Image editing expert, author/trainer
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- Adobe Photoshop
- Photoshop Elements
- digital photography
- presentations
- graphic design
- speaking
- training
- writing
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Photoshopping People: Pinching Flabby Chins
September 03 2008
Welcome to part "I have no frackin' idea" of the "Photoshop: The Missing Manual" teaser series. In the super wee hours of the morn I finished up yet another chapter on Photoshopping people (yay!). Culled from its depths is a real treat which I'm happy to say works exactly the… read moreDigital Beauty Shop: Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color
August 28 2008
If you’re experimenting with color, an easy and nondestructive way to do it is to create a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer. The Hue/Saturatoin dialog box itself offers a friendly set of sliders that are easy and fun to play around with, and you don’t even have to select your object first.… read moreHollow Text: How to make your text see-through
August 20 2008
Layer styles are great for adding finishing touches to your designs and they can really make text and graphical elements pop off your page. They’re also extremely flexible—they change as your layer content changes, they’re fully editable, savable, and so on. Since they appear on their own layer, they’re nondestructive… read moreCreating Coloring Book Art: Using filters to turn a photo into line art!
August 13 2008
It's easy to get caught up making creative projects for grown-ups like calendars, photo books, and scrapbook pages... but what have you made for the little ones lately? The next time the creative bug bites, consider converting your photos into art for the coloring book crowd instead... more read moreUsing channels to produce a fast high-key effect
August 06 2008
I've had several nice folks email me asking how they can create a portrait effect called high-key. It's a trick photographers and videographers use when they aim a ton of high-powered lights at their subject in order to produce really high contrast. The face of the subject is super overexposed,… read moreQuick Digital Matte: Using an inner shadow to create a matte for your prints
July 23 2008
One of my favorite sayings has come back to haunt me this week: "Reality is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there." I'm having a tough time returning to the aforementioned reality because last week I had the pleasure of teaching in the high desert… read more"Practical Photoshop Elements" training video now available!
July 21 2008
Whee! My first Photoshop Elements training class just went live over at KelbyTraining.com called Practical Photoshop Elements. It features 23, short QuickTime movies on some of the most practical techniques you could ever learn like... more read moreBurn baby burn! How to set your text on fire
July 09 2008
So many filters, so little time. Oh sure, you may have perused The Almighty Filter Menu from time to time, but do you really understand their power and the plethora of special effects they unlock? Of course you don't. Nobody really does. Aside texturizing text and creating cool edge effects,… read moreRetouching People: Zapping shines and shadows
July 02 2008
Last night I had the pleasure of doing a little ditty on photography and Elements for the Danbury Area Computer Society, and consequently meeting up with Your Mac Life listener, John Leko and his lovely mom Judy. John's wife Mayra couldn't make it so we took a photo to commemorate… read moreType Tricks: Rotating individual letters and intersecting text
July 02 2008
Welcome to part 3 of the Photoshop: The Missing Maual Teaser series. Since I've been going back and forth with my editor getting the typography chapter in tip-top shape, I have yet another text tutorial for you. Unfortunately there's no equivalent in Elements, so this one is for Photoshop only.… read moreGet it Straight! How to Crop and Straighten Multiple Photos
July 02 2008
Welcome to the second installment of the Photoshop Missing Manual teaser series. This week's chapter was all about the Crop tool, and so is this week's tip. Enjoy! There’s a reason professional photos look so darn good. Besides the fancy camera, expensive lenses, titanium tripod, artificial lighting, and post-processing voodoo, they’re… read moreTextured Text: How to run a filter on a type layer
July 02 2008
I've been up to my ears in Photoshop text for the past few days. I'm writing a book on Photoshop, you see, (Photoshop: The Missing Manual) and the chapter I turned in at 4:03 am this morning was "Photoshop and Text." I can already see a pattern emerging: My weekly… read moreAlso find Lesa Snider on:
