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Monthly Archives: March 2007

Removing image backgrounds

If you want to remove the background from your image and leave behind just one object, either just to show it off or to use in a another image then this is the way to do it.

Remove an image foreground

I will show you how to remove an object from an image with a simple background. This technique works on complex backgrounds too but also take much longer and you have to use some other tools to get it to look OK.

Planet from a panorama

To make a planet with your panoramas and photographs all you need is a suitable photo and 20 mins. This can be done with pretty much any photo.

Portability

Wherever you go you want to be able to have your software with you to use. It’s doubtful that [the library / an internet café / work] will let you install Photoshop or any other software you want to use. Wouldn’t it be great if you could just slap Photoshop on a disk and take [...]

A Basic e-mail form

A basic PHP email form if quick and simple to create. It also makes it quicker for your visitors to email you directly from your page. You will need a PHP enabled webserver. If you are using wordpress then you have that sorted already.

Photo panorama

This tutorial will show you how to make a panorama in photoshop using only a few simple tools. All you need is photoshop and some overlapping images. The bigger the overlap the better.

Champion Contest

So you think your good at Photoshop do you?? Here’s your chance to lay your cards on the table and show me what you got.

Stock images

When making an image it is often necessary to use images as backgrounds or parts of images as textures. Since I am not loaded I have to find the cheap ways to get them. The best way to get some images is to go out and about and take photos of everything. The draw back [...]

Photoshop shortcuts 01

Here is a small collection of a few of the shortcut commands and keys I find very useful in photoshop. Some you will probably know about, but some you might not

Meta Tags

The tags in question are META tags. They are the bits of code that sit in between the <HEAD> </HEAD> tags and tell search engines whats in a page (except google which actually reads a pages text content).

Sidebar

This is a quick tutorial for anyone using wordpress’s kubrick theme who wants to add a menu sidebar on the side of each of their single posts. It’s pretty basic but it’s also pretty quick to do.

Skin touch-up

I’m going to show you how to touch up skin in a photograph. This will take about 20 minutes depending on how much detail you want to go into. To start with you need a picture. I used my readily available model… me. I also used a close up but this technique will work for [...]

Multiple viewing windows

Do you want to work on a close up of your image and see the bigger picture at the same time without having to buy a 52″+ Super High definition monitor? Simple. Photoshop lets you open more than one window of the same image. With your image window selected simply go to “Window > Arrange [...]

Creating basic texture brushes

Brushes are a crucial part of every creative man and womans photoshop toolbox. Here’s how I go about making mine. Since they can be resized at will once made thay are a great way to add variation to your work at a small one off cost and all you need is 10 mins to get [...]