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Using Lightroom’s Tone Curve Controls
Apr 11, 2008
Lightroom's Tone Curve controls provide a straightforward way to make tone curve adjustments based on descriptive criteria. They're not as restrictive as they might seem at first, as Martin Evening demonstrates.
Using Lightroom's HSL / Color / Grayscale Panel
May 1, 2008
Need to make some fine-tuned color adjustments in Lightroom? Martin Evening shows the way with tips for using the HSL / Color / Grayscale panel.
Using Photoshop Actions to Make a Flipbook
Aug 23, 2010
xtine burrough, coauthor of Digital Foundations: Intro to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Suite, interprets the Photoshop Actions panel as a metaphor for artificial intelligence, comparing Photoshop tasks that can be automated with tasks mandating human collaboration. The final result is a template for making a flipbook.
Using Photoshop CC and ACR’s Powerful Tone Mapping and Color Correction Tools to Create 32-Bit HDR Photos
Aug 14, 2013
Over the past few years, Adobe has provided Photoshop users with variations on an HDR workflow for photographers, but the options for precisely mapping tones and colors (especially) were somewhat limited. Today, using Photoshop CC, Photoshop and Lightroom educator Dan Moughamian shows how you can open a merged, 32-bit image into a brand-new (but very familiar) environment, to create those HDR photos.
Using Photoshop to Create Art for a Mobile Game
Sep 30, 2014
In this chapter from Photoshop for Games: Creating Art for Console, Mobile, and Social Games, you will examine the process of making a mobile game. Mobile and social games are closely related in content size, and somewhat in style, but they have each evolved into their own separate spaces.
Using Quick, Guided, and Expert Editing in Photoshop Elements 11
Dec 5, 2012
Learn about the different editing modes in Photoshop Elements 11 and which one may be right for you.
Using Quick, Guided, and Expert Editing in Photoshop Elements 14
Feb 5, 2016
Scott Kelby explains the different editing modes in Elements—Quick, Guided, and Expert—and show you how to use each one.
Using Repoussé to Create 3D Text in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Dec 14, 2010
This excerpt from Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book shows you how to use the Repoussé command to convert 2D objects into 3D meshes, precisely extruding, inflating, and repositioning them.
Using Smart Filters in Adobe Photoshop CC
May 15, 2013
Learn how to apply the Liquify filter, position other layers, and edit a Smart Filter in Adobe Photoshop CC.
Using Smart Object Layers in Photoshop CS4
Oct 8, 2008
Photoshop Smart Object layers save time in multiple ways; for example, by replicating edits automatically to all instances, or allowing you to manipulate an image without destroying the original. Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas take a tour through the basics of how to work with Smart Object layers.
Using the Adobe Photoshop CS4 Histogram Panel
May 27, 2009
In this excerpt from Adobe Photoshop CS4 Studio Techniques, Dan Ablan explains how to interpret and work with the Histogram panel in Adobe Photoshop CS4.
Using the Clarity Slider in Lightroom
Jul 3, 2008
The Clarity slider in Lightroom 1.1 has an enthusiastic proponent in Martin Evening. Here he shows how photos can benefit from this contrast-enhancing feature.
Using the Clone Stamp Tool and the Lens Correction Filter in Photoshop CS4
Apr 29, 2009
The Clone Stamp tool lets you copy pixels from anyplace in your image (or even another image) and then paint them some where else. This excerpt shows you how to use the Clone Stamp tool and Lens Correction filter in Photoshop CS4.
Using the Color Replacement Tool in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Dec 6, 2010
In this excerpt from Photoshop CS5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas show you how to use the Color Replacement tool.
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.
Using the Dodge and Burn Tools in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Dec 18, 2010
Adobe greatly updated the Dodge and Burn tools in CS5. In this excerpt from The Adobe Photoshop CS5 Book for Digital Photographers, Scott Kelby shows you how to use these tools for lightening and darkening different parts of your image.
Using the Filter Bar in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4
Aug 18, 2012
The filter bar is the main place to go to whenever you need to make refined filter selections of photos in the catalog. Martin Evening shows you how to use it.
Using the Histogram Panel in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4
Aug 18, 2012
Martin Evening explains how to use the Histogram panel in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4. The Histrogram panel provides you with information about the distribution of the levels in an image and also offers you the means to turn the clipping previews for the shadows and highlights on or off.
Using the Layers Panel in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Dec 12, 2010
This excerpt from Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book shows you how to use the Layers panel to hide, view, reposition, delete, rename, and merge layers.
Using the Loupe Tool in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Mar 5, 2009
Chris Orwig shows you how to use Photoshop's Loupe Tool, which comes in handy when you want to examine an image closely.

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