Photoshop Basics 43: Cropping, Resizing & File Formats |
Uploaded: 14th July. 2003
Created By: Webmonkey.com |
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Ninety-nine percent of the time, I don't get too complicated with Photoshop. I
mostly pull art off a CD or the Web, then resize it, crop it, and save it in a Web-friendly format.
My guess is that's how most people use Photoshop.
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Photoshop Basics 44: Select Tools |
Uploaded: 15th July. 2003
Created By: Jim Frew at Webmonkey.com |
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A long long time ago, I took a Photoshop class. The most important thing I learned -
the idea that stuck with me - was this: How creatively you use the selection tools will determine how creatively
you can use Photoshop.
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Photoshop Basics 45: Basics of the Type Tool |
Uploaded: 15th July. 2003
Created By: Jim Frew at Webmonkey.com |
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I try to set as little type as possible in Photoshop (that's what HTML is for! Duh!).
But most of the time I have to integrate my type with an image, and Photoshop just can't be avoided.
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Photoshop Basics 46: Faking Images; Lights and Shadows |
Uploaded: 15th July. 2003
Created By: Luke Knowland at Webmonkey.com |
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One of the first things that people feel compelled to try with Photoshop is taking
one person's head and putting it on someone else's body. All well and good, and I'm down with that sort
of play. But there's a line between obviously faked stuff and seamless work.
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Photoshop Basics 47: Faking Images; Special Effects |
Uploaded: 23th July. 2003
Created By: Luke Knowland at Webmonkey.com |
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Everybody knows that the best way to make
people drool is with larger-than-life special effects. With Photoshop as your
tool, you too can create the kind of images that'll make people scratch their
heads and ask, "How'd they do that?" All it takes is a little forethought.
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Photoshop Basics 48: Intro to Filters |
Uploaded: 23th July. 2003
Created By: Joshua Allen at Webmonkey.com |
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You may not be an artist � so what if your talent lies in crafting the written
word? � but I'm here to tell you that while technology can't yet generate
interesting writing (check back in 2006 when Microsoft Grisham comes out of
beta), it can do a lot of artistic legwork for you.
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Photoshop Basics 49: Intro to Digital Photography |
Uploaded: 23th July. 2003
Created By: Michael Calore at Webmonkey.com |
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It's difficult to think of an electronic gadget that's changed the way I look at
the world more than my digital camera. I held off from buying one at first, but
after a year of researching and one particularly hefty tax return from Uncle
Sam, I made the plunge. Roughly US$500 later and I was staring down a convex
lens at my life.
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