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My archives
how to use:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=17932932
zip file containing all docs
right frame^
Huge resource – Schewe
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
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/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
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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
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
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
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
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
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.
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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