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My archives

http://porg.4t.com/KentC.html

how to use:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=17932932

zip file containing all docs

http://www.atncentral.com/

right frame^

Huge resource – Schewe

http://photoshopnews.com/

adobe mag online

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=14975506

plugins

http://photoshopnews.com/category/resources/plug-ins/

various tutorials – blend modes

http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/articles.htm

CS book

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=15111798

Online exif viewer

http://madcyb.kicks-ass.org:8083/default.aspx

Phil’s posts

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/postersprofile.asp?poster=hjiuiiimhx&page=1

nudes policy – why?

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1025&message=15493637

Phil’s reviews by rating

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/default.asp?view=rating

T. Knoll’s posts at DPR

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/postersprofile.asp?poster=hyifixiehd

Adobe forum FAQ

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?14@14.Ski3afbPWXT.0@.ee747eb

Posting Pics

http://www.pbase.com/otfchallenge/picture_in_message

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4447573

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1007&message=6848850

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10612047

pbase compress

http://216.120.251.248/~nikonca/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1085

Pbase settings

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=3985749

Posting to the web

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4050801

Upgrades

Any full version of PS can upgrade

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1021&message=12950418

suite upgrade to PS only

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=15125290

Photoshop for less –legal

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=12092400

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=14685588

edu versions doc

http://www.adobe.com/support/salesdocs/1002268.html

http://store.adobe.com/store/products/department.jhtml;?id=deptEducation

http://store.adobe.com/store/general/education/qualification.jhtml;storesessionid=QCB4BQOKPPAQ3QFI0ILBLMOAVDJBIIV1

for profit use now ok

http://www.adobe.com/education/purchasing/faq.html#profcomm

License Transfer

http://www.adobe.com/support/salesdocs/1000554.html

cross-platform license transfer for a fee - call/email adobe

www.adobe.com/support/pdfs/LoD_exchange.pdf

PSE upgrade to CS

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6825207

http://store.adobe.com/store/products/master.jhtml;storesessionid=XCAFEVNHGYASTQFI0IKRLMGAVDJBIIV1?id=catCanon

http://store.adobe.com/store/products/special.jhtml?id=catCanon

http://store.adobe.com/store/products/master.jhtml?id=catNikon

http://store.adobe.com/store/products/special.jhtml?id=catEpson

http://store.adobe.com/store/products/special.jhtml?id=catMicrotek

http://store.adobe.com/store/products/special.jhtml?id=catWacom_0205&sourcecode=74113

Photoshop “Bargains” – Why such sites exist

http://photoshopnews.com/2005/05/16/if-it-sounds-too-good-to-be-true-it-isnt/

Lost activation

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=16200109

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=9265260

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6861731

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6508395

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=7859936

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=7837440

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6719021

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6723837

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=7604907

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=7967001

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=8363647

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6630797

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=9522627

Optimizing performance

cs2 win

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/332271.html

cs2 mac

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/332270.html

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1910425,00.asp

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?50@874.PsisfIqxFig.8@.2cd05650

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/318243.html

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/320005.html

http://photoshopnews.com/?p=134#more-134

need more RAM? Cpu?

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=13546431

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?14@621.BZfye52VrkN.34@.3bba5591/79

dump fonts for slow loading

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=13435454

adobe engineer blog on bad fonts

http://blogs.adobe.com/scottbyer/2005/11/a_good_day.html

CS2 slow

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331412.html

faster than CS

http://www.driverheaven.net/photoshop/

refresh plugin (cs only)

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2552

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/330137.html

Tim Grey optimized system

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/1/9/d193e2d3-fac1-4e72-b9c1-42224aa709c5/OWXP_BROCHURE.PDF

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/expert/optimizedsystem.mspx

click on pdf

scratch disk

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/322829.html

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?50@251.RdF3cZdqY4v.20@.2cd05650

tags vs. profiles

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/327705.html

Mac v. PC

http://www.digitalvideoediting.com/2002/11_nov/reviews/cw_macvspciii2.htm

Psd patch

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10218237

Bugs, problems etc.

Only get save as bmp

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810978

CS2 top issues techdoc

http://www.adobe.com/support/products/photoshop.html

Adobe and MS SP2

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/330621.html

Adobe and nef

Brian Colvin    -    Apr 16, 2005 06:40 pm

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?13@621.ri74e5fXejd.754174@.3bb8fff8/51

Thomas Knoll - 07:03am Apr 17, 2005 Pacific

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?13@621.ri74e5fXejd.754174@.3bb9e9e8/125

Thomas Knoll - 11:30am Mar 1, 05 PST (#3 of 18)

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?14@621.TF2jeI5udwN.7@.3bb6a869.3bb89cb3/2

Bridge 1.03 scripts bug

John beard’s reply

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?14@363.EcSefnXbosm.106@.3bbd4b13/2

Activation problems techdoc

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/330089.html

Shortcuts/Ctrl keys not working in CS

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?50@218.hyv3c6XI65F.1970093@.2cce48e6

Logitech “freedom” and MS new ‘wireless’ keyboard.

No PS ‘help’

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/327280.html

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/326565.html

PS problems pfs file

http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/17478.html?origin=story

Make acrobat load faster

Go to Acrobat directory and in the Reader directory:

Create a new folder named plug_ins_disabled.

Move all files AND FOLDERS from the plug_ins folder to the plug_ins_disabled folder except EWH32.api, printme.api, and search.api. There should only be these 3 files in the plug_ins folder.

You can leave in "eBook.api" in case you ever need to read an Adobe copy-protected eBook.

Retouch Bios

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6360995

RetouchPro and firewalls

http://www.retouchpro.com/pages/red-x.html

LCD vs. CRT

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6023028

http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1855&p=7

http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1855

Working Space

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=7817168

Keyboard shortcuts/hotkeys

http://www.digitalretouch.org/download/hotkeys/Photoshop7HotKeys.pdf

http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.lyons/win_kb.pdf

Links

Links link:

http://www.vizualgroove.com/pstips.htm

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4705941

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4906887

http://www.popphoto.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=7840&sessionID =

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~binaryfx/PSTV_links.html

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Action links

There's a free sharpening (in general) and edge sharpening action here (among others): http://www.shutterfreaks.com/Actions/Actions.html

Mathias Vejerslev’s site. General purpose and all VERY good:
http://www.96ppi.net/photography/actions/

Adobe’s site. Everything from soup to nuts:
http://share.studio.adobe.com/Default.asp
http://studio.adobe.com/expertcenter/photoshop/main.html ----------------------------


Retouch PRO: Miscellaneous, including some photo-art:
http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2767

Retouch PRO: Mostly Photo-art, frames, edges, etc.:
http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2653

Adobe Evangelists
http://www.adobeevangelists.com/photoshop/actions.html

Chainstyle.com
http://www.chainstyle.com/ (Navigate to Goodies/Action Sets)

...and the set located below my signature (duplicate of the set feival posted).

Histograms (simple)


http://www.quiknet.com/~frcn/Histograms.html
http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles1202/tg1202-1.html

http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/understanding-histograms.shtml

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=16268175

video

http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=73

scroll down to ‘histogram palette’ movie
Histograms (detailed)
http://www.marginalsoftware.com/HowtoScan/tutorial_page_1.htm

Misc


 Understanding Color Management
http://www.colorcal.com/colornotes.html
http://www.ddisoftware.com/qimage/icc.htm
http://www.adobe.com/... .../techguides/color/colormanagement/main.html
http://www.digitaldog.net/tips.html
http://www.photoshopforphotographers.com/download/ps6fp_color2.pdf
http://www.monacosys.com/classroom/index.html
http://www.monacosys.com/classroom/links.html

http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/... .../color-correction-theory.html[/UR L]

[URL= http://www.computer-darkroom.com/... .../photoshop_6/ps6_1.htm

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/dlc/book3/chapter2/index.shtml
 
Understanding Resolution
http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles1002/tg1002-1.html
 
An Image Processing Workflow
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/workflow1.htm
 
2 Fast Start Intros. to PS for Photographers

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/instant_photoshop.htm
http://www.kelleytown.com/photoshopguide.html
 
PS Keyboard Shortcut Tips

http://www.rrcc-online.com/~lenm/16101tips.htm
 
Quick Mask Tutorial (the most precise way to make a selection):
http://www.lifetimephoto.com/TIPS/qmask/qm.html
 
Making Fine Prints in your Digital Darkroom (incl. Monitor/Printer Calibration)
http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html
 
4 Step Method to Cleaning Images with PS:
http://www.garageglamour.com/tips/articles/snapshots.php
 
Custom Noritsu & Fuji Frontier Printer Profile
http://www.popphoto.com/... ...atebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=4&t=000745s:
 
Color Correction
http://epaperpress.com/pscolor/
http://www.dl-c.com (software)
http://ps6.com/Tutorials/Color_Correction/intro.html
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/tutorials/tutorial_3_1.htm
 
Blended Duotones (gives added depth to scans-useful with poor scans):
http://www.retouchpro.com/tutorials/blended_duotone.html
 

Consolidating Actions

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4626576

Upsize Upsample

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=3983536

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=3984337

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=3984969

straightening :

http://www.edrotberg.org/images/dpreview/strand.jpg

http://www.mesapamea.co.uk/strandbp.jpg

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=3992572

John Davies shadow enhancement

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=3784244

 

Installing an Action

http://www.htmlcenter.com/tutorials/index.cfm/psactions/

Watermark:

If you have Photoshop 7.0 you can take any text or shape and create a watermark. Put the text or shape on a transparent layer, go to layer > rasterize > shape, or text, as it may be. Go to styles > load styles > load buttons. Then click on clear embossed.

This will render a clear image. Then you can delete the background, crop the image to the size you want to save and you will always have that watermark to use. Just drag in into an image and size appropriatly. I have several that I use. The one shown is made up of two different shapes.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4141040

shortcuts

In a recent thread, Danny R supplied a link to a pdf file that provides every keyboard shortcut for PS7. It is small text on two pages.

http://forums.dpreview.com/... .../read.asp?forum=1006&message=4199140

SAR image process

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4253834

Uninstalling PS:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4258148

http://graphicssoft.about.com/library/weekly/aa001024a.htm?terms=upgrade+photoshop

Selective color blowout fix

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6486693

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6493413

Blown out – ‘the claw’

http://www.planetphotoshop.com/tutorials/jim29.html

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4586683

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4642596

http://www.pixelpile.org/piled/00000104.shtml

http://www.pixelpile.org/piled/00000165.shtml

bottles claw selection adjustment

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6715329

Lynch

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4294266

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4406909

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4424557

washed out

http://graphicssoft.about.com/c/ht/00/07/How_Quickly_Correct_Washed0964060672.htm

Removing power lines

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4278165

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4276542

I said click in the box to the left of "Dust and Scratches" and it should have read:

in the box to the left of Add Noise. (the added noise is to help hide the blurring)

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10450399

Action adjustment

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4277330

Actions

Mathias Vejerslev's "Digital Deluxe Toolbox". It's a veritable mini-darkroom, chock full 'o image correcting goodies. For a complete list, description and examples, go here:

http://www.2morrow.dk/75ppi/coolpix/actions/

Danny Raphael's B+W conversions action. Danny has taken several popular methods of B+W conversions (including Russell Brown's popular Hue/Sat method) and put them into an action that allows you to compare methods side-by-side or all-in-one image. A great learning tool and an aid for those who want to see before they commit. Here's the thread:

B&W conversion comparison

http://forums.dpreview.com/... .../read.asp?forum=1006&message=4063298

Monitor calibration

http://www.werbefoto.at/d_base/calibration.htm

Actions in PSE

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4415807

Organizing pallettes

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4418670

FCAS – black board for macros

http://www.pbase.com/image/12792211

Crop without resampling

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4492542

Radial Gradient lighting

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4500107

Creating depth of field

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4317439

Cropping in 4:3 ratio in PS 7 with crop tool

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4527637

Getting rid of flare

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4541381

Straightening horizon

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4547378

Links

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4705941

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4708608

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4708635

links link***************

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4705941

Lightening shadows

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4742342

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4737698

Scratch Drive

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4801124

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4676003

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/12dde.htm

creating a tut in movies

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4839220

Burned vignette

http://www.adimaging.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=101

Feivel in a jar

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4545555

http://www.arraich.com/ps7_3Combine3.htm

i learned the bottle thing from the arraich tutorial posted above but the tutorial makes it way too complicated just move the person onto a layer ABOVE the bottle,
create mask on person layer mask out the person in various places, like where there is writing or reflections on the bottle, lower opacity of person a bit, to taste

ps the person in my bottle is my wife's highschool girlfriend in for a visit.

feivel

Droopy eye

http://www.adimaging.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=136

Eye Flip

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4929875

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4965164

Scotch Tape

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4929351

http://share.studio.adobe.com/axAssetDetailSubmit.asp?aID=5546&back=http%3A%2F%2Fshare%2Estudio%2Eadobe%2Ecom%2FaxBrowseSubmit%2Easp%3Fr%3D0%26c%3D44%26rppsel1%3D50

Curved Text

http://photoshopgurus.info/downloads/pdf/intermediate/text-fx/Type_Along_a_Path.pdf

Mouse Over copywrite protection

http://www.casmaran.com/CopywriteOnMouseOver.htm

http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/tut27d.html

Mouse Over

JJMack:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=16347132

and the follow up posts from the one above

http://graphicssoft.about.com/library/uc/ucwebguy2.htm

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=7293821

Philo and Richard Lynch on PSE

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4938273

Plugin tut

http://www.imphotography.com/downloads/installplugins.htm

Acclaimed site Petteri

http://www.seittipaja.fi/data/Photography_lessons/a_Photography_lessons.html

Saving in windows (default to bitmap)

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;260650

Horizon straightening

So, right click the eyedroper and select the measure tool. Then, put the curser on one end of the horizon and drag it to the other end of the horizon. Then, select Image/rotate canvas/ arbiatrary/ ok. Photoshop will set the line that you selected to horizontal.

Chuck Gardner’s Lessons – lighting

http://www.seittipaja.fi/data/Photography_lessons/a_Photography_lessons.html

cropping tech

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5320286

Exposure blending

the theory

http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/blended_exposures.shtml

Glenn Mitchel’s video post

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=12545654

http://homepage.mac.com/charlesclloyd/BlendedExposures/LayerMasks.html

http://forums.dpreview.com/... .../read.asp?forum=1009&message=2502988
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=3174699

http://dustylens.com/extended_range.htm

Shadow control

http://luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/shadow-control.shtml

Vikki Shadows

http://www.lifetimephoto.com/TIPS/DigitalVH/Digital%20VH.html

George shadow

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5387681

Gleb E shadow recovery

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6155628

http://www.objectiveart.org/

Stacking


http://forums.dpreview.com/... .../read.asp?forum=1009&message=3490074

Pen Tool extraction

http://www.gurusnetwork.com/tutorials/photoshop/pen1intro.html

Dodge & Burn technique

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5451466

Pam’s b&w workflow (Patrick)

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5508891

Johny’s workflow b&w

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5509669

Old Photo Restoration

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5539356

tammy crackle fix

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=17747354

my addition

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=17752388

Save As default

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5194144

Test for contrast (like with text) Ed Rotberg

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5657931

Auto color in PS tut

http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/17164-1.html

More ‘Pop’

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5725841

feivel’s feather fathom

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5766697

Blends and auto color

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5770270

Rotate and the measure tool

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5776684

Blend modes

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5498004

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5499788

Blends tutorial

http://www.photoworkshop.com/double_exposure/publish/BlendModes1.shtml

http://www.arraich.com/ref/tool_blend_modes.htm

http://epaperpress.com/psphoto/

^ click on Dodging and Burning>Intro Blends

http://www.pegtop.net/delphi/articles/blendmodes/index.htm

Gradients without banding

http://www.imouthere.com/pdf/Photoshop_Gradient_Blending.pdf

jpg2k plugin

http://www.fnordware.com/j2k/

jpeg faq

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/jpeg-faq/part1/

Animated gifs before and after

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5959771

Photoshop slow start – fonts

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5967414

Keyboard Short cuts PS

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6001955

Scan vs. Copy B&W

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4941

Dodge and Burn tech

http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles1202/tg1202-1.html

Color space settings – Thomas Niemann

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6162865

Panorama joe filer

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6181911

Color noise reduction with G blur*****

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6257671

see followup responses

Draw a grid in PS

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4178372

VG retouch tip on bad skin

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6276853

Plugins not showing up

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6293210

Copyright brush

http://www.myjanee.com/tuts/brush/cbrush7.htm

Create a digital signature Trimoon tut

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6329327

Copyright/signature

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10145897

JJMack’s action and droplets for batch processing

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6422027

Photoshop vs. Elements

http://simplephotoshop.com/photoshop_elements/photoshopelements_vs_photoshop.htm

pse3

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/pdfs/photoshopelwin_overview.pdf

http://www.cavesofice.org/~grant/Challenge/Elements3.html

RAW half way down left

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelmac/pdfs/psem_fhs_fnl.pdf

Archive Creator – burn photos to cd/dvd

http://www.pictureflow.com/ArchiveCreator/Pages/AC-Main.html

Arjun’s highlight and shadow enhancement

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6481621

Bill C’s highlight and shadow enhancement

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6482995

DPI, PPI, resampling, resizing

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6491236

Beginner’s tutorials – workflows basic/advanced

Good beginner’s tutorial on photoshop

http://www.extropia.com/tutorials/photoshop/toc.html

http://www.dwphotoshop.com/photoshop/

more tuts

http://www.michielsen.info/photoshop/index.htm

http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Photoshop/1

http://arstechnica.com/guides/tweaks/mystery.ars

http://www.zuberphotographics.com/

Good beginner’s tutorial on retouch workflow

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/instant_photoshop.shtml

http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/PhotoLab/KnowledgeBase/DigiPhotoTips/PhotoshopBasicTool.htm

http://www.arraich.com/ps_intro.htm

see my posts in the thread vtc, etc.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=9187446

action

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=13975398

http://www.atncentral.com/download.htm#Kents_Quick_Retouch

Advanced workflow

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/techniques/process.shtml

Step-by-Step Processing of Photographs using Photoshop.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/workflow1.shtml

The Ideal Digital Photographer's Workflow, Part's 1 2 &3.

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2003/12/17/digital_photography.html

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2004/01/21/digital_photography.html

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2004/02/24/digital_photography.html


Raw workflow vs. Photoshop CS.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10178439

Digital workflow - Michielsen

http://www.michielsen.info/photoshop/workflow/

Workflow

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4066080

Workflow actions

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4474932

PS Elements basic tutorials

http://www.arraich.com/elements/pse_basics1.htm

http://simplephotoshop.com/photoshop_elements/tutorials.htm

shadows/highlights

http://retouchpro.com/tutorials/index.php?m=show&id=134

Tools

PS tools

http://www.computer-training-software.com/fulllist.htm

Scroll to demos

Clone vs. Healing brush

http://www.computer-training-software.com/photoshop.htm

Scroll down and on the right there is 'new releases', click on photoshop artistry and then scroll on the left there is the 'healing tool' free demo movie.

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/movie_nf2.html

PSP8 Action for Shadow and Highlight Adjustments

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6559358

Russell Brown’s tutorials/movies

http://russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html

http://www.vtc.com/products/graphics_cd.htm

Click on any of the Photoshop cds and there are free demos in each category

Brush access

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6646857

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6646477

K. Eismann articles, tuts

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6694054

Lasso selection

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6623783

and the followup posts.

Moving eyes, etc.

http://digitalphotographers.infopop.cc/... ...p;f=7576007511&m=1786015154

Bokeh

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/bokeh.htm

CS Upgrade and Installation Do's and Don'ts

http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/photoshop/a/upgradetips.htm

more on upgrades

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=9397551

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=7101160

Tim Grey

1) Establish your color settings by choosing Edit > Color Settings from the menu and choosing the appropriate options.

2) Establish your preferences by selecting Edit > Preferences > General from the menu, and setting the desired options on each page (clicking Next to cycle through each page).

3) Re-install any plug-ins you want to use with the new version, or copy the appropriate files or folders for those plug-ins from the Plug-ins folder of the prior installation into the Plug-ins folder of the new installation. Be sure not to copy plug-ins that were included as part of the prior version of Photoshop by Adobe, as those will generally cause problems with the new version (and they're already included with the new version anyway).

4) Reconfigure your workspace (palette arrangements, etc.) if you were using that option with the prior version and save the workspace (Window > Workspace > Save Workspace).

5) If you were using any custom tool presets, select Save Tool Presets from the flyout menu on the preset dropdown of the Options bar for each tool and then use the Load Tool Presets option in the new version. You can also use the Preset Manager for this purpose.

6) If you have actions created in the prior version, select each action set that contains actions you need to transfer in turn, and choose Save Actions from the side menu on the Actions palette, saving the actions into a file. Then, in the new version, choose Load Actions from the side menu of the Actions palette and select each of the files you saved in turn.

PS tips

http://www.wwwsites.org.uk/simplyimages.co.uk/tips.php

http://photo.box.sk/tip.php3

RAW conversions

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=6907051

VG:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=7351422

Wacom tips

http://www.wacom.com/tips/index.cfm?category=Photoshop

which tablet

http://www.wacom.com/tabletwizard/index.cfm

left hand setup

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=12101788

Katrin on CS

http://www.digitalretouch.org/

Clone tool trick

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=7048149

PS CS RAW graphs

http://home.earthlink.net/~ladlueck/PS_CS_Params.htm

Free astro tools

http://www.pk3.org/Astro/index.htm?software.htm

Brightening/Darkening Using Paintbrush

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=7144413

Glare removal tutorial

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=17498657

Frasier/creative pro on PS CS

http://www.creativepro.com/story/review/20654.html

CS tut on lens blur

http://www.balzasteel.com/tutorials/gradientblur.shtml

http://www.w4c.com.au/Presentations/Materials/PhotoshopAdvancedTipsandTricks.pdf

http://www.escrappers.com/lensblur.html

vid

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/resources/total-training.html#video-clips

Uncle Franks Gradient blur

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1007&message=7163492

Slideshow review

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1004&message=5651257

Resizing for the web/email – Uncle Frank

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1007&message=6848850

Barrel distortion fixes

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=7826560

Summary of RAW adjustments –Jjmack

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=7974913

Difference between opacity and flow/fill

In layers, it's "opacity" and "fill":
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4144376

 

With brushes, it's "opacity" and "flow":

http://www.thumbnailtraining.com/

Click on ‘hot tips’ and then ‘brush tool tips’; scroll to ‘flow’.
Note the 'intersection' in the graphic at the bottom.

Straightening

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=8875288

VG high quality workflow

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=8934218

ATI catalyst driver fix for Adobe Gamma

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=8978980

Adjusted refresh plugin

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2552

irfanview plugins

http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm

8 bit to 16 bit to 8 bit

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2004/04/30/photoshopCS.html?page=1

http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/8bit-versus-16bit-difference.html

View RAW outside of PS

http://www.dpmagic.com/

Tutorials

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshoptutorialseffects/

http://user.fundy.net/morris/redirect.html?photoshop6.shtml

http://user.fundy.net/morris/photoshop.shtml

Losing exif data

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=9965006

PF/CA plugins plus toner, etc.

http://www.sd3.info/pf828/

Dodging and burning with curves

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10681961

Stock flowers JanetG

http://www.jsgrey.com/collections/photo_collections.htm

Video sites

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10709735

sp2 fix adobe

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1034&message=10188326

Tips

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2004/04/30/photoshopCS.html?page=1

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/photoshop-blog/04/09/archive.html

FCAS tut

http://www.termotronic.com/challenge/cooltrix/specialsetups/studio/unclefrank-fcb.pdf

Macro Black Foam Core setup

http://davidweikel.com/E10_samples/closeup_flash/closeflash.shtml

Tools not working

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=11569267

Editing exif

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1004&message=11679807

http://www.friedemann-schmidt.com/software/exifer/

http://search.dpreview.com/forums/search.asp?query=editing+exif&forum=all

CS2

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/

new features

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/newfeatures.html

http://graphicssoft.about.com/b/a/158739.htm

Stamp visible

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=13280764

Browser/Bridge alternative

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=13304862

wrinkles in fabric

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=9965136

User:

My images look darker in Photoshop than in other apps. When an image is first loaded into ACR it look much different than in Nikon Capture and DPP. ACR doesn’t read the WB balance right. All the metadata is stripped from the images. When I load my 1 gig images into PS everything grinds to a halt! And on top of all of that, for some reason none of my keyboard shortcuts work. And I really resent your activation policy. What are you – the 900 lb gorilla?

Tech:

Did you calibrate your monitor? You have to actually process the RAW image in ACR. The manufacture didn’t give the documentation for adjusting WB and the metadata is proprietary. Ask your manufacturer to make that data available. What video card are you using? And stop pirating software.

User:

How do you calibrate a monitor? Why doesn’t ACR know how the image is supposed to look?  Why can’t Adobe figure it out the WB and metadata? PS should adapt to any video card. And I was just asking about this for a friend.    

Fashion site

http://zoozoom.com/archives/main.html

Channels tut

http://www.mprove.de/script/90/KPT/KPT1.html

http://www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/tutorials/0402-09.html

http://www.arraich.com/ps6_tips_channels1.htm

total training channel mixer

http://photoshopgurus.com/totalphotoshop.html

LAB discussion

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=18203

velvia

http://www.thelightsrightstudio.com/... .../GiveYourPhotosAVelviaTouch.pdf

Transparent ‘fill’ layer

http://www.panosfx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=84&Itemid=29

Copyright

http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=5738&sequence=0

http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/22885.html?cprose=daily

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=13420619

http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/doingMore/copyright.shtml

Landscape tutorial – C1, PS

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=15942986

Spotts workflow

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=16021195

Photoshop show

http://attentionphotoshoppers.libsyn.com/

Katrin on 50% gray fill for dodge/burn

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=9693433

Jpeg compression comparison

http://www.aim-dtp.net/aim/evaluation/jpeg_compression/jpeg_x2.htm

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