Posts tagged “Photoshop”
Downloadable Photoshop Action: Slight vintage colours with Gradient Map
I stumbled across this technique by accident while playing with Gradient Maps a while ago. It’s a simple way to add an attractive, non-uniform tint. Click the icon to download the action. If you want to know what the action does, then read on. How it works Start off with the basic image Add a [...]
Adding a “lomo feel” in Photoshop
Back in 2007, Flickr friend Philippe (or p*) asked me to have a go at adding a “lomo feel” to one of his photos. So the challenge is I attached a raw file of the shot…you go bananaz on it (by bananas I mean you go nuts w the lomo feel + light leak or [...]
IXUS 70 with RAW Support
As you can see in the image above, I can now get RAW photos from my Canon IXUS 70! Actually that’s not clear at all from the image above, but that’s what it is – RAW DNG photos produced by my little IXUS. How? By using the latest version open source firmware, Canon Hacker’s Development [...]
Photoshop Quicktips: Digital Macro Lens
Make a screenshot, texture or other flat image look like it was taken by a macro lens I’ve been using this effect recently on some pattern wallpapers and textures, but it also works well for things like screenshots. The basic steps are: Print screen to get the image Transform to add perspective Gradient to make [...]
Photoshop toolbars from version 1 to CS3
It’s interesting to see how the toolbar has evolved. I started out using version 4, but the jump between 6 and 7 is where there is the most change. Version 7 introduced a lot of new features too. From 7 to CS2 there weren’t many huge changes but the whole interface update of CS3 makes [...]
Photoshop: Rounded Pixelation effect
I was on /wg/ today and someone had posted a desktop screenshot, asking for the original wallpaper. At first glance, it just looked like a basic, pixelated image, but upon closer inspection, the pixels had rounded edges and a slight sharpening effect. The pixels were also on an angle, something not possible with the standard [...]
Photoshop QuickTips: Vintage Colours
To start off my Photoshop tutorials, here is my most popular video tutorial on YouTube. It’s a very simple trick, but not obvious if you’re new to Photoshop. The trick is understanding how Curves work and it’s not specific to Photoshop – you can use curves in Paintshop pro and GIMP for example. One notable [...]