My Photoshop Notes

Yeah, I was bored

Ben — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:40:44 +0000

домейнHere’s another text reflection using my screen name…

A Quick Reflection

Ben — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:43:17 +0000

Tutorial Here

Photoshop Tutorial Videos

A Real Quick Border Effect

Ben — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:28:09 +0000

Here’s the last one for tonight. Yet another Planet Photoshop tip.

Learn How To Create Digital Backgrounds In Photoshop

Partial Color

Ben — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:11:12 +0000

Another Planet Photoshop tutorial.
Here are a couple of Lubbers I caught in our front garden gettin’ it on!

Learn How To Edit Your Digital Photos in Photoshop Like I Did!

Photo Reflection Effect

Ben — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:25:46 +0000

Here’s a quickie from
Planet Photoshop

This is another photo reflection of the Biltmore Estate. I used the same technique as above except this time I slightly skewed the reflection.
Master Photoshop Techniques. Create reflections like these!

Video Training Tutorial

Photoshop Animation

Ben — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:07:02 +0000

I was playing around with Photoshop’s animation feature today.

You’ll notice Marc fades into the picture first blured out,
then the background fades in clear.
After a short pause the background turnes blurry,
Marc becomes clear and the “Cape Cod” text rolls in.
(movie will loop every 10 seconds)

My First 3D-Cube Effect

Ben — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:08:37 +0000

I haven’t had much spare time to play in Photoshop lately, but I did see a tutorial on http://www.photoshoptv.com (episode 46) that showed how to create a 3D-Cube.

This is my first try, I’m not completely satisfied but it looks okay I guess…

Bird Of Paradise

Ben — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 21:13:25 +0000

Here’s a quickie

This is the first (not-full) bloom this year of our Bird Of Paradise plant.

Here’s a little color correction

Ben — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:06:21 +0000

Alright, so this might not be as much of a color correction as it is a preference. I think the changes made to the photo makes it look more alive and interesting. This lesson came straight out of Total Training for Adobe Photoshop CS2 – DVD 1 – Lesson 8.

Before & After

Henny Penny

Ben — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:58:50 +0000

Say Hi to Henny Penny!

Another Flower

Ben — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 02:21:23 +0000

This is more like the effect I was trying to get from the other flower pic.
I don’t know what kind of flower this is, but it’s in my front yard and blooms constantly!

Pop-out Flower

Ben — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 00:34:42 +0000

This one didn’t come out like I’d planned but still looks neat.

Here’s a Photo… Pop-Out?

Ben — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 04:11:50 +0000

I don’t know what to call this, but it’s a pretty cool effect…
This lesson came from Photoshop TV Episode 27 (April 24, 2006).

One More Stormy Pic

Ben — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 16:52:35 +0000

It was very late (or early) last night when I was doing this, so here’s one more I did.

Stormy Photos

Ben — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 07:41:54 +0000

This was a bright and sunny day in down town Tampa that I’ve modified into a dark, rainy storm.
Tutorial was found at Photoshop TV Episode 24 (April 3, 2006)

Just one more photo I’ve made gloomy.

This was a bright sunny day at the motel.

One more just to make sure I’ve got this down…

Quick Keyboard Shortcuts for Photoshop

Ben — Sun, 28 May 2006 00:29:54 +0000

General shortcuts:

An arrow indicates a flyout of hidden tools.
Each main tool has a single letter keyboard shortcut assigned to it.
The Shift key combined with a tool shortcut allows you to toggle the hidden tools.
D = resets the foreground color to black and background color to white.
X = swap foreground and background colors.

Zoom shortcuts:

No modifier key = click to zoom in; click and drag to zoom into a specific area
Ctrl-+/Cmd-+ (plus sign) = zoom in
Double click the Zoom tool = zoom to 100% magnification
Ctrl-Alt-0/Cmd-Option-0 = zoom to 100% magnification
Double click the Hand tool = zoom to fit the screen
Ctrl-0/Cmd-0 = zoom to fit the screen
Alt/Option with zoom tool = click to zoom out
Ctrl–/Cmd– (minus sign) = zoom out
Type any number into the status bar magnifation level display.

Opening a File:

File > Open
Ctrl-O/Cmd-O
Double click the application background (Windows Only)

Screen Mode and Display:

F = toggles screen modes
Shift-F = Turns menu bar on and off in full screen modes
Tab = toggles the toolbox, status bar, and palettes on and off
Shift-Tab = toggle only the palettes on and off

Palettes:

Enter or Return = Show/Hide Options Palette (V5.x only)
Double click tool button = Show/Hide Options Palette (V5.x only)
F5 = Show/Hide Brushes Palette
F6 = Show/Hide Color Palette
F7 = Show/Hide Layers Palette
F8 = Show/Hide Info Palette
F9 = Show/Hide Actions Palette

Chromey

Ben — Sat, 27 May 2006 18:26:27 +0000

Just some chrome text…

Couple more Area-Focus trials

Ben — Thu, 25 May 2006 21:02:54 +0000

Area Of Focus

Ben — Tue, 23 May 2006 21:42:47 +0000

This lesson was found at:
WZ2K: Digital Illusions Explained/Photoshop Videos/Area Of Focus.

These are my tries at Area of Focus in Photoshop.