Photoshop Shortcuts – The Fun Way In this post I’m going to focus on several Photoshop shortcuts that I tend to use more often than others. Sure I could sit here and spell out every single shortcut available, but why reinvent the wheel? Here is a list of 10 of my favorite and most used Photoshop shortcuts delivered to you via Mr. Zoom with scroll Sure you can use the zoom tool straight off of the tool bar, but there is a much easier way. Individual font scaling If you’re looking to change the individual font size for a particular word or word-phrase within the text of your Photoshop document, simply highlight the text and hold Ctrl + Shift while using the > or < key to change the size of the font in 2px increments. 100% zoom Often times when I’m working on a project, I’ll zoom in particularly close to handle detail-oriented aspects of the design. Brush size I’m a fan of the brush tool, as most people are. Layer opacity The amount of transparency that a particular layer displays is know as it’s opacity. Super nudge Undo Summary
How To Make Digital Photos Look Like Lomo Photography The following tip on getting digital images to look like Lomo Images was submitted by DPS reader – Frank Lazaro. You can see his photography at his Flickr page and see some of his Lomo shots here. From the first time I saw a photo that looked like this, I wanted to shoot one of my own. But, for the longest time I couldn’t figure it out how people took photos look like this. Then one day searching the web, I realized I needed a Lomo LC-A camera. This is a Russian made camera that was a knock off of another camera. Low and behold I went out and bought 2 of these babies. I searched and searched and after trying several different Photoshop methods, I finally came up with my own using a mix of different techniques. Get Free Weekly Digital Camera Tips via Email Here is my step by step on how I take a digital photo and make it Lomoified. Getting Started – Creating a Vignette Once you have set the feather (shown above) and have drawn the circle, you must invert the selection.
The way you think about time has a big effect on behavior by Marshall Brain | June 23, 2010 This is a fascinating video that looks at the different ways that human beings perceive time and the effects that these perceptions have on our behavior: The video starts by identifying six ways to perceive time: 1) Looking at the past as “the good old times” (past positive) 2) Looking at the past as a time filled with regrets and failure (past negative) 3) Present Hedonistic – focused on maximizing immediate pleasure and minimizing immediate pain 4) Present Fated – things happen because of my conditions 5) Future oriented, working to succeed in the future. 6) Future oriented, focused on an afterlife Some fun facts that come from the video: - “Protestant countries have higher gross national products than catholic countries.” - In some countries (e.g. - You can measure the pace of life in different cities. Starting around the 6 minute point there is a really interesting section on the effects of video games on thinking.
8500+ Free Photoshop Brushes. Weekly Roundup from DesignFloat Hey guys, the time for Friday roundup has come and we want to share some useful resources featuring free Photoshop brushes with you. We all know that brushes turn out to be the essential tools for web designers and help to add the desired atmosphere and create stunning websites. Using this Photoshop tool, it is possible to give the design the impressive touch and make it catchy. Additionally, we’d also recommend you to check out the compilation of 60 free Photoshop gradient sets, which you can easily use to improve your graphics. 1100+ Abstract High Quality Free Photoshop Brushes High Quality and Useful Photoshop Brushes 15 Awesome (Fresh) Free Photoshop Brushsets to Spice Up Your Design 22 Free High Quality Doodle Photoshop Brushes Set 40+ Beautiful Photoshop Cloud Brushes 50 Free Photoshop Brush Sets You Should Bookmark 60 Most Wanted Photoshop Tutorials, Brushes, .PSDs and Resources 100 Excellent Trees and Grass Brushes for Photoshop 100+ Most Useful Free Photoshop Brushes for Web Designers
Lydia Hearst by Elias Wessel for Vixen Magazine Spring 2010 Photographer Elias Wessel offers a first look at the upcoming Vixen Magazine with his kaleidoscopic cover shoot that features an abundant amount of gems, sequins and greenery. Aided by stylist Storm Pedersen and art director Sophy Holland, Wessel creates a story of grandiose surrealism starring cover girl Lydia Hearst. Full Credits (include if re-posting): Photographer – Elias Wessel Model – Lydia Hearst @ Wilhelmina Models Stylist – Storm Pedersen Art Direction – Sophy Holland Hair – Charley Brown Make Up – Yadim Manicurist – Kris Kiss for Red Stylists Photo Assistant – Heinrich Zimmermann Styling Assistant – Adrian Diaz
Shop | Jewelry | jewelry jewelry Collection of 30 Best Adobe Photoshop Brushes Something that always comes handy we all need to use Brushes while creating some new designs. There are thousands of incredible Photoshop brush sets available all over the web. So every designer needs to know where to look to find the perfect brushes for the moment. In this today’s post we have showcased 30 Best Adobe Photoshop Brush packs should have in your Bookmarks. Don’t forget to subscribe to our RSS or Follow us on Twitter if you want to keep track of our next post. 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32.
Optimize performance | Photoshop CS4, CS5 To view/add comments, you must enable JavaScript in your browser. There are four primary ways to affect performance in Photoshop: optimize your hardware setup specify Performance preferences use good work habits in Photoshop take certain steps to speed your OS For best results, however, take a holistic approach to optimizing Photoshop performance. Optimize your hardware setup Use a fast enough processor The speed of the computer’s central processing unit, or CPU limits the processing speed of Photoshop. All Photoshop features are faster on a multiprocessor system, although some features take greater advantage of the additional processing power than others. Max out on RAM Photoshop uses random access memory (RAM) to process images. How much RAM can Photoshop access? Photoshop version OS version Maximum amount of RAM that Photoshop can use CS4, CS5, 32 bit Windows 32 bit Windows 64 bit CS4, CS5, 64 bit* As much RAM as you can fit in your computer CS4, 32 bit Mac OS CS5, 32 bit CS5, 64 bit Solid-state disks
How to Write a Resume, Part One: Practices to Avoid Long before I came to have an actual profession and actual career, I was employed as a career counselor. Despite the fact that at that time I’d written no more than two resumes, one of which was to get a position at the career center itself, I spent a year teaching other people how to write resumes and cover letters and how to apply for jobs. I took pride in how concrete and helpful my job was. In the time since I've left school, the job hunt has gotten a lot worse. A good resume and cover letter matters today, as much as it ever has. I'm not dumb enough to think simply writing a good set will get you a job, but doing poorly could cost you the interview. For the record, writing a resume is always a huge pain in the ass. (As a disclaimer: non-Americans, academics, artists, freelance authors, and graphic designers can follow parts of this advice, but you should be aware that your professional specialties have additional rules, and you should look into them.) Part One: DON’TS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
50 Fresh Free Fonts of 2010 Though there's a broad variety of fonts available for download online, designers keep on tracing the fresh ones to enhance their design copy, a website, brochure, or even an advertisement in a brand new an' awesome way. Still, the free stuff could not always boast of good quality – premium goodies always demand some kind of money investment. However, now it's possible to find the appropriate font that's free, clear, beautiful, and effective for design purposes. Today's round-up actually goes outside the standard font variety. Geomancy Kilogram Tribbon Quadranta Adec Teardrop St Marie Dekar Code Cube Piron Glide Planer Paranoid Circled St Ryde Danger Pincoyablack New Garden Titillium Text Sylar Scriber Mentone Circula Sansation LT Oksana Font V4.0 Lintel Frgmnt Amsterdam Sol Pro Tenby Zag Real Origami Tenderness Vegur Cash Sertig Junction Blackout Railway League Ghothic Goudy Bookletter 1911 Oval About the Author Lilian Rigo
How To Do An American Accent (Accents) This video gives you a brief overview of the "General American" accent. Important letters and pronunciation are emphasized and speech examples are given to help you work on developing a convincing accent. Hello, I'm an actor and a voice coach. com. Here are some tips for working on your voice! Now you might want to do an American accent because you're in a play, or a film, or maybe you want to impress your friends, or maybe you want to try and fit in better in the USA. Now the key to doing any accent is to isolate the specific sounds that occur in that accent. " Notice that every time there's a letter "r", it's pronounced. "Are there more birds?" "Cot" and "caught". Have a listen to this: "He got caught by the long arm of the law." Finally, let's listen to the "t" and "d" sounds for Americans. "Butter", "letter", "master". " So there's no difference between "banter" and "banner", they're both "banner". " So that's "medal" and "metal" both become "medal".
How To Give Your Photos a Dark Processed Lomo Effect This post was originally published in 2010 The tips and techniques explained may be outdated. Follow this step by step post processing guide to give your photos a dark lomo style effect with high contrast, blue tones and vignette burns. The effect is based on the popular lomographic technique and is similar to the processing effect used in many fashion shots and advertisement designs. View full size photo effect Begin by opening your photograph of choice into Adobe Photoshop. Go to Image > Adjustments > Levels and tweak the tones of the image. At the bottom of the Layers palette, click the Adjustment Layer icon and select Curves. Change the drop down menu to Green and tweak the graph for the green channel to further alter the tones of the image. Finally alter the Blue channel, creating an inverted ‘S’ shape to enhance the blues to give a cool colour cast. Go to Edit > Select All, then Edit > Copy Merged. Paste another duplicate of the image on a new layer. Download this file
350 Photoshop Tutorials | Best Photoshop Tutorials Photoshop is what makes the virtual world seem alive. Its nothing less than a blessing for designers. The Internet is full of Photoshop Tutorials and you will find a tutorial on each and every tool. With that being said, we understand that these tutorials require time and effort to find so we’ve saved you both. How? Well, basically, we compiled a collection of easy to understand Photoshop tutorials that will aid you with just about every aspect of Photoshop and teach you the essentials of the software. Who knows, after going through these tutorials, you may end up being the next big thing in the world of Graphic Design. This article is divided in 14 Sections: Advertisement Tutorials for Beginners 5 Common Photoshop Myths Solved for Absolute Beginners In this post, author will provide 5 Simple, Yet Useful Photoshop “How-to”s for Absolute Beginners. More Information on 5 Common Photoshop Myths Solved for Absolute Beginners How to Use and Create Brushes in Adobe Photoshop Text Tutorials Fire
Superb skin airbrush technique Step 1. Open a photo in Photoshop. In this lesson, try to use images with the high permission where it is possible to see a skin structure. Step 2. Choose a layer "Blur". Here so my image after filter Surface Blur application looks. Step 4. The structure created in this layer, on the definitive image practically it will not be visible. Step 5. Step 6. Step 7. Step 8. Step 9. Step 10. Step 11. Increase the image to 100 % and paint over a skin. In those places where you painted over a skin your mask of a layer should have areas of white colour, and the skin to look smooth: Step 12. In Hue options as a rule the correct. Options Saturation usually to have to reduce considerably. Lightness opposite, demands minor alterations when you will regulate it, you will see as this parameter is sensitive. Step 13. We have added the data of the red channel since in it the skin looks more perfect. Definitive results. Here you see definitive result after application of techniques of the aerocount.