Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Adobe Photoshop Every Tool Explained



Every Tool Explained. There are 130 pages which are full of projects and tips on how to use Photoshop easily and how to get the best out of one of the best photo imaging programs out there.

Subjects covered in the book include:
Selection Tools in Photoshop:
Navigating and Editing Your Images
Using the Brushes and Pencil Tools
Using the Cloning and Healing Tools
The Gradient, Eraser and Fill Tools
Getting to Know the Effects Tools
Working with the Type Tool
Working with Paths, Vectors and Masks
Annotations, Notes and the Measure Tool
Creating Top Quality Artwork

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Monday, November 3, 2008

Portrait Retouching Techniques

Before:


After:


The first, you open a picture that you want to retouch, in this tutorial I used this picture:


Zoom out the picture, select Healing brush tool (J)


Hold Alt and click on a smooth skin area. Then click on her moles




Now, go to Filter -> Distort -> Diffuse glow and apply these settings



Select Blur tool (R) and set properties as shown below:



Drag the blur tool over the face, leaving eyes and lips.



Select Burn tool (O), drag the tool over the eyebrow and eyelash



Select the eyes area and press Ctrl+B to open Color Balance, set properties like this:




Now, select soft feather brush. Set the foreground color to #7A2747. Set the opacity to 5% and drag the brush over the eyelid


Select Burn tool (O), drag the tool over the lips


And you will get the final result: