Download 

151 creative works found

• Showing off your Calendars - Part II
  by John Barratt

  I recently added a journal entry on how to show off your calendars by embedding the individual preview images for the cover & each month …

  I recently added a journal entry on how to show off your calendars by embedding the individual preview images for the cover & each month here . Last Friday we released some new functionality to allow you to preview your calendar via a downloadable pdf file. This gives another way of being able to publically show your calendar, and potentially via different means. If like before, you go into mybubble -> calendars -> edit calendar -> buy/preview then you should now see a link below your preview image saying “You can download a reduced-quality PDF preview here”. Here is a link to my snow calendar as a PDF, the same one as in the previous journal article. This is a file of only a few MB that can be downloaded and saved or opened up in acrobat reader. Note that this is low quality preview only, it does not have the full detail of the final printed version. The idea here is it gives you a little more detail than the standard web preview, and allows for your whole calendar to be conveniently ‘shared’ in one file. So, you can copy that link (right click in your browser and select the appropriate option) and then do things like embed it in your journal entries, add it to emails, or put it on other websites as you would like. You could also attach the saved pdf to an email, and send it directly to an friends or family that may be interested in seeing/buying your calendar.

• 

  Life
  by Sam Collard

  I had the idea watching a slow download. Like a download don’t we anticipate the end more and more the closer it gets? Enjoy.

• Specifically Software
  by Gracey

  Link listing of free software relating to graphics and imagery. These are either freeware, open source or donationware – *not free trials…

  Link listing of free software relating to graphics and imagery. These are either freeware, open source or donationware – not free trials. Some are “light” or free versions of a full-version software. As with anything, PLEASE READ THE TERMS OF USE and Licensing for each thing you download. Just because it is free that doesn’t always mean you can use it for commercial outputs. I have not tried all of these personally, so I can’t give you recommendations on their functionality; the graphic/paint programs which I have used (some I still use for certain things) may have notations of my opinion on them, but it is just that, my own personal opinion. Many of these are available for both Mac and PC, but you’ll have to go check at the link site yourself – make sure you check the system requirements before you install anything (mamy older programs may not be compatible with WindowsXP or Vista), and be sure you have an up-to-date antivirus. I have accessed all of these links and downloads with no warnings, but it pays to be safe. One last thing…if you use free software and find it useful, please donate to the creators (or upgrade to the paid version if they have one at reasonable cost) when you are able. Donations are how we can encourage free software makers to continue making the software free. MINI ANIMATORS FOR ANIGIFS Unfreez2 I have been using this since the days of “blinkies” – this is probably one of the tiniest programs – takes up no space and almost no memory and creates an animated gif. You need to have all your files ready to go when you use this. There is no time line, and not much in the way of control, so it’s not for those who use more sophisticated programs. It will, however, make a decent animated avatar. Pivot by Peter Bone. A stick-figure animator. There is a sample on the homepage. Another very simple program to create small anigifs and and avatars. Click the software link to go to the download page. GRAPHICS & PHOTO Editing PaintStar – supports 30+ file formats, image morphing, full editing/graphic tools, supports layers and multiple paths. Freeware. GimPhoto & GimPad / GimPhoto is a GIMP modification with a new menu layout, a great selection of plugins, and many additional resources for a more professional look and feel in a digital photo retouching and image editing application package. It more closely resembles the look of Photoshop. Portable Gimp You can run this version of GimpShop from a thumb drive, or cd/dvd instead of installing it. Be sure to read the installation info – you will need to download at least one other file if you want the interface to look like Photoshop. There is a third file that gives you the PS background window, however, I did not download this since it is buggy. I recently got this Portable Gimp for my new laptop (already own two versions of CS (2 & 3) for different computers, so I can’t afford another version for a travel computer (particularly when I don’t plan to do much editing on it). The laptop has Vista Home Premium on it, and this portable version with PS GUI file installed seems to work just fine. New Photobie and Photobie Studio Both versions are free. There are also helpful forums and tutorials on the site. NOTE For anyone interested in other “portable” applications, the “PortableApps”: site has a goodly number. You can find the page here These are all freeware or open source, and it includes the Mac OS (an older version – see Mac-on-a-stick). Ivy Generator – not really an editing program, but it generates fairly realistic ivy for use in your collages or other imaging. Artrage2 (free version & paid version is only $25 – freeware version is somewhat limited but good for basic art) Artweaver (decent simple painting program with variety of drawing styles and supports layers and transparency – good for creating patterns and texture) Cenon for mac or linux (haven’t used this since it won’t work on PC, but it looks interesting and I’d love to try it) Gimp (one of the most powerful open source image editors with an interface and functions similar to Photoshop) ImageMagick Inkscape Vector Graphics program (a bit of a learning curve with this; similar in function to Adobe Illustrator) Paint.net (drawing and paint program; supports layers) Pixarra’s Twisted Brush Free Edition Pixia Drawing & Painting) Photofiltre – this version is free and does not support layers, the studio version is 29 euros (the studio version supports layers and transparency and has many functions similar to Photoshop) Project Dogwaffle Free Version Serif DrawPlus Skencil Vector Graphics Smooth Draw Nx MobaPhoto – not an image editor or paint program, but useful to create image galleries for websites. PANORAMA MAKERS Open Source Panorama Tools Autostitch Canon Panorama Stitch PanoGuide FRACTAL PROGRAMS Fyre – random image generator. This is pretty cool. Apophysis Chaoscope Double Fractal Endlos Fractal Explorer Fractal Forge Fractal Studio Fractint Gnu Xaos Mandala Explorer Tierazon Specifically for Mac – fractals Spangfract / Spanky’s Fractals for Mac Listing SCREENCAPTURE SOFTWARE Cam Studio (records video screen captures to avi or swf) MWSnap (I used this one for years – pretty good, very easy) Easy-Capture (very similar to the “CaptureIt” software) ScreenHunter FastStone IMAGE CATALOGUES/ORGANIZERS Lightbox Picasa Windows Live Photo Gallery WEB-BASED IMAGE EDITORS (thanks to Jo Obrien for this link – there’s ten image editors here that are web-based) 10 Web Editors 3D SOFTWARE Amabilis 3D Canvas Anim8or Art of Illusion Blender Bryce 5.5 Daz3D Studio POV-Ray Serif 3D Plus SketchUp sPatch Terragen trueSpace from Caligari Wings 3d World Creator and Buttonmaker by Inet 3d Add-ons, Utilities and Models (listed on Verchi forums) General Use For Bryce and Blender For Daz3D, Poser and Others The above links are to 3 forum threads (stickies) elsewhere – the lists were compiled by me for that forum (which is now defunct, but still accessible), and includes plugins, add-ons and utilities, and links to sites where you can obtain things like free models for 3D and free textures. Please be sure to check the model downloads for licensing terms. If you are unsure about using a model in a sellable product, email the modeler – they are usually very good about responding. Mostly they don’t want you sell or give away the model/mesh, but will usually allow it’s use in a rendered image for sale. If the license doesn’t state that it is available for commercial use, please don’t use it without contacting the owner first. A simple email from them will act as a license for your renders. If they don’t allow it, please don’t do it. Other Useful Utilities Revo Uninstaller – very good program to help in uninstalling programs that don’t come with their own uninstaller. Yes, windows has an uninstall function, but sometimes there are bits left behind. Revo can help with that. Freeware CCleaner A cookie cleaner that cleans out a lot more than cookies. It can also do a registry check and remove unnecessary entries. Freeware PC Inspector Smart Recovery – recover image files from memory cards Startup Control Panel For those who want to control what programs load on startup, but aren’t sure how to do it, this small control panel applet is a useful tool. (I’ve loaded this onto both my daughters’ computers because they don’t understand how to stop the unnecessary programs from loading. This little program was easy to explain to them.) Those who understand computer maintenance and techs won’t need or want this, since you can do the same from your control panel. Startup Monitor A small program that monitors your startups and notifies you when any program/file registers itself to run at startup. RunAlyzer, FileAlyzer, RegAlyzer – from the makers of Spybot S&D RunAlyzer / Gives an overview over many relevant system settings, intended to replace the Tools section currently integrated into Spybot-S&D. FileAlyzer / FileAlyzer allows a basic analysis of files (showing file properties and file contents in hex dump form) and is able to interpret common file contents like resources structures (like text, graphics, HTML, media and PE). RegAlyzer / RegAlyzer is a tool to browse and change the registry. Office Software Open Office.org (comparable to MS Office) Floppy Office (a software package containing a dozen applications. The entire thing will run from a thumb drive, a floppy, or your computer. A very small download for those with connection issues. Contains a useful ftp client.) Computer Security & Antivirus Software How to Remove Antivirus XP, Antivirus XP2008, Antivirus XP2009 (there have been a spate of infections of this nasty, so it seems helpful to include this link, which also includes appropriate software downloads). How to Remove VIRUS ALERT (ditto the above) Spybot Search & Destroy – variety of functions including cleanup of malware, adware, browser protection, system internals and other uses. HijackThis – helps remove browser hijacks, homepage hijacks, identify & remove malware, adware, trojans etc. NOTE: do not use this on your own if you don’t know anything about computers. If you need help to identify and clean up computer infections go to What The Tech (formerly TomCoyote forums) and post your problem in the appropriate forums. If you need help or explanations, bmail me. A-squared – very good anti-trojan. They also have pro versions of the anti-trojan, as well as anti-malware. Malwarebytes – a variety of useful anti-malware tools. Tried and true; I’ve used some of these quite often to clean up other computers. Adaware Free – adware removal tool (other tools available, though not necessarily free) – I don’t use this one personally. AVG Free Antivirus – Free antivirus & browser protection. I’ve read some minor complaints about false-positives with this, but I’ve been using this for about five years with no complaint. I also install this on every computer I clean. One thing to note about some OEM software installed on new computers – products like Norton & MacAffee: the subscription for free virus signature updates will often run out after a year or two – be sure to check yours if this is what you use. This happened to both of my daughters – thinking they had antivirus software. Avast Free Antivirus – another decent freeware antivirus I’ve used. ThreatFire (formeryly known as Cyberhawk): “ThreatFire is different. It does not rely on signatures, but instead constantly analyzes your computer’s behavior to detect and block any malicious activity. ThreatFire protects immediately so you know your PC and your valuable data is always secure.” Rather than listing all of these available products (which there are many – but be careful, because some will cause more harm than good to your computer) here’s a trusted site where there’s a decent listing of helpful programs: Freebytes Guide to Free Anti-virus/Anti-malware Pacs Portal A fairly large listing of computer start-up programs (.exe files) and what they do, or what they are used for, and whether or not your computer needs them to load on start-up. It also lists start-ups for trojans and malware which makes this site extremely helpful in identifying the files that are loading in your process list. CHILDREN There are also some drawing & paint programs in the free/open source category available specifically geared to children in age ranges from 4 or 5 to 10 or 12. Encourage the artist in your children from a young age. Tux Paint Drawing for Children Smooth Teddy LAST BUT NOT LEAST Here’s a site that I check every day. I’ve gotten a couple of pretty decent programs from here. They offer a licensed software download for free, every day. To get it licensed you must download and install it on the day it’s given away – and you need to follow the activation instructions in the downloaded zip file. Give-away-of-the-day There are two drawbacks here: most of the time the software offered is of no use or interest to me personally (that doesn’t make it bad, it could be that stuff offered is very useful to someone else), and secondly…if your computer crashes or you buy a new one, the software license can’t be recovered or transferred to another computer. There are, however, times where the software will be offered again at a later date. NOTE: you can’t always trust the thumbs up/thumbs down ratings. A lot of people will give the software a thumbs down because it’s of no interest to them. I’ve been following this site for about six months, and I have a number of programs I use (including Business Cards MX3.9, Wondershare’s WebVideo Author, Sound Editor Deluxe, A2 Antiwaremalware, Moyea Flash Video MX, Acoolsoft Powerpoint to Video Converter, Photo Story Gold, iSpring Pro, Wondershare’s Photoo Collage Studio and their Flash Slideshow Builder, and Dogwaffle’s “PD Particles”), Dogwaffle Project (not the free one), and like from them, along with 3 games. You can scroll through some of the previous give-aways on the main page to see the variety of stuff they offer. On the weekends, they offer a free game give away on their sister site Game-give-away-of-the-day This is not a complete listing of all freeware available, but it is fairly representational of what’s available, from the simple to the more complex. If anyone has links that fit these categories, please feel free to add them in the comments section, or bmail them to me and I’ll add them into the body with a notation of who submitted them. / __________ One of the reason’s for this compiled list is that I find myself frequently pointing people to links for software of this nature. I just thought it would be easier to keep it one place.

• 

  Ancient Love
  by Shakira Rivers

  My Bubble Site pencil drawing colored in photoshop / Love between a pharaoh and his queen /

• 

  downlOad
  by artyfishal

  digital art created in photoshop 2008 / aluding to the death of christ and the way his message reached us.

• 

  Good Night
  by Shakira Rivers

  My Bubble Site Pencil drawing colored in photoshop / Another with my favorite color,blue!! / 2005 / I wanted an image where the only light is the moon light /

• T-shirt colour guide with Red Bubble conversion
  by Chris Wahl

  I’ve posted this over at the forums but I thought it was important to post here as well. The following chart was made to help take the…

  I’ve posted this over at the forums but I thought it was important to post here as well. The following chart was made to help take the guess work out of how your t-shirt design colours will look after Red Bubble’s colour conversion. I simply took a CMYK swatch palette from Photoshop and put it on a t-shirt in Redbubble. As a result, all the colours were converted. Update- I’ve now added coordinates so you can easily find the relating colours between each swatch set. -In the first block of swatches is an extensive range of CMYK colours which you can use while in RGB or CMYK mode to colour your designs. On the bottom is how these colours will be converted on RB’s shirt design preview. For a larger version of the colour guide you can go here (copy and paste in your browser)- http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/1130/tshirtcolourguidenewwl6.jpg Hope this helps everyone.

• 

  Downloading dots tighter
  by philbotic

• 

  Marika
  by Samuel Durkin

• 

  HIDDEN BUNNIES
  by Dayonda

  FREE to ENJOY: free to downoad& print for coloring in purposes. / As with all of my coloring-in work, this is not complete without “audience participation, so you simply have to finish it!. Use it for play and relaxation whenever you want but please note: / I retain the copyright- thanks for being honest in your dealings with me.

• 

  Fuck Vinyl (Black Print)
  by rudeboyskunk

• 

  Fuck Vinyl (White Print)
  by rudeboyskunk

• 

  A gift from me to you
  by Maria Medeiros

  Hello! This is a gift for you! Just go to this link and download it! :)I appreciate your support! / Enjoy! / a gift from me to you /

• Tutorial Listing
  by Gracey

  This is simply a page where I can the links to all the tutorials I have hosted on my web server. As I add new tutorials, this list will c…

  This is simply a page where I can the links to all the tutorials I have hosted on my web server. As I add new tutorials, this list will change, but every once in a while I send out an update journal. Unfortunately a couple of weeks ago I accidently deleted a folder that contained the tutorials (among other things), but up until someone bmailed me looking for one of the tutorials, I hadn’t figured out all that was missing. This journal will be an easy way for me to check links in the future. Tutorials Directly Related to Redbubble How to Add Images or Buttons to Your Profile as Links How To Make a T-Shirt Design with Transparency for the Redbubble Tee Template What Size Images Do I Need to Get Prints on Redbubble Photoshop Tutorials Replacing A Photographic Sky using Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 How to Isolate Objects with the Pen Tool Basic Image Resizing in Photoshop Boosting Colours with Layers Using the Photoshop CS2 Enlarge for Print Wizard Using the Perspective Tool in Photoshop Removing Backgrounds in Photoshop Using Photoshop’s Extraction Tool Removing Backgrounds in Photoshop Using Layers and the Eraser Tool A Simple Colour Sketch from a Photograph using Photoshop A Tutorial for Cleaning & Smoothing Skin How To Create Your own Unique Text Designs Using the Text Mask Tool Beginner’s Photography Tutorials Compositional Rules F-stops and Shutter Speeds Shooting Isolated Objects, or Simple How To Shoot On a White Background

• 

  Filigree 2
  by Lenny La Rue, IPA

  Just downloaded ChaosPro. Thanks, to SE for the fine recommendation. This is my first effort – or shall I say, the program’s first effort (since I didn’t know SQUAT about what I was doing when just clicking options. LOL!) The program is pretty shocking in its complexity and the results are equally shocking in their beauty. Uh, I sorta forgot to mention the one most important thing up front: this is a fractal and ChaosPro is a fractal creation program. If you’re interested in grabbing this free program, here’s the link but be patient and try more than one download if the one you get doesn’t work. I wasn’t able to get any of the last 3 versions/updates because they all were bad downloads. The good news is that you can go a long ways down and still get a fantastic program. And if it’s worth me downloading on DIAL-UP, you can be sure it’s well worth the time. LOL!

• Well balanced color palettes...
  by Nuh Sarche

  Before I begin to create any graphic or vector, I think about the colors I want to use…. First I have to know which atmosphere the p…

  Before I begin to create any graphic or vector, I think about the colors I want to use…. First I have to know which atmosphere the picture will transport and I choose a matching color palette for this… So here I have for you some of the well balanced color palettes I use… Feel free to download the palettes (right click at the pictures and save them), use them in your work and present your results here in comments…. I would love to see your creations….. :)) And by the way… Those combinations work EVERYWHERE… in your art, home, clothing…....................... Nr. 1 Nr. 2 Nr. 3 Nr. 4 Nr. 5 Nr. 6 Nr. 7 Nr. 8 Nr. 9 Nr. 10 Nr. 11 Nr. 12 And here an example of the colors from the palette Nr. 12 used in my last graphic work…. With a lot of greetings Nuh Sarche Read also: You can see live, who visits your site if you want… or I’m also a blogger now…. ;) or Telepathy

• 

  CATZ RULE COLOURING-IN PIC
  by Dayonda

  50 little spaces to color in- there are parts of 3 kittiy faces besides the whole face in the middle. *You may download my colouring-in pics and color them in. I retain the copyright®, so please don’t pass them off as yours. Enjoy colouring them in and give both of us credit, please! See the big nose on the top of the pic? / Under it are two cats, one above the other. / At the sides are 2 more cats. / This is the hardest one to colour to date. CATZ RULE: DOGS DROOL

• 

  Downloading
  by Argeni

  Mixed some oldskool letter from the year 0 with the modern download icon. / Find it look pretty cool 4 a tee. / Enjoy!

• 

  Download
  by 4Seasons

  Download something…

• A Whole Page For Photoshop (Software, Plugins, Scripts, How To's Plus more!)
  by StarKatz

  I don’t know whether anyone knows or not, but if you’re as mad about Photoshop as I’m getting to be you’re going to have a blast with thi…

  I don’t know whether anyone knows or not, but if you’re as mad about Photoshop as I’m getting to be you’re going to have a blast with this site, “Photoshop Elements Menu” / http://www.photokaboom.com/_htm_menus/PSE_menu.htm Get Free downloads, and check out the tutorials.. You can never have too much information on Photoshop.. If you happen to find anything you think may be useful to others be it this website I’ve provided or another, please share the links here ;0) Check this out exert from the same site: Photoshop Elements /Move a Face Is this the right tutorial for you? The face you want to move could be in two situations. / Two Situations Situation #1 You have two photographs of the same group of people. The photographs were taken moments apart from each other. Grandpa Gumpo has a great expression in one of the photographs. In the other photograph, Grandpa Gumpo looks like a bee has just stung him. You want to cover Grandpa Gumpo’s bee-stung-face with his good-smile face. To do the above, go to File > New > Photomerge Group Shot. Don’t use Photomerge Faces. That’s for combining facial features to make a funny face. Situation #2 This tutorial is for the following situation. You have a photograph of a group of people. You want to add a person to the group that wasn’t in the group. Moving the face is easy. Integrating it into the group photograph is complicated. If you’re an intermediate user of Photoshop Elements, stick around. Beginners should come back later! 1 – Open the Two Photographs Let’s say you have a photograph of Uncle Fud. And, you have a photograph of a group of people, the destination for Uncle Fud’s face. 1) Open the photograph of Uncle Fud and the photograph of the group. / 2 – Select Uncle Fud 2) Double click on the thumbnail of the Uncle Fud photograph in the photo bin at the bottom of your screen. 3) Select Uncle Fud’s face and upper body. Hair can be difficult to select. You can select a few pixels of the background around Uncle Fud’s hair. Later, if necessary, erase these pixels of the background. 3 – Copy Uncle Fud 4) Press Ctrl + j. Uncle Fud is now on a new layer all by himself. 5) Rename this layer Uncle Fud. / 4 – Do You Need to Flip Uncle Fud? You may need to rotate the Uncle Fud layer horizontally, left-to-right. Do this if the lighting is different for Uncle Fud and for the group. Check Uncle Fud’s Light Direction Look at the lighting on Uncle Fud. Figure out where the light is coming from. Look at the shadows and highlights. Let’s say the light is coming from the left side in the Uncle Fud photograph. / Check the Group’s / Light Direction Next, look at the group photograph. Is the light coming from the same direction as in the Uncle Fud photograph? Let’s say the light is coming from the right side in the group photograph. When you put Uncle Fud into the group, he may look odd. He’s lighted from the left. Everyone else is lighted from the right. / Back & Front Lighting If one photograph has light was coming from behind—and the other photograph has light from the direction of the camera—there would be no need to flip Uncle Fud. 5 – Flip Uncle Fud Do the following, if necessary. 6) Make sure the Uncle Fud layer is selected (highlighted). 7) Go to Image > Rotate > Flip Layer Horizontally. Make sure you select: Flip Layer Horizontally—not Flip Horizontally. Uncle Fud has flipped. A person may look different when he or she is flipped left-to-right. However, correcting the difference in lighting probably outweighs any unnaturalness due to the flipping. This is even more true when the face is small in the group photograph. / 6 – Move the Uncle Fud Layer To move the Uncle Fud layer to the group photograph, do the following. 8) Make sure the Uncle Fud layer is selected (highlighted). 9) Press Ctrl + a. You’ll see the marching ants on the edge of the image. 10) Select the Move tool. 11) Click, and hold, on the large image of Uncle Fud in the center of your screen. Don’t click on the Uncle Fud layer in the layers palette on the right side. So, you’ve clicked on Uncle Fud in the center of your screen, and you’re holding the mouse button down. 12) Drag Uncle Fud onto the thumbnail of the group photograph in the photo projects bin at the bottom of your screen. 13) Double click the thumbnail of the group photograph in the project bin. The Uncle Fud layer is now on the top of the layer stack in the layers palette on the right side of your screen. If you haven’t already, go to Move a Layer. Uncle Fud Background copy (Group of people) Background Layer Stack in the Photograph of the Group / Note: / Edit the Group Photograph, Now You have moved the Uncle Fud layer to the group photograph. You’re finished with the Uncle Fud photograph. From now on, you’ll be editing the group photograph only. / 7 – Reposition Uncle Fud 14) In the group photograph layer stack, make sure the Uncle Fud layer is selected (highlighted). 15) Select the Move tool 16) Click, hold, and drag Uncle Fud. You can reduce the opacity of the layer to better see how to integrate Uncle Fud into the group. Fine tune the position by using the arrow keys on your keyboard. You’ll probably have to resize Uncle Fud. His head may be too small or too big. / 8 – Grid You can use a grid to make it easier to resize Uncle Fud. 17) Go to View > Grid. 18) Use the Zoom tool to enlarge the face of the person in the group nearest to Uncle Fud. Let’s say Aunt Joan is next to Uncle Fud. 19) Count the number of boxes from the top of Aunt Joan’s face to the bottom of her face. / Note: Grid Box Size If the grid boxes are too small or too big, change their size. Go to Grid in Preferences. / Windows Edit > Preferences > Grid, or press Ctrl + k. / Mac Apple menu > Preferences > Grid. / 9 – Resize Uncle Fud Let’s say the height of Aunt Joan’s face is eleven boxes. Uncle Fud will be “standing” behind Aunt Joan. So, make his face a little smaller than eleven boxes. 20) Make sure the Uncle Fud layer is selected (highlighted). 21) You may want to deselect the Eye icons of the other layers, so you can see Uncle Fud more easily. 22) Go to Image > Transform > Free Transform, or press Ctrl + t. A box will appear around Uncle Fud. 23) Position the cursor directly over the bottom right corner of the box. The cursor will change to a straight double arrow (not curved). Press and hold Alt, click and hold the mouse button down, and move the corner of the box to resize Uncle Fud. Pressing and holding Alt keeps the aspect ratio of the Uncle Fud layer intact. Again, make his face a little smaller than eleven boxes high. 24) Click the green check mark to keep the transformation. If you haven’t already, go to the Free Transform Tool. 25) Go to View > Grid to hide the grid. 26) Reselect the Eye icons for the other layers. / Note: / Don’t Degrade Uncle Fud If you make a mistake when resizing Uncle Fud, it’s best to go back to just before you resized the layer. The Free Transform tool adds and deletes pixels. Therefore, if you resize and click the green check mark, and do it again, and again, the Uncle Fud layer will degrade. Use one of the following methods to backtrack. / Undo Arrow So, if you don’t like the new size of Uncle Fud, click the blue Undo arrow icon until you return to the operation you did just before using the Free Transform tool. / Undo History Go to Window > Undo History. There, select the operation done just before using the Free Transform tool. Then, close the Undo History window. You’ll go back to just before you used the Free Transform tool. / Note: / Tucking Uncle Fud into the Group Uncle Fud’s body isn’t tucked into the group yet. He’s floating above the group! He doesn’t have legs! Not to worry. We’ll tuck him into the group after correcting his Levels and color. / 10 – Levels 27) If the exposure and contrast of the Uncle Fud layer are different from the group, do the following. a) Make sure the Uncle Fud layer is selected (highlighted). b) Go to the Create adjustment layer icon (“yin-yang”) and select Levels. Don’t make any corrections yet. c) Click OK. d) Make sure the Levels adjustment layer is selected (highlighted). d) Go to Layer > Group with Previous, or press Ctrl + g. The Levels adjustment layer and the Uncle Fud layer are now grouped. Look for the tiny black arrow pointing down in the Levels adjustment layer. Because they’re grouped, the correction from the Levels adjustment layer will be confined only to the Uncle Fud layer. The Levels adjustment layer won’t affect the group. e) Reopen the Levels adjustment layer by double clicking the graph icon (6.0), or gears icon (7.0), in the Levels adjustment layer. f) Make your Levels corrections to match the exposure and contrast of Uncle Fud with that of the group. g) Click OK. The layer stack will look like this. ↓ Levels (Grouped with Uncle Fud) Uncle Fud Background copy (Group of people) Background / Note: / What about Doing / Levels for the Group? You used Levels on the Uncle Fud layer. When we’re almost finished, you’ll do Levels on all of the layers to make the entire photograph look its best. / 11 – Color Correct Uncle Fud The color of the light that illuminated Uncle Fud, in his original photograph, may have been a different color than the color of the light on the group. People won’t notice slight variations in the color between Uncle Fud and the rest of the group. So, you don’t need to match the color perfectly. 28) If the colors of Uncle Fud and the group are substantially different, try one of the following two color correction methods. / Automated Method / Correct Uncle Fud’s Color a) Make sure the Uncle Fud layer is selected (highlighted). b) Go to Enhance > Adjust Color > Adjust Color for Skin Tone. c) Click on Uncle Fud’s cheek. / Sliders Use the sliders to fine tune the color. The Tan and Blush sliders affect the skin tone. Is Uncle Fud more tan, or more blush? The Temperature slider can be used to cool (blue) or warm (red) the color. / Better? Does Uncle Fud’s color match the group better? If not, correct the skin tones in the group. Do the following. / Correct the Group’s Color d) Make sure the Background copy layer is selected (highlighted). e) Go to Enhance > Adjust Color > Adjust Color for Skin Tone. f) Click on Aunt Joan’s cheek. But, don’t click on her too-thick rouge. You have now color corrected both layers. Their color should be similar now. / Photo Filter Adjustment Layer Method If you’re somewhat skilled at judging color, create a Photo Filter adjustment layer. a) Make sure the Uncle Fud layer is selected (highlighted). b) Go to the Create adjustment layer icon (“yin-yang”) and select Photo Filter. Don’t make any corrections yet. c) Click OK. / To Group or Not to Group Do you have a Levels adjustment layer already grouped with the Uncle Fud layer? If so, you don’t need to group the Photo Filter adjustment layer with the Uncle Fud layer. The Photo Filter adjustment layer will be automatically grouped with the Levels adjustment layer. So, skip ahead to f), below. If you don’t have a Levels adjustment layer grouped with the Uncle Fud layer, do the following. d) Make sure the Photo Filter adjustment layer is selected (highlighted). e) Go to Layer > Group with Previous, or press Ctrl + g. The Photo Filter adjustment layer and the Uncle Fud layer are now grouped. Look for the tiny black arrow pointing down in the Photo Filter adjustment layer. Because they’re grouped, the correction from the Photo Filter adjustment layer will be confined only to the Uncle Fud layer. The Photo Filter adjustment layer won’t affect the group. f) Reopen the Photo Filter adjustment layer by double clicking the filter icon in the Photo Filter adjustment layer. g) Click the tiny black triangle to open the filter menu. h) Select the filter according to the chart below. The boldfaced filters are the most commonly used. / If Uncle Fud Is . . . Use this Filter / Too cool (blue). Warming Filter (81) / Too warm (red). Cooling Filter (82) / Too cyan (blue/green) Red / Too violet. Orange / Too blue. Yellow / Too magenta (pink). Green / Too red. Cyan / Too yellow. Blue / Too orange Violet / Too green, such as florescent lighting. Magenta h) Click OK. If the color correction needs to be tweaked, reopen the Photo Filter adjustment layer. Move the Density slider back-and-forth, and click OK. The layer stack may look like this. ↓ Levels (Grouped with Uncle Fud) ↓ Photo Filter (Grouped with Uncle Fud) Uncle Fud Background copy (Group of people) Background 12 – Tuck Uncle Fud into the Group Do the following to blend Uncle Fud into the group. / Preparation 29) Make sure the Uncle Fud layer is selected (highlighted). 30) Reduce the opacity of the Uncle Fud layer. You need to be able to see the shoulders of Aunt Joan and others. / Understand What Needs to be Selected Let’s say Aunt Joan is standing next to Aunt Bea. Uncle Fud is going to be between, and behind, the shoulders of the two aunts. So, you need to select from their shoulders down. / Select You’ll select the two aunt’s shoulders, and the upper parts of the their dresses. The Magnetic Lasso tool may be the best selection tool for this task. 31) Make sure the Background copy layer is selected (highlighted). 32) Deselect the Eye icon for the Uncle Fud layer. You don’t want to select Uncle Fud. You only want the aunt’s shoulders and the tops of their dresses. 33) Select the shoulders of Aunt Joan and Aunt Bea, and continue the selection down on portions of their dresses. 34) To save the selection, go to Select > Save Selection. Enter Aunts as the selection’s name, and click OK. / Copy the Selected Area Onto a New Layer 35) Make sure the Background copy layer is selected (highlighted). 36) The Eye icon for the Uncle Fud layer should still be deselected. 37) Press Ctrl + j. The shoulders and dresses are now on a new layer. 38) Rename the layer Shoulders & Dresses. / The Shoulders & Dresses Layer Should Be in Register The Shoulders & Dresses layer should be in register with the Background copy layer. That is, the shoulders and dresses of the two aunts on both layers should “line up”. If for some reason, the Shoulders & Dresses layer is askew, from the Background copy layer, do the following. a) Select the Shoulders & Dresses layer (highlighted). b) Select the Move tool. c) Move the Shoulders & Dresses layer using the arrow keys on your keyboard. / Drag the Layer to the Top 39) Click and hold on the Shoulders & Dresses layer, and drag it to the top of the layers stack. This how the stack of layers should look. Shoulders & Dresses ↓ Levels (Grouped with Uncle Fud) ↓ Photo Filter (Grouped with Uncle Fud) Uncle Fud Background copy (Group of people) Background 40) Select the Eye icon for the Uncle Fud layer so you can see him once again. 41) If the opacity for the Uncle Fud layer is still below 100%, move it back up to 100%. / What Happened The Shoulders & Dresses layer is covering up the part of Uncle Fud that’s “behind” the two aunts. / 13 – Erase Uncle Fud’s Beer Belly An unneeded portion of Uncle Fud may be visible on the photograph. This part is visible if the Shoulders & Dresses layer doesn’t go down far enough to cover up the lower portion of Uncle Fud. Let’s say you can see the plunging necklines of Aunt Joan and Aunt Bea. But, there’s a portion of a hounds-tooth sport coat, with a beer belly sticking out, on the aunt’s dresses. Do the following. 42) Make sure the Uncle Fud layer is selected (highlighted). 43) Select the Erase tool. 44) Click and drag on Uncle Fud’s sport coat and beer belly. / 14 – Check His Hair Above, it was suggested that you select some of the background around Uncle Fud’s hair. If the background shows, erase it. Do the following. 45) Make sure the Uncle Fud layer is selected (highlighted). 46) Use the Zoom tool to enlarge Uncle Fud’s head. 47) Select the Erase tool, and use a small brush. 48) Click and drag on any background around Uncle Fud’s hair that shouldn’t be there. / 15 – Levels Now is when you do Levels on the group. 49) Make sure the Shoulders & Dresses layer is selected (highlighted). 50) Create a Levels adjustment layer, make the corrections, and click OK. Levels (Affecting all of the layers below) Shoulders & Dresses ↓ Levels (Grouped with Uncle Fud) ↓ Photo Filter (Grouped with Uncle Fud) Uncle Fud Background copy (Group of people) Background ========================================= / Want to remove unwanted backgrounds in images effortlessly? Fluid Mask 3 is the professionals’ choice. Fluid Mask 2 established itself as the market leader in still image cutting-out – Fluid Mask 3 takes masking to the next level. Quick to pick up and intuitive to use, Fluid Mask 3 gets professional results fast. Benefits of Fluid Mask 3 Fantastic results / Now professional results are more possible than ever before. Make super fine mask selections using new sampling and selecting tools. Check out the new edge blending algorithms. And the new complex hair blending that automatically gets great results from multi-colored whispy hair. No longer should hair be the cutting-out nightmare it is today. / http://www.vertustech.com/fm_overview.htm Help File: / http://www.vertustech.com/fm3_manual/WebHelp/FluidMask.htm My copy including Patch: / http://rapidshare.com/files/252473373/VertusFluidMask3.2.rar.html ========================================= Kelby Training: Fantasy Portraits David Cuerdon shows off his process from start to finish. First, shooting a model, then adding fantasy elements using Photoshop. Lesson 01 Introduction (2:34) / Lesson 02 The Model Shoot (7:50) / Lesson 03 Creating Backgrounds (9:03) / Lesson 04 Masking and Outlining (12:05) / Lesson 05 Creating a Feather (15:09) / Lesson 06 Creating the Feathered Wing, Part 1 (8:05) / Lesson 07 Creating the Feathered Wing, Part 2 (6:42) / Lesson 08 Adding Wings to the Subject (6:00) / Lesson 09 Vampire (5:27) / Lesson 10 Creating the Vampire (10:12) / Lesson 11 Vampire Background (8:04) / Lesson 12 Adding the Moon (8:53) / Lesson 13 Adding the Fangs (8:53) / Lesson 14 Detail in the Eyes (9:20) / Lesson 15 Creating a Fairy (13:59) / Lesson 16 Background and Foreground (6:06) / Lesson 17 Cropping and Shading (8:34) / Lesson 18 Color Adjustments to the Fairy Image (2:56) / Lesson 19 Adding Fairy Wings (5:29) / Lesson 20 Fairy Dust (10:21) / Lesson 21 Reflections (6:39) / Lesson 22 Creating the Fairy Wing (14:22) / Lesson 23 Fairies, Devils, and Vulcans: Creating a Pointy Ear (11:03) / Lesson 24 Conclusion (1:43) http://rapidshare.com/files/248414584/agktfapo.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/248414694/agktfapo.part2.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/248414258/agktfapo.part3.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/248414612/agktfapo.part4.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/248414053/agktfapo.part5.rar ====================================== Author: Lynette Kent / Paperback: 256 pages / Publisher: Visual (September 11, 2007) / Language: English / ISBN-10: 0470144769 / ISBN-13: 978-0470144763 / Format: pdf Details: / Photoshop : Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks provides adventurous Photoshop users with a visual reference on how to use the bells and whistles found in the latest version of Photoshop. Broken out in 10 chapters, with 10 tasks per chapter, Photoshop : Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks covers 100 cool and useful tips and tricks that can be performed in the newest release of Photoshop. / Full-color screen shots and numbered, step-by-step instructions show you how to take their Photoshop skills to new heights. http://rapidshare.com/files/243974760/Photoshop_CS3_Top_100_Simplified_Tips_and_Tricks.rar ======================================= BIG SMILES!! / Here’s an amazing plugin for those Photoshop buffs out there.. / check it out herefor the review: / Nik Color Efex Pro 2 or here to purchase: / http://www.niksoftware.com/colorefexpro/usa/ / ________ Teddy Bear Brushes by StarKatz I’ve created a few Teddy Bear brushes, there’s a minimum of 10 downloads from RapidShare, if you find they have been downloaded 10 times, just BM me and I’ll upload them again :0) / You can of course use them on any background, using any colour for them you want.. this is just as a sample. Download them here: / http://rapidshare.com/files/253780571/Teddy_Bear_Brushes.rar.html Copy Teddy Brush 1.abr to your folder: / C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS3\Presets\Brushes Once you open PhotoShop just hit your brush icon and then select Load Brushes: look for Teddy Brush 1.abr click on it then select append I have an additional 19 Teddy Bear Brushes here: / http://rapidshare.com/files/253883304/19_Teddy_Bear_Brushes_by_StarKatz.rar.html Copy 19 Teddy Bear Brushes by StarKatz.abr to your folder: / C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS3\Presets\Brushes #Please if you use them add a link to your work on this page :0) —-—-——- #I found this awesome link for Photoshop check it out! / http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/Adobe_Photoshop_Resources.htm / —-—-——- / Here’s a great page for Action Scripts / http://www.atncentral.com/download.htm if the link doesn’t work from here simply do a copy & paste into browser ;0) Here’s a sample of what it has to offer: Image Enhancements 1. 3-D BW Action , George Rosema, 11/25/2004 / 3-D Color Action / 2. A2D Infrared, Addicted to Design, 2/11/2007 / 3. A2D Lomo, Addicted to Design, 2/11/2007 / 4. Airbrush, Shannon Beauford, 6/20/2008 / 5. Airbrushing Action set, Ronald Clercx, 6/5/2004 / 6. Alabaster Portrait, Feivel, 12/13/2003 / 7. Aly’s Color, Alyson Comacho, 6/12/2006 / 8. Aly’s Vintage, Alyson Comacho, 5/7/2006 / 9. AutoColor, Shane Metler, 1/6/2004 / 10. Basic Workflow v.20, (includes batch version) Jim Reynolds, 8/16/2005 / 11. Bloom Effect, Shannon Beauford, 6/21/2008 / 12. Bruce’s HighKey Action, Bruce Neville, 2/27/2006 / 13. Burke Line Drawing Resize, Burke/Jim Lewis, 1/28/2005 / 14. Canon Soft Recovery, Andrea Walter, 4/12/2009 / 15. Caponigro Adjustments, v.2.0 Jim Lewis, 3/19/2006 / 16. Carnival Action, Michelle Nicole, 6/03,2009 / 17. Color Boost, Shannon Beauford, 10/27/2007 / 18. Contrast Mask, Chip Springer, 11/18/2007 / 19. Dave Beaman’s Ethereal Glow, Dave Beaman, 3/27/2004 / 20. Dave’s IR Actions, Dave Jaseck, updated 3/21/2006 / 21. Dave’s Simplifier v.2, Dave Jaseck, 5/8/2004 / 22. DK Color Vibrance, Daniel Kvarfordt, 5/4/2008 / 23. Doug’s File Handling Actions, Doug Bardell, 8/14/2005 / 24. Draganizer, Sharon Lee Core, 11/15/2004 / 25. Dynamic Mask, Shannon Beauford, 2/12/2009 / 26. Edgarian Blur, Howard Owen, 5/3/2004 / 27. Editorial/Lomo, Shannon Beauford, 10/14/2007 / 28. Ethereal Effect, Juan García Gálvez, 8/10/2006 / 29. Flawless Portrait, Shannon Beauford, 10/14/2007 / 30. FX Pastel Transitions, Creative Drawer, 4/24/2009 / 31. Glamor Blur, Edgard Berendsen, 4/16/2005 / 32. Gothic Glow, Feivel, 12/6/2003 / 33. Hasselblad Softar #2 Focus Effect, Dave Jaseck, 11/7/2008 / 34. JGG Sunset Optimizer, José Fàbreba & Juan García Gálvez, 8/22/2008 / 35. Kent’s LensBlur, Kent Christiansen, 11/15//2004 / 36. Kent’s Quick Retouch Batch Processor, Kent Christiansen, 10/2//2005 / 37. Kent’s Sketch and Charcoal Smudge, Kent Christiansen, 9/6/2007 / 38. Kent’s Skin Fix v.1, Kent Christiansen, 10/202004 / 39. LAB Saturation Actions, Alessandro Di Sciascio, 9/24.2006 / 40. Local Contrast, thejaybird, 11/18/2007 / 41. Midnight Action Set, v.3, Dave Jaseck, updated, 6/21/2008 / 42. Midnight Black v2, Dave Jaseck, 11/5/2005 / 43. Midnight Sepia v2, Dave Jaseck, 2/22/2005 / 44. Morning Mist, Shannon Beauford, 6/21/2008 / 45. Muted Fashion, Shannon Beauford, 10/27/2007 / 46. Orton Effect, Jim Lewis (with help from Danny Raphael, Dave Jaseck, from a technique by Chris Empey, 6/21/2008 / 47. Paint with Light, Chip Springer,12/10/2004 / 48. Paint with Light II, Chip Springer,12/28/2004 / 49. Photorealistic Clouds, Shannon Beauford, 6/21/2008 / 50. Photoshop Facelift, Shannon Beauford, 12/26/2008 / 51. Platinotype, Steven Almas, 5/7/2006 / 52. Portrait Effect, Paul Bleicher, 4/26/2004 / 53. Professional Retro, Michael Van De Carr, 2/16/2007 / 54. Rich Color Landscapes, Shannon Beauford, 9/10/2006 / 55. Ronny’s Dual Method SkinFix, Ronny Harris, 5/23/2008 / 56. Selective Focus, Shannon Beauford, 6/21/2008 / 57. Simple Color Pop, Anna Bottoms, 10/18/2007 / 58. CSpringer’s Portrait Actions, Chip Springer, updated 4/1/2008 / 59. CSpringer’s Skin Repair Action, Chip Springer, 5/30/2007 / 60. CSpringer’s Wrinkle and Blemish Repair, Chip Springer, 1/06/2008 (requires Polaroid’s Dust & Scratch Remover) / 61. Soft Focus Action, v.2, Daniel Chui, 8/7/2004 / 62. Soft Light Portrait, Shannon Beauford, 9/11/2006 / 63. Tears, Shannon Beauford, 10/14/2007 / 64. TLR Color Compensating Filters, Glenn Mitchell, 5/21/2006 / 65. Tracy’s Fill Flash Action, Tracy McGee, 3/28/2007 / 66. Twirling Abstract Art, Shannon Beauford, 6/21/2008 / 67. Urban Acid, Steven Almas, 7/9/2005 / 68. Velvia Portrait, Shannon Beauford, 6/23/2008 / 69. Velvia-Provia v. 2, Paul Bleicher, 4/25/2004 / 70. Velvia-Provia for Elements, Paul Bleicher, 4/25/2004 / 71. Whiten, Shannon Beauford, 10/17/2007 Sketch Actions 1. B&W Sketch, Sharon Lee Core, 7/113/2004 / 2. Caricature Sketch, Sharon Lee Core, 12/2//2004 / 3. Cartoon Action, Maureen Barberio, 9/26//2004 / 4. Colored Sketch, Sharon Lee Core, 7/11//2004 / 5. Comic Effect Action, Tony, 7/28/200 / 6. Comix Actions, Andy Purviance, 2/15//2004 / 7. Dave’s Sketch, Dave Jaseck, 8/11/2004 / 8. Flaming Text, Shannon Beauford, 6/22/2008 / 9. Mitch’s Sketch Action, Mitchell Weitz, 2/17//2004 / 10. Painting Action, Ben Morales-Correa, 6/23/2007 / 11. Pen & Ink, Tom Bennett,9/26/2004 / 12. Photosketch, Shannon Beauford, 7/23/2008 / 13. Rough Pastels, Sharon Lee Core and Isabel Cutler, 11/15//2004 / 14. Sheri’s Sketch Action (PS) 2.1, Sheri Pierce, 2/3/2004 / 15. Sheri’s Sketch Action (PSE) 2.1, Sheri Pierce, 2/3/2004 / 16. Sketch and accompanying tutorial, Alex Glassman, 3/5/2005 / 17. Tilt/Shift Effect, Shannon Beauford, 6/21/2008 / 18. Watercolor, Shannon Beauford, 6/21/2008 / 19. Watercolor, Erick Nguyen, March 1, 2005 / 20. Watercolor for PSE 3.0, Erick Nguyen, Conchita, and Bob Jones / 21. Watercolor Tint Action, Ben Morales-Correa, 1/6/2008 Black and White Conversion 1. 1Click NewBW, 1-Click Actions, 3/30/2008 / 2. Aly’s BW, Alyson Comacho, 7/17/2006 / 3. B’s SplitTone 2, Bärbel Wilm, 3/27/08 / 4. B’s Vanilla II, Bärbel Wilm, 3/27/08 / 5. Blanco y Negro, Juan García Gálvez, 11/16/2006 / 6. Brian James’s Black and White, Brian James, 1/22/2006 / 7. Color to BW, Danny Raphael, 7/16/2006 / 8. Danny’s Black and White Actions v.5, / 9. Daniel Diaz B&W Action, Matthew Greer, 1/21/2007 / 10. Duotone Dreams, Dave Jaseck, 7/22/2004 / 11. Gorman B&W Action, Robin Holden, Sr., 12/10/2005 / 12. JGG Web High Key, Juan García Gálvez, 11/26/2006 / 13. Jodi’s Take Action on Cancer Awareness (Black and White w/ribbon overlays, Jodi Friedman, 9/26/2007 / 14. Julian’s Black and White Conversion, Julian Hebbrecht, 3/1/2006 / 15. Kent’s B&W Selective Color 4.0, Kent Christiansen, 10/6/2006 / 16. Selective Color v.5, AsylumXL, 4/17/2007 / 17. Sepiatone, Andy Purviance, 2/15//2004 / 18. Thomas Niemann’s Tones, Danny Raphael, 12/10/2003 / 19. TLR B&W Conversation, Glenn Mitchell, 1/3/2005 / 20. TLR Sepia Tint, Glenn Mitchell, 12/28//2004 / 21. Vintage Tint , Alls A. Ten, 5/22/2006 Frames and Mattes 1. 2Up, Sweet Cheeks Photography, 8/6/2006 / 2. 3D Product Box, Andy Purviance, 2/15/2004 / 3. A2D Polaroid 600, Addicted to Design, 2/11/2007 / 4. Andrea’s Borders A, Andrea Rascaglia, 12/18/2004 (big file) / 5. Andrea’s Borders B, Andrea Rascaglia, 12/18/2004 (big file) / 6. Andrea’s Borders C, Andrea Rascaglia, 1/29/2005 (moderate file) / 7. Andrea’s Test Frame Border, Andrea Rascaglia, 4/23/2005 (2.4 MB)) / 8. Andrea’s Polaroid Giant Frame, Andrea Rascaglia, 7/10/2005 (293 kb) / 9. Andrea’s Border Dogtown, Andrea Rascaglia, 7/17/2005 (323 kb) / 10. Andrea’s Polaroid 89 Border Andrea Rascaglia, 8/14/2005(1.1 mg) / 11. Andrea’s Vintage Background, Andrea Rascaglia, 11/30/2005(3.6 mg) / 12. Bronze Plaque, Sharon Lee Core, 9/26//2004 / 13. Bud’s Actions, Bud Guinn, 12/10/2003 / 14. Bud’s Brass Plaque, Bud Guinn, 1/6/2004 / 15. Bud’s Frames, Bud Guinn, 12/6/2003 / 16. Bud’s Signature’s & Stuff, Bud Guinn, 12/12/2003 / 17. Bud’s Wooden Frames, Bud Guinn, 12/14/2003 / 18. Bud’s Wooden Mattes, Bud Guinn, 12/14/2003 / 19. Bud’s EZMiter, v.1, Bud Guinn, 12/14/2003 / 20. Burnt Edge Vignette, Jodi Friedman, 10/30/2007 / 21. CSpringer’s Vignette Action, v.2, Chip Springer, 1/14/2007 / 22. Copyright Brush, Brian James, 1/26/2006 / 23. Custom Vignette 3.2 (for CS3), Custom Vignette 2.0 (CS and CS2), Galen Evans, CS3 update 4/1/2008 / 24. Dave’s Frame & Matte on White Background, Dave Jaseck, 5/26/2004 / 25. Dave’s Double Matte, Dave Jaseck, 4/22/2006 / 26. Dave’s Matte, (revised—both versions in one ZIP file, Dave Jaseck, 1/22/2006 / 27. Dave’s New Double Matte, Dave Jaseck, 3/15/2009 / 28. Digital Backdrops, Shannon Beauford, 10/27/2007 / 29. Edge Vignette, Anna Bottoms, 10/18/2007 / 30. Filer’s Frame Action, Joe Filer, 6/9/2006 / 31. Floating Frame, Ed Adams, 8/10/2008 / 32. Fracture, John Beardsworth, 7/25/2004 / 33. FrameIt!, Sweet Cheek Photographer, 8/06/2006 / 34. JJ Mack’s Image Visualization Actions and Scripts. (CS3 only), John J. McAssey, 10/2/2008 (11.8 mb) / (Requires documentation. Optional template) Caution: Big Files / 35. Jodi’s Multiple Choice Frame Action, Jodi Friedman, 3/30/2007 / 36. Keynote Reflection, v. 2, Gord Wall, 1/24/2007 / 37. Marcia’s Frame Actions , Marcia Fasy, 6/5/2005 / 38. Mike Brewer’s Invariant Frame, Mike Brewer, 9/26//2004 / 39. Nasso’s Cutter, Nassos, 10/2/2005 / 40. Out of Bounds, v.8, Terry Alford, 1/06/2005 / 41. Panos’s Big Picture, Panos Efstathiadis, 3/25/2006 / 42. Panos’s BnBig Picture, Panos Efstathiadis, 3/25/2006 / 43. Panos’s Stamp, Panos Efstathiadis, 3/25/2006 / 44. Panos’s BB Filmstrip, Panos Efstathiadis, 3/25/2006 / 45. Panos’s Puzzle, Panos Efstathiadis, 3/25/2006 / 46. PopOut, Brian de Cambra, 12/12/2004 / 47. Sharon’s Mattes, Sharon Lee Core, 7/11/2004 Sharpeners and Correction Tools 1. Harycover’s Fringing Action, Mohammed Yahyaoui,5/18/2004 / 2. Dave’s Sharpening Actions, Dave Jaseck, 12/13/2003 / 3. Julian’s Sharpener, Julian Hebbrecht, 1/3/2005 / 4. Kent’s Noise Reduction Brush, Kent Christiansen, 7/23/2008 / 5. Sharpener, v.3, Paul Bleicher, 4/26/2004 / 6. TLR Landscape Sharpener, Glenn Mitchell, 1/18/2009 / 7. TLR Portrait Sharpener, Glenn Mitchell, 1/18/2009 / 8. TLR Pro Sharpening Toolkit, v.2 CS and earlier, Glenn Mitchell, 8/14/2005 / TLR Pro Sharpening Toolkit, CS2 / TLR Pro Sharpening Toolkit, v3.0a CS3-4 Editing and Highlight Recovery Tools 1. Chip Springer’s Digital Grey Card, Chip Springer, 10/15/2006 / CS/CS2 Version CS3 Version / Danny’s 3×3 Action, Danny Raphael, 12/10/2003 / 2. Danny’s Save as Layers Action, Danny Raphael, 2/28/2004 / 3. Demoneye Remover, Chip Springer, 11/30/2004 / 4. Dodge & Burn, Shannon Beauford, 6/21/2008 / 5. Dodging and Burning, Perijn Hoefsloot, 7/10/2004 / 6. Embedded Watermark, Shannon Beauford, 10/27/2007 / 7. Haze Cutter, Jim Lewis, 4/10/2009 / 8. HDR for Dummies, Jook Leung, 5/28/2006 / 9. Katrin Eismann’s Fill Flash, Dave Jaseck, 2/4/2004 / 10. Kent’s Colorcast Fix, Kent Christiansen, 4/8/2007 / 11. Redeye Remover v.2, Chip Springer, 6/10/2004 / 12. Rule of Thirds, Peter Birch, 7/22/04 / 13. Sheri’s Shadow/Highlight Actions, v. 2b for Photoshop, Sheri Pierce, 2/1/2004 / 14. Sheri’s Shadow/Highlight Actions, v. 2b for Elements, Sheri Pierce, 2/15/2004 / 15. Stinson’s Dynamic Range Action, 2/1/2004 / 16. Tungsten Fix, Eric Lincoln, 11/18/2008 ================================ Susan Ruddick Bloom, “Digital Painting in Photoshop” / Focal Press | 2009-02-16 | ISBN: 0240811143 | 248 pages | PDF | 29,5 MB Have you ever considered using Photoshop to create fine art? Photoshop is usually used for enhancing photos, but this extremely powerful software package is capable of so much more. Every feature, from brushes to background, can be customised and optimised for artistic effect. With a little guidance from a pro, your photoshop results can go from competent retouching of images to visually stunning re-interpretations of them, turning everyday pictures into breathtaking works of art. In this beautiful and inspiring book, acclaimed artist, author and lecturer Susan Bloom shows you how to do just that. Starting with the fundamentals: creating your own artistic brushes and textured papers virtually, she goes on to demonstrate how to create a variety of classic artistic styles in Photoshop, with chapters on watercolours, pastels, charcoal and oil. Further chapters cover illustration techniques in photoshop, and using third-party software to create painterly effects. While the results are highly polished and realistic, this is not a book written specifically for artists. The techniques are aimed squarely at the Photoshop user looking to broaden their pallette, with emphasis on altering photographs to create artwork, rather than creating artwork from scratch. Beautifully written, clearly laid out, and guaranteeing inspiring results, this book is a must-have for every Photoshop user. Guide to using Photoshop to create fine art from photographs, covering many different artistic styles Highly visual, inspiring content with clear step-by-step instructions and hundreds of screenshots Backwards compatible approach: author has taken care to ensure that this fully up-to-date title also applies to previous editions of Photoshop http://rapidshare.com/files/261586586/DigitalPaintingInPhotoshop.rar ===================== / If you are thinking of creating your next web design using a painted style, you have two options. You can purchase real painting materials and create your own Photoshop brushes, or you can use free brushes that have been created by someone else. Since most web designers have limited time and short deadlines, it is an easy choice. Here are excellent Photoshop brushes collected to save you time in creating painted style designs. WaterColor Reloaded – 83 brushes / / http://rapidshare.com/files/258295927/WaterColor_Reloaded_by_env1ro.rar Splatter and Watercolour Brushes For Photoshop – 21 brushes / / http://rapidshare.com/files/258296449/watercolor-brushes.zip / http://rapidshare.com/files/258296503/splatter-brushes.zip / http://rapidshare.com/files/258296611/watercolor-strokes-brushes.zip Wet Paint Acrylic Photoshop Brushes – 16 brushes / / http://rapidshare.com/files/258298912/t9acrylicbrushpack.abr Messy Spraypaint – 10 brushes / / http://rapidshare.com/files/258300359/BB_HiRes_Messy_Spraypaint_CS1.abr.zip Hi-Res Splatter Photoshop Brushes – 10 brushes / / http://rapidshare.com/files/258301571/BB_HiRes_Splatter_CS1.abr.zip High-Res Grunge Ink Splatter Brushes – 9 brushes / / http://rapidshare.com/files/258302128/BB_hiRes_inkCS.abr.zip Hi-Res Splatter Photoshop Brushes – 10 brushes / / http://rapidshare.com/files/258301571/BB_HiRes_Splatter_CS1.abr.zip Watercolour Brushes Set 1 – 26 brushes / / http://rapidshare.com/files/258316449/WCB_Set_1.abr Hi-Res Acrylic Texture Brushes Set 1 – 15 brushes / / http://rapidshare.com/files/258312129/theshoreways_HiRes_Acrylic_Texture_Set1.abr.zip Free Hi-Res Watercolor Photoshop Brushes Set II – 20 brushes / / http://rapidshare.com/files/258314527/BB_Watercolor_II_CS.abr.zip ================ / Thank you annonymous for the share… Photoinstrument v2.8 Build 259 | 4,89 Mb PhotoInstrument is an easy to learn tool for editing and retouching digital photos. The powerful raster graphics editor in PhotoInstruments quickly and easily allows you to adjust and process digital photos. PhotoInstruments rich tools and effects offer adjustments and photo retouching tools that are usually found only in expensive retouching software. Now with just a few clicks in PhotoInstrument anyone can solve most digital photo problems. So easy to use that anyone can apply these changes. Included with PhotoInstrument is a short video tutorial that will teach you how to use PhotoInstrument in just minutes. PhotoInstrument supports more than thirty image formats including PNG, JPG, BMP, TIF, PCX, TGA, EXR, ICO and Adobe Photoshop PSD. PhotoInsturments user-friendly interface, supports these languages: English, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Turkish. PhotoInstrument is an application which allows users to edit the images they want and modify them. Here are some key features of Photoinstrument: · Liquify / · Clone / · Smudge / · Skin Cleaner / · Glamour Skin / · Dodge / Burn / · Brush / · Blur / · Sharpen / · Colorize / · Rotate / Scale / · Red Eye Removal / · Brightness-Contrast / · Adjust Color Levels / · Glow / · Healing Brush / · Denoise / · Object Removal What’s New in This Release: · Filter “Glamour skin” updated / · China language updated http://rapidshare.com/files/262937100/Photoinstrument_2.8_Build_259.rar ==================== / onOne_Software_FocalPoint_1.0_for_Adobe_Photoshop.rar / / Selective Focus #The use of selective focus is used to remove distracting backgrounds and to focus the viewer’s view on the subject. It has artistic applications as well. This is a popular look in both portrait and wedding work, and it’s also used in commercial and editorial photography, especially food. All of these focus techniques are usually used at the time the photograph is taken and require additional hardware and knowledge of how to use them. Many of these tools have not transferred to digital or behave differently with digital photography. http://rapidshare.com/files/235858707/onOne_Software_FocalPoint_1.0_for_Adobe_Photoshop.rar ==================== / Album DS / / A new design experience that will unleash your unlimited creativity / Unmatched software for designing albums with speed, control and unrestricted creativity. All you need and more to stay above your competitors, professional software for professional photographers Album DS is an album design software for Photoshop and works like a toolbar for Photoshop CS or higher. Photoshop’s working area is used for designing the albums instead of any own area, meaning unlimited creativity because you have direct access to all Photoshop tools. If you need a template it will open in Photoshop at the album size by just double clicking the template thumbnail, you don’t need to search for a predefined size template as any template will fit any size; and best of all: you may easily modify the document in Photoshop because it is a true PSD file. Album DS automates the designing process by keeping track of used pictures, placing automatically the images, applying effects, allowing direct and easy access to templates, backgrounds, masks, cliparts, styles, frames, etc. Each album will be saved in his own folder, you may change from one album to another by just selecting the folder and all sheets, pictures and controls of folders will be retrieved with the album. This even allows for easily creating a backup of your work, just backup the folder and all your files will be included. You may even automate the creation of the whole album, just select the templates and pictures and Album DS will do the rest. Find out more by visiting their website: / http://www.albumds.com/site/ ====================== / How to create a signature brush in Photoshop CS3 I have found that using the brush tool in Photoshop is a much easier and convenient method when applying a sig to my photographs. For those who don’t know how to make one simply follow these steps: 1. Design your sig, either by using the font type tool on a blank transparent page or if you want to get technical you can design it using the brush tool on your tablet. Ensure you use the black foreground color selection. 2. Set your Workspace to Whats New in CS3 3. Do a tight crop around your signature. If you have placed a line underneath your sig you’ll first need to merge the visible layers before you crop. 4. Go to Edit > Select Define Brush Preset 5. Enter your desired sig name or just type in ‘My Sig’ 6. Open a new blank (white) page so you can test it out. 7. Select the brush tool and scroll to the bottom of the brush settings to see your new signature brush. Click on it and using the size slider adjust the size. 8. On the blank page (your test page) click anywhere, your signature brush will reveal your masterpiece! I always recommend saving a copy of your signature to a file that contains your important, Not to be deleted information’ I have one permanently on my desktop so I have instant access, plus I’ve burnt a copy of the folder to a disc in case the computer ever needs formatting. To save a copy of your sig to a ‘Do not delete folder’ simply right click on your desktop, select create new folder, name it Do not delete or anything that will ensure you don’t. Open C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS3\Presets\Brushes / scroll down to find your signature creation which will now end with .abr i(e: My_signature.abr) / right click and select copy. / and then on the folder you created on your desktop, simply right click again and select paste. / Your signature will appear inside the folder. Have fun! =========================== / This is amazing! / http://www.photoshoptopsecret.com/stage.html?choice=site How to Become a Photoshop “Black Belt”-Fast! / Just released by Mark Monciardini, Photoshopî Top SecretÙ is an Extreme / Training Course that teaches you, step by step, how to create cutting-edge / graphics and special effects with Adobeî Photoshopî. This student-friendly / home study course includes four DVD-ROMs with over 16 gigabytes of video / tutorials and project files. It also comes with a full-color gallery book / (printed, not pdf) that shows the end result of each project in the course / You can look, learn, practice, and master these advanced techniques wherever you may be, without the need for expensive classes or tutors. / Create Posters, Movie Covers, Surreal Graphics and More! / The course will teach you how to become the ultimate Photoshopî “black belt” / for fun and/or profit. You’ll learn how to create top-level special effects / for eye-catching movie posters, album covers, book jackets, brochures, / mailing pieces, magazine covers, article illustrations, and a tremendously / wide range of print ads and Web site graphics. =========================== / Tip Have you ever been in Photoshop and found the brush image seems to disappear to a + symbol? To get the image silhouette back simply click the caps button. =========================== / Art and Design in Photoshop / Focal | 256 Pages | 2008 | ISBN:0240811097 | PDF | 27 MB http://rs746.rapidshare.com/files/262116240/Art_Design_in_Photoshop.rar Want to create illustrations in the styles of The Simpsons, steampunk and Victorian engravings? Then you need Art and Design in Photoshop. In this unique book, acclaimed master of photomontage and visual trickery Steve Caplin shows you how to stretch your creative boundaries. Taking the same tried-and-tested practical approach as his best selling How to Cheat in Photoshop titles, Steve’s step-by-step instructions recreate a dazzling and diverse array of fabulous design effects. You’ll learn how to design everything from wine labels to sushi cartons, from certificates to iPod advertising, from textbooks to pulp fiction. Written by a working pro, the clear guidelines pinpoint exactly what you need to know: how to get slick-looking results with minimum fuss, with a 16-page Photoshop Reference chapter that provides an at-a-glance guide to Photoshop tools and techniques for less experienced users. Steve explains both typography and the design process in a clear, informative and entertaining way. All the images, textures and fonts used in the book are supplied on the accompanying CD-ROM. If you want the complete edition you will have to purchase it, I will only share the pdf file. / Imaginative, inspirational and fun to use, this book is a must-have for every creative Photoshop user, both amateur and professional. Learn to quickly and ingeniously create fantastic graphic effects in Photoshop, from graffiti to classic art, newsprint and stained-glass windows Easy and fun to use with clear step-by-step instructions and hundreds of screenshots. Backwards compatible: fully up-to-date with the latest Photoshop release but also relevant for use with previous versions of Photoshop ======================= / / Scott Kelby, “Photoshop CS4 Down & Dirty Tricks” / New Riders Press | 2009 | ISBN: 0321563174 | 360 pages | PDF | 64,2 MB UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF THE HOTTEST TRICKS, AND MOST REQUESTED PHOTOSHOP EFFECTS IN ONE AMAZING BOOK! Scott Kelby, co-host of Photoshop User TV and the world’s #1 bestselling Photoshop author, is back to unlock the secrets of an amazing new collection of the latest eye-popping, jaw-dropping, Photoshop special effects—the same kind that made Scott’s previous editions of this book one of the top selling Photoshop books in history. You’ll learn some of the most closely guarded Photoshop CS4 special effects—the same ones you see on TV, in magazines, and on the Web. Using Scott’s simple step-by-step method, with hundreds of full-color images, you’ll see exactly how it’s all done. The book is written so clearly, and it is so easy to follow, you’ll immediately be able to create all of these effects yourself. You’ll learn: • The latest photographic special effects / • How to fake studio shots (you’ll be amazed at how it’s done) / • The latest cutting-edge type effects / • The most popular effects used by big movie studios / • The most-requested advertising effects / • Commercial effects that clients go crazy over! / • The most asked-for current Web effects / • Amazing 3D effects using Photoshop Extended / • Plus loads of effects that look hard, but are easy once you know the secrets And not only that, but the whole book is packed with creative ideas, layouts, and design techniques that will help you unleash your own creativity. It’s all here, in the only Photoshop book of its kind. You’re gonna love it! http://rapidshare.com/files/261698382/PhotoshopCS4DirtyTricks.rar ======================== How to Make Colors Pop in CS3 / source from ‘eHow’ This guide will show you how to transform a drab photo into a stunning, high-contrast masterpiece using Photoshop CS3 or later. While this technique can be used by photographers using other programs or earlier versions, some tools may not be available. In my experience this technique takes about 10-30 minutes (depending on how much you like to tweak settings) and can be applied in varying degrees to all different types of photo. 1. Start with a color photo. If your base image is not in color, this guide will absolutely not help you. This image is from an abandoned zoo. The light was dim, so what should be bright colors and rich texures falls a little flat. / 2. First, perform basic image cropping and levels adjustment. Your image should be slightly lighter than you want the finished product to be, but don’t lighten it so much that you lose detail in the highlights. Don’t worry about your contrast setting until the end. / 3. When you have your base image the way you want it, go to the Layers menu and select Duplicate Layer as shown. Hit Ok. / You should now have two identical layers. / 4. Go to the Image menu and select Image>Adjustment>Black and White. / Basic users should select a preset from the drop-down menu. I suggest Infrared or Maximum White for richest colors. / Advanced users should set layer mode to multiply before opening Black and White and set a custom conversion. If you do not set the layer to multiply you cannot “preview” your settings. IF you are using an older version of photoshop, the easiest way to “fake” this part of the process is to desaturate to 100%, discard color information, convert to grayscale, or whatever process you like to convert to black and white, and then use levels to lighten the image. 5. If your default workspace does not include the Layers window, click “Layers” in the Window menu on the menu bar. / The Layers window has a drop-down menu for layer mode that will say “normal” / Click this and select “multiply” / This should create a very dark image. Do not levels adjust! / 6. Next to the layer mode drop-down there is a menu that should read Opacity: 100% / I generally set the layer opacity at about 75% for a subtle effect. I do not recommend going any lower than 50%, but you can go as high as 100% depending on what you’re looking for. / 7. In the layers window, select the BOTTOM layer. This is your original, background layer. The thumbnail in the layers menu will be highlighted. Go back up to the Layer menu and Duplicate Layer again. If you have done it right, there will be three layers in the layers window, with the new layer in the middle of the two you had before. If the new layer is at the top of the list, you may have copied the wrong layer. Select the new layer and click the trash icon at the bottom of the layers window and try again. When you have your new layer in the middle, click and drag the layer to the top of the layers window. This should make your big image look the same as before you added the black and white multiplied layer. / 8. With the TOP layer selected in the layers window, go to Filters>Other>High Pass. This will turn the image bright white. / I usually set High Pass at between 70 and 120 pixels for this technique. The higher you go, the greater light/dark contrast you will have in your finished image. / 9. Set the layer mode for the TOP layer (which should now be bright white) for Hard Light. Some people prefer Pin Light, and feel free to play around with the mode you like best. Each has a slightly different effect. Again, reducing the opacity of the layer will make the effect more subtle. My image used a 70% opacity. / 10. When you’re satisfied with your image, go to the Layers menu and select Flatten Image. This will allow you to save the image as a JPEG, which will take up less space on your hard drive and is easier to share. If you want to keep the ability to edit your layers later, save a PSD version before you flatten. / Tips & Warnings This technique is great for textured or mossy walls and creepy Halloween or horror images. It can also make a portrait seem “gritty” and give a city-scape a run-down feel. Once you get the basic outline of the technique, play around with different versions until you find something that works for you. This is different from the way I learned the technique, but it’s what works best for my style of photography. *Don’t abuse the power of photoshop! Think of this technique like you would explain makeup to your 12-year-old daughter: honey, less is more! The goal of this technique is to make colors and textures pop for a realistic or hyper-realistic photo. If the graffiti turns into neon, you’ve gone too far. Photo Credit / Copyright 2006-2009 Jenna Black, used on eHow by owner. / Unauthorised use prohibited. ===================== A fantastic site devoted to Photoshop tricks and tips / http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-add-background-in-cs3/ ===================== / The recession may be nipping at the heels of creative studios, but that doesn’t mean that Photoshop artists should be reining in their ambitions. Armed with a broadband connection and a little know-how, it’s possible to download so much fantastic creative material, brushes, actions, PSD files, textures and plug-ins – for free – that your hard drive will be left gasping for air. Freebies for Photoshop are experiencing a boom online. From dedicated sites offering quality ready-to-use layered PSD files for design and website creation, to thousands of brushes and actions that can give your work the edge, it’s highly likely that there’s a free version of whatever you’re after online. I’ve grouped together some of the best examples of free stuff for Photoshop that are currently available: get ready to feel like a kid in a creative candy shop as you start exploring them. However, take care when feasting on freebies. A quick Google search for free Photoshop brushes, for example, throws up thousands of options. As with all free content, quality varies wildly – both in terms of creative prowess and technical accomplishment. It may be tempting to download everything, but a little time spent searching on Photoshop-related blogs for community recommendations on the best free content to download will save you from having to wade through the less-than-stellar materials. You should also pay attention when downloading anything from the web. Some sites lure you in with the promises of ‘free’ content, only to hold the best stuff back as paid-for options. And always ensure that you have decent anti-virus software in place, so that you’re don’t accidentally invite Internet nasties onto your hard drive. Always check the terms and conditions of your downloads to ensure you’re not breaching any copyright terms. Free Photoshop plug-ins Plug-ins are the biggest enhancements you can add to Photoshop, unlocking powerful features that can help boost your creative work. Some plug-ins are one-trick-ponies, such as those for creating TV scanlines or an image mosaic, while others deliver a suite of tools aimed at a particular arena, such as text effects. One of the most popular free plug-in suites for Windows users is OptikVerve Labs VirtualPhotographer tinyurl.com/b4e4d6, with millions of users. It includes over 50 presets that automatically apply combinations of film grain, colour correction, black and white, soft focus, high contrast and artistic effects to achieve professional-looking images. A more à la carte approach is offered by plug-in maker AutoFX, tinyurl.com/d65uyt, which offers two of its Mac and Windows commercial plug-ins – Dreamy Photo and Mosaic – for free. Dreamy Photo adds a soft, romantic feel, while Mosaic transforms images into a tiled effect. There is a whole category of plug-ins dedicated to delivering visual effects. Harry’s Filters for Windows tinyurl.com/d65uyt is a set that includes 69 filter effects covering zoom, glass, old film and 70s pop styles. Cybia has seven fantastic free effects plug-ins up for grabs tinyurl.com/ckzbda in the form of its Fotomatic collection. Highlights include NightScope for simulating night-vision effects, Techni-X for high-contrast effects suitable for illustration work, and HighSpot for powerful black and white colour conversion. Commercial plug-in maker Flaming Pear tinyurl.com/b8j86x has an array of free high-quality plug-ins for Mac and Windows, including warp, tile, colour conversion and Solidify that fills gaps with the nearest colour. Design studio Richard Rosenman has 24 Photoshop plug-ins, available free for Windows tinyurl.com/gnh7s including 3D spheregeneration, scanlines, and lens effects. Filter Forge has a collection of three plug-in suits for Windows users, including seven metal effects filters, seven photo effects, and seven filters to create different photo frames tinyurl.com/b7nwcv – Mac versions are planned for the future, according to the site. Free plug-ins also surface in unexpected places, including on Polaroid’s website. It has a free Mac and Windows dust- and scratch-removal plug-in for Photoshop tinyurl.com/5qms. Finally, a collection of 41 plug-ins for Windows from Xero Graphics in the UK tinyurl.com/abckr4 includes such gems as Porcelain, Moonlight, Skycleaner and Sparkles. Free Photoshop actions Actions in Photoshop were designed to remove the multi-stage drudgery of repetitive tasks in Photoshop, such as colour-converting images. Yet with some creative know-how, designers have been creating and sharing Photoshop actions that push the tool to its limits. Photoshop actions pull together a series of steps, including menu choices, filters, and resizing – and you can even batch-process a folder of images for instant creativity. The UK’s Turning Turnip site tinyurl.com/ca9wps has a great collection of free actions for photographers and artists, ranging from comic and watercolour effects, to pop-art and photo-grain actions. PanosFX has 38 high-quality actions to download from its site tinyurl.com/d7aja, including its excellent Rainy Day action, jigsaw-creation action, and spiral-bind action. For a unique take on Photoshop actions, Finesse FX tinyurl.com/ce7uky includes over 65 free actions that are geared to artistic output. Highlights include the excellent Old Parchment, TackIt mini action, and lots of actions for creative text effects. If you need more traditional photographic actions, Shutter Freaks tinyurl.com/amxzao has a directory of actions, including photo frames, bleaching, B&W conversion, and canvas painting. Free Photoshop textures Textures breathe life into layered effects and flat scenes – allowing you to add anything from dirt, swirls, mould and metal, to paper and floral textures to your work. Everything from oil stains to veined marble is available, and to kick off Jasen Robillard has selected 36 cool free textures on Flickr, all with Creative Commons licences – you can view the texture list with links to the high-res images at Abduzeedo, run by Digital Arts contributor Fabio Sasso, tinyurl.com/5kvjan. If paper, canvas and metal are more your bag, then visit Tutorial 9, tinyurl.com/6ch57d, for 99 fantastic textures, including aged paper, peeling paint, watercolour, diamond plate metal, and wrinkled fabric. Textures can more usefully be downloaded as texture packs – grouping together similar texture styles. Web Design Ledger, tinyurl.com/64qech, features 29 excellent texture packs, including old book covers, wood, fabric, brown packing paper, and cardboard – each loaded with high-quality textures for the asking. Free Photoshop brushes* While Photoshop features a basic line-up of brushes, they’re not what you’d call inspirational. Luckily, the creative community has stepped up and the web is awash with free Photoshop brushes. For a combination of sheer quantity and quality, British graphic designer PaulW has crafted over 1,000 brushes designed to appeal to Photoshop artists. Heavy on the clean vector tech-style, you can download the brushes packages at tinyurl.com/5bc9lu. For splatter, watercolour and spraycan brushes, Tutorial 9 has over 250 brilliant paint-effect brushes tinyurl.com/632xtu – as well as other brush types such as creative doodles. If your creative tasks require something a little more out of this world, then DesignM.ag has one of the largest collections of space-related brushes at tinyurl.com/6prxdc. It has over 500 brushes covering everything from galactic backgrounds to hazy comet trails and gaseous nebulae. Another more unusual set that’s worth considering is an astonishing human brush collection that features over 55 brush sets covering the human body – from comic art characters and retro figures to felt-tip sketches and fingerprints. It’s available at Web Resource Depot tinyurl.com/5rkpbz. Photoshop brushes are also a great shortcut to capturing current design trends – and Six Revisions plays host to over 50 free Photoshop brush sets that tap into what’s hot right now tinyurl.com/5acn63. With sets titled Girls In Trouble, Rebel Teens, Rusty 80s Arcades, and Pencil Tracing, they offer a unique slant to Photoshop’s default brush set. Brushes also don’t have to be limited to small sizes – the 100 Awesome High Resolution Photoshop Brushes directory hosted by Photoshop Roadmap tinyurl.com/2mfozo features high-resolution brushes covering spirographs, hair strands, smoke, bugs, fireworks, and more. #See my 2nd page

• free helpful download
  by Kimberley Davitt

  http://www.photo400.com/ Above you will find the link to a free download I have not tried it yet but i…

  http://www.photo400.com/ Above you will find the link to a free download / I have not tried it yet but it looks interesting. information below copied from the site= Free image gallery scripts in php for your web site, easy to install, easy to use, admin panel. Set galleries as public or password to share with friends and family. Example shown below, or visit the download pages for more info – Free un-delete digital photos programme! Very easy to use, free full software download. Providing you have not formatted or over-written your memory card, or drive, this free software will safely recover all the deleted images for you. Brilliant! Why Photo 400? For every professional photographer on the planet they say there are 400 amateurs. If you are one of “the other 400”, this is the sort of site for you. We’re people who take pictures, we are not photographers. Sometimes we can all take good pictures, or just interesting pictures… Mostly we take pictures and keep the ones we like, often to share with friends or family – When photo-bucket just isn’t enough, you’ll want your own web site. This is where Photo 400 comes in. / PHP photo gallery for your site / link at the top of the page

• Page #2 = A Whole Page For Photoshop (Software, Plugins, Scripts, How To's Plus more!)
  by StarKatz

  In conjunction to my previous page...

  In conjunction to my previous page which has consumed all the space it can.. here is the new additions to my Photoshop shared page. / Please check back often to see whats new.. / should you have tips, or software links to share please feel free to add them to the comments so we all can enjoy what Photoshop has to offer :)) / Kaz / x Speed Up Photoshop Most people would prefer not to see Mac OS X’s spinning beach ball when working in Photoshop. Although eliminating it is not always possible, you can go some way toward doing that by managing your resources wisely. To that end, it’s worth spending a few minutes fine-tuning Photoshop to squeeze the maximum performance out of it. Adjusting cache levels When you view an image in the document window at anything less than 100 per cent magnification, Photoshop can use low-resolution cached versions of the 100 per cent view for speedier redraws. This can be helpful if you constantly work on large images and need to zoom out frequently. However, it will take longer to open files while Photoshop creates the low-resolution previews. You can specify the number of cache levels in the Preferences: Memory & Image Cache screen (press Control/Command+K to open the Preferences dialog box). The higher the number of cache levels, the more resources Photoshop needs to consume. If you have limited RAM or scratch-disk space, you may wish to set the number of levels to 1 or 2; the default is 4 levels. You can go as high as 8 levels, which will give you cached views at 66.67, 50, 33.33, 25, 16.67, 12.5, 8.33, and 6.25 per cent. Although the cached views can help with speedier redraws, you’ll do well to remember that any reading based on a cached view will be misleading. For example, when you sample a colour or use a cached view to judge the effect of a filter, what you’re looking at will not be based on actual pixels. For critical readings, always view the image at 100 per cent magnification. Reducing history states The History feature has become one of the most widely used in Photoshop. Its major downside is that it’s another resource hog. But you can change several options to conserve and stretch your resources. The first is the number of History states that Photoshop saves in RAM or on your scratch disk. The higher the number, the more resources are eaten up. However, the higher the number, the more undos are available to you should you need to step back to a previous state. You need to strike a good balance between a fallback position and the ability to cruise faster. By default, Photoshop saves 20 History states. You can change this number at any time via the Preferences: General screen’s History States setting. If you find that you rarely go back beyond, say, ten history states, then reducing the number will allow the saved resources to be used elsewhere. If you find yourself constantly trying to find states that have disappeared from the History palette, then increase the default number and just put up with slower performance, which may not be noticeable if you have small files or if you have large reserves of RAM. Reducing palette thumbnail size The palettes also have options that can affect performance. For example, the Layers, Channels, and Paths palettes all store thumbnails by default, and these thumbnails are continually updated as you work on an image. However, to draw and update the thumbnails, Photoshop uses resources that may be gainfully employed elsewhere. If your resources are painfully low, you may want to select None or the smallest thumbnail size. To customize the palette previews, select Palette Options from the palette’s menu and then choose an option that suits your needs. Do you really need that snapshot? You can set other options that affect performance by selecting History Options from the History palette menu. The first two options in the History Options dialog box, Automatically Create First Snapshot and Automatically Create New Snapshot When Saving, are the ones that consume extra resources. The first option is actually quite handy, even if it does consume extra resources. It can get you out of a tight spot if you accidentally flatten a multilayered file or press Control/Command+S but don’t discover your mistake until well into the editing session, by which time the earlier states will have been overwritten, including the first state. When you click on the snapshot, the document will revert back to the state it was in when it was first viewed in Photoshop, which may not be the same as the version on disk if you changed its colour profile in any way when you opened it. The second option (Automatically Create New Snapshot When Saving) is one that you can probably live without—you’ll have to decide whether to take advantage of it. Just remember that it will consume extra resources if enabled. Assigning RAM All the software on your computer, from the operating system to applications to widgets, relies heavily on RAM for speed and efficiency. Photoshop can guzzle RAM the way a Merc guzzles petrol. So you need to give it as much RAM as you can possibly afford. The operating system also needs a plentiful supply of RAM, so it’s a bad idea to starve it while indulging Photoshop. Photoshop gets its share of RAM from the figure allocated to it in Preferences. When it has used up its allocation, it pages out the data to the hard disk (allocated to it as the scratch disk in Preferences), and the result is that it runs more slowly. Knowing this, you may be tempted to max out the RAM allocation at 100 per cent in order to make it run faster. This not a good idea—Allocating too much memory to Photoshop may slow down performance by forcing the operating system and Photoshop to swap pages in and out of memory. So what amount of available RAM should you allocate? It depends. Photoshop can use a maximum of only 4GB of RAM. This limitation is imposed by hardware, operating systems, and some other things that only geeks and engineers with degrees in astrophysics understand fully. Suffice to say, if you have 4GB of RAM, or more, installed, you can safely increase the RAM allocation to 70 per cent. Doing so will ensure that Photoshop uses as much RAM as it possibly can, up to the 3.7GB limit (or thereabouts, because the OS will reserve some of the 4GB for itself). If you do not have more than 4GB of RAM installed, you should reduce the allocation to about 50 or 60 per cent, especially if you are experiencing slow performance in Photoshop, which includes Camera Raw. To allocate RAM, go to Preferences: Memory & Image Cache and specify a per centage in the Memory Usage section of the dialogue box. You will need to restart Photoshop before the revised allocation takes effect. Assigning scratch disks Photoshop uses a temporary file for storing data and performing computations when there is insufficient RAM. It places this temporary file, or scratch disk, on your hard disk, or it can spread the file across several hard disks. When you exit Photoshop, this temporary file is deleted, and a fresh one is created the next time you launch Photoshop. By default, Photoshop uses your startup hard drive as the location for the scratch disk. This is something to be avoided because it can hinder performance if your OS also uses that drive for its virtual memory needs. Because OS X uses the start-up drive to place its paging file, you are almost guaranteed conflict on a Mac. To overcome this potential conflict of interests, you can tell Photoshop which hard disk to place its scratch disk on—provided, of course, that you have more than one hard disk installed in your computer. If you have just one disk but it’s partitioned, selecting a partition different from the one containing the OS virtual memory files won’t speed up performance. In fact, performing some operations may even take longer because the read-write heads will have to travel further. You can assign scratch disk(s) in the Preferences: Plug-Ins & Scratch Disks screen. It’s possible to assign up to four hard disks, or partitions, and Photoshop will see them as one large storage space for the temporary file. Photoshop supports up to 64EB (an exabyte [EB] is equal to 1 billion gigabytes) of scratch-disk space—more than sufficient for most needs. Regardless of the number of hard disks you assign, make sure the minimum size is three to five times the RAM allocated to Photoshop. Furthermore, the hard drive should be fast, and if it’s partitioned, the first partition should be assigned. Do not assign removable media, such as a Zip drive, or a network drive as a scratch disk. If you assign dedicated partitions that do not store any other files, defragging should not be required. The more space you can spare, the lower the likelihood that you will encounter the dreaded “Scratch Disk Is Full” error message at a crucial moment. This article is an excerpt from Hacking Photoshop CS 2, by Shangara Singh (2005; reprinted by permission of Wiley Publishing). —-—-—-——- You don’t have to be an obsessive Coldplay fan like me to admire the beautiful effects shown in the latest Coldplay / Apple ad. This tutorial will show how to design portraits based on that style. / Coldplay / Apple Style Portrait This tutorial will show you how to create a portrait based on the style of the latest Coldplay / Apple Ad featuring “Viva la Vida” from Coldplay. In case you’re not familiar with the commericial I’m referring too, findthatsong has uploaded a copy of it onto YouTube. Here’s a quick look at what we’re going to create: Before going any further, I’d like to give a quick shout out to Fabio who wrote an awesome tutorial for a similar effect based on the same ad. Maybe I’m not the only Coldplay fan out there! Time to begin! Step 1 – Create the Document Begin with a document sized to your liking. I’m working at around 750×450px myself, but the exact size really doesn’t matter. What does matter is the background color though. Using the Paint Bucket Tool, fill your background layer with a dark (nearly black) green or blue (#010500). Step 2 – Adding Light Create a new Layer. Using a large, white, soft brush (500-1000px, 0% Hardness), paint the lower part of your image. The brush should basically extend from the very bottom of your canvas in all direction to the other edges of the canvas. Lower the Opacity of your new layer to around 70%. Step 3 – Coloring the Light For this step, we’re going to be playing with a similar effect that I discussed in my Unique Abstract Website Header Photoshop Tutorial. Create a new Layer, and select a large (400-600px), soft, orange (#f38c11) brush. Paint a large dab to fill the bottom right of the canvas. Now select a light blue (#2afaf0) and paint in the bottom left of the canvas. Finally, fill in the top center of the canvas with a shade of purple (#c94ce1). Set this layer to Overlay. Step 4 – Adding some Highlights Create a new Layer. Using the Brush Tool, and a small (30-60px) soft, white brush, paint a few lines curving around the center of your canvas. Apply a Radial Blur (Filter > Blur Radial Blur), using the Spin blur method with an amount between 50-70. Set this layer to Overlay. Step 5 – Insert Photo Desaturate the Subject Time to add a photograph of our subject into the portrait. Going over the process of cutting out a subject is out of the scope of this tutorial, but I will suggest using the Pen Tool to prepare such a cutout. When you have a cutout prepared, Paste it into a new layer in your document. Line it up so that the highlights seem to be coming from behind it. Destaturate (Images > Adjustments > Desaturate) the cutout so that the subject is black and white on top of the colored light we created earlier. Step 6 – Dodge and Burn In the Coldplay / Apple commercial, the subjects are nearly silhouetted with the light bursting out from behind them. However, the photo I chose is pretty clear, as if there is a light source in front of the subject. If you have the similar problem on your image, you can fix it using the Dodge and Burn Tools. Grab the Burn Tool (Located underneath the Paint Bucket Tool) from the toolbox, and in the Options Bar, set the Range to Shadows. Using a large, soft brush, paint over most of your subject to darken it. I’m going to leave a bit of the right side of my subject lit up to show that there is some light reflecting off of him. You can go back with the Dodge Tool to bring out some brighter highlights if you find it helps light up part of your subject. Step 7 – Adding the Smoke Effect There are a few ways we could go about creating smoke in our design but in this tutorial we’re actually going to use a stock image. Download the “smoke” stock image from stock.xchng (Requires a free account). Paste and Transform the smoke stock image so that it’s positioned and sized somewhere over your subject. Set the blending mode for this new layer to Screen. Screen Blending Mode Confused about what just happened? The Screen Blending Mode can be very handy sometimes, as any pixels that are black will essentially become transparent in the blended layer. Step 8 – Adjusting Smoke Color Using any of the Selection Tools (Magic Wand Works Great), select the smoke from the stock image. Apply a feather to the selection (Select > Feather) of a 1-3px to soften things up. Create a new layer, and using the Paint Bucket Tool, fill your selection with a light blue/cyan (#28dff5). Set this layer to Color. Step 9 – Enhancing the Background Duplicate the Smoke layer (not the color, but the smoke layer – Layer > Duplicate Layer while selected), and move the new layer underneath your subject layer. Transform the new smoke layer so that it takes up a lot of the background behind your subject. Set this new layer to Color Dodge. You may wish to also apply a slight Guassian Blur to this layer. Step 10 – Add Dark Lines Steps for creating the Black Lines Create a new layer underneath your subject. Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool, make a long selection spanning about the width of your canvas. Fill the Selection using the Paint Bucket Tool with a dark color (black will work fine). Deselect your selection by going to Select > Deselect (Or Ctrl + D). Now, Transform your black rectangle (using Free Transform, Scale, Rotate, Perspective, or any mix of those you are comfortable with). We want the side of the bar that is going to be underneath our image to be more narrow than the end coming out of our subject (similar to a sunburst effect). Use the Move Tool to reposition your bar. Set the blending Mode to Overlay. You may consider fading your bar out like I did with a large, soft eraser. Add a few more of these bars using the same technique. Black Bars added to the Design Time for Polish At this point, you’ve finished the effect we were aiming for! You don’t have to stop here of course. If you’re going to continue playing with the design, and adding your own finishing touches, here are a few suggestions that may get you started: Add a Vignette – Fade out your borders to a dark black color. Since we’re designing a portrait in this tutorial, it’s a really nice way to frame your subject! Add some abstract dust – We’ve got a brilliant Photoshop tutorial for adding Abstract Dust and Spray Effects to designs like this which you may be interested in! Play with Text – Some clever text placement can really add a lot to a design! White text seems to look really great on top of this effect, especially if you’re using a blocky Type. And here is another example of the style put to good use! —-—-—-—-—-—- Photoshop Elements / Brushes /Hard & Soft Round Brushes Library You can download a brush library called Hard & Soft Round Brushes. This brush library contains the brushes photographers use the most—round brushes. The Mac version of Photoshop Elements doesn’t have a default library containing these brushes, nor are they in the Basic Brushes library. Users of the Windows versions of Photoshop Elements may like having these brushes in a library all by themselves. The zip file also contains a file called _Empty in which you can put brushes that you create. ‘Download Hard & Soft Round Brushes”:http://www.photokaboom.com/Hard_Soft_Round_Brushes.zip/ 1) Go to Hard Soft Round Brushes (Zip folder). 2) Select Save. 3) Save the folder to My Download Files (Windows) or Desktop (Mac). Unzip 1) Go to My Download Files (Windows) or Desktop (Mac) and locate the Hard_Soft_Round_Brushes folder. 2) Unzip (open) the Hard_Soft_Round_Brushes folder by double clicking on the folder. If you have difficulty downloading or opening the zip file, go to Zip File Problems Browse 3) Browse to the folder in which Photoshop Elements stores brushes. This folder is called Brushes. / Windows a) Go to My Computer. b) Browse using this pathway: C: / Program Files / Adobe / Photoshop Elements / Presets / Brushes Mac a) Go to Finder. b) Browse using this pathway: Applications / Adobe Photoshop Elements / Presets / Brushes 4) Open the Brushes folder. Zip File Window Brushes Folder Window 6) Select the two files in the left-hand window, and drag them onto the right-hand window. The new brush library will appear in the Brush Picker menu after you restart Photoshop Elements. To open the _Hard & Soft Brushes file immediately, do the following. 1) Select the Brush tool. 2) Locate the Brush Picker in the options bar. 3) Click the black arrow, to the right of the Brush Picker in the options bar, to open the Brush Picker window. 4) Click the blue arrow in the upper-right corner of the Brush Picker window 5) Click Load Brushes. 6) Select the _Hard & Soft Brushes file in the Load window. 7) Click Load. You’re done. The two files have underscores at the beginning of their names. _Hard & Soft Round Brushes _Empty Because of the underscore, the files will appear at the top of the Brush Picker menu. If you encounter any problems / Windows XP and Vista, and Mac OS X 10.3 and later, can open zip files. If you don’t have a zip file program on your computer, download WinZip, which has a free trial period. If you’re unfamiliar with zip files, go to the WinZip tutorial —-—-—-—-—-—— / WOW Thank you CUT for this excellent post! Woo HoO! / http://www.photoshoptopsecret.com/ Sneak Peaks http://www.photoshoptopsecret.com/blog/videos/vid_invisablepre/vid_invisablepre.html http://www.photoshoptopsecret.com/blog/videos/vid_stylizedpre/vid_stylizedpre.html http://www.photoshoptopsecret.com/blog/videos/vid_grungepre/grungepre.html Photoshop Top Secret. 4 DVD+BONUS. Avi http://rapidshare.com/files/263061216/Phot….net.part01.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263061308/Phot….net.part02.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263062151/Phot….net.part03.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263063546/Phot….net.part04.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263061109/Phot….net.part05.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263063248/Phot….net.part06.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263061358/Phot….net.part07.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263063645/Phot….net.part08.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263062172/Phot….net.part09.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263064567/Phot….net.part10.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263062647/Phot….net.part11.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263057972/Phot….net.part12.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263057608/Phot….net.part13.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263060164/Phot….net.part14.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263058228/Phot….net.part15.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263058657/Phot….net.part16.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263064371/Phot….net.part17.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263058079/Phot….net.part18.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263065315/Phot….net.part19.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263058203/Phot….net.part20.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263059608/Phot….net.part21.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263058200/Phot….net.part22.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263058720/Phot….net.part23.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263064111/Phot….net.part24.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263061044/Phot….net.part25.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263058338/Phot….net.part26.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263060532/Phot….net.part27.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263060802/Phot….net.part28.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263059203/Phot….net.part29.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263059219/Phot….net.part30.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263058232/Phot….net.part31.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263057919/Phot….net.part32.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263060052/Phot….net.part33.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263059027/Phot….net.part34.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263059022/Phot….net.part35.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263061612/Phot….net.part36.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263059114/Phot….net.part37.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263063709/Phot….net.part38.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263064485/Phot….net.part39.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263059943/Phot….net.part40.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263058042/Phot….net.part41.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263062887/Phot….net.part42.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263064175/Phot….net.part43.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263061701/Phot….net.part44.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263064105/Phot….net.part45.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263058475/Phot….net.part46.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263063405/Phot….net.part47.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263061939/Phot….net.part48.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263061673/Phot….net.part49.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263062507/Phot….net.part50.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263062254/Phot….net.part51.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263062498/Phot….net.part52.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263062308/Phot….net.part53.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263058393/Phot….net.part54.rar / http://rapidshare.com/files/263058062/Phot….net.part55.rar Description: / Photoshop Top Secret will teach you to create high-quality special effects to get attention for the movie posters, book and magazine covers, brochures, colorful illustrations, as well as a wide range of all kinds of advertisements and graphics for Web-sites. Lessons are in English, and even if you’re with him for you, do not be afraid! Authors to such an extent, explain everything in detail and show that after a while and did not notice that all the talk in English. Photoshop Top Secret – excellent tutorial that teaches you step by step how to create the most advanced graphic effects using Adobe Photoshop. The product will be understandable to anyone, until those who are first confronted with fotoshopom.V kit includes a color gallery with a start and the end result of work of each project throughout the course. / Producer: Mark Monciardini / Year: 2007 / Language: English Info: / How to Become a Photoshop \”Black Belt\”-Fast! / Just released by Mark Monciardini, Photoshop \”Top Secret\” is an Extreme / Training Course that teaches you, step by step, how to create cutting-edge / graphics and special effects with Adobe Photoshop. / This student-friendly home study course includes four DVD-ROMs of video tutorials / and project files. It also comes with a full-color gallery book / (printed, not pdf) that shows the end result of each project in the course / You can look, learn, practice, and master these advanced techniques wherever / you may be, without the need for expensive classes or tutors. / Create Posters, Movie Covers, Surreal Graphics and More! / The course will teach you how to become the ultimate Photoshop \”black belt\” pic / for fun and/or profit. You\’ll learn how to create top-level special effects / for eye-catching movie posters, album covers, book jackets, brochures, / mailing pieces, magazine covers, article illustrations, and a tremendously wide range of print ads and Web site graphics. The contents of the archive: / 01. About. / 02. Bonus DvD (by Malestrom). / 03. DVD Covers (by Malestrom). / 04. DVD Labels (by Malestrom). / 05. Flying out of Bounds (by Malestrom). / 06. header-image.jpg / 07. Photoshop Top Secret DVD 1 (by Malestrom). / 08. Photoshop Top Secret DVD 2 (by Malestrom). / 09. Photoshop Top Secret DVD 3 (by Malestrom). / 10. Photoshop Top Secret DVD 4 (by Malestrom). / 11. Photoshop TopSecret Gallery Book (by Malestrom). Content / CD 1: / Break Apart / Video: 976×560 (1.74:1), 25 fps, XviD MPEG-4 ~750 kbps avg, 0.06 bit/pixel / Audio: 44.100 kHz, MPEG Layer 3, 2 ch, ~128.00 kbps avg / Dark Faces / Video: 640×480 (1.33:1), 25 fps, XviD MPEG-4 ~216 kbps avg, 0.03 bit/pixel / Audio: 44.100 kHz, MPEG Layer 3, 2 ch, ~128.00 kbps avg / Dream Scene Montage / Video: 976×560 (1.74:1), 25 fps, XviD MPEG-4 ~470 kbps avg, 0.03 bit/pixel / Audio: 44.100 kHz, MPEG Layer 3, 2 ch, ~128.00 kbps avg / Dream Skin / Video: 976×560 (1.74:1), 25 fps, XviD MPEG-4 ~684 kbps avg, 0.05 bit/pixel / Audio: 44.100 kHz, MPEG Layer 3, 2 ch, ~128.00 kbps avg / Movie Credits / Video: 976×560 (1.74:1), 25 fps, XviD MPEG-4 ~622 kbps avg, 0.04 bit/pixel / Audio: 44.100 kHz, MPEG Layer 3, 2 ch, ~128.00 kbps avg / Movie Poster I / Video: 976×560 (1.74:1), 25 fps, XviD MPEG-4 ~512 kbps avg, 0.04 bit/pixel / Audio: 44.100 kHz, MPEG Layer 3, 2 ch, ~128.00 kbps avg / Movie Poster II / Video: 976×560 (1.74:1), 25 fps, XviD MPEG-4 ~525 kbps avg, 0.04 bit/pixel / Audio: 44.100 kHz, MPEG Layer 3, 2 ch, ~128.00 kbps avg / Special Effects / Video: 969×545 (1.78:1), 15 fps, Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V2 ~518 kbps avg, 0.07 bit/pixel / Audio: 44.100 kHz, Microsoft MPEG, 2 ch, ~128.00 kbps avg / Stone Portrait / Video: 976×560 (1.74:1), 25 fps, XviD MPEG-4 ~653 kbps avg, 0.05 bit/pixel / Audio: 44.100 kHz, MPEG Layer 3, 2 ch, ~128.00 kbps avg / Surreal Mist / Video: 976×560 (1.74:1), 25 fps, XviD MPEG-4 ~516 kbps avg, 0.04 bit/pixel / Audio: 44.100 kHz, MPEG Layer 3, 2 ch, ~128.00 kbps avg CD 2: / Applying Tattoos / Computer Screen Images / Creating DVD Covers / Download Button / Elegant Headers / Flower Greeting Card / Logo Basics / Masking Fur / Order Button / Painting a Portrait / Pop Art / Screen Captures (Mac) / Screen Captures (PC) / Seal of Guarantee / Shattered Type / Subscribe Button / Swapping Faces / Vanishing Point / Video: 969×545 (1.78:1), 15 fps, Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V2 ~509 kbps avg, 0.06 bit/pixel / Audio: 44.100 kHz, Microsoft MPEG, 2 ch, ~128.00 kbps avg CD 3: / Chocolate Milk Frog / Covered With Wax / Invisible Man / Layer Comps / Metal Collage / Morphing Creatures / Reaching Out of Bounds / Square Fruit / The Grunge Look / Video: 969×545 (1.78:1), 15 fps, Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V2 ~509 kbps avg, 0.06 bit/pixel / Audio: 44.100 kHz, Microsoft MPEG, 2 ch, ~128.00 kbps avg CD 4: / Dreamy Backgrounds / Liquid Metal / Masking Mastery / Smoke / Soap Bubbles / Stylized Character / Swap Animal Skin / Underwater Scene / Vector Art Portrait / Water Bubbles / Video: 969×545 (1.78:1), 15 fps, Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V2 ~509 kbps avg, 0.06 bit/pixel / Audio: 44.100 kHz, Microsoft MPEG, 2 ch, ~128.00 kbps avg / Bonus DVD: / Painting Fantasy Portraits / A 19 video Tutorial / Video: 976×560 (1.74:1), 15.000 fps, XviD MPEG-4 ~270 kbps avg, 0.03 bit/pixel / Audio: 44.100 kHz, MPEG Layer 3, 2 ch, ~192.00 kbps avg / EXTRAS: / Flying out of Bounds / -DVD Covers / -DVD Labels / -Photoshop Top Secret Gallery Book (PDF) / -—-—-—-—-—-—-- Thank you Linda for this link / http://photokaboom.com And don’t forget, if you have a site you’d like to share or even a program please post it here :0) / —-—-—-—-—-—-—- Cool Australian Art Sites / The biggest Nikon forum on line. Not puppets of Nikon but Nikon lovers. Great site. / For the latest in Australian Industry information head here. / Fred Miranda is one of the finest forums on the web.It reviews everything that’s happening and has more info than you have time to read. / An Australian site, photo & imaging news keeps track of the latest news in the industry. / Want to find some cool photography gadgets and toys? Photojojo is one of the most fun photography sites around. Current photo contests at Photocompete / A great place to find out about worldwide competitions. / David Hobby is THE Strobist. What he doesn’t know about lighting, isn’t worth knowing. This site is one of the best known on earth – check it out a world of info awaits. / A well renowned site and magazine for fine photographers, well worth / a look. Michael Coyne / In its about us section Aquabumps says “Aquabumps parades images of waves, surfers (good and bad), hot morning joggers and stunning beaches.” If you like water photography you’ll love this. / Find out what’s happening with photography competitions around the world. —-—-—-—- Where’s my picture gone to in PHotoshop? Have you ever applied a filter and after doing so your image has disappeared? Well it happened to me several times and besides the natural cursing that went on.. ‘what the **!’ I decided to gather some patience and look into it myself.. Well low and behold I found the solution. If your image suddenly dissapears but remains visible in the navigator window to the top right do the following: 1. click on View / 2. click on Screen Mode / 3. select the first one Standard Screen Mode wallah! Your image will magically re-appear.. :)) / If you prefer to use the other modes you can then reselect them in this menu, make sure the image is displayed first after you select standard otherwise it will not reappear. hope this helps you if like me you’ve encountered the same problem. Kaz / x / —-—-—-—- / Photoline V15.50 PhotoLine is an imaging software, layout program, vector editor, batch converter, and Web editor with many functions. It provides painting, cloning, filtering, blending, and flood fill, many special effects, dynamic layer effects, and working layers. The program supports many picture formats, animated GIFs, CMYK, 16 bit per channel, color management, multiple undo/redo levels, plug-in filter, action recording, animations, poster and label printing. Image Processing 16 bit per channel, support of CMYK and Lab Color management with ICC profiles Lossless imaging Process digital photos Retouch, correct, ... Browse IPTC and EXIF data handling Rotate images lossless Rename images and create catalogues Create HTML galleries Add and edit keywords Powerful search capabilities Layout/Text “Real” PDF Import and Export (not just a big image) Multipage documents Calendar and barcode creation Rich text functions Internet/Animations Create Flash and GIF animations Web Export Tile images, create buttons and image maps Many more Batch conversion Create slideshows Record actions Print multipage documents, flyers and labels USB-Stick support Multiprocessor support more info @ http://www.pl32.com/ —-—-—-—-- Portrait Photography: Secrets Of Posing & Lighting Mark Cleghorn – Portrait Photography: Secrets of Posing & Lighting / Lark Books | 2004 | ISBN: 157990548X | 128 pages | PDF | 53 Mb With easy-to-follow instructions and detailed photo sequences showing how to arrange lights and lighting accessories, this carefully structured course teaches all the fundamentals of portraiture, as well as a host of other creative techniques. It sets out everything the amateur needs to know to create a wide range of styles, from choosing the right equipment to composing the background to placing and positioning the subject for maximum effect. The basics of color and black and white, digital capture and film, and studio and location shooting all receive detailed attention, and helpful tips on mood-enhancing lighting will help raise novices’ skills to professional levels. Download —-—-—-—--

• 

  Desert Dawn
  by Kathie Nichols

  Macro photo taken from a gutter in the suburbs, silt and cement. Focal length 6.0-20mm. This image is available now to be purchased and downloaded from my portfolio at Shutterstock. WOW, its jumped up to my most popular image even more than my Cherry Blossoms…....lots of sales…..amazing!!!! SHUTTERSTOCK PORTFOLIO / FOTOLIA PORTFOLIO / DREAMSTIME PORTFOLIO“ All of my photographs are now available to buy in gallery size prints, on paper or canvas* Please contact me directly for sizes and pricing! UrbanArt

• 

  Edifice Landscape
  by Cynthia Adams

  Came across Nuh Sarche and she has found an excellent tutorial on Brush downloads,so me being an Ex Bob Ross artist decided to play to see what I could come up with.Hope you enjoy. / Criticisms welcome as are comparisons to my own artwork..let me know what you think! Great Tutorials here