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Fancy Flowers Photoshop Brushes
February 06, 2012
Here is today's free set of Photoshop brushes from Janita: Fancy Flower Flower Brushes
Set name: Out Of The Blue (brushes in set: 14)
All images were scanned off wrapping paper and have been additionally illustrated with plain copic pens. First illustrated then scanned.
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Fevruary 06, 2012
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Free Photoshop Brushes — Distressed Flowers
February 05, 2012
Here is today's set of free Photoshop brushes from Janita: Distressed Flower Brushes
Set name: Mine All Mine (brushes in set: 21)
All the illustrations in this set were made using some handmade potatoe stamps.
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Free Photoshop Brushes — Bubbly Doodles
Fevruary 04, 2012
Here are today's free Photoshop brushes from Janita: Bubbly Doodle Brushes
Set name: Glimmer (brushes in set: 22)
All the illustrations in these brushes were drawn by me while I was endlessly bored on a rainy university morning.
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Fluffy Feathers - Free Photoshop Brush Set
Fevruary 03, 2012
Here is today's free brush set from Janita: Fluffy Feather Brushes
Set name: A Place To Be (brushes in set: 28)
All the feathers in these were scanned from images I found in scrapbooking stores.
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Shooting Neon, Tips and Tricks From Night and Low-Light Photography Photo Workshop Book
Fevruary 01, 2012
Here is an excerpt from Chapter 8 from Night and Low-Light Photography Photo Workshop, excerpted with permission from John Wiley and Sons, Inc. The book is available in stores and through online retailers nationwide. Here’s a link to a multi-retailer sales page. Author Alen Hess is a professional event and concert photographer whose subjects have included The Grateful Dead, Bruce Hornsby, John Legend, Robin Williams, and many more.
Neon
In urban areas, it seems that everywhere you look there is a neon sign, especially if you walk around any city center where there are restaurants and bars. This is because there is a lot of neon used in business signs, beer signs, and food signs, as well as open or closed signs.
Many times you will see multiple neon signs in the same location as they fight for your attention. Figures 8-10 to 8-13 all show examples of neon signs; as you can see, the differences can really make them interesting to photograph.
ABOUT THIS PHOTO Neon signs in a liquor store window. Taken at 1/100 second, f/2.8, and ISO 400.
ABOUT THIS PHOTO My local sushi restaurant, making sure that people know what they serve and that they are open. Taken at 1/160 second, f/2.8, and ISO 400.
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Free Photoshop Brushes - Butterflies
Fevruary 02, 2012
Here are today's free brushes: Butterfly Brushes. Set name: Glitterflies (brushes in set: 20) All images were handmade.
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New Liquify Tool And Background Save Option Highlighted in Latest Photoshop CS6 Preview Video
Fevruary 02, 2012
Here's another Photoshop CS6 preview video: Here's an early look at a popular Facebook fan request — the ability to do a background save on a large file that would NOT make Photoshop slow down, and a new, very powerful liquify tool that allows large brush sizes and is very snappy.
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HD Video - How To Create Movie-Poster Credits In Illustrator
Fevruary 01, 2012
This week Deke shows you how to use a secret Asian-language text setting to create authentic-looking movie credits in Illustrator. The trick is exploiting the Warichu feature which is designed for stacking characters within a single line of type.
In this technique, Deke reveals how the feature allows you to gracefully stack two words one on top of another, adjust the size, create a character style that saves those settings, and then apply your character-style down the line to all the people who helped make your imaginary movie possible. Any designer or budding movie promoter who’s obsessed with typesetting (and doesn’t that include most of you?) knows that the standard movie credits in a promotional poster stack the two-word job title before the linear presentation of each contributor’s name. So text that initially looks like this...
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ends up looking like this:
If you were inspired by Deke’s Designing an Indiana Jones-style logo technique from December 2011, then this technique will allow you to create some credits at the bottom of your poster that will convince your audience that you know how to properly hype your latest entirely theoretical but professionally promoted cinematic endeavor. And if you’d like specific instruction on putting the two techniques together, check out the Two ways to place a pixel-based image movie from the Illustrator and Photoshop chapter (chapter 21) of Deke’s Illustrator CS5 One-on-One: Advanced course.
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Free Photoshop Brush Set From Janita - Doodles
Fevruary 01, 2012
We'll be releasing a free set of Photoshop brushes every day for the next twelve days. These are exclusive sets from us that were designed by the talented Janita from Seishido. Janita's brushes are tinged with an air of whimsy, often featuring delicate feathers, gossamer wings and dreamy clouds.
Doodle Brushes
Set name: Imaginary Friend (brushes in set: 31)
All illustrations in these brushes are hand drawn with nothing more than a plain black pen. Inspired by a Lady Lovelylocks babydragon doll I recently found at the very bottom of a box I am hiding my childhood memories in.
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Fevruary 01, 2012
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How To Change A Photo's Mood Using Photoshop's Apply Image
Fevruary 01, 2012
Here's a Photoshop tutorial from Photoshop Daily,
by Simon Skellon. There are many ways to alter the contrast and mood of an image in Photoshop. Try this one using Apply Image. Apply Image can produce variations of contrast that other adjustments just aren’t able to offer. This particular method may not be the most commonly practised one, but shouldn’t be dismissed.
Apply Image lets you blend two images together and experiment with Channels for different photo styles
Apply Image uses the Channels in an image to alter which colours are affected. Just like many effects performed in Photoshop, we need to start with a duplicated Background layer. The Apply Image option can’t be applied as an adjustment layer, so creating a duplicate Background layer lets us remove the effect later on. Drag the Background layer on to the Create New Layer button.
Move to the Image menu and down to Apply Image. Inside the pop-up menu there is a list of Channels and also a separate list of Blending options. Set the Blending option to Soft Light, and then flick through the three Red, Green and Blue Channels to see the image take on different moods.
Before image
This is after using Apply Image, selecting the Blue Channel with a Soft Light blend mode.
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Grains Of Sand Magnified 250 Times Reveal Beautiful Delicate Structures
January 30, 2012
Have a look at the amazing photos of magnified grains of sand at the Uk Daily Mail site.
"Viewed at a magnification of over 250 times real life, tiny grains of sand are shown to be delicate, colourful structures as unique as snowflakes. When seen well beyond the limits of human eyesight, the miniature particles are exposed as fragments of crystals, spiral fragments of shells and crumbs of volcanic rock." Read the full article.
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Photographing Light Trails — Tips and Tricks From Night and Low-Light Photography Photo Workshop Book
January 30, 2012
Here is an excerpt from Chapter 8 from Night and Low-Light Photography Photo Workshop, excerpted with permission from John Wiley and Sons, Inc. The book is available in stores and through online retailers nationwide. Here’s a link to a multi-retailer sales page. Author Alen Hess is a professional event and concert photographer whose subjects have included The Grateful Dead, Bruce Hornsby, John Legend, Robin Williams, and many more.
The basics of photographing light trails are simple: Use a shutter speed long enough that the lights in question turn from points of light into trails as they move through the frame. There are three different types of captures in this section: the first is where the camera is stationary and the subject is moving, the second is where the camera moves along with the subject creating a background that seems to be made up of streaks of light, and the third is to use the zoom on a lens to create trails from a stationary light source.
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6 Abstract Lines Photoshop Brushes From Bittbox
January 27, 2012
Another nice set of free Photoshop brushes from Bittbox: The source for these was a microscopic piece of pollen. Up close the strands looked like barbed wire. After photographic it, I brought the images into Illustrator and Live Traced each one, so the edges are very defined. Each brush is 2500×1800, hope you enjoy.
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Topaz Releases Star Effects, A Lighting Enhancement And Star Creation Plugin - Plus Discount Code
January 26, 2012
Topaz Labs has released Topaz Star Effects, a Photoshop Plug-in that manipulates and enhances light sources to create radiant lighting and star effects. Using a leading-edge technology that automatically recognizes light sources, Topaz Star Effects provides a fast and effective way to creatively embellish points of light in an image. Topaz Star Effects retails for $29.99, and will be discounted to $19.99 until 2/15/12. Simply enter coupon code TopazStars
The Photoshop Blog - Earlier Posts
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PHOTOSHOP NEWS — JANUARY 2011
34- February 2012 Newsletter
33- Free Photoshop Brush Set From Janita - Doodles
32- Get 50% Off Lightroom 3 - Discount Set To Run For All Of February
31- How To Change A Photo's Mood Using Photoshop's Apply Image
30- Grains Of Sand Magnified 250 Times Reveal Beautiful Delicate Structures
29- Photographing Light Trails — Tips and Tricks From Night and Low-Light Photography Photo Workshop Book
28- 6 Abstract Lines Photoshop Brushes From Bittbox
27- Topaz Releases Star Effects, A Lighting Enhancement And Star Creation Plugin - Plus Discount Code
26-Shooting Street Scenes, Tips and Tricks From Night and Low-Light Photography Photo Workshop Book
25- Sneak Peak At Photoshop CS6 And Camera Raw - Video Reveal
24- How To Create Type In Photoshop That Inverts What's Behind
23- Assorted Free Textures For Photoshop From Bittbox
22- 5 Free Fabric Photoshop Brushes
21- 5 Free Cracked, Peeling Wood Textures - Plus Tutorial Digital Diorama "Living Room"
20- ALL About Perfect Layers 2 - The Perfect Add-on To Lightroom
19- How To Turn A Photo Into A Line Drawiung In Photoshop - HD Video Tutorial
18- 2 Hours Of Free Lightroom 4 Video Training Tutorials
17- Tutorial - Create A Punchy Black And White Effect In Photoshop
16- Free Photoshop Brush Set - 4 Subtle Rust Brushes
15- Free Set Of 10 Moon Brushes For Photoshop From iDeasplayer
14- Topaz Lens Effects - Plugins Gallery - Sample Filter Effects - Plus 15% Discount
13- Photoshop Lightroom 4: Public Beta
- An Overview by Mark Galer
12- How To Create Shadows For Objects In Photoshop
11- Pixelmator Image Editor - Special Price - $19.99
10- Free Textures From Bittbox - Tree Stumps
09- Adobe Lightroom 4 Beta Video Tutorials - Adobe TV Videos
08- Adobe Debuts Photoshop Lightroom 4 Public Beta on Adobe Labs
07- January 2012 Newsletter
07- How To Extract Hair In Photoshop - Tutorial From New Book, Photoshop Compositing Secrets
06- 7 Soft Grunge Brushes From Bittbox
05- How To Increase Saturation Using The Sponge Tool - Tutorial
04- 5 Free Concrete Wall Textures From Bittbox
03- GuideGuide Free App For CS4, CS5 Boosts Power Of Photoshop Guides
02- Remove People From Photos Using Photoshop - Video Tutorial
01- 7 Free Scratchy Grunge Brushes From Bittbox
See Earlier Posts From The Photoshop Blog - JANUARY 2011.
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