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How to add a blue sky in Photoshop

April 23, 2010 by Victoria  
Filed under Basics, Technique

How to add a  blue sky in Photoshop

If the sky does not cooperate in our travel, we still can save the pictures. We just need two different images, the one we want to “repair” and another one with a beautiful blue sky.
We open the two images in Photoshop.

How to soften an image in Photoshop

November 15, 2009 by Victoria  
Filed under Basics, Retouching

How to soften an image in Photoshop

If you want to soften one of your images in Photoshop, and want it to have a dreamy look, you might find this tutorial useful. You can find it works very well with babies, children and brides pictures.

The first thing to do is to make a copy of the image. You need to go to [...]

How to use the navigator in Photoshop

November 9, 2009 by Victoria  
Filed under Basics

How to use the navigator in Photoshop

The navigator is a thumbnail preview of your picture with a slider to adjust the zoom.  It lets you go from a full size image, all the way to the pixels.
It is very easy to use and you can have it in your screen and use it instead of the zoom tool. It shows the [...]

How to unlock an image in Photoshop

November 6, 2009 by Victoria  
Filed under Basics

How to unlock an image in Photoshop

Every time you open an image in Photoshop it is locked. You can see the small  icon with a lock in the layers palette .
When the layer is locked you can not apply changes directly to the layer.

You can unlock it by double-clicking on the background layer in the layers palette, or by going to [...]

Easy Photoshop

November 6, 2009 by Victoria  
Filed under Basics

Easy Photoshop

Photoshop can be as easy or as complex as you decide to use it. You can use the auto adjustment commands and let your program decide how to improve your images or you can study, practice, read and struggle, until you learn how to use it with confidence.
The first version of Photoshop was released in [...]

Getting started with Photoshop: the work area

November 6, 2009 by Victoria  
Filed under Basics

Getting started with Photoshop: the work area

The work area con vary depending on the Photoshop version that you have, but once you get familiar with it, you will be able to move around comfortably.
The idea with these tutorials is to make every step easy to understand, and to answer your questions and offer new ways to improve your images.
The best way [...]