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Photoshop Creative issue 91 is now on sale!
The magazine is available on Zinio, GreatDigitalMags.com, iTunes and Imagine Shop. Some of the techniques this issue include… FREE full-version software worth £99! - Achieve amazing photographic...
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How to change eye colour in portraits
Before/after Step 1 – Set up image Create a new layer and change its blend mode to Hue. Select the Brush tool with 100% Opacity and set its size so that it’s just large enough to cover the colour part...
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Photoshop Tip: Locking pixels
Tick the first box of the Lock options in the Layers palette to be able to edit a layer without affecting any other pixels in the image. This makes editing the contents of a layer and making...
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Photoshop Elements Tip: Sharpening images
This creates a comped version of your image as a new layer. Then go to the Enhance menu and down to Unsharp Mask to adapt the sharpness of your image to crisp it up. A layer mask can also be added to...
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Photoshop Tip: Maximise the Paths palette
Whenever you use the Pen tool, a path is stored in the Paths palette (Window>Paths). New paths are automatically entered as a Work Path layer, but aren’t saved. To be sure to keep a path in the...
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Photoshop Elements Tip: Resize for framing
Pick up the Recompose tool in Photoshop Elements and click and drag one of the transform boxes around the edges of the image inwards. The new dimensions of your image are displayed next to the tool’s...
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Photoshop Tip: Editing masks
When editing a layer mask with the Brush tool, press D to reset your Foreground and Background swatches to black and white. Then press X to flick between adding or removing parts of the mask.
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How to balance skin tone in group shots
Step 1 The first thing to do is to add a new Hue/Saturation adjustment layer via the Layers menu. Call it ‘skin tones’ and hit OK. The adjustment will appear in the Layers palette with its mask as...
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Layer Mask: Tip for editing Masks in Photoshop
Edit a layer mask at any point by holding Opt/Alt and clicking on its thumbnail in the Layers palette. The mask will be transported on to the image itself, and show up as black and white, onto which...
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Selection Tip: Decontaminate Colors in Photoshop
Once a selection has been made, head to the Refine Edge command under the Select menu. At the bottom of this is the option to Decontaminate Colors. This will reduce the amount of colour overflow from...
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Photoshop Tutorial: How to use the Color Range selection method
Before After Before image from www.Sxc.hu Step 1 Find the Color Range option inside the Select menu at the top of Photoshop. As this is not strictly a tool, you won’t find it in the Toolbar. But if you...
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How to use the Clone Stamp tool
Before After Step 1 Start by opening up this image ‘People in landscape.jpg’ from your resource disc. We’ll begin by cloning out the woman on the right. Go to the Layer menu at the top and down to...
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Free Photoshop Elements tutorial on brilliant Photomerge feature
Taking perfect photos isn’t always easy, especially when you’re forced to make compromises in situations where there’s no strong natural lighting or other factors you can’t control. In this tutorial,...
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Photoshop Elements 12 tutorial: New Puzzle Effect
There are now 29 different Guided effects in the latest version of Adobe’s entry-level editor, Elements 12. The new ones are Puzzle Effect, Restore Old Photos and Zoom Burst. Puzzle Effect looks a bit...
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PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 12: Improve images with Camera Raw
Adobe has now introduced the Camera Raw editing features into Photoshop Elements 12, so we can edit images with more precision. Treat yourself, or someone else, this Christmas with Photoshop Elements...
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How to create vivid photo effects in Photoshop, part 1
Download all the tutorial files here (Click on the Fantasy Portraits link) STEP 01 Begin by choosing the Pen tool to outline the model’s head. Go to the Paths palette, highlight your new path and...
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How to create vivid photo effects in Photoshop, part 2
STEP 11 Drop in the supplied image of the blue flower. Add a Levels adjustment layer with input sliders set to 40, 0.90 and 255. Add a Hue/Saturation layer with Lightness pulled to -50 and mask out...
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How to create a sunset effect in Photoshop
STEP 01 Open the starting image 1176898.jpg from the disc. There’s no need to make a duplicate of the layer, as a Gradient Map appears on its own one. Click the Create New adjustment Layer button in...
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5 practical Photoshop tips for retouching images
Duplicate objects with selection and transform tools Duplicate objects in a photo by selecting them with the Quick Selection tool and pressing Cmd/Ctrl+J. This places the object on its own layer, which...
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How to replicate colour in Photoshop
STEP 01 Load up both the images into Photoshop. One of the images, such as a sunset, should contain the colours that you want to transfer over with the Match Color adjustment. STEP 02 For this effect,...
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