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Straightening Crooked Photos with Photoshop Elements
Jan 6, 2006
Don't toss out those crooked photos! If you've got Photoshop Elements, straightening digital photos has never been easier. Matt Kloskowski literally shows you how to straighten up those out-of-line photos in two brief video tutorials that take you through the straightening process in Photoshop Elements 3 and the new Photoshop Elements 4.
Styles of Retouching in Photoshop
Feb 13, 2004
Suzette Troche explains reality retouching in Photoshop — the kind of retouching you do when the client doesn't want anyone to know that you have altered the image.
Styling a Photo Collection Using CSS
Aug 13, 2004
Eric Meyer walks you through a web page design project to present a collection of photographs for sale.
Super Size Me: Resize and Crop Your Pix in Photoshop Elements 4
Feb 17, 2006
If a chapter on resizing and cropping doesn't sound exciting, really, what does? It's sad, but a good portion of our lives is spent doing just that—resizing and cropping. Why is that? It's because nothing, and I mean nothing, is ever the right size. Find out how to make it the right size in this sample chapter.
Synchronizing Edits in Adobe Camera Raw
Dec 2, 2010
A great time-saver in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) and Lightroom is the ability to take the adjustments made to one photo and apply them to similar shots with a few clicks. Dan Moughamian shows you how to quickly apply a series of edits to multiple shots.
Take Advantage of Photoshop Actions
Aug 22, 2003
Photoshop Actions allow you to automate just about any task, so you spend more of your work time actually creating. Tim Plumer shows you how.
Take and Make Art from Donovan Beery
Jan 9, 2015
In this excerpt from Take and Make Art: Hundreds of Royalty-Free Vector Illustrations for Discriminating Designers, Von R. Glitschka shares some great spot illustrations from designer Donovan Beery.
Taking Advantage of Layer Strategies in Adobe Illustrator CS5
Oct 12, 2010
Whether you want to create multiple versions of a single object or you're building incredibly complex artwork, layers can be very helpful for controlling and keeping track of your Illustrator art objects and documents. Brian Wood, contributor to Adobe Illustrator CS5 Classroom in a Book, demonstrates strategies for making layers really useful.
Taking Control of Pagination in FrameMaker 6
Oct 26, 2001
FrameMaker 6 moves beyond simple pagination techniques. Read this article to learn how you can take control of pagination in FrameMaker 6 documents with just a few clicks.
Taking the Surprises out of Importing an Adobe Illustrator File into 3ds max 4
Oct 19, 2001
When you're importing Adobe Illustrator files into 3ds max 4, the files may look fine in the viewports but be really small or have incorrectly applied B麩er vertex handles. This article tells you how to make sure that your Illustrator file imports correctly ...
Taming the Vector Monster
Mar 31, 2011
Vector basic training is all about taking your drawn design and helping you build it with precision in vector form using the methods and process covered in Vector Basic Training. This step-by-step tutorial will walk you through a real-world creative project that utilizes the systematic methodology and build methods covered in the book in order to create a monster illustration.
Techniques for Converting Paragraph and Character Tags in FrameMaker 6
Nov 2, 2001
Find out how to easily convert paragraph and character tags in FrameMaker 6, apply character tags to styled text, and learn a foolproof method of applying one Paragraph Designer property to many Paragraph tags with just a couple of clicks.
Ten Quick Ways to Improve Your Business Blog
Oct 6, 2006
Business blogs can be brilliant, bubbly, brash—but many are just boring. You need to separate your blog from the masses of text out there, get readers to notice, and keep them coming back for more. How? Follow Meryl Evans' 10 quick tips.
Ten Sound Tips for Flash Users
Feb 22, 2002
David Emberton takes you through the process of bringing music and sound effects into Flash in this article, from preparation all the way to compression and delivery.
Ten Tips for Learning How to DRAW!
Nov 7, 2013
Drawing is a boundlessly rewarding activity. In this article, Robin Landa presents ten tips to help you start drawing or improve or refresh your drawing skills. These ten key pointers about technique and graphic space will help you transform your marks into drawings that actually resemble what you’re picturing in your head.
Ten Tips for Producing Effective Design—and Minimizing Client Struggles
Sep 12, 2013
Eric Karjaluoto, author of The Design Method: A Philosophy and Process for Functional Visual Communication, offers ten tips that can make your job as a designer more rewarding and less stressful.
Tethered Shooting with Photoshop Lightroom
Nov 30, 2007
LCDs on the backs of cameras are growing ever larger, but nothing compares to seeing your photos on your computer screen. That's where tethered shooting comes in, connecting (tethering) your camera to your computer. And you probably already own just about everything you need to get started, says Matt Kloskowski.
Text and Mtext Annotation in AutoCAD 2005
Sep 24, 2004
AutoCAD provides a variety of tools that deal with adding and editing text. This chapter covered the various steps for creating and working with single lines of text in your drawings, as well as how to add multiple paragraphs of text using the MTEXT command.
Text and Tables in InDesign
Nov 11, 2005
Old school publication designers and production artists — the ones who remember waxers and press-on type — know that the make-or-break feature of any page layout program is how it handles type. This chapter covers the text and table options available in InDesign CS2.
Text Effects in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4: Sheens, Strokes, Shadows, and Fill
Sep 23, 2008
Working through one of the cool built-in templates that come with Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, the Adobe Creative Team shows off some of the program's many text effect features.

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