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Fun Effects in Photoshop CS3: Photo Frames From Photos
Aug 3, 2007
If there's one thing better than a great photograph it's a great photograph in a frame that you create yourself. Just as you might make and decorate a store-bought frame, you can make and decorate a digital frame for your favorite pictures. It is a simple process to photograph objects to use to create your own frames and then put them together to illustrate your art. In this second article in her series on fun effects in Photoshop CS3, Helen Bradley looks at how you can create photo frames using your own photos and harnessing the power of the selection tools in Photoshop CS3.
Fun with Maya 4's Paint Effects
Apr 12, 2002
Learn how to use Maya's Paint Effects feature to add visually impressive effects to your 3D art.
Fun with Particles: Painting with the Particle Brushes in Painter 2015
Apr 30, 2015
Painter's Particle brushes deliver a range of interesting effects, including special shapes, textures, sparkles, and glows. Cher Threinen-Pendarvis, author of The Photoshop and Painter Artist Tablet Book: Creative Techniques in Digital Painting Using Wacom and the iPad, Second Edition, shares techniques for using the Particle brushes to give dynamic expression to a drawing.
Fun with Puppet Warp in Photoshop CS5
Jan 14, 2011
One of the more entertaining (and powerful) new features in Photoshop CS5 is the Puppet Warp command. This feature provides the ability to apply a warping mesh to any selected object in your scene, and then bend and twist that object around in different ways. Dan Moughamian, author of Adobe Digital Imaging How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques for Photoshop CS5, Lightroom 3, and Camera Raw 6, shows you how to combine both Puppet Warp and the new Content-Aware Fill command to apply a snowman effect to a lighthouse.
FunCalculator.com: A Brilliantly Wacky Idea
Sep 2, 2001
FunCalculator.com - A case study on a brilliantly wacky Web site that has changed the way the world balances its checkbook.
Gallery of Images
Nov 1, 2001
from Real World Bryce 4 by Susan Kitchens and Victor Gavenda
Game Development with Flash
Mar 28, 2003
In this age of Internet gaming, Matthew David tells why you need only one tool for building online games: Macromedia Flash MX.
Gathering Image and Sound Files for Your Powerpoint Presentation
Nov 3, 2006
Tom Negrino offers suggestions for using images, sounds, and even video clips to enhance your presentations.
Get Acquainted with Reference Frames in FrameMaker
Nov 30, 2001
Go behind the scenes of reference frames, which is one of FrameMaker's many remarkable and unique features.
Get Consistent Color With Nikon's Capture NX
Apr 20, 2007
Getting predictable color from any image editing program is not easy, but Capture NX offers some simple color management tools that make color reproduction more predictable. In this chapter, you'll take a look at some of the basics of color management theory and how color management is handled in Capture NX, so you'll have more consistent color throughout your workflow.
Get Dynamic Black-and-White Results with the Topaz B&W Effects Plug-in
Nov 8, 2011
Andrew S. Gibson, author of Exposure and Understanding the Histogram, has discovered a powerful (yet inexpensive) third-party plug-in for use with the major photo-editing programs. He demonstrates a range of black-and-white looks, from subtle to dramatic, that you can coax from your images, whether they start life in color or monochrome.
Get Familiar with Panels in Adobe Illustrator CS6
Sep 27, 2012
This chapter will help you become more intimately acquainted with the Illustrator interface features that you will be using continually as you work: the panels.
Get Your Picture Perfect—No Photoshop Required
Feb 2, 2007
Photoshop offers incredible tools for correcting and adjusting exposure, tone, and color. However, very often an image is unusable not because of problems with its exposure or color, but because it's poorly composed. In this chapter, you'll learn how—by employing a few good shooting habits and paying more attention when shooting—you can get your compositions right in the camera, and avoid a trip to your image editor.
Getting a Handle on ActionScript
Jun 14, 2002
This sample chapter will teach you how to use ActionScript to create effective Flash interaction by giving you the sound ActionScripting foundation upon which you can build your Flash literacy.
Getting Down & Dirty with Corey Barker: Corey's Favorite Photoshop Tricks
Mar 17, 2014
Corey Barker, author of Photoshop Down & Dirty Tricks for Designers, Volume 2, shares some of his favorite Photoshop tricks.
Getting Dynamic Data into Macromedia Flash
Aug 9, 2002
Learn how Flash MX can receive content from a database and then present it within a Flash Movie. Open up a whole new world of possibilities by learning how to get database content into this dynamic tool for building entire websites.
Getting Familiar with Adobe Reader
Sep 2, 2005
Adobe Reader offers an overwhelming array of options. Luckily, Ted Padova offers his services as a guide through the thicket of choices in this sample chapter.
Getting Familiar with Paths in Adobe Flash CS4 Professional
Sep 23, 2008
One of the most important innovations in Flash was a new set of tools that made creating vector graphics as simple and intuitive as creating bitmap graphics. This excerpt, adapted from Adobe Flash CS4 Professional How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques (Peachpit Press, ISBN 0-321-58004-4), discusses paths, the most basic element of a vector drawing.
Getting Professional Results with Photoshop Elements and Your Inkjet Printer: Toning
Jan 30, 2009
Before digital photography, only black and white images could be chemically toned, but today toning can be applied to color images too. Tim Daly shows you how.
Getting Started with Adobe InDesign CS4
Apr 27, 2009
Get an overview of the key features of InDesign CS4 including using Adobe Bridge to access files, checking on potential production issues with the Preflight panel and viewing and navigating your document.

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