photoshop for beadmakers
After you photograph your beads here are some Photoshop and GIMP tips, tricks and how to tutorials.
How to create a DVD cover in Photoshop.
I just wrapped up my Photoshop for Lampworkers DVD and just finished the cover artwork. I want to show you the process of how I created a cover. I thought it would be helpful to those of you who want to create your own tutorials, Ads or promotional graphics like fliers, ads or web graphics. My Goal for the design was simple, clean but not boring. Read more
Photoshop tip: Layer Masks
show you 2 techniques using the Layer Mask in Photoshop to enhance your Bead photography Read more
Increase Photoshop productivity with Actions
Here is a 6 minute walk through video showing how to use Actions in Photoshop. Actions are one of my favorite tools. It allows me to do a menial task once, copy what i did and do it to another image with one click of the mouse. Read more
Photoshop tip: How to make a seamless pattern from a photo.
How to make a custom seamless pattern. This technique is great for creating patterns for web banners and backgrounds. You can use any image to do this. I’m going to use a beads by Patricia Frantz. Read more
Photoshop tips to prep your bead photos for the web
In this video I’ll show you how to adjust and prep your bead for the web. I’ll be using Photoshop CS2.
The 4 steps I show are:
- Levels (To adjust contrast)
- Hue/Saturation (To adjust the color tone)
- Cloning (To remove unwanted items)
- Cropping for web
When watching it I recommend making it full screen and “HD”.
Thanks and have a great day,
Keith