http://www.good-tutorials.com/user/snowdevil snowdevil's submitted tutorials on Good-Tutorials.com. en-us <img src="http://www.good-tutorials.com/images/icons/28248.jpg" height="40" width="40" /> The desaturate menu option is a fairly standard way people use to convert to black and white, but a nicer result can be achieved by using the method described in this tutorial. snowdevil Fri, 23 May 2008 17:33:28 +0000 http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/28248/why-you-shouldn-t-use-desaturate-to-convert-to-black-and-white http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/28248/why-you-shouldn-t-use-desaturate-to-convert-to-black-and-white <img src="http://www.good-tutorials.com/images/icons/28247.jpg" height="40" width="40" /> This quick tutorial explains two basic methods of modifying your image without losing any pixel data. These techniques are basic skills that you'll always use as you gain skill in Photoshop. snowdevil Fri, 23 May 2008 17:33:10 +0000 http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/28247/how-to-edit-images-without-destroying-them http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/28247/how-to-edit-images-without-destroying-them <img src="http://www.good-tutorials.com/images/icons/28014.jpg" height="40" width="40" /> This is a tutorial for the complete beginner, introducing the type tool and all of the basic concepts required to get started adding text to an image. Covered are concepts such as point text vs paragraph text, type attributes and more. snowdevil Wed, 14 May 2008 11:30:01 +0000 http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/28014/absolute-beginner-s-introduction-to-the-type-tool http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/28014/absolute-beginner-s-introduction-to-the-type-tool <img src="http://www.good-tutorials.com/images/icons/28015.jpg" height="40" width="40" /> This tutorial provides a basic understanding of how to create a seamlessly-tiling image. This technique can be used with most types of images, but is particularly suited to creating textures. The method is simply but surprisingly non-obvious to many beginners. snowdevil Wed, 14 May 2008 11:30:01 +0000 http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/28015/how-to-make-seamlessly-tiling-images-and-textures http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/28015/how-to-make-seamlessly-tiling-images-and-textures <img src="http://www.good-tutorials.com/images/icons/27532.jpg" height="40" width="40" /> This tutorial provides a detailed overview of achieving a realistic change in eye color. Two demonstrations are performed, one performing a change from a naturally brown eyed girl to having lighter blue eyes, and changing a girl who has naturally light blue/grey eyes to having dark brown eyes. snowdevil Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:30:01 +0000 http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/27532/how-to-change-eye-color-realistically http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/27532/how-to-change-eye-color-realistically <img src="http://www.good-tutorials.com/images/icons/27173.jpg" height="40" width="40" /> This tutorial for Photoshop CS3 is aimed at beginners and teaches a popular method of separating an image from its background. The method involves creating a path and using the path as the basis for an accurate selection. snowdevil Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:00:01 +0000 http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/27173/deep-etching-1-removing-an-image-from-its-background-for-beginners- http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/27173/deep-etching-1-removing-an-image-from-its-background-for-beginners- <img src="http://www.good-tutorials.com/images/icons/26979.jpg" height="40" width="40" /> This tutorial provides an introduction to the &quot;Free Transform&quot; feature in Photoshop, which gives you the ability to rotate and scale sections of your image. A simple understanding of layers is assumed. Note that this is a tutorial for very new users of Photoshop, hence the concepts explained take this into account. snowdevil Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:30:01 +0000 http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/26979/introduction-to-free-transform-rotating-and-scaling http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/26979/introduction-to-free-transform-rotating-and-scaling <img src="http://www.good-tutorials.com/images/icons/26978.jpg" height="40" width="40" /> This tutorials introduces you to basic photo retouching skills using the healing brush and clone stamp tools. In the tutorial I remove some spots and blemishes from a girl’s face, as well as some minor wrinkle marks. The tutorial also teaches some useful keyboard shortcuts you’ll need to become familiar with in order to be effective when retouching more difficult images. snowdevil Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:00:04 +0000 http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/26978/introduction-to-photo-retouching http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/26978/introduction-to-photo-retouching <img src="http://www.good-tutorials.com/images/icons/26977.jpg" height="40" width="40" /> One of the most popular beginner's tutorials from graphicsdistrict.com, this tutorial introduces the absolute beginner to layers, explaining what they are, how they are created and how they relate to each other and the image as a whole. This tutorial caters for those who have only just started learning basic photoshop skills. snowdevil Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:07:47 +0000 http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/26977/beginner-s-introduction-to-layers http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/26977/beginner-s-introduction-to-layers <img src="http://www.good-tutorials.com/images/icons/26902.jpg" height="40" width="40" /> This video tutorial for Photoshop beginners demonstrates a couple of ways you can use to brighten up a dark or underexposed image. snowdevil Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:00:07 +0000 http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/26902/how-to-brighten-a-dark-image http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/26902/how-to-brighten-a-dark-image <img src="http://www.good-tutorials.com/images/icons/26900.jpg" height="40" width="40" /> Layers are a commonly misunderstood or ignored concept for Photoshop beginners. In this video tutorial, you'll be introduced to layers, shown what they are, how to use, name and rearrange them and how to use them to organise your image more effectively. snowdevil Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:26:39 +0000 http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/26900/introduction-to-layers http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/26900/introduction-to-layers <img src="http://www.good-tutorials.com/images/icons/26899.jpg" height="40" width="40" /> This is a simple and straightforward video tutorial for photoshop beginners, demonstrating how to resize an image. snowdevil Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:23:26 +0000 http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/26899/how-to-resize-an-image http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorial/26899/how-to-resize-an-image