a nest of bees in graphic design

tutorials and tips for photoshop

Hey… I just stumble upon the new logo for photoshop… Is this better then the Photoshop Cs3 logo?
I think not. Ok it’s not bad but i think it’s way worse then the previous. I’m curious also to see if illustrator and indesign and all the programs will have a new logo or it’s just for [...]

not so long ago, at my old job, i quite frequently had to cut out the background of some photoshop images. nothing special so far…
but guess what: all of those images presented close-ups of people (women and children)… can you imagine how fun it is to cut off their hair? especially with curlly hair!! [...]

so you just have a hard time straightening an object in the composition… here’s a tip:
to repair a crooked image, use the measure tool [U] to draw a line along what should be a horizontal or vertical line (the edge of the image, a door frame, across the eyes of a person in [...]

are you in a hurry?
do you want to use some of those images you have processed as thumbnails? in a website maybe?
well… there’s a 3 min solution for that.
1. use the “ready made” automation in photoshop for making a web photo gallery

2. choose one of the albums from the style list on top of the [...]

i’m sure you use photoshop’s crop tool!
and yes, i’m sure you’ve noticed that if you crop images in photoshop (using the crop tool [C] or edit » crop), you will lose all pixels outside the crop boundaries.
but are you sure you want that?!
To crop your image without losing any data, use canvas size [...]

some of you remember my tea house ad created in photoshop:

and some of you might remember that i’ve promised you that i’d show you all the steps i have done to achieve it.
i’ve allready told you what were the steps for making it and where from to get the right pictures.
now… i want to show [...]

some days ago, i wrote you about how to create and use actions in photoshop.
but there’s more!
one really powerful aspect of actions is the ability to have them play other actions (even from different action sets).
this feature is ideal for actions that contain repetitive command segments that could be segregated into action �??subroutines�?� (thereby making [...]

If you are making a web site most probably you will find yourself in the position to resize lots of images…if time is short or if you just want to finish working and go playing use actions.
So at the begining you want to put all the images that you want to resize in two [...]