effects, but it does have some limitations.
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- UI Design with Adobe Illustrator CS6: The Illustrator Workspace
- Apr 23, 2012
- The Adobe Illustrator workspace is designed to allow you to be as creative as you want without a lot of distractions. In this excerpt from UI Design with Adobe Illustrator, Rick Moore shows you how to choose the right measurement units, select the optimal color space, and create artboards and organize your work.
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- Using the New Content-Aware Move and Interactive Blur in Adobe Photoshop CS6
- Apr 23, 2012
- This excerpt from Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom in a Book shows you how to use the new Content-Aware Move tool in Adobe Photoshop CS6 to add a few more posts to the beach photo project, so that they echo the deck rails, creating a smoother rhythm for the composition.
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- Using the New Gradient on a Stroke in Adobe Illustrator CS6
- Apr 23, 2012
- This excerpt from Adobe Illustrator CS6 Classroom in a Book shows you how to apply a gradient fill and gradient stroke to a rectangle that will become a painting.
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- Why Photographers Should Expect Big Gains in Efficiency in Adobe Photoshop CS6
- Apr 23, 2012
- Dan Moughamian demonstrates a few of his favorite options for working more efficiently in Adobe Photoshop CS6.
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- 10 Photoshop Retouching Tips for Your Studio Images
- Apr 13, 2012
- RC Concepcion (author, NAPP Instructor, and host of “DTownTV”) goes over some tried and true steps to keep in mind when working with portraits in a studio setting. By leveraging the power of Photoshop, you'll take a great studio shoot, and move it to the next level.
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- Make Your Photoshop Workflow More Efficient with Actions, Droplets, and Scripting
- Apr 9, 2012
- There are times when working with Photoshop can be a very redundant process. RC Concepcion (Kelby Training instructor and host of DtownTV.com) takes you through a tour of actions, droplets, and scripting, and gives you some essential skills in getting this work done as fast as possible. In no time, you will be automating tasks in Photoshop!
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- Working in Black and White in Adobe Photoshop
- Apr 2, 2012
- RC Concepcion (Kelby Training Instructor and host of DtownTV.com) talks about how to leverage the power of Photoshop to attain wonderful black and white images out of color images. With these tips, you'll be able to explore the power of the black and white photograph.
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- Everything New Is Old Again: Creating Vintage Tintypes from Modern Photos
- Mar 23, 2012
- Bonny Pierce Lhotka, author of Digital Alchemy: Printmaking Techniques for Fine Art, Photography, and Mixed Media, has cooked up “greener” methods for creating the look of tintypes from the late 1800s. No harsh chemicals or fancy equipment needed; just some household products, a little time, and an artistic eye.
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- Thou Shall Not Use Comic Sans and Other Graphic Design Sins and Virtues
- Feb 27, 2012
- The authors of Thou Shall Not Use Comic Sans: 365 Graphic Design Sins and Virtues: A Designer's Almanac of Dos and Don'ts share their rules of typography, including strong opinions on Comic Sans, Times Roman, and "trendy" typefaces.
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- Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski Share Their Best Selection Techniques for Photoshop Elements 10
- Feb 15, 2012
- Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski show you how to select areas, save selections, soften edges, select areas by color, make selections using a brush, get Elements to help you with tricky selections, use the Quick Selection Tool, and remove objects from backgrounds.
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- Digital Modeling: Fundamentals of a Digital Model
- Feb 14, 2012
- William Vaughan introduces some of the elements of digital models and the terms you’ll encounter — a refresher course of 3D models 101.
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