Photoshop Tutorial : Adding emphasis to a photograph with colour

Posted by Jennifer Farley | November 9, 2007 | 12 Comments

In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at how to use the History brush tool to “repaint” some colour into an image. The History tool is an oft neglected but important part of your Photoshop toolkit. It’s easy to use and very versatile. It can restore details, colours or any attribute that appeared at an earlier point in the photo’s history.

One of the most popular ways to use the History Brush tool is covert an image to black and white and then paint back in the original colour in a small part of the image. This is used regularly in wedding photography and can produce a nice artistic effect.

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Breathing Easier

Posted by Jennifer Farley | November 8, 2007 | Leave A Comment

Just had a very hairy day today where I thought I had blown up my own website! That’s the last time I go “tinkering under the bonnet” of the database. Thankfully everything seems to be working again.

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Free Chapter from Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book

Posted by Jennifer Farley | November 7, 2007 | 1 Comment

You can download a free chapter about Typography in Photoshop from the Adobe Design Centre website.

The chapter is taken from the excellent series of books by Adobe press. I use these books in my own classroom and they provide excellent step by step instructions on using most of the Adobe products. What I really like about them is that they dig a little deeper than some of the other instuction books, they provide exercise files and they are also very practical.

If you like the chapter, you can get the full Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a book from Amazon.

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Photoshop Video Tutorial : Hue and Saturation

Posted by Jennifer Farley | November 6, 2007 | 8 Comments

Today’s tutorial shows you how to make a selection in Photoshop and then change the colour of that selection using the Hue and Saturation command. I also give a brief explanation of the function of each of the sliders in the Hue and Saturation.

The video tutorial is a bit of an experiment for me. Apart from cringing at the sound of my own voice, I’m trying to figure out if I’m talking too much (my daytime students probably say yes!) and what level to pitch it at. I would be really happy to get some feedback on this if anyone would like to comment.

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Photoshop Tutorials

Posted by Jennifer Farley | November 5, 2007 | Leave A Comment

haunted look thumb I’ve been doing a bit of a tidy up on the blog and the photoshop tutorials I’ve written are now grouped together on their own page here:

http://laughingliondesign.net/photoshop-tutorials/

There are over 70 tutorials on the site now ranging from basic ideas to advanced techniques in Photoshop, so I think it’s easier for readers to find them if they are all together.

I’ve been doing a bit of experimentation with video tutorials too and I hope to start adding those to the site from tomorrow.

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Back from India

Posted by Jennifer Farley | November 5, 2007 | 7 Comments

Hello again! I’m back from a fantastic holiday to India. It already seems like it was a million years ago. I’ve attached a couple of pics below for your viewing pleasure.

Thanks to everyone for continuing to visit the site while I was away and for commenting on the posts.

Tibetan Man, Dharamsala