- Photoshop Elements 7’s New Smart Brush Tool
- Aug 26, 2008
- One of the things I love about kicking the tires of a new version of software is finding out that a new feature has more to it then I originally thought. That's the case with the Smart Brush tool in Elements 7. See, when I first heard about the tool, I thought we'd be able to do some smart dodging and burning and that the editing process would be more intuitive. But when I actually got to use the tool I realized it's so much more.
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- Applying Basic Color Corrections in Lightroom 2
- Aug 1, 2008
- Lightroom 2 offers some handy features that allow you to adjust image color in a variety of ways. In this exercise, the Adobe Creative Team demonstrates two of the most important color corrections for any photographer: adjusting whites and tonal ranges, and improving brightness/contrast ratios.
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- How to Create a Novelty Slideshow Template in Lightroom 2
- Aug 1, 2008
- Photo slideshows don't have to be a yawn. Martin Evening shares a technique he devised for creating a slideshow template in Lightroom 2 with an "old-fashioned TV" look for a series of black-and-white shots. You can apply this trick in zillions of different ways to suit your own slideshows.
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- Enhance Your Images with Lightroom 2's New Adjustment Brush
- Jul 29, 2008
- The Adjustment Brush tool is the best new feature in Lightroom 2. Until now, Lightroom was limited to making adjustments to the entire image or to specific areas of tone or color. With this new tool, adjustments are nondestructive (they can be undone at any point), and the file size doesn't increase as you make adjustments. Chris Orwig shares some great techniques on how to use this killer new tool in your workflow.
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- Making Global Corrections with Lightroom 2’s Develop Module
- Jul 29, 2008
- Need to make global corrections in the color and tone of your images? Jerry Courvoisier shows off the image-adjusting tools available in the right panel of Lightroom's Develop module.
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- Open Lightroom Photos as Smart Objects in Photoshop
- Jul 29, 2008
- Martin Evening wanted to merge a couple of images, while still being able to edit their Lightroom Develop settings from Photoshop. He found the solution in the Smart Objects feature as he explains here.
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- Reviewing and Organizing Images in Lightroom 2
- Jul 29, 2008
- Lightroom 2 delivers numerous tools to make finding and organizing your files intuitive and enjoyable. The Adobe Creative Team shows how you can view an impromptu slideshow, create collections, and compare images side by side, so you can make the best use of your image library as it continues to grow.
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- Step-by-Step QuickPro Guide to Using Palettes in Photoshop CS3
- Jul 7, 2008
- Before tackling advanced Photoshop topics, authors Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas take you through a few Photoshop fundamentals that you'll need to master before moving on to anything more complicated.
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- Quick Guide to Editing Photos in Photoshop Express Beta
- Jul 4, 2008
- Author Jeff Carlson shows you how to fix, tweak, and touchup your photos using Adobe's new online photo editing tool.
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- 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.
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- The Perfect Specimen: A Scientist's Guide to Acquiring Good Images
- Jun 27, 2008
- When you're using photos for scientific research, they have to be more than just in focus, they need to be extremely accurate. In this sample chapter from Scientific Imaging with Photoshop, author Jerry Sedgewick tells scientists and researchers how to get the best photographic input from a variety of sources.
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- Adding Text to Your Print Layouts in Lightroom
- May 30, 2008
- A picture may be worth a thousand words, but sometimes a gorgeous print can be enhanced by including some text. Whether you want to print info about the photo, a romantic saying, or the name of your studio, Scott Kelby's got you covered.
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- Final Print Settings and Color Management in Photoshop Lightroom
- May 30, 2008
- Your photo is beautiful and the layout looks perfect. Printing can be as easy as point-and-click, but Lightroom has some settings that need a bit of attention if you want the best results. Scott Kelby walks us through the options.
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- Quick Metadata Preset Edits for Lightroom 1.1
- May 30, 2008
- Martin Evening likes the way that Lightroom 1.1 handles metadata presets—a great feature for storing metadata information that you apply frequently, such as copyright info, ratings, and captions.
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- Saving and Reading Metadata in Lightroom
- May 30, 2008
- Lightroom 1.1 has metadata options that clarify the whole "What happens to my changes?" issue. Martin Evening points out the relevant features and explains how to use these settings to advantage.
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- How to Edit Metadata and Target Photos in Lightroom
- May 23, 2008
- Often you'll want to edit the metadata for a bunch of images at once. But sometimes you'd like to be able to skim along through a selection and tweak the metadata for individual photos as you go. Martin Evening shows how to use a Lightroom 1.1 feature to edit metadata for individual images within a selection.
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- Printing Made Really, Really Easy in Lightroom
- May 23, 2008
- Scott Kelby is a loving man, but man, he really adores Lightroom's printing capability. By the time you're finished with this article, you'll love it, too.
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- Making Sense of Metadata Settings in Lightroom
- May 16, 2008
- Metadata catalog settings in Lightroom can be very confusing. Martin Evening helps us wades through the murk by clarifying what some of the important settings do.
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- Removing Red Eye in Lightroom
- May 16, 2008
- Is red eye the bane of your existence? Lightroom provides an easy fix to keep you from pulling your hair out over kids who look like demons in your family photos. Scott Kelby shows you how to get the red out.
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- Bert Monroy on Creating Photorealistic Reflections and Shadows
- May 9, 2008
- In this excerpt from Photoshop Studio with Bert Monroy: Digital Painting, author and celebrated digital painter Bert Monroy shares techniques he used to create a painting of a shoe shop in Photoshop, with tips on how to create realistic reflections and shadows.
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