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The Hidden Power of Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements
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Saturday, Mar 28
Opinion: Focus on Fundamentals: Recommendations for Photoshop Training
The Adobe Photoshop Layers Book for CS4 was just released in mid-March ('09)! Get it on Amazon: http://aps8.com/taplbcs4.html. The book has 60 new pages of material, including a section on making manual HDR conversion the layers way. All of the exercises and materials have been reviewed an...
Sunday, Mar 1
What You’ll Use in Photoshop CS4
The bitter part of the Adjustment palette is that you need to have it in view all the time if you use adjustment layers to make any adjustments to your images. You don’t really have the opportunity to store the palette away and call it back, and if you did that would defeat the purpose of the pale...
Sunday, Jan 18
Spot Application of Photoshop / Elements Filters
What you have to do to apply the filter correctly is create what I call a layer snapshot...collect all the image information you see in a layer and then apply the filter to that. Once the filter application is in its own layer, you can mask it however you want to spot apply the filter changes.
Monday, Jul 21
Opinion: The Photoshop Options You Should Never Use
The list of features is tremendously long spanning all versions of Photoshop and Elements. Instead of listing all the features, let me simplify the list by making a few generalizations: Visit the Hidden Power website for Elements users: http://hiddenelements.com
Thursday, Feb 21
Upgrade to Elements 4?
Elements 4 (and even Elements 3) leave a little more room for growth in image editing than Elements 2. For example, the RAW plugin is included with Elements 4, and there are capabilities for 16-bit editing. Those are more advanced digital capabilities that will allow you flexibility in you...
Input Devices: Wacom Tablet, Mouse or Trackball for Image Editing
PS -- My courses are signing up for the Spring semester at betterphoto.com. I'll be teaching From Monitor to Print, Leveraging Layers, and Photoshop 101. New additions from my good friends include: Right-brain Photoshop, by Al Ward and Photographing Fast-Action Sports, by Greg GeorgesV...
Learning Photoshop
That said, some people will find books most helpful, some DVDs, some online courses, some live seminars, a rare few personalized instruction, and others just poking about in the program. Having learned Photoshop at a time where there were no books or tutorials, I would suggest that pokin...
What Do I Do With Photoshop?
Answer: Short Answer: Yes. Have a workflow and use it with every image. If you are simply uncomfortable with Photoshop, you may need even more basic help, which I can provide in my Photoshop 101 course, found here: http://www.betterphoto.com/photocourses/RIC03.asp
Opinion: Choosing an Image Editing Program
A beginner-level introduction to Photoshop: Photoshop 101 And an advanced-level, specialized focus on using layers Leveraging Layers: Photoshop's Most Powerful Tool Richard's new book The Adobe Photoshop Layers Book will be out at the end of July!
When to Upgrade Photoshop
— Lens Blur filter — Image Warp — Spot healing brush — Red-Eye tool — Lens Correction filter — Better memory management on 64-bit PowerPC G5 Macintosh machines running Mac OS X 10.4 Photoshop CS3 (10) added: — Smart Filters — Streamlined interface — Improved Adobe Bridge
Magic Tools in Photoshop and Elements
My courses teach the timeless fundamentals for Photoshop and Elements that you'll use as the core of your craft. I talk about magic tools in my Photoshop 101 class...namely the "read my mind" and "do it for me" tools: mythical tools designed in the minds of users hoping there is an easier way. But...
Tuesday, Dec 4
Making a Holiday Card
For better ways to process your images and get the most out of them for your cards and other uses, be sure to check out Richard Lynch's Photoshop courses and his latest book: The Adobe Photoshop Layers Book Visit the Hidden Power website for Elements users: http://hiddenelements.com
Sunday, Sep 23
When to Upgrade Photoshop
Photoshop CS (8) added: — Camera RAW 2.x — Lens Blur filter Photoshop CS2 (9) added: — Camera RAW 3.x — Image Warp — Spot healing brush — Red-Eye tool — Lens Correction filter Photoshop CS3 (10) added: — Smart Filters — Streamlined interface — Improved Adobe Bridge
