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How to Turn Humdrum Photos Into Cinematic Portraits

How to Turn Humdrum Photos Into Cinematic Portraits

Adobe Photoshop CS3 video tutorials In this series of videos we continue showing the basics and going just a bit further and introduce gradients, the histogram, levels, image size and canvas size. The Best 6 Sites to Get Free Ebooks Advertisement Book lovers all over the world are starting to wake up and smell the coffee: ebooks are way better than paper books. The benefits are many, like not having to lug around a 10-pound doorstop, being able to bring your whole library with you everywhere, and backing up your entire library to the cloud. Books Suck: Why I Love My Kindle More Than Dead Trees Books Suck: Why I Love My Kindle More Than Dead Trees Modern e-readers hold thousands of novels, weigh next to nothing, have built in lights, and don't give you a concussion when they hit your nose. Read More But if you’re a voracious reader, buying ebook after ebook can burn a huge hole in your wallet. The other option is to save your money and switch to freely available ebooks instead. 1. When BookZZ claims to be “the world’s largest ebook library,” it’s not kidding. Or you can use the search option, which lets you search by title, author, description, and more. 2. Because it’s a charity, Gutenberg subsists on donations. 3.

Digital Photo News - Your view in digital photography Tutorials home | Index page Make eyelashes thicker Transform this photo: Into this one: Step 1 Open our photo (you can download it from here) Step 2 We will have to different layers for upper and lower eyelash because they are dissimilar and we are going to use two different methods for each of them. Now zoom in (you can use CTRL + + combination) on the upper eyelash and start drawing with pen tool. click on Brush Tool and select size of brush and color. then go to Stroke path and select Brush tool and check Simulate pressure. Click OK. Step 3 For now we have finished with upper eyelash and now is the time to go to lower eyelash. HINT: You don't have to draw path for every eyelash. Step 4 Because we stroke every eyelash with Brush tool we want to smooth a little bit edges of drawn eyelashes. If you want you can use Blur Tool to blur just a little bit more those eyelashes to the left and right. Step 5 This one is optional. See you! author of this tutorial is Vladimir Markovic Some FAQ's Yes!

77 Essential Photoshop Techniques for photo-realistic Textures | Beeex.net It is well known in graphic design that texture is a necessity in many types of artwork. In our previous post about textures, where we featured 47 free textures – packs, kits and websites for textures of all types and colors (do take a look if you haven’t seen that post yet!), we collected the best free textures, seamless background patterns, pattern generators, and free backgrounds that you are able to download and either appy as-is to your website (or computer desktop), or use them in your graphic designs. Today, we’re taking textures one step further with 77 Photoshop Techniques for creating photo-realistic Textures from scratch. There are 77 Photoshop techniques and Illustrator tutorials across 10 categories. Photoshop Textures It is always good to know how to create Photoshop textures from scratch. Why should you be familiar with these Photoshop techniques? We’re sure you will find a lot more reasons for making use of these Photoshop techniques we present to you. A word in advance .

DROPitTOme - Securely receive files from anyone to your Dropbox World's fastest lens: Zeiss 50mm f/0.7. Its story is a fascinating read, in the form of a longist Italian article. Translated by Google here. The plot is full of twists: Core based on the 1874 computation of the double-Gauss-type optical cellIdeas drafted pre-WW-II in 1928, and again in 1937 by KodakFunded by the German Nazis in 1941 to guide weapons at night, 70mm f/1 producedProject revived by NASA in 1966 to photography the moon in shadow (not satisfied w/ Angenieux 100mm f/1)50mm f/0.7 project completed with 10 copies of the lens made, 6 sold to NASA, 1 kept by ZeissOther 3 lenses were bought by Stanley Kubrick who made a movie with scenes lit only by candlelight with it (Barry Lyndon) The engineering looks eloquent to me. In the 50mm f/0.7 optical design you can see the distinct pieces, the double-gauss (1-6) and the 0.7x condenser (7-8): Examples of the double-gauss cell in the market are plentiful, here are a few, in order: Nikkor 50mm f/1.8, Leica 50mm Summarit-M and Zeiss 50mm f/2 Planar-ZM…

A Comprehensive Guide to the Pathfinder Panel You've probably used the Pathfinder panel to combine shapes and make new ones. But do you often find yourself clicking (and undoing) each icon in the panel until you get the look you want? Wouldn't it be easier to take some time and learn exactly what each function does? Here's a look at the über-useful Pathfinder panel. The Pathfinder Effects, which are found under the Effects menu, are covered in video format in this tutorial. Vector Plus Want access to the full Vector Source files and downloadable copies of every tutorial, including this one? Tutorial Details Program: Adobe Illustrator CS4Difficulty: IntermediateEstimated Completion Time: 30 minutes Video Tutorial I've created this video tutorial that is a Part 2 to this text + image tutorial. Introduction First of all, the Pathfinder doesn't actually find paths. Step 2 Refer to the diagram below to see how the four Shape Modes work: Add/Unite &mdash Combines all the selected objects and merges them into a singe shape. The Pathfinders

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