fORMaTiNG YOuR TeXt I havent been having too much fun gettin my text written in RB the way i am used to.. formatting that is.. ...
fORMaTiNG YOuR TeXt I havent been having too much fun gettin my text written in RB the way i am used to.. formatting that is.. ive had my text cancelled out like this when i put the ”-” symbol between letters – i try and remember not to do that again. Only just now i found another one.. So i thought to self, that i’d better write all these down here in the journal – for future reference : NEW PARAGRAPHS / Press ENTER twice and that will give you a new paragraph automatically. WHEN ON EACH END OF WORD/TEXT : / eg: * bold * (without spaces) symbol * = bolds / / symbol _ = italic symbol ^ = small upper / / symbol – = cancels you out! symbol ~ = makes text smaller / / symbol + = Underlines the text symbol * * * = makes a horizontal rule/line without the spaces / -found by KSERIPHYN_ TO MAKE TEXT CLICKABLE (INTO URL) Put quotation symbols ” ” on each side of the word/sentence you want to make into Links/Clickable and then a COLON (no spaces) straight after, plus the url ; http:// EXAMPLE (i’ve added spaces in between the symbols so that you can see the text – but NO SPACES ” This tip was found whilst reading PDUV’s journal ” : http://www.redbubble.com/people/pduv/journal/show/4812 becomes : This tip was found whilst reading PDUV’s journal TO ADD GRAPHICS INTO YOUR JOURNAL / PLEASE DON’T PUT HUGE PIX, RESIZE/UTILIZE PLACES LIKE IMAGESHACK free image hosting EXAMPLE : (i’ve added spaces in between the symbols so that you can see the text – but NO SPACES) ! http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/6817/formatingrbct6.gif ! becomes TIP : You can do save that gif cheat sheet if you want ;) ADDING GRAPHIC & MAKING IT CLICKABLE (LINKED) / for larger pics you want to show, its a good idea to post the Thumbnail size, / and making the graphic clickable to a larger size. To to that just add the :http://website.uwant.url right after the ending exclamation ! mark of the graphic link ! http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/6817/formatingrbct6.th.gif !:http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=formatingrbct6.gif / becomes NEW! Adding an ALT equivalent to your image / so that when you hover mouse over the image you can read the title of image example (hover mouse over the button): / add the title of your image in a bracket, for example (IMAGE TITLE) in between the last letter of the image URL and the ending exclamation symbol. look at image below / HEADER TEXT (Large fonts) / add symbol # to each side of the word/sentence for header size font. / / but this seems to work only as header, meaning its gotta be the first sentence/text, like a header. i used it up to in the text that says “Formating Your Text” eg : # Is bigger better? # no spaces MAKING BULLET/LIST Make new/update CheatSheet soon done! New Cheatsheet added to bottom of this page and also in portfolio HERE symbol hAsh plus a space then text will make bullets / -found by KSERIPHYN_ / TEXT GENERATOR keong has found this link to TEXTISM a Text Generator that can help you further with formating style that RB uses. For anyone who uses Firefox and has Greasemonkey installed, Dave Pearson has created a script that replaces the existing hints on RedBubble with the cheatsheet (big thanks to Dave!!) NEW! / / / Embedded YouTube / I’VE made this into a Mousepad, click on image to see more! / updated cheatsheet (28 July 2007)
Ive updated the original journal FORMAT & Found by Accident but i thought t…
Ive updated the original journal FORMAT & Found by Accident but i thought those who wasnt aware, may want to do a Save Image As.. TIP : You can do save that gif cheat sheet if you want ;) theres MORE tips and stuff at the update page : FORMAT & Found by Accident
I posted a piece on how to do t-shirts a while ago. I deleted it when I realised that a lot of my ideas were wrong, but I think that I ca…
I posted a piece on how to do t-shirts a while ago. I deleted it when I realised that a lot of my ideas were wrong, but I think that I can offer some useful advice this time. The template posted here at RB is what I’m using now. If you haven’t worked with it before the simple way to eliminate the white rectangle and red lines is to click on Select – top left – then All, then go to Edit and Cut. That wipes everything off. I have saved the template in that fashion now. I had a lot of trouble with fonts. Everywhere I looked on the net I found instructions on how fonts could be added to the Gimp menu and I couldn’t make any of them work. My final solution was: a – make sure every font I wanted was loaded into my Windows font folder; / b – uninstall Gimp and the GTK Runtime Environment which it requires; / c – reload the latest versions of each, available here. Maybe I just got lucky, but it worked. All fonts now available. I had created another problem for myself by creating my own template, but this wasn’t an issue until recently when RB changed the production method for the T’s. Effectively I had put all my messages on a white background rather than a clear background. / I found the answer on this page, which gives instructions on how to make any colour transparent in Gimp. If you’re starting from scratch in Gimp and want to do a text T, it’s very simple (he said, having banged his head long and hard over this problem). Once you have the template open and prepared as I described earlier, click the bold T (for Text) on the control panel. This will open a box which will show options like fonts, colour – click on each to display the full range – size of text, and alignment. Click on the point of the template where you want the words to appear. This will open a small window – as you type, the words will appear here and also on the template. The template display will create a yellow boundary around your words. I find it easiest to start in the top left corner and then move the text to where I want it by clicking on the four-arrow icon. This should turn your yellow boundary to white, and the text will move as you desire. Hope this helps. PS: I’ve just used the colour to clear technique to create a negative version of my Amaze T shirt, Amaze T2. ADDENDUM: I posted this piece, Programs I Use, in the forums some time ago. I’ll link to it here for your further consideration.
Over in RedBubble HQ land, I get asked to do all sorts of stuff and recently Peter thought it mig…
Over in RedBubble HQ land, I get asked to do all sorts of stuff and recently Peter thought it might be funny useful to make some help videos on how to do some typical RedBubble stuff. Here’s the first one on how to make image and text links. So if you ever wanted to be shown and talked through this process or just want to hear what I sound like when I’m trying to act like I know what I’m doing, check it out. Now what else should I make a video of? Jo
Over in RedBubble HQ land, I get asked to do all sorts of things and recently Peter thought it mi…
Over in RedBubble HQ land, I get asked to do all sorts of things and recently Peter thought it might be funny useful to make some help videos on how to do some typical RedBubble stuff. Here’s the first one on how to make image and text links. So if you ever wanted to be shown and talked through this process or just want to hear what I sound like when I’m trying to act like I know what I’m doing, check it out.
So lets make some grungy text. You may never need this, but it’s simple to do … so why not! The image below is the only image we ar…
So lets make some grungy text. You may never need this, but it’s simple to do … so why not! The image below is the only image we are going to be using today, but you will need the larger file, so clicky on THIS link. Copyright is mine – yada, yada. Open Photoshop and create a new file 800px X 600px, background set to white. Open the larger image (which you will have saved to your computer) and with your move tool selected and the shift key held down, drag the tree image over to your new file. Holding down the shift key will centre the image for you. Working on the trees layer Go to Image>Adjustments>Threshold and I want you to take the slider to the left until it reaches 80 (see image below). We’re aiming to get a lot of white in the image. Next we’re going to add the type. Select a foreground colour, I used Red. Grab your type tool and select Horizontal type – then go ahead and type something, I used RedBubble. (Arial Black > Regular>100pt>Sharp – for those who may be interested) Move your text to where you would like it to be, you can place it similar to where I placed, but it will need to be over some of the black. Once you’ve played around with this a couple times you’ll get a general idea of where the text should go. Before we go any further, we have to rasterize the text. You can either right click on the text layer and choose rasterize type or go to Layer>Rasterize>Type. Now the fun begins :-) click on the trees layer, the one you did the threshold adjustment on and select your magic wand tool, check that the contiguous box on the top menu bar is unchecked and select some of the black. Because you have the contiguous box unchecked, the magic wand tool will select all of the black areas. Now, hide the trees layer by clicking the little eye icon and click on the type layer, then press the delete key. Go to Select>deselect or press ctrl D on the keyboard. And there you have it, some grungey type text. Use your move tool to position the text wherever you want and you can drag the trees layer to the little garbage bin icon … cos you don’t need it anymore. I’ve cropped my final image. Larger file is HERE Enjoy playing, and if I haven’t made anything clear just ask me.
Here is the Classic number counter / I have one on my Bubble Page I got it from http://www.digits.com / Go to digit…
Here is the Classic number counter / I have one on my Bubble Page I got it from http://www.digits.com / Go to digits.com and create your web counter, They will e-mail you your information it will look similar to below / Please note: all web counters have their own web counter numbers and You must link to their web site. / and Please remember: If you are using the free counter services, you must to credit the Web-Counter somewhere on your home-page by using its name and/or logo and with a HTML link It must be linked to their web site or it will stop working / / The text in the above image in red is what you will use to make the counter / First the image location / http://counter.digits.com/?counter={the counter id numbers}&template=simple So it will look like below / !http://counter.digits.com/?counter={the counter id numbers}&template=simple!: http//www.digits.com / Remember no Spaces between the ! & : / Don’t forget to link to their website with one of their images or it will stop working / Make the counter invisible To visitors by adding the color code that matches the theme color that you are using like below / !http://counter.digits.com/?counter={the counter id numbers}&template=simple&foreground=oooooo!:http//www.digits.com / Color codes for black add &forground=000000 / for white add &forground=ffffff / and for grey add &forground=cccccc Happy Bubbling / Dan / Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More Please don’t Copy and paste this written work as that would really hurt my feelings :) / you can copy the link below and paste it if you would like to share with others on Redbubble / "Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page":http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/1856790-tutorial-add-a-visitor-counter-to-your-bubblesite-or-profile-page / or on the web / <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/1856790-tutorial-add-a-visitor-counter-to-your-bubblesite-or-profile-page">Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page</a> /
WOW… so far we’ve had 745 favouritings and 10,419 views since uploading this journal. Hope it helps :) !http://i248.photobucke…
WOW… so far we’ve had 745 favouritings and 10,419 views since uploading this journal. Hope it helps :) Hi Everyone This would be the most FAQ I receive from other bubblers, ie, how do i enhance my profile, how do I create a link, how do I display my products on the page…. It’s so easy, very simple, just a few steps away – anyone can do it, you can do it!! Be encouraged! As I receive lots of requests for assistance about enhancing the front profile page of your red bubble homepage, I have decided to take some time to describe and explain in a step by step tutorial the various methods. / a) I always begin by opening up two tabs/windows / b) Open the ‘edit your profile page’ or the ‘edit your description’ box in the first tab/window / c) In the first window where you are editing your description, type an exclamation mark ! / d) Click to open the other tab/window / e) Go to the public view of the image whose product you wish to display / f) Click on the BUY/PREVIEW NOW button / g) You will notice there are a range of products here for you to choose from eg, card preview, print preview, laminated print preview, matted print preview / h) Click one of these options to view the product / i) Once you have chosen which product you’d like to add as a preview, right click on it and select ‘copy image location’ / j) Return to your first opened tab/window and paste the ‘copied image location’ right beside the exclamation mark / k) Add another exclamation mark after the pasted image location, leaving no spaces / YOU NOW HAVE DISPLAYED YOUR PRODUCT You can go on to make this a clickable link if desired. / l) Add a colon right next to the exclamation mark / m) Click on the second tab/window and press the back button at the top left hand side of your browser twice until it returns to the public view of your image / n) click in the url website address box at the top of your computer to highlight it / o) right click to copy the address / p) return to your first open tab/window and paste the copied url address beside the colon / YOU NOW HAVE A CLICKABLE LINK to the page from your product preview display This is very similar to how you would display a tshirt, but the tees are a littler easier, you do not need to go to the BUY/PREVIEW as you can copy the image location of your tshirt for display just by going to the main page where your image is located… bypassing that step, the rest is pretty much the same. for example below is a clickable text link / Click here to see my Calendars when you create the link it should end up looking something like this / a) I always begin by opening up two tabs/windows / b) Open the ‘edit your profile page’ or the ‘edit your description’ box in the first tab/window / c) Type one set of inverted commas / d) Type in the text, eg, “link to my website” , or “click here” / e) Type another set of inverted commas at the end of your text / f) Type a colon : / g)Click on the second tab/window and go to the website you want your text linked to / h) Right click in the url box at the top of the screen to highlight the url/website address or another page on red bubble where you are linking your text to a work of art etc / i) Paste the address right beside the colon / j) there should be no spaces whatsover / k) Click on the button to Save your changes / l) Go to preview and check the link has worked and is clickable / m) If not – recheck that you haven’t left any spaces, etc for example below is a clickable image link / It should look something like this / a) as above / b) as above / c) Type in an exclamation mark ! / d) Click on the second tab/window and go to the image you wish to add and make clickable / e) Because most images on RB are now protected with clear gifs, you cannot just copy the image itself, you will need to click on the preview/buy button to view the products, such as cards and prints, unless it’s a tshirt…which you can copy… once you’ve chosen product you wish to display….. / e) Right click on the image and choose the ‘copy image location’ option an click on it / f) Return to the first open tab in the editing box / g) Paste the image location right beside the exclamation mark / h) Type another exclamation mark, directly after the image location / i) Type a colon / j) Click on the second tab/window and go to the url address of the page your image is on / k) Click on the address to highlight it / l) Right click to copy the address / m) Return to your first tab/window and paste the url address beside the colon / n) Click to save your changes / o) Click to preview / p) You should have a clickable image link / q) If not, return to your editing and check you have left no spaces anywhere here’s an example of a clickable thumbnail / Here’s what it should like like to you / a) as above (open the edit your profile box in my bubble) / b) as above (open it up at my bubble and go to Art) / c) return to the edit your profile box / d) insert an exclamation mark / e) Click on the second tab/window / f) Locate the small thumbnail you wish to display in your profile from your Art or TShirt Section Listings in your My Bubble area / g) Right click on the small thumnail and click on copy image location / h) Click on first tab and paste the image location right beside the exclamation mark / i) Insert an exclamation mark directly after the url / j) Insert a colon directly after the exclamation mark / k) Click on your second tab/window / l) Go to the thumbnail and click on the thumbnail / m) Go to the url/website address of your image and click in the url box to highlight url address / n) Left click to copy the address / o) Return to your first tab/window (edit your profile) and past the url address directly beside the colon leaving no spaces whatsoever / p) Save your changes / q) Go to view publick view of your work / r) You should now have a clickable thumbnail / s) If not go back to edit your profile and check you’ve left no spaces and recheck your steps PS – if you wish to add a whole heap of thumbnails repeat the process, leaving one space between each thumbnail Here’s an example of a Banner / Here’s an example of what it would look like to you / I have added some nice banners to the front of my Profile Page, and folks often ask how this is done. If you have software like Photoshop and are family with it, then it should be fairly easy. I create a banner in Photoshop, using a simple rectangle shape, keeping it rather small in size …. approx 500×70 pixels (or 6×9 cm) something like that should fit fairly well in the space. I then save my file. I opened a Photobucket account especially so that I could create banners and save them to Photobucket (a free online Photo storage facility). Photobucket is very easy to use, simple and self explanatory. Once you have opened your account there you can upload your banners from your Photoshop saved files. Once you have saved your banners there, you can click on the Direct Link button beneath your thumbnail, to automatically copy the image location address. To make your banners appear in the ‘Edit your Profile’ area, or in your Description Boxes, you only need to do the following: a) as above / b) as above / c) In the edit your profile or description box, insert an exclamation mark / d) click on the second tab where you will have your Photobucket opened up / e) click on the Direct Link in Photobucket to copy the address of the banner you’ve created / f) Go to your first tab/window and paste the Direct Link image address directly beside the exclamation mark / g) Type in another exclamation mark directly after the Direct Link address / h) SAVE your changes / i) Go to View public profile / j) You should now have a beautiful new banner visible on your page / k) if not, recheck your steps and make sure you’ve left no spaces You can make your banner clickable by additionally adding a colon after the exclamation mark, and adding the url of the page you wish to link the banner to. / See example below: / / or / click here to view my tshirts In order to do this you must tag all similar works with a word, by going to edit your art work, and adding the tag to your other tags and saving your work, once you have adding the appropriate word to each of your works, to categories them… you can begin making sets to take customers to sets of your work… you can use a banner or text or an image link to do so for the first part… sandwiching the text/image/banner between two exclamation marks as we have done above. You will need to use an address like this for tshirt collection, but insert your own name instead of karin, and your own tag word, I have used tee, after the equal sign, eg / http://www.redbubble.com/people/karin/clothing?tag=tee so, you add whatever tag word you like at the end after the equal sign,and then be sure to add the tag word, in my case it’s tee, to all your tshirt designs in the tag section, (via editing) and remember to click save or if it’s an artwork collection, you would use the address below for art collections, but you need to insert your own name instead of karin, and your own tag word relative to your particular collection, in my case it’s whales, or baby, or beach, etc… : / http://www.redbubble.com/people/karin/portfolio?tag=whales so now it looks like this below, but be sure to take out any spaces, insert your own banner url address, add the colon, and your tee or portfolio address, using your own red bubble user name and your own chosen tag ! http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg188/karinlouisetaylor/JUNEBANNERSwhales.jpg !: http://www.redbubble.com/people/karin/portfolio?tag=whales From now on you will see the button below displayed on my Profile Page here at Red Bubble, and this will link you directly back to this page for further/future refence. / For more information or further enquiries please click on the following links: / Please do not hesitate to email support@redbubble.com if you are having trouble or needing help of any kind, they are only too happy to help with your enquiries HOW TO ADD THE ABOVE BUTTONS TO YOUR OWN PROFILE PAGE TO HELP OTHERS FIND HELP FAST I would actually be grateful if you added the above assistance buttons/banners and links to your own Profile Pages to spread the word to others, and make access to help more easily available to newcomers and everyone on the bubble…. spread the love around…. / You’ll find out how to do this in the Tutorial…. :) How to add the banners to your own profile page..to help other bubblers have easy access to help and assistance and spread the word around a) Open two tabs/windows in your browser / b) Click on ‘Edit your Profile” / c) Click on the second tab/window / d) Go to this journal page here / e) Scroll down until you get to the button/banner / f) Right click on the banner/button / g) click on copy image location / h) Return to the first open tab/window to ‘Edit your Profile / I) Type in an exclamation mark ! / m) Paste the image location right beside the exclamation mark leaving no spaces / n) Type in an exclamation mark right after the image location / o) Type in a colon directly beside the exclamation mark / p) click on the second window/tab and go to the url box of tutorial page to highlght the address / q) paste the url right next to the colon (leave no spaces whatsoever) What you’ve typed should look a lot like this below, without the spacing….. you musn’t leave any spaces….. if you prefer you can simply copy and paste this below information into your ‘Edit Your Profile’ box and just by removing the spaces you will have created a clickable image/banner link to the Tutorial / ! http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg188/karinlouisetaylor/bannerEnhanceYourProfile.jpg ! : http://www.redbubble.com/people/karin/journal/1964545-tutorial-how-to-enhance-your-profile Underneath is the coding to copy and past the other two buttons / ! http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg188/karinlouisetaylor/BANNERTUTORIALS.png ! : http://www.redbubble.com/people/karin/journal/1469814-linking-and-enhancing-your-profile-on-red-bubble ! http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg188/karinlouisetaylor/BANNERFAQ.png ! : http://www.redbubble.com/groups/redbubble/forums Just don’t forget to remove those spaces between the exlamation marks and colon thank you for time time in reading this…. and I would be absolutely thrilled if you shared this information with your friends…. and anyone who needs help! Have a smiley sorta sunshiney day! / Karin THE END PS / ADDITIONAL TUTORIALS BY OTHER BUBBLERS FOR ASSISTANCE WITH LINKING, ADDING THUMBNAILS, ETC Dave Pearsons Hacks / Craig Shillington’s Contribution / Gracey’s Contribution / Paul Gibbon’s Contribution / Jo’s Contribution / Webgrrl’s Contribution / BevB’s Contribution / Kimberley Palmers’s Contribution / Photegenic’s Contribution PLEASE NOTE IF YOU ARE NOT USING MOZILLA FIREFOX AS A BROWSER AND CAN’T LOCATE THE COPY IMAGE LOCATION when you right click on an image, there is another way to do it…. *what you can do instead is this…. / Right click on the image / Click on properties / Copy the URL address you see there / Paste the URL address from the properties in between the two exclamation marks / and then just follow the rest of the instructions – i hope that helps..i just tried it out using the other browser and it worked find for me….
Adding a slide show to redbubble Ok not really a slide show but it is very close, It’s an animated gif image. / You can see one ”...
Adding a slide show to redbubble Ok not really a slide show but it is very close, It’s an animated gif image. / You can see one My Bubblesite These images can also be linked / Doing this will require you to have software that can make an animated gif image. / And of coarse I know of a free software program that can be used and this tutorial will explain how to do this using this free software. The free software is called / unfreeze and you can Get it here / Once downloaded and installed on your / computer we are ready to go. The first step is to get the images you want to include in your slide show, I am going to use my redbubble images set in frames for my bubblesite homepage. Sign-in to your redbubble account Click “My Bubble” then “Art” find the image you want to include and click the “show public view” Now click the “buy/preview” button / Select the product format you want to use Card, Laminated print, etc.. Then save the image to your computer. Internet Explorer users “Right Click” the image and select “Save Picture As” / Firefox users “Right Click” and select “Save image as” / And choose a location on your PC where you can find it easily. / You can use as many images as you want, but remember you want them to visit your gallery so keep the number of images to a minimum. / I’m going to use 8 images for now. / You can re size your images if you like the Unfreeze software will resize your images to fit in a 375 pixels(high) X 360 pixels(wide) box but the software will not center the image. For those that want their images centered in the box, Use your photo software to edit the images / The software program (unfreeze) that I recommended above requires the images to be in gif format. Doing this in your photo software may be different than mine. But I will open the image in my photo software “Paint.net” and then click the “Save as” option and change the format (type) to gif ( Graphics Interchange Format).They will be saved in the same folder that I put the ones I downloaded from the bubble. Once the images are in the gif format. We are ready to create the animated gif (slideshow) Open the folder where your gif images are located Start “unfreeze” a small window will appear / Drag your images into the white window Then set the delay on the right, I used 60, Make sure the “Loop animation” box is checked Now click the “Make Animated Gif” button Give it a name and Click “Save” To make the images change slower add more than one of the same file The image that I created here was made using three copies of the same image,delay set to 90 / Example: drag and drop “image1.gif”,then do it again drag and drop “image1.gif “ This one has four of the same images and delay set to 60 Now the image can be uploaded to a web site, since Redbubble does not support this file type. You can use Dropbox which is a free file store, share, sync software Get it Here it allows you to have 2 gig of file storage for free. Plus when I change the slide show gif I just created dropbox will take care of the rest. / So changing my slide show is as easy as making a new one and saving it using the same location and name on my pc as the one I’m using now. / Now Insert the new image on your bubblesite or profile / Use the image location (web address,web url) with a ! before and after the image location / For more on Linking images etc. see this post How to Customize Redbubble / And your done. / You can also include these in your description boxes these have been reduced in size A great way to promote your calendars on your bubblesite remember these images can be linked to the buy page. / Happy Bubbling / Dan / Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More © D R Moore This written work cannot be reproduced or posted on the web without my written permission
If you are selling original art on redbubble and want to use a paypal button / Or selling photo prints from your home / Here is how Firs…
If you are selling original art on redbubble and want to use a paypal button / Or selling photo prints from your home / Here is how First Create your button in your paypal (seller account) account / Create Button on paypal do not create a button with a Drop down menu it will not work. / Using it on redbubble can be done by using this link as the image / You can copy and Paste the image links from below Image Options Preview Image Link !https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_paynow_SM.gif! !https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_SM.gif! !https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_LG.gif! !https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_paynow_LG.gif! !https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif! !https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_paynowCC_LG.gif! to get the custom link that you created click the email tab above the code box / / and you will get something like below ( the numbers at the end is a custom number created by paypal so they will know who & what to pay etc.) If you created a button and can’t find it on Paypal Sign in then click the “profile” link in the selling preferences sections click the “My saved buttons” link https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=000000 add the above link by adding a : after your above link / The link will look like this / !https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif!:https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=000000 Happy Bubbling / Dan / Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More © D R Moore This written work cannot be reproduced or posted on the web without my written permission
There are many reasons for using tags 1. Creating links to make it easier for your visitors to find what they want / 2. K…
There are many reasons for using tags 1. Creating links to make it easier for your visitors to find what they want / 2. Knowing what images are in what group / 3. Help your visitors find what they want faster. NOTE: It may take 20-30 minutes before you will be able to use your new tags in the search boxes. / For keeping track of what images are in what group, I’ve found that the easiest way to do this is by Tagging the image with the group name. Then making a bookmark for easy access to Group lists, This method will also show new images as long as you add the tag when you enter the image to a group. / To add tags to images Click your “art” button or Here , Then next to the image click “edit”, The tag box is below the Description box. / Tag Example: All images that I’ve submitted to the Group “Animal Kingdom” , I’ve added the following tag “animal kingdom” remember to separate the tags with a comma ( , ) / Search Example:The following will work for all users as long as you put your username, and tag in the places indicated in bold below / http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname / Once you get the results Bookmark it, Now the next time you try to remember what images you have in a group or have I reached the group limit you can click the bookmark and see what images are in that group and how many. / Bonus: Using the links from above to organize your images for visitors, Link an Image or text with the Links you created above. / You can see some of your links using tags by clicking your username in the top right hand side of any redbubble page (this takes you to your public profile page) / then click Art, Calendar, or T-Shirts then on the next page on the left there are text links with the tags that you have added to your work. / ( if your not sure how to do this See this post Creating Links Etc…on redbubble ) EXAMPLES: / Linked text "Birds":http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname / Birds / Linked image / !www.imageishere.jpg!:http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname / You can click the link below, It will open in redbubble it won’t give you any results but then you can then change the username in the address bar click “go” or just hit enter bookmark the result or add it to your “favorites” for future tag making . / http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname BONUS TIP: / Searching your tags using the search box on the 2009 Gift Guide (see image below) will result in a page of Framed Prints, T- Shirts, Calendars or Canvas Print previews of just your images…..but you will need to tag the works you want to appear with your username. / Then you will be able to customize the results a little better to show only your works…. / / Examples: from my profile…Place your mouse pointer over the link but do not click it to see what tags I used to create these links notice that my username(envelope150) is in all of them. / all my images in the framed product version / Just my Flower images in the framed product version / Only my owl images are here / To use these images on your profile or in your descriptions check out this TUTORIAL:Using Small Product Preview II How to tag your journals / writings The above method does not work for my journls or writings / Example:I have a few How-to’s in the How to Redbubble group and I’ve tagged them with”htrb” So if i create a tag like above it would be / http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/art/everything/tags/htrb / unfortunately the results give me a blank page (click the link above if you don’t believe me) / Here is how we can get the results we need (want). / See Here http://www.redbubble.com/search/envelope150%20htrb/journals / If you have a lot of writings it might be a good idea to tag these for many reasons. 1. Keeping track of what groups they are in / 2. Easy reference for other bubble members / 3. sorting by topic / 4. and many more…. I will try and explain the easiest way to do this and hopefully make it as painless as possible. / I will explain how I created the above results for my How to journals / Fist and most important tag all your work with your username / Step 1. Tag the journal I’m using “htrb” / Step2. Make a link to the list of journals with this tag / To do this we will need to use the search box / Enter your username and tag “click Search” I’m going to enter envelope150 htrb / Step 4. When you get to the results page copy the address from the address bar or bookmark it. / If your tags are fresh give it a little time for redbubble servers to catch up(up to 10-min) / Now you can use the address to make links to your journals for easy reference or group tracking. / I high lighted my username and tag below in bold, When copying the results you will have the %20 where the space is suppose to be. http://www.redbubble.com/search/envelope150%20htrb/ Click Here to see the results if you like Using the method above to create links for your images adds the ability to use more than one tag / Example: If I want to make a link to my osprey(bird) images I would use the search box and enter envelope150 bird osprey click “search” and I get this / http://www.redbubble.com/search/envelope150%20birds%20osprey only my images that include the 3 tags will show up / This method would be good for the Flower Lovers to separate their Flowers images not only by type of flower but color as well. Using tags like username flowers roses red and then searching those tags to make a link to their “My Red Roses Collection”. / Hope this tutorial helps in getting you started in fully customizing or just organizing your bubble profile. Bonus Tip To make a text box appear when someone hovers over a link add text in (these) like below "Landscapes(View my Landscape Collection)":http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname / See how it works below just place your mouse pointer on the link but do not click it / Landscapes / Happy Bubbling / Dan / Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More © D R Moore This written work cannot be reproduced or posted on the web without my written permission
This how-to will explain how to use a Framed image or laminated print etc as your Bubblesite home page image / I will use a framed image f…
This how-to will explain how to use a Framed image or laminated print etc as your Bubblesite home page image / I will use a framed image for this example. First step was to Find the image I wanted to use,Then I added a Frame and Picked the matte color. Now It needs to be downloaded to your computer To Do This (in Firefox)Right click the image and choose “Save Image As” I Labeled My New image as “HomePage Image” and saved it to my Desktop. If you are using the Black theme (as I am now) You can fill the edges around the frame before you upload. Up load it to redbubble, But be sure to set the options as I did below So it does not show up where you don’t want it to. Now on the “Bubbesite Setup” page just Pick that image as your main page image. / / and that is it, your done / Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info / See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More Need More Help? / Chat with me on Skype User Name / envelope150 © D R Moore This written work cannot be reproduced or posted on the web without my written permission / Happy Bubbling / Dan
Here is the Table of Contents for my How-to’s on Customizing your redbubble profile and bubblesite. / redbubble does not allow you to post…
Here is the Table of Contents for my How-to’s on Customizing your redbubble profile and bubblesite. / redbubble does not allow you to post “HTML” (webcode) but here are ways to add things and get the custom look to make your profile stand out from the rest… Working with text [Formatting] / The basics of formatting text creating Bold Itallics and more… More…... redbubble Formatting [Text wrapping images] / Learn how to use tables to text wrap your images, align text / and more… Creating Links Etc…on redbubble / The basics of creating clickable text and images post them on your profile, in forums or on your bubblesite Adding Calendars to your bubblesite / Here is a way to add a calendar to your bubblesite with a link to the buy page Using Small Product Previews / Here is how to use small framed,laminated,cards,etc.. in your descriptions or profile page to create a great looking gallery and inspire some clicks to the buy page. Using Small Product Preview II / Here is an easier way to use small previews but only for Framed Prints, T- Shirts, Calendars and Canvas Prints Quick (Redbubble) Search Bookmarklet / Just a simple search for redbubble helpful when looking for a group or wanting to search the forums for some help or advice… Repeat post Time Saver / This one will show firefox users how to create shortcuts to the toolbar for notepad files that are located on their PC for quick access. Framed image on Bubblesite home page / Add a framed image to your bubblesite main page and keep it out of view from visitors to your regular bubblesite. feedjit Live Traffic Feed / Get to know your visitors with a Live Traffic Feed widget Edit your Slideshow widget / How to change your Slideshow widget to display your T-Shirts and more.. Edit your Sales Widget… / How to change your Sales widget to display your T-Shirts and more.. Using promotional image Banner / How to customize the banner provided under the “promote” tab..change the background color the number of images and more… Using tags on Redbubble / Use tagging to create subject links to allow your visitors quick acess to what they are looking for. Using a Paypal button on redbubble / If you are selling original art on redbubble and want to use a paypal button or selling photo prints from your home see how to add that paypal button to your descriptions or journals. Add a Slide show to your Redbubble Profile/Bubblesite / Ok not really a slide show but it is very close, It’s an animated gif image. Visitor counter on your bubblesite or profile page / There are two different counters in this how to one with just the numbers and one with a little more stats from your visitors. Mapco visitor counter on your profile/bubblesite / This is a How-to for using maploco on your profile, To show where visitors to your page are coming from on a map. Tutorial: Add a flag counter to your bubblesite or profile / This will show you how to add a flag counter to your profile page, bubblesite or group overview page. Tutorial: Embed YouTube Video / A closer .look at how to embed video Redbubble toolbar / I’ve found that the easiest way to navigate on redbubble was to create my own tool bar with links and shortcuts to the things that I do on the bubble. / Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info / Host or Co-Host Tutorials Featuring the easy way / If you are tired of rummaging through countless pages trying to feature a group member or an image that won a challenge try this Tutorial. Need more Help? / Chat with me on Skype User Name / envelope150 Happy Bubbling (with Bling Bling) / Dan / Please don’t Copy and paste my written works as that would really hurt my feelings :) / you can copy the code below and paste it if you would like to share this Journal with others on Redbubble / "TUTORIALS:Bling Bling for bubbling(by D R Moore)":http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/2120386-tutorials-bling-bling-for-bubbling / or on the web / <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/2120386-tutorials-bling-bling-for-bubbling" title="by D R Moore">TUTORIALS:Bling Bling for bubbling</a> /
To add a calendar to your bubblesite is not in the bubble site set-up or the mange gallery as of yet. I look forward to when this will be…
To add a calendar to your bubblesite is not in the bubble site set-up or the mange gallery as of yet. I look forward to when this will be incorporated into the Manage Gallery section for our bubblesites. / So the only way to advertise our Calendars is to give them a link to the right direction to view our calendars. / There are many ways to do this on redbubble / You may simply add the calendar covers to your bubblesite home page Here is one from my collection to get the image url it is the same process as used before. / If you missed it before Click Here for How-to Click “My Bubble” then “Calendars” or Click Here / Next Right click the cover image and copy the image url / Then just place the image in you description with a link to the buy/previw page To get the link without the comments etc. Right click the Buy/preview button then select (In FireFox) “copy the link location” with Internet Explorer select “Copy Shortcut” paste it right after your image location / Example for the image above I used the below / !http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/calendars/page:0/product:calendar/size:small/view:preview/1709263-5-d-r-moore.jpg!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/5781572 / Pages: To select a different page change the number in bold above / Like this /page:1/ will display the first page of your calendar and so on. / Sizes: Change the size by changing size:small to size:medium Another option would be to make a slide show using your calendar images I’ve created three different sizes For my tutorial on Adding a slide show to redbubble See Here Happy Bubbling / Dan / Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More © D R Moore This written work cannot be reproduced or posted on the web without my written permission
Creating Text Links / To make your text clickable or link to a web address / Put quotation symbols ” ” on each side of the word/sentence …
Creating Text Links / To make your text clickable or link to a web address / Put quotation symbols ” ” on each side of the word/sentence you want to make Clickable and then a Colon : (no spaces), Now put the url (web address) of where you want the clicker to go. / EXAMPLE: "View My Gallery":http//example.redbubble.com / Will give you this View My Gallery / You can also make a Text box appear when hovering over the link by adding text in brackets / Like this "View My Gallery(Go to My Gallery)":http//example.redbubble.com / The text above in ( ) will appear in a box if someone hovers over the link / Like this ( put your mouse over the link but do not click it ) / View My Gallery / To use formatting with your text link. Add a space between the formatting symbols and the “ / EXAMPLE: "Space*View My Gallery*space":http//example.redbubble.com / will give you this / View My Gallery Using images in your descriptions ,profile page,etc / First you must know where the image is located (web address) / Example: http://www.mypicture is here.jpg / To use a framed, laminated print, card etc.. image from redbubble click the “show public view” in your “Art” section / / then click the “Buy/Preview” Button / / Set the image as you wish to use it, Card, Framed print etc…once you are done follow the instructions below to get the web address If using firefox simply right click the image and select “copy image location” Using Internet explorer right click the image then select “Properties” A Properties box will appear copy the Address(URL) High lighted in blue / “right click” the Highlighted text then choose “copy” / or once it is highlighted hold the “control(CTRL)” key and press “C” Mac users hold the CTRL or Apple key and then click image to get the menu / You can now paste the image location in the location where you want to use it (right click and select “paste” or hold the Control key and press “V” on your key board) Now put a ! before an after the image location like this !http://www.mypicture is here.jpg! / To make it clickable or linked add the colon : and web address after the ! / like this :http://www.your going here.com / The final entry Will look like below / !http://www.mypicture is here.jpg!:http://www.your going here.com / The text box mentioned above can be used here as well by adding your text in ( ) / Like This !http://www.mypicture is here.jpg(Have a Look)!:http://www.your going here.com / Will give you this ( Put your mouse over image but do not click to see ) / Using Just the Image / To use only the image go to you art section by clicking “My Bubble” then “art” / on you art page find the image you want to use and get the image address or URL as described above / EXAMPLE http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/cropped/size:xsmall/view:main/2903258-2-magnolia.jpg = !http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/cropped/size:xsmall/view:main/2903258-2-magnolia.jpg! To change the size of the image replace the size:xsmall to one of the values shown on the right. / (Click the links for a preview of the size cropped version ) / xsmall = 60px × 60px / small = 135px × 135px / xmedium = 200px × 200px / medium = 300px × 300px / large = 550px × 550px / xlarge = 663px × 663px watermarked to use this one you need to remove the /cropped from the image URL Cropped Version / / Not Cropped / You can also remove cropped/ from the image address to maintain the shape of your image. / Note the sizes may vary depending on your image shape. / Here is a good example why you may want to remove the cropped/ from the image / Notice the cropped version cuts off the cards in his hands but doing this has changed the thumbnail size. To create a Larger preview link use some text or an image and link it to the xlarge view. / Here is an Image Example be sure to remove the /cropped from the xlarge view How it works The text I used !http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/cropped/size:xsmall/view:main/2412521-3-pink-rose.jpg(View Larger image)!:http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/size:xlarge/view:main/2412521-3-pink-rose.jpg To create a large product preview add /pixelsize:875×440 as shown below / Click here to see BEFORE and AFTER EXAMPLE (laminated print) URL: http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/backgroundcolor:d1d1d1/border:whitewithdetail/pixelsize:875×440/product:laminated-print/size:large/view:preview/2099882-6-resting.jpg / Click Here to preview larger size / Use youtube video on your profile just use the simple code below / youtube:video url or web address of the video / For more on how to do this see Here Create a contact link or e-mail me link / Example: "contact me":mailto:myname@myemailaddress.com / Your bubblesite has a contact option, to turn it on / Go to your profile edit page Click here / then scroll down to the e-mail section / and click the box next to / Allow people to contact me via email / Allows visitors to contact you with a form on your BubbleSite. Your email address will not be displayed After you click it you can go to your bubblesite and on the top where the links are you will see these links / Home Gallery About Contact / Clicking the Contact link will open a new window with the Contact form / If you want to use it on redbubble then use the code below. / but change the username to yours / "Contact me by E-Mail":http://username.redbubble.com/contact / Contact me by E-Mail Leave me a comment if you still need some Help or Chat with me on Skype My User Name / envelope150 To use a Skype live status link copy and paste this text and change the username in bold / Leave two blank lines before and after the code |Chat with me on Skype| / |!http://mystatus.skype.com/balloon/username.png!|My User Name / username| Once you get the hang of creating links and posting images give my other tutorial a try. More…… redbubble Formatting [Text wrapping images] Beware this one will frustrate you Happy Bubbling / Dan Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more Toolbar info See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More Please don’t Copy and paste my written works as that would really hurt my feelings :) / you can copy the code below and paste it if you would like to share this Journal with others on Redbubble / "TUTORIAL:Creating Links Etc…on redbubble(by D R Moore)":http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/2145517-tutorial-creating-links-etc-on-redbubble / or on the web / <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/2145517-tutorial-creating-links-etc-on-redbubble" title="by D R Moore">TUTORIAL:Creating Links Etc...on redbubble</a> /
This how-to will briefly explain a method of using tables on redbubble to Create sets, Text aligning, Text wrapping in Descriptions,Journ…
This how-to will briefly explain a method of using tables on redbubble to Create sets, Text aligning, Text wrapping in Descriptions,Journals and profiles. There must be 2 blank lines between the table and other text (Press Enter two times before and after the table) To make a table insert a “|” (vertical bar) between the items to be contained in the cells. / The Examples provided below in BOLD can be copied and pasted. Then just replace the text with your links, images, text or whatever you wish. / For the basic text wrapped image use. / |text|image| / To put the title above the image use below / In order to keep a blank cell I will use   Text wrap an image | |Title w/ link| / |Description|Image w/ link| Preview Click Image to Preview it on my Bubblesite The Cattle Egrets is a popular bird with cattle ranchers for its perceived role as a bio control of cattle parasites such as ticks and flies. A study in Australia found that Cattle Egrets reduced the number of flies that bothered cattle by pecking them directly off the skin. It was the benefit to stock that prompted ranchers and the Hawaiian Board of Agriculture and Forestry to release the species in Hawaii Profile set w/ title or tag link / This also can be used in a Journal entry / For titles above the image use the table below / Note I used 6 size:xsmall images/ use size:small to match the ones already on your profile |”View my Set title or tag link”| |Title1 w/link|Title2 w/link|Title3 w/link|Title4 w/link|Title5 w/link|Title6 w/link| / |image1 w/link|image2 w/link|image3 w/link|image4 w/link|image5 w/link|image6 w/link| It will look like below or you can change the two lines and have the titles on the bottom. |image1 w/link|image2 w/link|image3 w/link|image4 w/link|image5 w/link|image6 w/link| / |Title1 w/link|Title2 w/link|Title3 w/link|Title4 w/link|Title5 w/link|Title6 w/link| View all images in My Bird Collection Screech Owl Missed a Spot Osprey II White Pelican My Girl Preening Flamingo Notice that several of my images have long titles that extend past the Xsmall image / One fix for this would be to press enter after the first word Example: |Title1 w/link|Preening / Flamingo| / |image1 w/link|image2 w/link| Preview My Girl Preening / Flamingo or Put the second word at the bottom / In order to keep a blank cell I will use   Example: \ |Title1 w/link|Preening| / |image1 w/link|image2 w/link| / | |Flamingo| Preview My Girl Preening Flamingo Looks great on your profile |image1 w/link|image2 w/link|image3 w/link| / |Title1 w/link|Title2 w/link|Title3 w/link| / Preview Jupiter Lighthouse Free Poker Lessons Missed a Spot No go forth and create that great description that really stands out more than the rest See this description on my Profile , Bubblesite This is a female Ruby-throated Hummingbird / Which is in the bird family Trochilidae, and are endemic to the Americas. They can fly backwards, and are the only group of birds able to do so. Their English name derives from the characteristic hum made by their wings.Which they can do up to 53 times a second. The extremely short legs of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird prevent it from walking or hopping. The best it can do is shuffle along a perch. To scratch its head and neck it raises its foot up and over its wing. Happy Bubbling / Dan See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info Chat with me on Skype User Name / envelope150 © D R Moore This written work cannot be reproduced or posted on the web without my written permission /
Here is a Tutorial on Text Tricks. = / . / that will give you the ability to make distinctive comments without having to take the time to …
Here is a Tutorial on Text Tricks. = / . / that will give you the ability to make distinctive comments without having to take the time to import outside html codes. They are quick and easy little tricks. The text will be much larger (22 point font) in a bubble mail or in a comment box than it is in this journal. Byron is a nice guy. with an = under the name makes it large text. / Byron is a nice guy . / You have to put a blank space line after the = symbol if you type any other text or it doesn’t work. Another way to make large text in bubble mail or comment boxes is to use a # sign. #Byron is a nice guy / I am sure you will agree! / But he is not the sharpest or most colorful crayon in the box. If you use the # pound sign as was done with the lines above and you place the # sign immediately in front of the text then it wll make all text following the # sign large until you insert a blank line space. It must be your first line of text for it to work and you can not add blank line spaces and do another large text in the same writing. (The example shown above will not work here because it is not the first line of text in this journal.) You can also make a Bullet by using the # sign. Just type the # sign then a space and where the # sign is in the first part of the line a bullet will appear. It will not work except as the first character of a line. Byron is a nice guy If you type Byron is a nice guy and put three asterisk under it it makes the font smaller and draws a line under the statement. / Byron is a nice guy Again you have to place a blank space line under the asterisk or it doesn’t work if you type additional text. But after a blank space line you can type your next line of text and then place asterisk again under that line and you get two lines of text with lines under each. / Byron is a nice guy / Byron is a nice guy Now if you combine the two; Byron is a nice guy with an = under the name and three asterisk under the = symbol you get this / Byron is a nice guy. . / (For some reson it does not show in this journal the same way it does in a bubble mail or a comment box – there the line will be under the text line) I have no idea why or how to make it show correctly so I guess i will have to leave it to you to try it out and see. I know!! Why would you want to do this? Well say I want to comment on the last image you posted; then I can say – Awesome Image – which is just plain or if I want to emphasize the comment then I put the = symbol under it then it gets sent as very large text like this / Awesome Image . / Add this first line and then another line of large text with a line between them to your post and you have a very distinct comment. You do have to remember to place the = under the comment then the three asterisk under the = then a blank like space before your next line of comment with an = under the last line and you get. / Awesome Image / Look forward to the next one! . / (Again this will not show the same here as it does in a bubble or comment box – the line will show between the two statments) In addition I had forgotten but if you put two asterisk in a line of text it makes the text following the asterisk becomes bold like * this as you can see. If you put two more asterisk * it turns off the bold like this did. One of the asterisk will show in the text and I haven’t figured how to turn it off yet. / } :>) . / Three + symbols in front of a word gives you a + and – symbol together in front of the word gives you + both plus & minus signs one on top of the other. You might wish to use this to say; You might want to try a little + contrast on this image. / Place the # sign as the first character in the above line and you make your point, perhaps a little to strongly. / I am sure there are more of these little tricks but so far this is all that I have found / . / Byron
Welcome to my longest tutorial so far. / This Tutorial has a lot of information in it That makes it seem harder than it is be patient but …
Welcome to my longest tutorial so far. / This Tutorial has a lot of information in it That makes it seem harder than it is be patient but I know you can do it. / Using small pictures of mounted prints, posters, matted prints, canvas prints, shirts or cards. / To do this you will need the Picture Number / To get this go to your “art” section and find the image you want to use right click it to get the web address(URL) / It will look similar to this / http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/cropped/size:xsmall/view:main/2472080-2-lavendar-rose.jpg / The number in BOLD in the example above is the picture number, use it in the below examples where it says PICTURENUMBER NOTE: The codes used in this journal can not be copied and pasted it will not work To get the small previews to work you must right click these images to get the Web address or URL (see how below), Or once you create your small previews you can right click those. If using firefox simply right click the image / and select “copy image location” Using Internet explorer right click the image / then select “Properties” A Properties box will appear copy the Address(URL) / High lighted in blue Select the text and then “right click” the Highlighted text then choose “copy” / or once it is highlighted hold the “control(CTRL)” key and press “C” To paste the web address press “ctrl+V” or right click where you want it to go and select “paste” I’ve also included the HTML code for using these on the web. / You can copy and paste these / Then just paste the web address you got above where is says / paste image location here and Change the PICTURENUMBER / The options can be changed at anytime. All of the examples I provided will go to your profile page. / If you want them linked to your bubblesite you will need to know the set number / of where the images are. / To get the set numbers go to your bubblesite “gallery” and right click a set (folder) / select “properties” in the box that appears you will see the web address (URL) for the set (folder) / EXAMPLE: http://USERNAME.redbubble.com/sets/7279/works / The number in Bold above is the set number. Below are examples of where to put the link. / Note:The USERNAME, SETNUMBER and PICTURE NUMBER needs to be changed to your information / To use on the web (linked to bubblesite) <a href="http://USERNAME.redbubble.com/sets/SETNUMBER/works/PICTURENUMBER"><img src="paste image location here" alt="" /></a> Here is the version for RB (linked to bubblesite) !paste image location here!http://USERNAME.redbubble.com/sets/SETNUMBER/works/PICTURENUMBER / BONUS TIP Make a super small preview by using /pixelsize:60×60 / http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/backgroundcolor:f7f7f7/backingcolor:white/pixelsize:60×60/product:greeting-card/view:preview/2472080.jpg / CARDS grey background black background white background Here is an Example of a card image location with a black background http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/backgroundcolor:000000/backingcolor:white/pixelsize:170×180/product:greeting-card/view:preview/2389415.jpg To use it on redbubble / !paste image location here!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER To use it on the web <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER"><img src="paste image location here" alt="" /></a> Don’t forget to use your picture number Options / To change the background change the backgroundcolor: / !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/backgroundcolor:f7f7f7/backingcolor:white/pixelsize:170×180/product:greeting-card/view:preview/PICTURENUMBER.jpg! Colors for Grey use backgroundcolor:f7f7f7f7 / for Black use backgroundcolor:000000 / for White use backgroundcolor:ffffff To change the background of the card for those cards that don’t fit the layout of the RB card change the backingcolor:white or backingcolor:black EXTRA Adding the backgroundcolor: examples from above to the large card preview will also change the background. / Example!http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/backgroundcolor:000000/backingcolor:white/product:greeting-card/view:preview/2333688-5-great-blue-heron-ii.jpg! / Will give you this / Mounted Prints no border border / white w/details / large image border / black w/details / small image Here is an Example of a mounted print image address with a white border with details http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/pixelsize:170×180/border:whitewithdetail/product:mounted-print/size:large/view:preview/2324884.jpg To use it on redbubble (No border) !paste image location here!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER To use it on the web (No border) <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER"><img src="paste image location here" alt="" /></a> Options / Change the border:noborder / for White border with details border:whitewithdetail / for Black border with details border:blackwithdetail / You can also change the size of the two images that have a border / by changing the size:small / to size:medium or size:large Framed image Cherry/Black / Large Cherry/white / Medium Cherry/Off White / Small Here is an Example of a framed image address with a white background, cherry frame, black matte and a large image. http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/backgroundcolor:white/framecolor:cherry/framestyle:flat30/mattecolor:black/pixelsize:170×180/product:framed-print/size:large/view:preview/2001857.jpg To use it on redbubble !paste image location here!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER To use it on the web <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER"><img src="paste image location here" alt="" /></a> OPTIONS / Change the frame color by changing framecolor: Frame Colors framecolor:cherry / framecolor:black / framecolor:charcoal / framecolor:mocha / framecolor:walnut Change the matte color by changing mattecolor: Matte Colors mattecolor:off%20white / mattecolor:bright%20white / mattecolor:black Change the size of the print image by changing size: Image Sizes size:small / size:medium / size:large The background can also be changed by changing the backgroundcolor:white Colors for Grey use backgroundcolor:f7f7f7f7 / for Black use backgroundcolor:000000 / for White use backgroundcolor:ffffff Laminated Image Black / w/Details / Small White / w/Details / Medium Black / w/Details / Large Here is an Example image address of a Laminated print with a small image and a black border with details http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art//pixelsize:170×180/border:blackwithdetail/product:laminated-print/size:small/view:preview/2294839.jpg To use it on redbubble !paste image location here!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER To use it on the web <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER"><img src="paste image location here" alt="" /></a> Options / Change the border: / for White border with details border:whitewithdetail / for Black border with details border:blackwithdetail / You can also change the size of the two images that have a border / by changing the size:small / to size:medium or size:large Matted Prints Black White Off White Here is an Example matte print with a black matte http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/mattecolor:black/pixelsize:170×180/product:matted-print/size:medium/view:preview/2472080.jpg To use it on redbubble !paste image location here!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER To use it on the web <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER"><img src="paste image location here" alt="" /></a> Options Change the matte color by changing mattecolor: Matte Colors mattecolor:off%20white / mattecolor:bright%20white / mattecolor:black T-Shirts / Clothing Here is an Example image address of a white men’s T-shirt with a black background. http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/clothing/backgroundcolor:000000/pixelsize:170×180/bodycolor:white/product:tshirt/size:large/style:mens/view:preview/2478267.jpg To use it on redbubble !paste image location here!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER To use it on the web <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER"><img src="paste image location here" alt="" /></a> Options / The background can be changed by changing the backgroundcolor: Background Colors for Grey use backgroundcolor:f7f7f7f7 / for Black use backgroundcolor:000000 / for White use backgroundcolor:ffffff The Preview Style can be channged by changing the style: Style long sleeve style:longsleeve / short sleeve style:mens / V-neck style:vneck / Girly Fitted Short Sleeve style:womens The Preview Color Can be changed by changing bodycolor: / Note each T-shirt style may have Different color options Body Colors style:womens / style:mens Colors bodycolor:white / bodycolor:creme / bodycolor:silver / bodycolor:lemon / bodycolor:aqua / bodycolor:babyblue / bodycolor:lightpink / bodycolor:heathergrey / bodycolor:gold / bodycolor:grassgreen / bodycolor:teal / bodycolor:red / bodycolor:kellygreen / bodycolor:raspberry bodycolor:asphalt / bodycolor:army / bodycolor:cranberry / bodycolor:brown / bodycolor:forest / bodycolor:navy / bodycolor:black style:longesleeve Colors bodycolor:white / bodycolor:pink / bodycolor:heathergrey / bodycolor:asphalt / bodycolor:brown / bodycolor:navy / bodycolor:black style:vneck Colors bodycolor:white / bodycolor:lightpink / bodycolor:heathergrey / bodycolor:asphalt / bodycolor:cranberry / bodycolor:brown / bodycolor:navy / bodycolor:black EXTRA using the backgroundcolor: on the large view will change those as well / EXAMPLE http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/clothing/backgroundcolor:000000/bodycolor:white/product:tshirt/size:large/style:mens/view:preview/2478267.jpg / Canvas no options To use it on redbubble (linked) / !paste image location here!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER To use it on the web (linked) / <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER"><img src="paste image location here" alt="" /></a> Posters no options To use it on redbubble (linked) / !paste image location here!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER To use it on the web (linked) / <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER"><img src="paste image location here" alt="" /></a> BONUS TIP You can create a large preview by changing the pixel size / from pixelsize:170×180 to pixelsize:875×440 Click here to see an Example / Thanks for reading my longest Tutorial so far. / Hope you find it useful / Happy Bubbling / Dan / NEW Tutorial Using Small Product Preview II / Here is an easier way to use small previews but only for Framed Prints, T- Shirts, Calendars and Canvas Prints Need More Help? / Chat with me on Skype User Name / envelope150 Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More Please don’t Copy and paste this written work as that would really hurt my feelings :) / you can copy the link below and paste it if you would like to share with others on Redbubble / "Using Small Product Previews":http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/2502507-tutorial-using-small-product-previews / or on the web / <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/2502507-tutorial-using-small-product-previews">Using Small Product Previews</a> / /
If you are tired of rummaging through countless pages trying to feature a group member or an image that won a challenge and have so many …
If you are tired of rummaging through countless pages trying to feature a group member or an image that won a challenge and have so many more pages to go and your mouse hand is cramped. Try this method. / NOTE: This only works for groups that you Host / Co-Host / Also be careful in doing this as it will have the reverse effect on a featured image. / It will remove it from the featured section if it is already featured. / Be sure to visit the groups “overview” page to make sure your handy work has included all the images you wanted to feature. / You can click thew images below to see them larger / To feature Challenge Images 1.On your groups “overview” page there is a link to your “featured work” section / / right click the link / and select (with Firefox)”copy link location” / / (with internet explorer) “copy shortcut” / / Now you are ready to feature some images the easy way / 2.Go to the challenge page that shows the awesome challenge winners that are about to be featured and while holding the control (CTRL) key left click the lucky images / / doing this will open them in new tabs in your web browser / / 3.Now the fun part Clicking one of the new tabs that were opened will take you to the image page drop a comment if you like while you are there. To feature it in the address bar highlight the web address all the way to the word “art” / / then press and hold the control (CTRL) key press “V” to paste the address you copied in step 1 / or you can right click the Highlighted text and select ‘paste’ from the pop up menu. / / Here is an example / Original address (the part in bold will be replaced) / http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/art/2934496-2-egret-dock / Now the new address to feature this image would be / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/groupnamehere/featured_works/2934496-2-egret-dock / 4. Now just press enter (or click GO). / 5. Click the “feature” button on the confirmation page and your done. / / You can close the tab and move on to the next one. / This also works for T-shirts / Example address (the part in bold will be replaced) / http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/t-shirts/2478267-4-original-mobil-phone / Feature a Group Member To feature a group member go to their public profile page and click the “send bubblemail” link and in the address bar there is a number that you will need to feature the group member. / Example: The number below in bold is my number / http://www.redbubble.com/mybubble/conversations/new?recipient_id=14964058&return_to=%2Fpeople%2FEnvelope150 / Highlight and copy the members number / Go to the featured members link on the groups page / EXAMPLE: http://www.redbubble.com/groups/groupname/featured_users / and add the copied number at the end of the address in the address bar / Like this / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/groupname/featured_users/14964058 / Press enter and presto a featured member. / Featuring Writings and Journals also works by going to the members writing or journal page and clicking the work to feature and pasting the address like we did above. / Examples:replace the part in bold / Writing / http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/writing/3092254-feature-me / Journal / http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/3092254-feature-me See this Tutorial in action on youtube / Happy Bubbling (Happy Featuring) / Dan Need More Help? / Chat with me on Skype User Name / envelope150 Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More Please don’t Copy and paste this written work as that would really hurt my feelings :) / you can copy the code below and paste it if you would like to share with others on Redbubble "Featuring the easy way(Host Tutorial)":http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/2948588-host-tutorial-featuring-the-easy-way / or to share on the web / <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/2948588-host-tutorial-featuring-the-easy-way" title="Host Tutorial">Featuring the easy way</a> / or / /
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. 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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. 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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
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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. 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How to set up a Host-Only Forum in 4 Easy Steps… / AND Use it to Test Formatting / by F.A. Moore 1. Click on the forums link …
How to set up a Host-Only Forum in 4 Easy Steps… / AND Use it to Test Formatting / by F.A. Moore 1. Click on the forums link at the top of your group profile page. / 2. Scroll to the base of the page, left, below the red “Search the Forums” button. and click the link, Create New Forum. / 3. Check the checkbox for Host Only. / 4. Save! That’s it! Now all new topics inside that forum can be read and commented only by the host and co-hosts. IDEA! Markup in Red Bubble is always somewhat trial and error. The slightest error will cause a halfway complex format to go awry. Use a host-only-forum topic for testing formatting. A host-only forum topic is a convenient editing tool, as it turns out! I use a topic in my “TEST TEST TEST” host-only forum to paste tests for Feature tables (past features that I’m archiving) and for Solo Exhibition magazine, Inside Solo. In fact, I compose in TextWrangler (Bare Bones Software – makers of BBEdit for Mac) and go back and forth in “Test1” (the topic name), pasting, as I compose. The edit link under your host icon on the left side is your eraser. Don’t like something? Just click it, go in and change it. When I’m ready for the next major feature to test, I erase the old one entirely. No need to start a new topic. I use the “Test1” topic in the host-only forum over and over. P.S. This journal entry was tested there too! (see below) / / As you can see, I tweaked it some after this screen capture.
Firstly, what is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? When you edit (fine tune) your web pages to accurately describe the content on th…
Firstly, what is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? When you edit (fine tune) your web pages to accurately describe the content on the page, you’re optimizing for search. Search engines will scan your website, index the content, and use it to deliver [what they feel] are the best results to the searcher – hopefully your web pages! Why is this important? The better you rank in Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc., the more “free” natural (aka organic) web traffic you receive. And we’re all hoping that those shoppers convert into buyers. WWGD – What Would Google Do? Google is clear about the steps that website owners should take in order to rank highly in natural search results. And while search engine optimization isn’t hard nor scary, it’s a marathon and not a sprint; building your website or webpage’s online credibility takes time. RedBubble keeps pace with the changes being made in the search engine optimization arena, however, it’s important to note that RedBubble – and your own – organic search engine rank will fluctuate due to the searcher’s country of origin, season, competition, and a variety of other factors. Credibility One of the elements that factors into your website or Profile page organic search rank is credibility – your content’s relevance as related to the shopper’s search query. E.g., does your St. Kilda artwork page have a descriptive title, page content, and tags that make it a relevant match for the shopper’s “St. Kilda photograph” search query? Another factor that determines page credibility is the number of links into your page(s). Known as “inlinks,” these are links from credible (content-relevant) websites to your RedBubble pages or to your personal website. If I had to choose one, I would choose quality links. Quality links mean that prescreened customers are clicking from a related piece of content to your artwork – which increases the chance of a shopper converting into a buyer. How can we increase the number of inlinks to our RedBubble Profile and artwork pages (as well as our personal websites and blogs)? Start with directories Google, Yahoo, Bing, DMOZ, and other directories allow website and page owners to submit their website URLs. There’s almost always a free option, so if you see a pay-for-placement option, look around the page for a “basic,” free option. - Google Add URL / - Yahoo Site Submit / - Bing / - DMOZ.org You can also list your art business as a local business with these websites. - Google Local / - Yahoo Local (choose the Basic listing) / - For larger US cities, Yelp.com Reach out to friends and contacts You can trade links with friends, contacts, or other willing website owners. If you approach third-parties, take the time to review their content, relate to the owner, and explain the benefits of reciprocal linking. There are far too many link exchange scams online for an unsolicited and unsubstantiated request to pass muster. Write and distribute articles, press releases We chatted about writing for press here, but you can start by posting your writing on RedBubble. If you’re not confident in writing about yourself or your art, start by writing about a local event, an art opening, museum visit, or another topic that’s important to you. Be sure to link keywords (anchor text) in your articles to work in your RedBubble portfolio. E.g., if you’re writing about Yosemite National Park, link to your images of Yosemite. Commenting creates conversation Comments on RedBubble encourage fellow artists, and they prompt members to view your profile and artwork. Take that same idea and apply it to websites outside of RedBubble. You can use Google Alerts to find websites that talk about topics related to your artwork. If the topic applies and there is a space for a comment, be sure to add a relevant note with a link back to your work or Profile page. Become the expert and share You have a lot of valuable information stored in that head of yours. Now is a good time to share your expertise in a journal entry, articles on friends’ websites, etc. “Test the water” with a RedBubble journal entry; be sure to solicit feedback. Then paste the amended story as a Facebook Note or blog entry. Ask friends to pass along the article to others that might enjoy it. Again, pepper the article with links to relevant artwork (anchor text) and add a small “by line,” biography, and website link in the footer of the article. Smart tagging with anchor text In short, when you or someone links to your artwork or Profile page, it’s exponentially more effective if the link text – the anchor text – relates to the headline and body copy on the destination (landing) page. E.g., if you link from text that says, “tiger photograph,” link to a page that includes text, art, and other content related to a tiger. Search engines interpret this as a relevant link and therefore worthy of higher placement in search results. If many websites link from “tiger photograph” to your page you’ll rise in search engine results. Never give up Don’t get discouraged if you receive little to no feedback or results from your first efforts. It takes time to build an audience, and there are rewards to be found in the maturation of your writing and in the discovery of new websites, resources, and in meeting new contacts. And remember, even the world’s most successful artists are bad at some things. Ideas come from you RedBubble members always have great ideas, so please comment below. If you can relate the content to your work, be sure to add a link! :-) Thanks. Regards, / Jason
|Want to post a video / in a Journal entry or / writing or even in the / forums but not sure how…|!http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e…
Want to post a video / in a Journal entry or / writing or even in the / forums but not sure how… To do this is fairly simple if you know how to copy and paste text, if you want more info on how to copy and paste see HERE Now to the nitty gritty the easiest way to do this, would be to open a new tab in your browser press and hold the control key or ‘CTRL’ on most keyboards and press ‘T’ or you can click ‘File’ on the menu that is on the top of the browser and select ‘New Tab’. / Once the new tab is open find the video you want to post. / On the page that the video is on there is a box on the right of the video (see image below). / Click the text box that is shown below (the URL box). / click the image to see it larger / / This will highlight the text that is needed in the next step. / If the page you are on does not have the URL box on the right side of the video click the share link under the video shown below in Yellow / Then the URL box will show below that, indicated in red / click the image to see it larger / / Now click the tab where you are going to post the video….. / enter the text shown below / youtube: / now paste the URL after the : / Like this / youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0xed0buBLe / Save your entry and the video will be posted. Happy Bubbling / Dan Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info See more How-to’s by D R Moore Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More Please don’t Copy and paste this written work as that would really hurt my feelings :) / you can copy the link below and paste it if you would like to share with others on Redbubble / "Tutorial: Embed YouTube Video":http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/4203394-tutorial-embed-youtube-video / or on the web / <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/4203394-tutorial-embed-youtube-video">Tutorial: Embed YouTube Video</a> / / Click Images below to visit my Gallery /
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