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Photography Life Lessons – Back In the Zone

Posted on 24 Apr 2008 In: Articles

Photography Life Lessons – Back In the Zone
By Tedric Garrison

Back in the early 1970’s I learned a lesson about depth during the “String Art” craze. It was so popular it was actually being taught in schools. Basically put; you created geometric shapes, placed a certain number of points on those shapes, and connected those points [...]

Everyone Now Uses Photoshop – Why Creative Graphic Designers & Graphic Design Jobs are Disappearing
By Jeremy Tuber

A young lady that attended my creative freelance designer workshop at the Art Institute of Phoenix recently asked, “What if I don’t have any interest or knowledge of doing marketing for a company? I just don’t get into writing [...]

Learn to Draw Cartoons Like A Professional

Posted on 24 Apr 2008 In: Articles

Learn to Draw Cartoons Like A Professional
By Trevor Johnson

The art of drawing is one of the oldest in the world. Think of the extraordinary prehistoric paintings discovered in the Cave of Altamira and you won’t need any more examples. Drawing is still among the most popular hobbies nowadays because it is not only inexpensive [...]

Choosing a Logo Design for Your Company

Posted on 24 Apr 2008 In: Articles

Choosing a Logo Design for Your Company
By Joann Stylianos

A picture is worth a thousand words. This adage is especially true when it comes to logo design. People have an immediate psychological and emotional response when they view a logo. Before anyone picks up the phone to call you or hits send on an e-mail, they [...]

Common Artwork Mistakes Even Designers Make

Posted on 24 Apr 2008 In: Articles

Common Artwork Mistakes Even Designers Make
By Tara Roitman

When preparing artwork for print, it is essential to know what you’re doing. If you supply the artwork incorrectly, you will delay your project and most likely incur additional fees. There are a few errors that even designers make when producing artwork.
Supplying artwork without bleed – Most [...]

The Unsung Heroes of Internet

Posted on 24 Apr 2008 In: Articles

The Unsung Heroes of Internet
By Leo Paguio

If you are not aware of the most website you visit the visual presentation is somewhat unique that shows difference from other site. This is through the effort of the unsung heroes of the community. They are the graphic artists who are not mentioned on most of the sites [...]

Seven Easy Steps To Re-Size Your Photos In Photoshop
By Michael Hadfield

Why not leave things as they are?
As cameras get more and more pixels, so image files get bigger and bigger. Canon’s lowest pixel count is 5.0 Megapixels (Mp) on the PowerShot A460, and most of Canon’s compact cameras are in the range 7.1 – 12.0 [...]

Tip on Pencil Portrait Drawing – Preparing the Photograph
By Remi Engels

Once you acquired an acceptably clear subject photograph (see “Tip on Pencil Portrait Drawing — The Photograph”) from your customer, what do you do with it? Well, you prepare that photograph to be used as a reference for your pencil portrait drawing effort. The preparation [...]

Website Design Tips – How To Reduce Website Load Time
By R Kakar

An important aspect of website design is to reduce web page load time to the lowest possible. A slim trim website design is in some ways like an attractive athletic woman, so let us call this article “A website weight loss programme” that will [...]

Picture Uploading Sites – Why Would Anyone Use These Sites?
By Craig Thornburrow

Picture uploading is a good idea for a lot of different reasons. There are many different picture uploading sites that you can choose to use. The sites range from ones that are easy to use for the public and others that are more technical [...]

Photography Tips – Tipping the Scales

Posted on 24 Apr 2008 In: Articles

Photography Tips – Tipping the Scales
By Fabian Toulouse

In the last decade or so, scrapbooking has become a huge fad. Entire stores are dedicated to the craft, as well as home party businesses and hundreds of scrapbooking groups and clubs. Where once a person was doing well just to get photographs put in an album, now [...]

University Logo Design – File Formats You Should Know About
By Lamika Zuberi

When getting your University Logo Design your designer will give you file formats you may not know about. Here are all the relevant file formats and their usage in designing:
.AI and/or .CDR and/or .FH: Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, Macromedia Freehand
These are vector files used [...]

Learn Photoshop Now with Free Video Tutorials

Posted on 24 Apr 2008 In: Articles

Free Adobe Photoshop Tutorials
The internet is overflowing with articles and websites that can provide Adobe Photoshop skills, tutorials, tricks, and tips to significantly improve nearly anyone’s skill with the advanced software. Simple video tutorials provide a foundation of basic skills to flatten the learning curve and open the door to digital artistry. Free online video [...]

What is Adobe Photoshop?

Posted on 24 Apr 2008 In: Articles

What is Adobe Photoshop?
Adobe Photoshop is a one of the most powerful graphics editors in the world today. It is produced, developed, and published by Adobe Systems. Version 1.0 Photoshop was originally released in 1990 for Macintosh but now spans several platforms. Currently, Adobe is the market leader for image manipulation and commercial bitmapping. For [...]

Using Photo Shop Layers

Posted on 24 Apr 2008 In: Articles

David Peters asked: Always Streamline and organise your Layers palette by creating and labelling groups of related layers. Layers are powerful tools, but things can get confusing if you don’t keep them under control by labelling them and placing them in sets.
When layers appeared back in version 2 of Photoshop, designers wondered how they had [...]

_Lana_ asked: I know E stands for Europe and it’s more expensive. I am from Europe but I was planning on buying SR-12 from USA. Am I going to have any problems using the SR-12 in Europe? Anyone know the difference and could assist me choose which cam I should buy?

a b asked: I am trying to make black and white photos with a single thing in color. I have followed some instructions, but can get it to work. I know it’s about layering, but when I try to make the top layer black and white with the bottom layer staying in color, it changes [...]

acid burn asked: i have just gotten adobe photoshop CS3 and well basically i can’t use it, where can i find good free infomation on the subject because what little i can do looks awsome
unfortunatly i don’t have any instructions for it either because of how i got it, legally but it just means i [...]

Mario Churchill asked: Adobe photo shop tutorials abound in the online world, and with good reason. One question you may ask is this: What should I expect in an Adobe photo shop tutorial? There are great deal of things you can expect to obtain from an Adobe photo shop tutorial, whether they are paid or [...]

How do you switch heads in Photoshop?

Posted on 2 Apr 2008 In: Articles

castaneda400 asked: I have looked at the other similar questions, but still don’t know how I’m supposed to edit them. Please include step by step instructions, including right clicks, opening “edit” or “file” and stuff like that. First time doin it.
I have their free Adobe Photoshopping Album Starter version, s I guess u [...]

Mario Churchill asked: So you have a copy of the Adobe Photoshop software and still don’t know how to use it? Don’t worry. There are plenty of resources you can use online that will turn you into an expert in a few weeks. Here’s your guide to the free Adobe Photoshop tutorials [...]

Napzgrl asked: I am new to digi scrapping, but would like to try printing out my 12×12 projects. I hear Costco is good. Any tips or step-by-step instructions on how to set this up? What do I basically need to do to have a nice turn out? Help…

has anyone attended a photoshop seminar?

Posted on 30 Mar 2008 In: Articles

jacks_insanity asked: i have been working with photoshop for several years now, but know there are a few things more i could learn. i got a brochure in the mail today about a training seminar coming up next month presented by compumaster.
Im just worried im going to spend $200 bucks to sit and listen [...]

Good instruction book for Photoshop Elements 5?

Posted on 30 Mar 2008 In: Articles

skipper8622 asked: I have Adobe Photoshop Elements 5 installed on my computer. I purchased a third part instruction manual, “The Photoshop Elements 5 Book for Digital Photographers” by Scott Kelly. Without going into detail, this is an awful book. It’s almost as if he’s talking about some other software.
Can you recommend a [...]

Master the Art of Digital Photography

Posted on 29 Mar 2008 In: Articles

Michael C. Podlesny asked: Digital Photography is all the rage when it comes to taking pictures. Unlike convential cameras, the 35mm variety, you are able to view pictures immediately after you take them, decide whether or not you want to keep them and so much more. Also unlike 35mm cameras, digital cameras give [...]

Where To Find Photoshop Cs Tutorials

Posted on 28 Mar 2008 In: Articles

Mario Churchill asked: Adobe Photoshop is an editing tool for images, which can run on various operating systems. Developed by Adobe Systems, Photoshop was initially launched in 1988, and is currently is on version 10. During the early 2000s, Adobe integrated Photoshop with Creative Suite, another Adobe product. The combination created the software’s CS series, [...]

Hot Tub Johnny asked: I have a company logo (in jpg and eps format). I want to use this image as a watermark on photos my company creates. Does anyone know how to do this using Photshop CS2?Caffeinated Content for WordPress

Question about Photoshop memory and CPU usage?

Posted on 21 Mar 2008 In: Articles

smokestack.lightnin asked: It probably sounds like I’m an idiot but I’m not very technical when it comes to system stuff – but I need assist on this. I have my scratch disk set on my main drive because I can’t afford to get another drive. Is it safe to do this and what is the [...]

Knowing More About The Adobe Photoshop

Posted on 20 Mar 2008 In: Articles

Mario R. Churchill asked: In 1987, brothers John and Thomas Knoll started developing a computer program that would focus mainly on imaging and photography using the computer. Little did the brothers knew by that time that they would come to develop one of the computer world’s most sought after software—the Adobe Photoshop.
When the program was [...]

David Peters asked: Anyone who plans on spending any length of time wandering the halls of Photoshop should consider learning how Photoshop layer sets work.
Layers are crucial to the entire mechanism of Photoshop design and enhancement.
The Photoshop “Layers” palette maintains a precise history of all your keystrokes… so you don’t have to remember anything. [...]

Jessica.(: asked: okay well i always see peoples pictures on websites and stuff [designing websites] were the whole picture is black and white, and then like a necklace or soemthing is in color. HOW DO YOU DO THAT?!?!?!?!?!? i have the trial version of photoshop and i need step by step instructions
THANKS ;]

carolina waves asked: it makes the picture look amazing. i just want to know if i need to get a certain software or what not. and how does it work.

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