After the many questions about certain techniques in Adobe Photoshop and other applications, we decided to start as Tips and Tricks page. Here are some techniques dealing with Adobe Photoshop, there will be more techniques posted periodically.

You will be walked through a step-by-step process. On each page will be an animation at the top of the page, if you click on any of the feet in the animation it will take you back to review that step.


Differences between QuarkXpress and Adobe InDesign CS

Working with Fonts • Working with Text • Working with Tools
Working with Transparency


Photoshop Digital Camera Beach Shot    Resizing/Resampling Specific Images from a
Digital Camera by Using the Batch Command

A powerful feature in Adobe Photoshop is the File Browser. It can be used along with the Batch command to automatically process images from a digital camera. The technique shown will demonstrate how to create an action (example shown: resampling/resizing images), select the images in the File Browser, and to play the action on a batch of selected files. Click on the icon to the left to start.


Pencil Sketch of Hand Coloring a Pencil Sketch

This hand image was originally sketched on a piece of paper. It was then scanned as a grayscale image. The image was taken into Adobe Photoshop and color added. By using the following steps you can easily add paint without worrying about staying within the lines. Click on the icon to the left to start.


Microscope Digital Image Combining the Red, Green & Blue Channels

The endothelial cells image was originally captured from a confocal laser scanning microscope (LSM) attached to a regular fluroresence light microscope (LM). From it was produced three separate images, one image for each of the three channels. These three separate images were then combined into one so that you would have a composite image. Click on icon to the left to start.


    

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by Design Desk on 12/11/05