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Photoshop Photo Retouching E-book - Free Sample Tutorials

Gry Garness, the author of Digital Retouching For Fashion, Beauty And Portrait Photography, a new 190 page e-book on retouching and post-production, has kindly offered us an exclusive free PDF that highlights some of the tutorials from her book. The Free Retouching Sample Tutorial PDF is 1.5 MB. Here's an intro to what you'll find:

RESHAPING FEATURES
This sample tutorial demonstrates step-by-step how you can subtly reshape features using a Warp graft and a bit of clever shading, while maintaining top image quality for those hi-res print images. The tutorial also uses Smart Objects and Refine Edge; both are features which have emerged in the last two versions of Photoshop. You’ll never use the Liquify again!

THREE COLOR WORKFLOWS
Here are three examples of color workflows using adjustment layers. The book is full of step-by-step tutorials. These workflows are examples where the different approaches and many smaller steps come together to give rich dynamic color. The possibilities and limitations of color adjustment is carefully considered, and the image quality should always be our top concern. These examples are pretty straightforward, with no special effects. They reflect how we work with ‘normal’ images – first a global correction, then a few local corrections – all on adjustment layers, so that the adjustments are totally editable, and available for blending modes and masking.



Gry Garness says:
These days, many magazine covers are starting to look more like paintings or photographic illustrations, rather than photographic images. Of course there’s a place for photo-illustration and airbrushed painterly images – but much of the heavy-handed retouching in evidence around us is unintentional and simply caused by lack of skill. Over-retouching is the biggest mistake I see when I teach beauty retouching courses.

Many people underestimate the amount of skill that goes into retouching – not to mention the patience that goes into it. Many people come to me wanting to learn the ‘one killer trick’ but I have to say I’m sorry – there just isn’t one single killer trick that fixes everything! I believe in gaining a wide repertoire of skills and solutions. It’s the many small and subtle steps that come together to culminate in a successful retouching result. My book is not about producing one particular retouching aesthetic. It’s about finding solutions that suit each particular subject, without leaving obvious evidence of retouching.

Learn more about Digital Retouching For Fashion, Beauty And Portrait Photography.
Download the free Photo Retouching Sample Tutorial PDF.



Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 For Only $49.99 - Best Price

There's a new even better crazy super deal at Amazon.com right now on Photoshop Elements 6 for Windows. You can purchase it for $49.99 by using their rebate coupon. The regular price for this software is $99.99. Here's the link to the Photoshop Elements 6 super special best price deal. You'll see a link to the coupon under the already discounted price.

Try before you buy. Visit the Adobe site to download a free 30 day Photoshop Elements trial free download.

Adobe has a special area called Creative Suite Trials, with a message that says in part: "To evaluate Adobe's creative software, we are offering fully functional 30-day trials of all Adobe products and editions.

"There are two ways to get a trial: by downloading a trial or by ordering a trial DVD set. When the trial expires, you must purchase the software to continue using it. Our new trial process enables you to evaluate a product and then convert the installed trial to an unrestricted version by purchasing it and entering a serial number.

Visit the Adobe site to download a free 30 day Photoshop Elements trial free download.

onOne Photoshop Plug-In Suite 4 - Exclusive Super 10% Discount Coupon

Exclusive 10% Discount On All onOne Photoshop Plugins
Enter our exclusive discount coupon code - PSSPPT06 - during the checkout process at onOne Software for an instant 10% discount on all onOne products.

onOne Software's Plug-In Suite 4 combines full versions of six essential software tools — Genuine Fractals 5 Print Pro, PhotoTools 1.0 Professional Edition, PhotoFrame 3.1 Professional Edition, Mask Pro 4.1, PhotoTune 2.2 and FocalPoint 1.0 — an affordable combination that includes everything a photographer needs to make their images look their best.

(Enter discount coupon code PSSPPT06 during the checkout process at onOne Software for an instant 10% discount on all other onOne Software products. This is a special offer exclusively for PhotoshopSupport.com visitors.)

The onOne Software Plug-In Suite 4 for Photoshop CS2 and CS3 is the latest upgrade to the award winning Plug-In Suite product line that combines several of onOne Software's individual Photoshop plug-ins into a highly affordable package. Plug-In Suite 4 includes full versions of the following onOne Software products:

Genuine Fractals 5 Print Pro
Genuine Fractals 5 Print Pro can resize digital images over 1,000% with no loss of detail or sharpness. It allows poster-sized prints to be made from almost any image.

PhotoTools 1.0 Professional Edition
PhotoTools 1.0 Professional Edition is a flexible yet powerful Photoshop plug-in that utilizes the power of Photoshop Actions to provide a complete library of effects created by Kevin Kubota and Jack Davis. These effects may be previewed, stacked and blended together just like filters over a camera lens to improve creativity. Its built-in batch processing engine improves photographers productivity.

PhotoFrame 3.1 Professional Edition
PhotoFrame 3.1 Professional Edition can be used to create stunning border and edge effects right out of the darkroom. Select from thousands of edges, including authentic film and artistic mediums.

Mask Pro 4.1
Mask Pro 4.1 can easily create high-quality masks and selections even from tough subjects like hair and glass, making it easy to place a subject in a new background.

PhotoTune 2.2
PhotoTune 2.2 is a plug-in that provides professional quality color correction in an easy to use plug-in.

FocalPoint 1.0
FocalPoint 1.0 is a new plug-in that simulates selective focus or tilt-shift lenses, helping photographers selectively blur and/or vignette an image to focus the viewers attention.

The new Plug-In Suite 4 is available to new users for $499.95 — a savings of $799.75 if purchased separately. Existing users of Plug-in Suite version 1, 2 or 3 can upgrade to Plug-In Suite 4 for only $199.95. Customers who own any one or more of the products in Plug-In Suite 4 will be able to upgrade as well.

Exclusive 10% Discount On All onOne Products
Enter discount coupon code PSSPPT06 during the checkout process at onOne Software for an instant 10% discount on all other onOne Software products. This is a special offer exclusively for PhotoshopSupport.com visitors. Below are summaries and reviews for Genuine Fractals, Mask Pro, PhotoTools & PhotoTools Professional Edition, PhotoFrame Pro, Nik Sharpener, and The Photoshop Plugin Suite.

Photoshop CS3 And Photoshop Lightroom Bundles - Save Up To $150

Adobe has posted some special bundle offers on their store site. If you purchase Lightroom along with a full or upgrade version of Photoshop CS3 or Photoshop CS3 Extended from the Adobe Store you'll receive an instant discount.

The bundle product discount is available only when Lightroom and Photoshop CS3 or Photoshop CS3 Extended are purchased simultaneously.

The bundle discount is reflected prior to checkout. Education, OEM, and licensing customers are not eligible for bundle pricing, and this offer is valid in North America only.

Here's a list of the 4 different bundle offers in order of the most you can save to the least you can save:

Save $150
Photoshop CS3 Extended Full Together With Lightroom
Get Photoshop CS3 Extended full together with Lightroom and save $150

Save $125
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Photoshop CS3 Extended Upgrade Together With Lightroom
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Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom In A Book - Free Sample Chapter

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book is available from Amazon.com ($34.64 - 34% off). This thorough, self-paced guide to Adobe Photoshop CS3 — written by the experts at Adobe Systems — is ideal for beginning users who want to learn key Photoshop concepts and techniques, while readers who already have some experience with Photoshop can use this book to learn Photoshop CS3's more advanced features and newest tools.

Using clear, step-by-step, project-based lessons, each chapter walks readers through the creation of a specific project, with each chapter building on the reader's growing knowledge of the program, while review questions at the end of each chapter reinforce the skills learned in each lesson.

Free Sample Chapter
Adobe has posted a free sample chapter — "Lesson 8 - Typographic Design With Photoshop" (PDF - 65 MB). From the Adobe site: "Pictures may speak a thousand words, but sometimes your image compositions need at least a few words. Luckily, Adobe Photoshop CS3 has powerful text tools that let you add type to your images with great flexibility and control. In this excerpt from Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book, learn how to use the great text tools in Photoshop CS3. You’ll learn how to make a clipping mask from type, work with type layers and styles, and even wrap text around a 3D object."

From the PDF intro:

"In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following: