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textures – Vikki

http://textures.forrest.cz/

Pen tool tutorial

Pam’s links

Good pen tool site with practice files to download:
http://www.sketchpad.net/drawing9.htm

Practice files for the above tut:
http://www.sketchpad.net/drawing8.htm

Guru's pen tool tut:
http://www.gurusnetwork.com/tutorial/pen/

A pen tool tut with sample practice image a and path:
http://med.stanford.edu/irt/web/training/photoshop2/part5.html

Elated pen tool tutorial:
http://www.elated.com/tutorials/graphics/photoshop/paths_pen_tool/

Chris Kateff's tut here on Retouch:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=8398481

A couple of little QT movies:
http://www.austincc.edu/pauler/penmoviesqt.html

More tips from RetouchPro:
http://retouchpro.com/tutorials/index.php?m=show&id=30

Perspective correction

http://www.pbase.com/image/24642500

http://www.fotofects.com/tutorials/photoshop/photo_retouching/correcting_perspectives/

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=8836130

keystoning fix

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10532381

Wacom chart – graphire vs. intuos 3

http://www.wacom.com/productinfo/differences.cfm

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tools/wacom-intuos-jenn.html

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=16337630

my view

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6301578

review intuos 3

http://www.creativepro.com/story/review/22070.html

wrist rest

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=13341508

cd

http://www.dreamweavercafe.com/photoshopCD/wacom.htm

Wacom problems

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10426264

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10567252

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10528764

trimoon tip on adding paper stock to surface

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=16897965

TomFid’s Toning plugin

http://www.sd3.info/pf828/selftoner/selfToner0-1.html

other plugins

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

100% crop tut

http://www.pbase.com/otfchallenge/100_crop

Crop tutorial

http://www.thegoldenmean.com/technique/crop3.html

Rounded corners on marquee

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4577499

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4578631

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4581346

Average blur –color correction

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=9331345

I sure wish Chris Cox's old "Average" filter (back then [1994-95], it was a part of a freebie "Mac-only set of filters) was included with present day versions of Photoshop.

Make a selection, any size or shape, and the "Average" filter would do just that...turn the entire selected area into an average of the color within that selection.

It does what the 3X3 and 5X5 eyedropper settings do for making a sampled average at those sizes.

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Phosphor - it is part of Photoshop CS.

Photo Filter and Color Replacement Tool – Martin Evening

http://www.photoshopforphotographers.com/pscs/download/Chapter05_movie02.pdf

Color Replacement Tool – Dave Nagel

http://www.digitalproducer.com/2004/01_jan/tutorials/01_26/pscs-cr040129.htm

Shadows/Highlights CS

http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html

hidden in the shadows

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=9427504

plus next few posts

http://www.photofocus.com/showarchive.php?aid=144&cid=3

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=9826589

http://www.digitaldog.net/files/CSShadowHiglight.pdf

Nasa plugin

http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/stepbystep.html

Dual monitors Wacom

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=8540865

Match color movie

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/tt-cs2/match-color-tutorial.html

http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/links/go/1323

Photomerge – Martin Evening

http://www.photoshopforphotographers.com/pscs/download/chapter17_movie10.pdf

----Russell Brown

http://www.creativepro.com/img/story/030904_russellbrown.pdf

----digidog

http://digitaldog.imagingrevue.com/files/CSPhotomerge.pdf

--- Eddie Tapp

http://www.photoworkshop.com/registered/softwarecinema/eddie_tapp_pro_tech.html

IR, Templates, Photomerge, Pen tool, layer clipping, creating actions

Photomerge video

http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPlayerLoad.asp?modMovieID=4183&chap_num=4&ModID=73

Clone vs. Healing brush

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

Scroll down on the left there is 'using the healing brush' free demo movie.

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

http://www.good-tutorials.com/search.php?q=clone&submit.x=6&submit.y=6

Keystoning fix joe filer

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=9696327

http://www.tawbaware.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?t=608

Apply image tut

http://www.planetphotoshop.com/alward67.html

http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.asp?p=101197&seqNum=10

Interchannel Color Correction

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7685

dannyR action

http://www.pk.darkhorizons.org/NewLRGB2.htm

Lens blur

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=14361352

mitch

http://www.thelightsright.com/DigitalDarkroom/Tutorials/TakingControlOverDepthOfField.pdf

http://www.thelightsrightstudio.com/DigitalDarkroom/Tutorials/TakingControlOverDepthOfField.pdf

Pulsar

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=13216195

Blend if – Mitch

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=9787110

Layer comps

http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/20872.html

http://www.adobe.com/tips/phs8lyrcomp/pdfs/phs8lyrcomp.pdf

http://www.russellbrown.com/tips/tips.html

Dr. Brown's Animatic Maker NEW

CS overview – adobe

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/newfeatures.html?top10highlight

optipix Select Edges Custom Filter

http://www.reindeergraphics.com/

http://www.reindeergraphics.com/free.shtml#selectedge

http://www.creativemac.com/2002/09_sep/reviews/optipix102020912.htm

http://www.imaging-resource.com/SOFT/OPT/OPT.HTM

Panos

http://www.pbase.com/nowhereatoll/panorama_demonstration

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-panoramas.shtml

http://www.panoguide.com/howto/panoramas/

Favorite trick thread

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=9947241

Patch tool

http://www.digitalretouch.org/

click on healing and patch in left frame, scroll to 'patch tool'

Download PDF 1.7 Mb Introduction to the Patch Tool

http://www.russellbrown.com/images/tips_movies/DisappearingSurfer.mov

Good general links

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

Wacom – two monitor discussion

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=8540233

http://www.wacom-europe.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=&whichpage=1&TOPIC_ID=665

http://www.wacom-europe.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=&TOPIC_ID=2039

Brushes – see esp. David Nagel’s site

http://www.creativemac.com/articles/listarticle.jsp?type=downloads

at bottom hit ‘download archive’ on each page after

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

rust

http://share.studio.adobe.com/axAssetDetailSubmit.asp?aID=11065&back=http%3A%2F%2Fshare%2Estudio%2Eadobe%2Ecom%2FaxLGSubmit%2Easp%3Flg%3D1%26p%3D2%26t%3D%2D1%26ft%3DPhotoshop%2BFiles

http://www.photoshopbrushes.com/brushes.htm

http://websoup.org/resources/links.php?&cat=32&offset=0

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=12431007

Which wacom tablet

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10284099

Fonts scrolling

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=7598662

Liquify

http://www.surrealproductionsx.com/Liquify.html
http://www.basicphotoshop.com/tutz/pstutz51.htm
http://www.jessett.com/web_sites/graphics/photoshop/liquify.shtml
http://www.eyesondesign.net/pshop/liquifytool/liquify1.htm

http://www.totaltraining.com/prod/adobe/photoshopcs.asp?mscsid =

Single column(row) marquee tool

http://www.eyesondesign.net/pshop/mouse/mouse2.htm
http://www.webthang.co.uk/tuts/tuts_pshop/simon2/simon2_2.asp
http://www.eyesondesign.net/pshop/segpipes/segpipes.htm