Starting out in a program like Photoshop is daunting for the first time user, " I don't even know where to start ! " is a common term we hear. These tutorials are designed to give you a look over Photoshop to get you started and show how the application works, how to set it up and to get you started in editing and processing your first image correctly. These tutorials will give you a sound foundation to getting the most from this website and to understanding the more advanced techniques and Masterclasses that are available.
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A difficult and miss understood topic for new comers to the world of Photoshop and image prep for either printing or online presentation. In this tutorial we look at both the Assign Profile and Convert Profile and explain using... read more
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Making sure your default colour settings are set up correctly in Photoshop is one of the first things you should do after you install the program on your computer. In this tutorial we look at the options when setting up your... read more
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There is nothing worse than having a colour fringe around certain elements commonly known as Chromatic Aberration. We look at how to remove this issue in Camera RAW and also in Photoshop. read more
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Adding colour and saturation to an images is easy. But doing it correctly so you can go back and re editing it later is essential. Just as essential is being able to isolate colours and just saturate them with out effecting... read more
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An introduction to layer masks and their application to blending to two simple photo's together. We discuss how to view masks, make selections, loading masks in so they can be used with other Photoshop adjustment layers and... read more
When starting out in photography finding a good starting point to capture an image on can be difficult, especially when your looking at all the great images that are flooded onto community ... read more
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Sometimes your image on screen is going to have a colour cast to it due to the lighting conditions when the image was either captured or possibly when the film was scanned. We look at two simple methods of correcting ... read more
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We look at the Selective Colour tool in Photoshop and it's application to fine tuning and adjusting colours in an image. We show you how to view what colours will be changed / effected in an image and then to adjust them ... read more
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Sometimes when looking at an image it can look great but just adding a small amount of additional colour in the right places can make a difference. But it is how and where you apply that colour that is critical. In this... read more
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Selecting the correct colour space is essential to being able to develop your image to it's best ability and to get the most out of your RAW capture. We take a look at Colour Spaces, the ones available to us and how each... read more
December 9, 2011
With photography quite often the photographer can see the final image they want to create even before they take the first shot.
In this tutorial we discuss the concept of our final shot, the filters used to slow down the shutter speed, how the images were captured using the Shutter Blending technique and then the Photoshop post […]
December 4, 2011
Quite often you will see images online on websites like flickr etc where the landscape image has a nice softness about it, but at the same time still sharp. Well in this tutorial we show you how we go about applying this technique to a shot for both web presentation and for print.
We explain why this […]
