As originally posted on Tip Squirrel July 2009. I’m not one to mince words, so let’s jump right into this morning’s lesson. We’re going to discuss Image Sizing. Often overlooked, sometimes confusing, easily dismissed, but oh so important. First thing is to get to the Image Size command: Press CMD+OPT+I (CTRL+ALT+I) to open the Image…
Good afternoon dear readers! This is just a quick update to let you know there will be some changes to the website in the next few weeks. The biggest change will be the use of Category Feeds. As longtime readers know this blog has covered a wide range of topics ranging from entertainment to games…
Good morning everyone. The following Photoshop video tutorial breaks down the advantage of using Curves versus Levels. Choose Levels to make sweeping changes in the shadow, midtone & highlight areas. Choose Curves for more refined control of the overall tonal range. Checkout the video to see a demonstration.
It’s a question that comes up often in my Lightroom & Photoshop classes – what’s the best way to white balance my images? In the world of post-processing there are a number of answers to that question. Photoshop has Levels & Curves, Layers & Filters, you can click with eyedroppers or use the new On-Image-Adjustment…
Which Lightroom Catalog is it? Identity Plates in Lightroom allow you to quickly recognize which catalog you are working in. If you live in multiple catalogs this can be extremely useful. (And if you use Lightroom to present images to your clients, the added branding always helps)