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Martin Evening On Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Dec 7, 2007
In the second half of this two-part interview, Martin Evening offers advice to users and gives a sneak peak of the second edition of his best-selling book The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers. In part one, Martin discusses his work and the role Lightroom plays in it.
Martin Evening on Upright Adjustments in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5
Jul 2, 2013
In this excerpt from The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers, Martin Evening explains how Upright adjustments work, suggests an order for Upright adjustments, and shows how to synchronize Upright settings.
Martin Evening on Using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom in His Digital Photography Workflow
Nov 30, 2007
In part one of this two-part interview, fashion photographer Martin Evening talks about his work and the role Adobe Photoshop Lightroom plays in his workflow.
Masks and Blend Effects: Using and Understanding Masks, Gradients, and Blend Effects
Feb 5, 2007
Masks and Channels in Adobe Photoshop CS6
Sep 27, 2012
Learn how to create a mask to remove a subject from a background, refine a mask to include complex edges, create a quick mask to make changes to a selected area, edit a mask using the Properties panel, manipulate an image using Puppet Warp, save a selection as an alpha channel, view a mask using the Channels panel, load a channel as a selection, isolate a channel to make specific image changes.
Master Illustrator Essentials
Dec 1, 2005
Designers starting out know Adobe Illustrator as "that program for designing logos," but it's capable of so much more: ads, illustrations, page layouts, and Web graphics, to name just a few applications. It's the industry-standard application for vector graphics. If you're new to Illustrator (or just rusty), this chapter will get you well on your way toward understanding the fundamentals of using Illustrator to create vector graphics.
Master Image Editing Basics in Photoshop CS/CS2
Mar 10, 2006
How does a mere image become a masterpiece? Editing. This chapter will help you familiarize yourself with the basics of image editing in Photoshop CS/CS2.
Master Image Editing Basics With Camera Raw
Jan 27, 2006
This chapter covers the image editing basics that you need to understand to use your raw converter and to get the most out of your digital camera and your image editor.
Mastering Palettes in Photoshop
Jun 13, 2003
Don't waste time opening, closing, and losing your palettes on the desktop when you're working in Photoshop. Learn the shortcuts for organizing your palettes in Photoshop 7 and its predecessors.
Mastering Vector Design: How to Create Illustrator Patterns
Jan 4, 2008
David Karlins dispels some of the myths about using patterns in Adobe Illustrator. With some very simple techniques, you can create and use fascinating patterns for strokes and fills.
Matching Color Schemes Across Images in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Oct 19, 2009
Learn how to combine images and harmonize the color schemes in multiple images by matching the target image to the dominant colors in a source.
Maya 4.5 Materials
Mar 21, 2003
Incorporate materials into your 3D animation and focus on the basics of creating materials and adding complexity and realism through mapping.
Maya Character Skeleton Setup
Nov 21, 2003
Chris Maraffi shows you how to create complex controls for animating each of the main parts of your Maya character model.
Menus in QuarkXPress
Aug 9, 2002
Discover all that QuarkXPress offers in its menus and options in this handy how-to guide.
Merging Image Exposures in Adobe Photoshop CS5
May 9, 2011
Want to give your photos more "oomph"? Adobe Certified Instructor Rafael Concepcion demonstrates a speedy technique for adjusting the exposure of certain parts of an image, making it more powerful.
Miracle Tools: Photoshop's Healing Brush and Patch
Aug 8, 2003
Photoshop 7.0 includes two great new tools that make retouching images a breeze. The Healing Brush and Patch tools improve on the amazing effects you can get from the Clone tool, but are easier to use.
Misunderstood Photoshop: Blend If
Jan 19, 2007
Helen Bradley explores Blend If, a smart Photoshop blending tool that can be used to knock out an object from its background or to blend two images. The article also includes a video tutorial so you can easily follow along.
Misunderstood Photoshop: Channels
May 18, 2007
In the eighth part of her series on handy Photoshop tools that are often overlooked or misunderstood, Helen Bradley discusses channels, a feature that not only provides information about your image but can also be used for photo editing. You learn how to use channel data to convert an image to black and white and even how to save a selection in a channel for reuse later on.
Misunderstood Photoshop: Clipping Masks
Feb 16, 2007
The Photoshop clipping mask feature is a quick way to create effects such as text filled with a photograph. Helen Bradley points out more handy uses for clipping masks, such as limiting the effect of adjustment layers, or simplifying the process of editing a portion of an image. You can follow along with the accompanying video tutorial to see exactly how it's done.
Misunderstood Photoshop: Paths
May 25, 2007
In the ninth article in her series on handy Photoshop tools that are often overlooked or misunderstood, Helen Bradley looks at paths, which is a useful Photoshop tool for working with and saving selections. Although working with paths brings you into contact with the sometimes complex Pen tool, the combined power of these two tools makes them important additions to your Photoshop skill set.

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