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Our first video tutorial

Posted by randee on Aug 4, 2010 in Tutorials, design

This is a topic I covered last year, but not in a video format.

Here is Skin smoothing in photoshop 2.0!


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Freebie soup for the designer’s soul.

Posted by randee on Jun 7, 2010 in Downloadz, Tutorials, inspiration

Today I’ve got a combo Spray Paint Pack for yall. It includes high-resolution textures, as well as some high-quality, 2500px Spray Paint Photoshop Brushes. Read more…

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Vintage Color

Posted by randee on Jan 9, 2010 in Tutorials, inspiration

My apologies, I posted a link in a previous blog and didn’t have it linked anywhere.

This is a very simple trick, but not obvious if you’re new to Photoshop. The trick is understanding how Curves work and it’s not specific to Photoshop – you can use curves in Paintshop pro and GIMP for example. From what I understand the only exception is Photoshop Elements, which can’t do this trick because Elements doesn’t have a method to edit the channels (i.e. Red, Green and Blue channel alphas that make up the colors in the image).

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Dark skies and sharp eyes

Posted by randee on Dec 17, 2009 in Tutorials, inspiration

I’ll admit, Ive been slacking off. I try to get you a new something to read every week and haven’t done so.

My buddy Luke and I were discussing some techniques that make photos look real…bu unreal. And this is what we came up with. I love the effect. It can be coupled with a low saturation to give a great dooms day feel. If you find anything else, leave a comment below and let us know about it.
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One more Photoshop Blunder

Posted by randee on Nov 19, 2009 in News

Demi Moore’s photoshopped cover Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott/W Everyone knows by now that magazines extensively airbrush the stars on their covers, and usually the celebs appreciate a little touchup and wouldn’t want it any other way. But imagine Demi Moore, 47, getting her first look at the latest (December) cover of W and finding that a huge chunk of her hip has been digitally removed? That’s what the folks at Boing Boing called attention to yesterday. The mistake hardly needs to be pointed out. If you look at Moore’s left hip (our right), it seems that what used to be flesh is now a great deal of white space. But, don’t worry, Mrs. Kutcher’s thigh still seems normal, though now it appears to bulge out below her sarong.
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Unforgettable

Posted by randee on Nov 10, 2009 in News, inspiration
“We all want to look different and this makes us all the same
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Advertising – Photoshop Blunders

Posted by randee on Nov 4, 2009 in News, inspiration
Every so often you come across one of those ads that are put together so well, you can only imagine the mastery of the artist that put it together….

…And then there’s these. Read more…

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Advertising – Photoshop Wonders

Posted by randee on Oct 31, 2009 in News, inspiration

Photoshop Wonders in Advertising Designs:

Talking about advertising designs, you always expect some great ideas and concepts to sparkle your eyes. Here are some vibrant, punchy and conceptually strong print ads, which you will regret if miss them. Every so often you come across one of those ads that are put together so well, you can only imagine the mastery of the artist that put it together. Read more…

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You’re going to need more than a good skin cream…

Posted by randee on Oct 9, 2009 in Tutorials, inspiration

We are going to cover how add texture effects and since its almost halloween, we have a rather creative way to show this can be applied. This is only a variant of how you can achieve that, the key is (like everyone says) to keep experimenting. Textures are very important is photographic manipulations, and used properly can create great effects. Read more…

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Creating an Abstract Watercolor Wallpaper

Posted by randee on Sep 7, 2009 in Tutorials, inspiration
Ok back to this series of Photoshop tutorials. I would confess here that most of the tutorials I liked, were lengthy and complicated. I tried finding one for you that was quick and easy to learn, but had a really creative twist. Read more…

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