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Glossy Black and White
I was using the High Pass method to sharpen an image at a resent talk when I was told of a brilliant way it could be used to produce a Glossy Black and White. The results were are amazing and you can...
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The wheel
In this video we start by correcting the image in Camera raw – straightening, cropping and adjusting the White Balance. Then in Photoshop we look at a great way to add a grungy style border to our...
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CS6 Workspace colours, Adjustment layers
Quick look at CS6 Beta Setting the Workspace colours and a rather nifty new Adjustment layers in Photoshop CS6 The image created used Camera Raw and Adjustment Layers in CS6, full video to follow on...
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Grunge border part 2
After the Wheel video where we looked at creating a grunge style border I received a few questions. One was about moving and adjusting the selection and the other about ways of saving the border so...
View ArticlePlotting your route – Photoshop
This comes from a request from one of our Norwegian members, ØYVIND, who wanted to show the route he used on a trip he took from Stavanger to Lom in Norway. This is a really flexible technique which...
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Define Brush Preset and Pattern in Photoshop
Custom brushes created in Define Brush Presets can be very useful for adding text or graphics to an image but what if you want to add something with a little more detail. Following on from the...
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Moorings, members 1-2-1
The original image was taken by Kerry just as the sun was starting to set over some of the moorings at Cardiff Bay. Kerry wondered if there was too much sky and she also felt that both the sky and the...
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Sunset Lamps Topaz Star Filter
Trying to capture the colours of a sunset with the street lamps on proved difficult, but with the aid of Topaz Labs Star effect filer we can create an image that has impact click images to view larger...
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The Pirate – Oil Painting Photoshop
In this video we are going to take a look at transforming a photograph into an oil painting using the Smudge Tool, along a few other nifty tricks. This video is easy to follow in all versions of...
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Creating a glass Christmas bauble
I first produced a glass paperweight tutorial sometime ago, this time I thought it would be fun to take it a stage further turning it into a glass Christmas bauble. Easy to follow in Photoshop Elements...
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Creating a double reflection
In one of our recent Image assignment one of our member Ivan posted an image using a technique the I have not used for such, I just had to give it another go. This time rather than just creating a...
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Creating an old botanical illustrations members 1-2-1
I was asked by two of our members, Gwyn and Angie asking if I had “a tutorial on making flower images look like old botanical illustrations” which I unfortunately I didn’t, but liked the sound of it....
View ArticleCrop tool in CS6
In this video we take a look at some of the great features found in the new crop tool in CS6. These include the composition grids, straightening tool, aspect ratio and non-destructive cropping. Crop...
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Polarising filter effect Photoshop
I came across and article (iPad Flip Board) which showed how to create a polarising filter effect. In the video we look at applying the technique as an Action and how further modifications can subtly...
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