Creating new background from the old with Photoshop filters
October 31, 2007
Many times you could find yourself in a situation when you found a nice object for your picture but the background is not perfect. The object you can cut out but then you’ll need a new background for it. Where to find it or how to create? In answer to the second question is the tutorial we offer.
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How to Add Motion to your Image
October 29, 2007
The effect you’ll learn to use in this tutorial helps to intensify the idea of motion and at the same time creates a new background void of unnecessary detail. The tool used is the simple Radial Blur Filter.
Arcsoft Panorama Maker Pro
October 24, 2007
Arcsoft Panorama Maker Pro is an image stiching program automatically producing seemless panoramas which can be used for sharing, printing, or sending to a webpage. It works both under Windows and Mac (Mac doesn’t support raw format at the point).
The program interface and workflow are extremely uncomplicated and intuitive. Every workflow step and required action is either obvious or explained by pictograms and pictures.
The workflow is organized in stages with every action having a separate screen. Thus you have few controls in each of the screens and all the controls refer exactly to the action you are to perform at the moment. This makes the program absolutely clear and understandable.
Breaking out of the frame
October 20, 2007
This tutorial shows how to create a popular break-out or pop-out of the frame effect on your photo. The effect is not particularly difficult to achieve and is very good for creating a very strong feeling of motion.
ADG Panorama Pro
October 13, 2007
ADG Panorama Pro is quite a powerful tool for panorama creation. It can produce good images in automatic regime with minimal manual fine tuning.
The Interface of the program is completely self explanatory and very simple. All necessary funcions are put at the top bar as pictograms. All the control is given to the mouse and hot keys. No sliders or number boxes are involved.
Face Siluette
October 12, 2007
Here’s a very simple photoshop effect achieved by the use of a layer linear dodge blending mode. In this tutorial we dramatically singled out a face leaving out its siluette on a white background.
Adobe Lightroom
October 7, 2007
Adobe Photoshop Lightroomis more than merely a Raw converter. It’s a library for your photos, a digital darkroom for raw images, a place for compiling a gallery… It’s a working place within a comfortable environment providing anybody, from a professional to an amateur, with all the necessary tools.
There’s a lot written about Lightroom and we give here but a short review of the most essencial featers.