Displacement Maps
Submitted by Canon Blogger » 6 minute video tut on how to create a displacement map and what the effects can look like. Thanks go out in part to Photoshop User magazine (the folks at NAPP produce this) for demonstrating this technique with some other photos. Enjoy!
Creating Custom Brushes
Submitted by Canon Blogger » New tutorial, showing how to make custom brushes, brush sets, save brush sets and load brush sets. Great for repetitive tasks like signatures, logos, copyright symbols, etc. Video tutorial 8:11 minutes)
Rule of Thirds Grid
Submitted by Canon Blogger » Getting back to basics here with creating a Rule of Thirds Grid in Photoshop, similar to the slick one available in Lightroom - the only caveat is that you can't move it around like you can in LR. Basic, but handy to have for compositional corrections in PS. 5 minute video.
Aspect Ratio Adjustments
Submitted by Canon Blogger » This 8 minute tutorial shows how to make photo adjustments from one aspect ratio to another. Handy if you are using SLR or 35mm equivalent photos to print to standard frames like 4x6 and 8x10
Digital Frames
Submitted by Canon Blogger » Here's a quick and easy way to create digital frames around your images. Great for when sharing pics on the web and you want to give an added emphasis to your photography. Video: 7:42
Calendar Template, Part II
Submitted by Canon Blogger » This week I finish out the calendar template that we set up the guides and object positions for last week. very handy to turn your pictures into calendars you'll love to display (or your clients!) Longer video than normal (8 minutes), but the end result should be worth it!
Create a Calendar Template
Submitted by Canon Blogger » Great template for use in photography...simply import client shots and produce a calendar for 2009 with your pre-made template. Will pay for itself in one print! Part one of a two part series. Check it out...part two should be out next week. Enjoy!
Photoshop Reloaded
Submitted by Canon Blogger » This week I re-visit creating well galleries in Photoshop to update a couple steps and to introduce a little teaser on something called Digital Asset management. Here you can see how one little change can have a huge impact down the road if you have lots of photos. About 8 minutes total...enjoy!
Creating Web Galleries II (Lightroom)
Submitted by Canon Blogger » For a little different twist, Adobe's Photoshop Lightroom also offers web templates for gallery setup that offer more graphical options, and allows for much wider range of features including Flash, HTML, and much more. The stock templates are great and make LR worth considering. See what it has to offer in this 7 minute tutorial!
Creating Web Galleries
Submitted by Canon Blogger » With many photographers expressing an interest in creating web galleries, I go through the motions of using Photoshop templates to create your web gallery for you. The templates aren't the best and require some modding, but nice to get the basics down. 10 minute tut, so a tad long, but good content for beginners. Enjoy!
