| Patterns-1 Patterns-2 Patterns-3 Patterns-4 | Bryan Oxley's tutorials on creating pattern pictures with Elements or Photoshop | ||||
| Transformations & Repairs Transform Stamp Repair Masks |
Bryan Oxley gave a superb demonstration of how to use the clone stamp, healing brush and transform menus in Photoshop & Elements to adjust an image to make it better reflect reality. The talk also included an excellent introduction to using layer masks. | ||||
| Make your rulers measure correctly | Print tutorial on how to fix the "bug" where clicking the "Print size" button in Photoshop shows an incorrectly sized result. It's not really a bug - it's a feature! | ||||
| Going further with Photoshop | Handout for the YPU Lecture. | ||||
| Layer masks in Elements | Get a free plug-in that lets
you use layer masks with your copy of Photoshop Elements. Alternatively (but not as convenient) you can use the method describe further down this page |
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| Using Smart Objects | Print tutorial - a follow-up to the club meeting on 21st October 09. | ||||
| An introduction to Bridge | Print tutorial that illustrates
how to use Bridge to organise, rename, keyword & copyright, and
prepare derivative files. |
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Digital
Workflow - Photoshop and Bridge |
Handout which accompanies YPU
Lecture "Digital Workflow using Photoshop and Bridge". |
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| Doing it by numbers | Print tutorial introducing Photoshop Elements (and Photoshop). |
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| Digital Dodge & Burn | Print tutorial (9 pages) explaining three ways to achieve this without compromising your images. | ||||
| Digital Monochrome conversion techniques | Print tutorial comparing techniques using Photoshop, Elements and Lightroom. | ||||
| Digital photo restoration | Print tutorial - some less-than-obvious ways of restoring old photos with the minimum of fuss. | ||||
| Using adjustment layer masks with Elements | Print tutorial, produced in response to a query from a site visitor who left happy! | ||||
| Using layer masks to combine images - Elements | Print tutorial. Although Elements doesn't include layer masks (other than with adjustment layers) we can make it behave as though it does! | ||||
| Using layer masks to combine images - Photoshop | Print tutorial. Don't neglect this technique - it has countless uses. | ||||
| Produce a Digital test-strip in Photoshop or Elements | Print tutorial. Many workers find that their prints are darker than the image on the screen. This is a good way to get round the problem. | ||||
| Batch processing and actions - Photoshop | Print tutorial . If you need to repeat the same operation over and over again, this is for you. | ||||
| Action to convert colour image to monochrome | Printable tutorial which explains how to record an action that converts a colour image to mono using the Red, Green and Blue channels with maximum flexibility. | ||||
| Using the Pen tool | Photoshop's Pen Tool can be used to trace a very precise path around an object. This path will be saved with the image so it can be re-edited at any time. Once drawn a path can be converted to a selection - the most versatile and flexible way to make selections in Photoshop. | ||||
| Masking hair | Making a convincing selection around hair or fur is a task for which Photoshop's usual selection tools are not really suited. This tutorial explains in detail two possible approaches and also links to some other good resources. | ||||
| Batch processing - Elements | Print tutorial | ||||
| Loading Actions into Photoshop | Print tutorial. There are lots of ready-made actions available on the Internet. Here's how to deal with them. | ||||
| Using Curves with Elements | This link will take you to "EarthBound Light" where all will be revealed. | ||||
NB - to access the Print tutorials you'll need to have Acrobat Reader installed on your machine.
