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  104 readersThe last step is to do some color correction to get the lighting just right. My original photo is barren and rocky. Since Europa is covered in ice, we need to make it a bit bluer, especially in the lighter areas. To create a mask for this, duplicate th...

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  ‘Painting’ A Better Black & White

  1205 readersLast week we looked at one way of improving a grayscale image by bring back, and tweaking, color channels. This week, we’ll enliven a flat black and white image by “painting” in tones. This image, from the Library of Congress’s public domain collection, was scanned in grayscale, so the first thing Iwant to do is go

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  Color Manipulation on the Photo

  402 readersBasically, in this tutorial I’m going to be showing you how to create a photo effect like the one in the below image, it’s pretty much all accomplished by using color curves and color levels, as are most photo effects, right? Start by finding some appropriate picture to use it in this tutorial. I used a

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  Lightening A Dark Photo

  1457 readersDo you have any photos in your collection that are very dark? That doesn’t mean they’re a lost cause! Here’s just one way to lighten them up! For this method, we’ll employ one of my favorite tools, the good old Curves Adjustment. Bringing your dark photo into Photoshop, duplicate the background layer (Ctrl or Cmd

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  Dark II; Photoshop’s Layer Blend Modes

  413 readersOk, here’s the deal: There’s more than one way to do 99.9% of anything you do in Photoshop. I think there may be only one way of turning it on and off, I could be wrong. It’s my belief, speaking for myself, of course that, since tutorials are meant to teach, that more than just

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  Color Away Discoloration with Photoshop

  140 readersDo you have any photos that have spots and splotches of color on them that was never part of the original photo? Fellow NAPP member Bob Byington had such a photo and asked me if I could help him to get rid of the spots, yellow stains which, as he said, “looked like mustard.” Bob

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  Creating the horizon tutorial

  70 readersSince the background is pretty much done, it's time to turn to the foreground, which is supposed to be on the surface of Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter. The far edge of the surface up to the horizon will be an ice wall backlit by Jupiter. Start with ph...

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  Photoshop 101 – Adjustment Layers

  586 readersAdjustment layers in Photoshop provide a quick, non-destructive way to edit and and make changes to your photos. In this tutorial we will cover some of the different types of adjustment layers and how they work. We will be working with the ‘fruit smile’ image that is available for download here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/libraryman/95516793/sizes/l/ A quick preview of the

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  Create a Terrifying Surreal Photo Manipulation

  3644 readersLearn how to use professional photo manipulation techniques to create a non-destructive, surreal piece. You will learn how to work with complex masks, adjustment layers and integrate textures into a unique design. Download the source file for this and all our other tutorials in our VIP Members Area.

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  Blend Mode Basics – Part 1

  595 readersFirst and foremost, I’d like to thank TipSquirrel.com for asking me to come back and present another series of tutorials for you!  [Welcome back Mike! (TS)]   For the next several weeks, I’ll be working through some of the weird and mysterious capabilities of Photoshop: the blending modes. We’ll see how they can be applied to layers