This is tutorial #2 in the series for changing or removing backgrounds. This method uses the extraction tool available in Photoshop CS2 (I’m not sure if it’s available in Photoshop CS, but it won’t be available in any version prior to this). Unfortunately, unless other softwares contain this tool (I don’t know of any that […]

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Taking a peek at Elements 3 for the first time and you will realize this is a major revamp to their popular image editing software. Elements almost has 3 unique features to offer to user:
Photo Organizer: Allows you to add and organize your photos within Adobe Photoshop Elements. Photo Editor: Allows you to use Adode […]

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Adobe Photoshop is the graphic arts industry standard software for raster image manipulation. Cartographers can also use Photoshop to create effective colored shaded relief for maps.
One important advantage in using Photoshop to create shaded relief is that of familiarity. Most cartographers and graphic artists have Photoshop on their desktop and are skilled in using it […]

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This document aims to introduce the basics of image processing using Adobe Photoshop.
When you have completed these exercises, you should be able to:
• retouch a damaged photograph;
• make selections using a variety of tools;
• adjust the hue and saturation of colours within an image;
• blend images to create a seamless montage;
• add and edit text.

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Photoshop Elements is an image editing program you can use to prepare images for your story.
Photoshop allows you to resize and crop photos, fix flaws in the image, and composite images together into a collage.
Step 1 – Opening Program and Getting Photos
After opening up the software you will see the “welcome” window. Select “Browse […]

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We’ll briefly demonstrate a very simple example of Photoshop’s ability to create interesting images entirely from scratch, rather than merely editing existing image material. We’ll be creating a colorized lightning bolt. First, create a new image. Make it 800 x 600 pixels in size, at 72 pixels/inch (recall this is the resolution of a monitor), […]

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In this tutorial, you will learn how to alter a typical color portrait so that it looks like a professional high- key studio shot. Here are the before and after photos:
Open up the photo you want to use. Then desaturate your photo by clicking on Image / Adjustment / Desaturate.
Now we will kick it up […]

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Seeing in black and white
Black and white conversions are radical transformations of images. They’re about reestablishing the tonal foundations of an image. That’s quite different than dodging and burning, or lightening and darkening locally, which is a matter of accentuating existing tonal relationships.

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