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Katrin Eismann - Advanced Masking Techniques

Watercolor Effects

2008-01-18T11:13:00.002+02:00

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Photo Frame - PSD Template for Photoshop

2008-01-18T11:00:00.000+02:00

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Photoshop CS2 Type Effects -Colin Smith

2008-01-05T23:47:00.000+02:00

Learn how to create some of the most stunning text effects on the planet! Find the coolest collection of type effects in one place, all explained step-by-step for you to learn quickly and easily. This video picks up where most leave off! You will not only create jaw-dropping text effects, you will also learn how to apply the effects skillfully to almost any surface on any image. From wrapping type around spheres, cylinders to hugging the contours of vechicles and even rough surfaces, you will master it all. This video is jammed full of insider secrets. Award winning designer and best-selling author, Colin Smith will be your personal coach. You will love his easy to understand, conversational style that will “just make sense”. Learning doesn’t have to be boring, you will have a lot of fun as you tear through these unique tutorials. This fast loading CD ROM contains over 2 hours of sharp 800 x 600 video. The advanced interface frees you up, instantly jump to any of the lessons with complete control over the playback. All the image files are included, so you can follow along at your own pace! Also included are some fonts and brushes.
If you work with text, create packaging, signage, posters or covers this video is one of the best investments you can make.

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Electrifying Energy Beams

2007-12-30T10:12:00.001+02:00

Here's a great effect that will bring some energy to your subject. We'll be wrapping this singer's arm with a glowing beam of light, adding sparkles, and adjusting the colors to make it all seem magical.

Firstly, create a new layer, then grab your Pen Tool (P) and draw out a spiraling path, as if you have a snake wrapped around the arm...

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Photoshop Creative Volume 1 - DVD - 12 Issues

2007-12-30T09:50:00.001+02:00

Photoshop Creative Volume 1 (UK Meg)

The revolutionary new eMag format contains over 900 pages Adobe Photoshop tutorials and projects from first 12 issues of Photoshop Creative. All articles are faithfully reproduced and can be viewed at any size or easily printed.
You can quickly search for individual articles or the entire database of issues.
DVD contains important resource files for you to recreate the tutorials on your PC.
Simple to use, an invaluable collector's edition for all Photoshop enthusiasts.
All issue are in full PDF versions.
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Photoshop Effects

2007-12-30T08:26:00.001+02:00

Nice Photoshop Effects.
In the archive several Actions for different versions of PS.
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Photoshop Video Lessons from Digital Photo Magazine July 06

2007-12-30T08:21:00.000+02:00

Photoshop Video Lessons from Digital Photo Magazine July 06 | 259MB
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Gnomon Digital Training Spherical Panoramic

2007-12-20T07:05:00.000+02:00

Introducing panoramic photography for digital set building, photographer Greg Downing walks you through a step-by-step-process of creating high-resolution omni-directional panoramas. This highly detailed description starts with an equipment survey, revealing all relevant photography instructions and demonstrations. Using a normal film or digital camera with Realviz Stitcher, Greg provides a complete guide to image stitching, culminating in some some exciting ways to use your panoramas for 3D, visual effects, print or the web.

disk 1
01. Introduction / Eagle Rock
02. Equipment Overview
03. Removing Paralax from Pan and Tilt
04. How Many Photos?
05. Shooting a Panorama
06. Processing your Images Before Stitching
07. Importing Images
08. Calibration
09. Moving images
10. Stitching and Working Around Problems
11. Closing the Panorama
12. Tilted Rows and Caps

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01. Stencil Tool
02. Repairing Light Fall Off for Skies
03. Defining the Horizon
04. Rendering Options
05. Rendering for QuickTime
06. Additional Rendering Formats
07. Custom Photoshop Layers
08. Changing Projections
09. SPi-V
10. Removing Lens Flare
11. Linear Movies from Panoramas
12. Panorams from 3D Scenes

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Advanced Photoshop Magazine

2007-12-18T07:16:00.001+02:00

Issue 25

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- Making brush presets
- Perfect elaborate collage work
- Work with ‘Snap To Layers’

Creative Tutorials
Easy-to-follow creative tutorials;
- Creating a fantasy composite
- Perfect elaborate collage work
- Add texture to your images

Also featured;
- Interview with Chuck Anderson/NoPattern
- Gadgets and toys for the Photoshop artist
- Using typography in your designs

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1000+ Photoshop Brushes

2007-12-17T07:19:00.000+02:00

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DriveART Templates. CLASSIC BOOK

2007-12-16T22:59:00.001+02:00

Templates: 12 | Size: 7087x3543 | Method: RGB PSD (Photoshop)

12 double paged compositions that exploit all the paper effects: textures, decorative printings, cuts, borders, cards superimpositions.
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Photoshop CS3 for Screen Printers by Joli Ballew

2007-12-15T18:26:00.002+02:00

Photoshop CS3 for Screen Printers by Joli Ballew
November 25, 2007
ISBN-10: 1598220365
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Photoshop CS3 for Screen Printers details the features of Photoshop CS3 and is geared toward print facilities, mainly screen printers and similar types of graphic artists. Features important to these industries include creating a personalized interface, acquiring images from clients' disks, acquiring images by scanning existing artwork, importing and exporting images, and creating new images. Color separations also play a big role in these industries, as does printing on specialty films and papers. The Photoshop interface is also discussed, including the toolbox, the palettes, the menu and options bars, and the Adobe Bridge. Additionally, the finer points of printing are detailed, including adding and using crop marks, registration marks, and captions, and producing four-color separations.

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Sub Dimension Studio. Perforated Sheet Metals

2007-12-15T18:06:00.000+02:00

Perforated Sheet Metals Texture Package - Sub Dimension Studio, 2005
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World Matters, Perforated Metals, is a highly resourceful collection of 8 Perforated Sheet metal styles. Each with 6 metal material variations ranging from old rusted iron to lightly scratched stainless steel. Also, tiled, framed and infinite versions are available with each style. Alpha maps for bump, opacity/transparency and specular filtering included. An excellent collection for industrial scenes.

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Photoshop Top Secret DVD

2007-12-15T16:46:00.001+02:00

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Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio

2007-10-05T13:28:00.001+02:00

Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio by Glenn Honiball
Publisher: O'Reilly Media (August 22, 2005)
ISBN: 059600849X
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For both Mac and Windows PC users, Photoshop CS2 is the market leader and industry standard for commercial bitmap image manipulation. Also known as the "digital dark room," Photoshop is the unparalleled tool of choice among graphics professionals and hobby photographers alike.
Written by 20-year photo retouching veteran Glenn Honiball, Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio is the only book to deliver advice for the photographer and artist working with Photoshop CS 2 in a real world commercial environment. Honiball offers incomparable technical and artistic guidance for professionals, graphic artists, photographers, and just about anyone involved in creating and manipulating digital images.

Production artists face unrealistically tight deadlines and heavy workloads that leave little time for trial and error. Photo retouchers need practical, immediate Photoshop solutions to help them produce quality images with minimal effort and in a short amount of time. All the tools, techniques, and skills you need to achieve consistent, professional results with Photoshop CS2 can be found in Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio.
Anyone with intermediate-to-advanced Photoshop skills - whether you want to explore photo retouching personally or as an imaging professional or student--can use Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio to produce sharp, expert, extraordinary photos that don't look retouched.
Under Honibell's seasoned direction, you'll be able to tackle your greatest photo-retouching challenges with ease, precision and efficiency. He guides you through Photoshop CS2's new and innovative features; explains advanced capabilities; shows you how to adapt and custom-fit the software to meet your needs; offers time-saving tips for accelerating your workflow; and delivers advice and inspiration for exercising your own creative genius.
Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio is the ideal resource for any digital artist who wants to develop and perfect professional-level retouching using Photoshop CS 2. With this book, you will bring photo correction and manipulation to a whole new level.

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Focal Easy Guide to Photoshop CS2: Image Editing for New Users and Professionals by Brad Hinkel

2007-10-05T13:19:00.000+02:00

Focal Easy Guide to Photoshop CS2: Image Editing for New Users and Professionals by Brad Hinkel
Publisher: Focal Press (October 31, 2005)
ISBN-10: 0240520017
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If you dont know where to start in Photoshop and feel overwhelmed with the options, then this is the book for you. With highly visual step-by-step explanations, this concise guide gives you a solid grounding in using Photoshop to edit digital images and helps you develop a full understanding of the key tools and features of Photoshop CS2.

Brad Hinkel guides you through a simple image editing workflow to get you up and running fast. If you want solutions quickly and easy access to any basic step of the workflow, this guide provides the essential knowledge you need. Filled with step-by-step projects and covering all the key new features of Photoshop CS2: Camera RAW, Reduce Noise, Smart Sharpen and Spot Healing Brush.

* Understand the basics of Photoshop and learn the image editing skills you need with this simple, easy-to-use introduction
* Clear, concise color coverage - written for Photoshop CS2, but relevant for all versions
* Step-by-step techniques put image-editing into a practical workflow context

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Genuine Fractals 5.0.3

2007-10-03T00:42:00.001+02:00

The Photoshop® plug-in Genuine Fractals 5 is a revolutionary step forward for image enlargements. We've taken the industry standard and given it a complete overhaul. New scaling technology, faster performance, new features, new user interface, greater ease of use and much more. Compare Genuine Fractals 5 to any Photoshop scaling method or other third party plug-in, Genuine Fractals 5 is the industry standard in image resizing.

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Current Version: 5.0.3
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Microsoft .Net 2.0 Framework or higher

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6000 Gradients for Photoshop

2007-09-27T14:53:00.000+02:00

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2007-09-27T00:45:00.000+02:00

Creating a Stunning Old-World Look in Photoshop

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Photoshopcafe PhotoshopSecrets Wacom Tablets and Photoshop CS3

2007-09-26T13:08:00.001+02:00

The most complete training on the Wacom Tablet and Adobe Photoshop ever! This video will show you how to make full use of all the features and techniques avaliable to you. Set up your tablet correctly and stop working like a mouse user in Photoshop. Two of the Top instructors in the industry combine their talents to bring you a video that will totally change the way you approach graphics on your computer.

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720 Free Photoshop Plugins And Filters

2007-09-12T14:49:00.001+03:00

Are you looking for more ways to add some kick to your images? There are quite a number of plugins and filters available but looking for good free Photoshop plugins can take some time browsing through all the free sites.

To save you from having to spend a lot of time looking, here’s a list of 720 free Photoshop plugins and filters that you can download. They’re all freeware.

The Works - 146 plugins and filters in 8 plugin packs. The plugin packs include edge and contour effects, transparency effects, color editing, emboss variations, swap colors, and mezzo and grain effects.

Deep Paint 2.0 - The publisher’s description states “Deep Paint integrates stroke-by-stroke artistic photo-cloning, fully editable brush and canvas settings, and paint functionality for realistic and stunning paint effects.”

Richard Rosenman Filters plugins - 8 free plugins and filters including 3D Sphere Generator, Color Bar Generator, Scanlines Generator, Pinch, Tiler, Superformula, Smart De-Interlacer, and Pinocchio.

Virtual Photographer - Over 50 presets for automatically applying combinations of film grain, color modification, B/W, soft focus, high contrast and many artistic effects.

Mehdi Plugins - 26 free plugins including Blots 2, Curves, Edges Fix, Fur 2, Gradient Smithy, Melt 1.1, Seamless Border 2, Absolute Color, and more.

Harry’s Filters - 69 free image effects.

Xero Plugins - 41 free plugins for Photoshop for Windows including Alien Mist, Seasoner, Bad Dream, Softener, Iridium, LineArt, Pulsar, Porcelain, Nostalgia, Serious Fog, and more.

Filter Factory - 380 free filters in 19 galleries.

Sources for Photoshop Tutorials

2007-09-08T17:35:00.000+03:00

Photoshop is the "de facto" graphic design program. These tutorials will help you get up to speed quickly. If you are already proficient with Photoshop there are topics here for you too.

Photoshop Tutorials from PhotoshopCAFE This is a great Photoshop tutorial site. The tutorials range from “How Layers Work” to “Masking Out Difficult Images”. Lots of good tutorials for beginners and pros.

Photoshopsupport.com - Free Photoshop Tutorials & Adobe Photoshop Tips This site features both text tutorials and video tutorials for Photoshop. It’s a little ad-heavy, but there are great resources here.

Photoshop Tutorials at Melissa Clifton This site features some pretty good Photoshop tutorials, mostly about digital painting and coloring within Photoshop. This is a good resource for designs with lots of line art that need coloring.

ebin - tutorials There are only three tutorials here but they cover some cool ideas. One is how to quickly cut out a badly compressed logo for editing, another is applying a cinema feel to an image and the last is making your own tiling graphic.

Graphic Reporter, graphic design tutorials This site has a very wide range of Photoshop tutorials. Many tutorials covering almost every tool available. A very nice way to teach yourself the entire Photoshop toolset.
Tutorial Blog - Photoshop Tutorials A blog with a collection of links to Photoshop tutorials. Each page has a review of every link on the page, which makes it very easy to gauge what’s good and bad about a tutorial.
Tutorials 2.0 - Design Tutorials Plenty of designs at this site ranging from quick five minute text enhancements in Photoshop to full fledged logo designs. Lots of versatility here.
Photoshop Tutorials on Photoshop Contest Nice tutorials on Photoshop. Fixing things in images like perspective, using clipping masks and more. Fun ideas that teach practical ways to use Photoshop tools.

Katrin Eismann - Working with Adjustment Layers

2007-05-21T02:11:00.000+03:00

Chapter 1 : Introduction and Palette Settings

Lesson 1 : Introduction Eleven reasons to appreciate Adjustment Layers.
Lesson 2 : Levels and Settings Explains efficient workspace and palette settings.
Lesson 3 : Saving Files with Adjustment Layers Addresses saving files in the Photoshop and TIFF file formats.
Lesson 4 : Why Hi-Bit? Learn the advantages and disadvantages of working with 8-bit and high-bit images.

Chapter 2 : The Value of Neutral Lesson

5 : Levels Application Introduction to Layers and correcting exposure and removing color casts.
Lesson 6 : Finding Neutral Part 1 Setting the black and white target values for Levels and Curves.
Lesson 7 : Finding Neutral
Part 2 Finding white, black and grey to remove color casts caused by lighting and incorrect camera settings.
Lesson 8 : Finding Neutral
Part 3 Taking advantage of memory colors to define neutral.
Lesson 9 : Finding Neutral
Part 4 Removing extreme color contamination from antique images.
Lesson 10 : Finding Neutral
Part 5 Working with Auto Levels to achieve professional results.
Lesson 11 : Finding Neutral
Part 6 The importance of cropping before using Auto Levels.

Chapter 3 : Working Efficiently

Lesson 12 : Working with Macbeth Using a known reference for accurate color correction. Lesson 13 : Transferring Corrections Sharing image corrections and using the Luminosity Blending Mode to improve images.

Chapter 4 : Improving Exposure Techniques

Lesson 14 : Correcting a Tintype Understanding Blending Modes and improving a dark image. Lesson 15 : Correcting Underexposure Combining Blending Modes and 'Blend If' to rescue dark images.
Lesson 16 : Correcting Overexposure Harness the power of Blending Modes to quickly improve over-exposed images.
Lesson 17 : Selective Lightening Using Selections and Layer Masks to control and refine tonal corrections.

Chapter 5 : The Digital Darkroom

Lesson 18 : Introduction to Dodging Non-destructive dodging technique to lighten image areas.
Lesson 19 : Introduction to Burning Two edge burning techniques used to darken image corners.
Lesson 20 : Contrast and Enhancement Using adjustment layers to enhance tone and contrast to make an image pop.
Lesson 21 : Balancing Exposure and Color Enhancing daylight and color to balance an image.

Chapter 6 : Creative Color

Lesson 22 : Photo Filter to the Rescue Removing fluorescent light color casts with a custom Photo Filter.
Lesson 23 : Color Toning Beautiful mono and split toning techniques.
Lesson 24 : Color and BW Together Combining color and black and white to create unique images.
Lesson 25 : Hand Coloring Introduction to hand-coloring antique images

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Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Potographers

2007-05-21T01:49:00.001+03:00

Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers begins with an introduction to all the new features in Photoshop CS2 , followed by an overview of the Photoshop interface, how to configure and optimize your computer's performance to run Photoshop and then it dives straight into the essentials of image editing. Practical workshops show you how to master the essential techniques, such as optimizing an image for prepress, color correction, retouching techniques, layers palette management, toning a black and white image, rendering textures and so on. Each technique is described in step-by-step detail, showing exactly which command to use, whether you are working with a Mac or PC computer.

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Magazine 2D Artist for 2006 (10 from 12)

2007-05-21T01:11:00.000+03:00

Magazine 10 PDF English 840Mb 14RAR

Magazine 2D Artist for 2006

Year: 2006

Publishing house: ZOO Publishing

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About: Magazine about a computer illustration.

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Photoshop Brush Browser

2007-05-19T16:56:00.000+03:00

Excellent Photoshop and Psp brush viewer - Portable.

Finally organize and choose the best brush !!

Needs NET 2.0 installed to run.

Just to let you know.

Enjoy this free superb software!!

An utility for previewing and exporting as images one or multiple
set of brushes generated with Adobe Photoshop (.abr files). It makes publishing your custom brush sets on the internet really easy. There are lots of wonderful brush sets for photoshop in the web... too many to install them all just to see what they look like! now you can have the preview of a set without having to install it... without having to run photoshop! You can even adjust thumbnails size and you can have the preview of the actual size of the brush… you can also try it out!people who publish brush sets on their personal websites need to provide users with previews. This software is able to generate images for every single brush and can also generate the general image from the panel of the thumbnails you have visualised.

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Big Brushes Post

2007-05-19T15:41:00.000+03:00

Leaves Brushes

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3D Shape Brushes

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8 Photoshop Styles

2007-05-19T07:31:00.001+03:00

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Advanced Photoshop Magazine (Issue 30)

2007-05-19T02:52:00.000+03:00

Advanced Photoshop Magazine (Issue 30)
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Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
- Applying Lighting renders
- Integrate Poser renders
- Professional retouching masterclass

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring Masterclasses including;
- Create a photomontage
- Design a lowlight landscape

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- 2007 Graduate Showcase
- Photoshop CS3 and CS3 Extended update
- Win one of three work placements with McFaul

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Katrin Eismann - Advanced Masking Techniques

2007-05-13T23:35:00.000+03:00

Learn how to think like Photoshop to create photorealistic composites that maintain detail, hair and translucency. Take advantage of hidden Masks using features like Alpha Channels, Black and White, contrast and differences. Make multiple Masks, separate fine details, Replace Backdrops and enhance the sky. Learn to combine images based on tone using "Blend If".

Lessons:

Chapter 1 : Introduction to Alpha Channels

Lesson 1 : Introduction to Alpha Channels Discussion of the five essential steps of mastering Channel Masks.

Lesson 2 : Making an Alpha Channel Introductory example that defines and illustrates using Alpha and Layer Masks.

Lesson 3 : Finding an Alpha Channel Using Image Channels to create Alpha Channels.

Chapter 2 : Professional Alpha Strategies

Lesson 4 : Sky Enhancement Working with a high contrast Luminance Mask and Adjustment Layers to improve an image.

Lesson 5 : Separating Fine Details Reveals the fine art of removing backgrounds while maintaining fine detail.

Lesson 6 : Replacing Studio Backdrops Learn to replace dark backgrounds with computer generated backdrops and texture.

Lesson 7 : Two Masks are Better than One Master the double-hair masking technique to tame the curliest hair.

Chapter 3 : Thinking in Black and White

Lesson 8 : Black and White Strategy Using Adjustment Layers to create Layer Masks.

Lesson 9 : Think Different Replacing a drab sky, while maintaining transitions and details.

Chapter 4 : Working with Image Calculations

Lesson 10 : Introduction to Calculations Introduction to Image Calculations and working with Apply Image.

Lesson 11 : Hair Masking with Calculations Using Image Calculations and blending modes to maintain fine hair detail.

Lesson 12 : Motion Masking with Calculations Maintaining translucent motion blur with Image Calculations.

Lesson 13 : Veil Masking with Calculations Learn to replace dark backgrounds with computer generated backdrops and texture.

Chapter 5 : The Beauty of "Blend If"

Lesson 14 : Introduction to "Blend If" Accessing and understanding the "Blend If" command. Lesson 15 : 'Blend If' Illustrations Part 1 Using the "Blend If" command to composite image elements.

Lesson 16 : 'Blend If' Illustrations Part 2 Using the "Blend If" command to maintain fine detail, while creating a quirky image.

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Advanced Photoshop Magazine (Issue 29)

2007-05-05T23:42:00.000+03:00

Advanced Photoshop 2007 Issue 29 BBB Americana Styling
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Advanced Photoshop is the perfect magazine for honing already great Photoshop skills.
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- How to use the Art History Brush
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- Give your images a screen print look

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Advanced Photoshop Magazine (Issue 28)

2007-04-17T12:02:00.000+03:00

Issue highlights
- How to incorporate shadows
- Correctly resize your images
- Comic art in the digital age!

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Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques:
- How to incorporate shadows
- Correctly resize your images
- Comic art in the digital age

Creative Tutorials
Easy-to-follow creative tutorials;
- Master architectural perspective tricks
- How to create seamless patterns
- Drawing caricatures in CS2

Also featured;
- Interview with Apocryph
- Perfect software partners for Photoshop CS2
- Portfolios from Enrico Casarosa and Mad Monkey

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DriveArt Templates. Wedding Classic - VICTORIAN

2007-04-13T05:30:00.000+03:00

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Adobe Creative Suite 3.0 bundles and Euro pricing revealed

2007-03-24T04:40:00.000+02:00

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Adobe Systems Inc. will announce Tuesday that its highly-anticipated
Creative Suite 3.0 software suite will be available in six distinct bundles with
European pricing ranging from €999 to €2799.

Adobe Creative Suite Design Standard and Premium
A suite targeted towards media professionals will be called "Adobe Creative Suite 3.0 Design." It will be offered in both "Standard" and "Premium" bundles that fetch €1269 and €1999, respectively. For print and publishing professionals, the "Standard" bundle will package InDesign 3.0, Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3 and Acrobat 8 Professional. The "Premium" version will be geared more towards cross-media and graphics designers, adding Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, and swapping out Photoshop CS3 for Photoshop CS3 Extended.
Adobe Creative Suite Web Standard and Premium
The San Jose-based Adobe will also offer a pair of bundles specifically for Web developers as part of its "Adobe Creative Suite 3.0 Web" suite. The "Standard," and most affordable of all six Creative Suite 3.0 bundles, will cost €999 and include Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, Fireworks CS3, and Contribute CS3. A €1699 "Premium" package will also cater to web "designers," adding Photoshop CS3 Extended, Illustrator CS3, and Acrobat 8 Professional.All Creative Suite 3.0 Web and Design suites, be it the Standard or Premium bundles, will also include Adobe Bridge CS3, Version Cue CS3, Device Central CS3, Stock Photos, and Acrobat Connect.
Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium
With film and video production professionals within its cross-hairs, Adobe also plans to roll out a €1999 suite called "Adobe Creative Suite 3.0 Production Premium." In addition to Photoshop CS3 Extended, Illustrator CS3, and Flash CS3 Professional, the package will include After Effects CS3 Professional, Premier Pro CS3, Soundbooth CS3, and Encore CS3.
Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection
For those pro users and institutions that want all Adobe has to offer, a €2799 "Adobe Creative Suite 3.0 Master Collection" will provide just that. It'll include InDesign CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Illustrator CS3, Acrobat 8 Professional, Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, Fireworks CS3, Contribute CS3, After Effects CS3 Professional, Premier Pro CS3, Soundbooth CS3, and Encore CS3.Both the Production Premium and Master Collection suites will also come with Adobe Bridge CS3, Version Cue CS3, Device Central CS3, Stock Photos, Acrobat Connect, Dynamic Link, OnLocation CS3, and Ultra CS3. The only exception is the omission of Version Cue CS3 from the Production Premium bundle. Most applications in the six-bundle release will be both Mac- and Windows-native, including all major components and their companion tools (Acrobat Connect, Bridge, Device Central, Dynamic Link, Stock Photos, and Version Cue). Only the Production Premium and Master Collection suites' video companion programs (OnLocation and Ultra) are limited to Windows systems.Adobe plans to officially celebrate the global launch of Creative Suite 3.0 at a special event in New York City on Tuesday, March 27th. However, the software will not ship until sometime later this Spring.
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AutoFX: Photo/Graphic Edges 6.0

2007-03-24T03:36:00.000+02:00

Photo/Graphic Edges 6.0 is a suite of 14 photographic effects that empower anyone, regardless of experience, to give images a unique, artistic look. By giving your images shape and dimension you can add interest and appeal to your work.

This new version of Photo/Graphic Edges includes dozens of new features and effects. PGE 6 includes SmartLayers (tm), Visual Layer Presets, Brush Effects, Unlimited Undo and lots of new creative content.Photo/Graphic Edges 6.0 includes a stand-alone imaging application as well as a plug-in that works with Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Paint Shop Pro and Corel Draw.

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2007-03-16T02:11:00.000+02:00

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Advanced Digital Painting in Photoshop (the techniques of Christian Lorenz SCHEURER)

2007-03-13T22:18:00.000+02:00

On the second DVD in this series, Christian builds on the techniques he introduced in his first DVD (Introduction to Digital Painting in Adobe Photoshop®). He takes the viewer step-by-step through the creation of a high-end digital painting, which can be used as either the visual base for a digital matte painting, or for an advanced conceptual art presentation. Christian starts with a photographic plate and demonstrates how to create a complete high-concept painting, including architecture, vehicles and characters. He illustrates the shape approach and the concept of combinatory play as creative processes. Christian introduces you to the underlying thought process of high concept design, while giving you a hands-on demonstration of the mechanics of painting in Adobe Photoshop®.Over 2 hours of lecture.

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2007-01-29T00:13:00.000+02:00

Most if not all digital images require sharpening, even if shot on a state of the art digital megaresolution SLR with pin-sharp focusing. Most cameras or scanners can sharpen as the image is captured but the highest quality sharpening is to be found in the image editing software. Sharpening in Adobe Photoshop CS2 will allow you to select the precise amount of sharpening and the areas of the image that require sharpening most. If sharpening for screen it is very much a case of “what you see is what you get.” For images destined for print however, the monitor preview is just that - a preview. The actual amount of sharpening required for optimum image quality is usually a little more than looks comfortable on screen—especially when using a TFT monitor (flat panel).

The best sharpening techniques prioritize certain areas; in this case, sharpening the eyes of a portrait but avoiding the skin texture.

The basic concept of sharpening is to send the Unsharp Mask filter or Smart Sharpen filter on a “seek and manipulate” mission. These filters are programmed to make the pixels on the lighter side of any edge it finds lighter still, and the pixels on the darker side of the edge darker. Think of it as a localized contrast control. Too much and people in your images start to look radioactive (they glow), not enough and the viewers of your images start reaching for the reading glasses they don't own.

The best sharpening techniques are those that prioritize the important areas for sharpening and leave the smoother areas of the image well alone, e.g. sharpening the eyes of a portrait but avoiding the skin texture. These advanced techniques are essential when sharpening images that have been scanned from film or have excessive noise, neither of which needs accentuating by the Unsharp Mask. So let the project begin.

Note: If you have any sharpening options in your capture device it is important to switch them off or set them to minimum or low (if using camera RAW set the sharpening amount to 0). The sharpening features found in most capture devices are often very crude when compared to the following technique.

It is also not advisable to sharpen images that have been saved as JPEG files using high compression/low quality settings. The sharpening process that follows should also come at the end of the editing process, i.e. adjust the color and tonality of the image before starting this advanced sharpening technique. Reduce the levels of sharpening later if it proves too much.

Technique one: High Pass

Step 1

Duplicate the background layer and set the blend mode to Overlay. Select 'Overlay' from the blend modes menu in the layers palette.

Step 2

Choose Filter > Other > High Pass. Increase the pixel radius until you achieve the correct amount of sharpening. A pixel radius of 1.0 if printing to Gloss paper and 3.0 if printing to Matte paper would be about normal.

Choose Overlay from the blend modes menu in the Layers palette and then choose Filter > Other > High Pass.

Increase the pixel radius in the High Pass dialog box until you achieve the correct amount of sharpening.

Note: To adjust the level of sharpening later you can either adjust the opacity of the High Pass layer or set the blend mode of the 'High Pass' layer to 'Soft Light' or 'Hard Light' to increase or decrease the level of sharpening.

Step 3

Click on the Foreground color swatch in the Tools palette to open the Color Picker. Enter 0 in the Hue and Saturation fields and 50% in the Brightness field to choose a midtone grey. Select OK. Paint the High Pass layer to remove any sharpening that is not required, e.g. skin tones, skies etc. This technique is especially useful for limiting the visual appearance of noise or film grain.

Click the Foreground color swatch in the Tools palette to open the Color Picker.

Type 0 in the Hue and Saturation fields and 50% in the Brightness field of the Color Picker.

Detail from a portrait captured on a Nikon D1x. The RAW image was processed with 15% sharpening. First test has no subsequent sharpening. Second test uses a High Pass layer (3 pixel radius) in Soft Light mode. Third test has had the blend mode of the High Pass layer changed to Overlay mode. Fourth test has sharpening via a localized Unsharp Mask (100%) in Luminosity mode. The opacity slider could be used to fine-tune the preferred sharpening routine.
Step 4

Remember at this point the settings you have selected are being viewed on a monitor as a preview of the actual print. To complete the process it is important to print the image and then decide whether the image could stand additional sharpening or whether the amount used was excessive. If the settings are excessive you can choose to lower the opacity of the 'High Pass' layer. You can alternatively switch the blend mode of the 'High Pass' layer to 'Soft Light' to reduce the sharpness or 'Hard Light' to increase the sharpness.

Saturation and sharpening

Most techniques to increase the contrast of an image will also have a knock-on effect of increasing color saturation. As the High Pass and Unsharp Mask filters both increase local contrast there is an extended technique if this increased color saturation becomes problematic. You may not notice this in general image editing but if you become aware of color fringing after applying the High Pass technique you should consider the following technique to limit its effects.

Be aware of color fringing after you apply the High Pass technique.

Technique two: Unsharp mask/Smart Sharpen

The second technique is a continuation of the first technique and is intended to address the issues of increased saturation leading to the effect of color fringing. If a merged layer is used as the sharpening layer and this layer is then changed to Luminosity blend mode the effects of saturation are removed from the contrast equation. This second technique looks how the benefits of localized sharpening and Luminosity sharpening can be combined.

Step 1

Change the Blend mode of the High Pass layer back to Normal mode. Then apply a Threshold adjustment to the High Pass layer. Go to Image > Adjustments > Threshold.

Choose Normal from the blend modes menu in the Layers palette.

Choose Image > Adjustments > Threshold to apply a Threshold adjustment to the layer.

Step 2

Drag the slider just below the histogram to isolate the edges that require sharpening. The aim of moving these sliders is to render all of those areas you do not want to sharpen white. Select 'OK' when you are done. Paint out any areas that were not rendered white by the Threshold adjustment that you do not what to be sharpened, e.g. in the portrait used in this example any pixels remaining in the skin away from the eyes mouth and nose were painted over using the paintbrush tool with white selected as the foreground color.

Drag the histogram slider to isolate the edges that require sharpening.

Remaining pixels in the skin away from the eyes mouth and nose were painted over using the paintbrush tool with white selected as the foreground color.

Step 3

Go to the Channels palette and either Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) the RGB thumbnail or click on the 'Load channel as selection' icon from the base of the channels palette to load the edge detail as a selection. Return to the layers palette and drag the Background layer to the new layer icon to make a background copy layer. Drag this background copy layer to the top of the layers stack.

Drag the Background layer to the New Layer icon to duplicate it.

Drag the background copy layer to the top of the layers stack.

Step 4

Switch off the visibility of the High Pass layer. Hold down the Alt or Option key and click on the 'Add layer mask' icon in the layers palette. Make sure the layer mask thumbnail is the active part of the layer and then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Apply a 1.5 pixel radius blue to the mask.

Switch off visibility for the High Pass layer and add a layer mask.

Apply a 1.5 pixel radius blue in the Gaussian Blur dialog box.

Step 5

Now click on the image thumbnail on the background copy layer. Ensure the image is zoomed in to 100% for a small image or 50% for a larger print resolution image (200ppi - 300ppi). Go to Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen or Unsharp Mask. Adjust the Amount slider to between 80 and 150%. This controls how much darker or lighter the pixels at the edges are rendered. Choose an amount slightly more than looks comfortable on screen if the image is destined for print rather than screen.

Note: See Capture and Enhance for basic settings of the Unsharp Mask filter. The exact Threshold and Radius settings are not so critical for this advanced technique.

Adjust the values in the Unsharp Mask dialog box.

Step 6

Change the blend mode of the sharpening layer (the uppermost layer) to Luminosity mode. Luminosity mode will restrict the contrast changes to brightness only, and will remove any changes in saturation that have occurred due to the use of the Unsharp Mask. The changes are often very subtle so this technique is only recommended when you become aware of the problems of color fringing due to increased saturation.

If you become aware of the problems of color fringing, change the blend mode of the sharpening layer to Luminosity mode.

The illustration below is a magnified view of the effects of changing the blend to Luminosity. These two cutting edge techniques are capable of producing razor sharp images that will really put the finishing touches to a folio quality image.

Before and after the Luminosity mode change.

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Photohop brush viewer

2007-01-28T23:17:00.000+02:00

An utility for previewing and exporting as images one or multiple set of brushes generated with Adobe Photoshop (.abr files). It makes publishing your custom brush sets on the internet really easy.

There are lots of wonderful brush sets for photoshop in the web... too many to install them all just to see what they look like! now you can have the preview of a set without having to install it... without having to run photoshop! You can even adjust thumbnails size and you can have the preview of the actual size of the brush… you can also try it out!
people who publish brush sets on their personal websites need to provide users with previews. This software is able to generate images for every single brush and can also generate the general image from the panel of the thumbnails you have visualised.

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2007-01-19T01:08:00.000+02:00

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4 Photoshop Books

2007-01-18T22:18:00.000+02:00

How to Use Adobe Photoshop CS2 by Daniel Giordan
Publisher: Sams (August 5, 2005) ISBN-10: 0672327511 CHM 35,8 Mb 320 pages

Have you ever looked at your color pictures and wished you could make them black and white? Or maybe you've dreamed about taking that photo of your brother, cutting the head off and placing it on the body of a grizzly bear. The tool that you need is Adobe Photoshop and the book you need to learn all about it is How to Use Adobe Photoshop CS 2. Visually step through the process of creating images, manipulating them and then optimizing them for print or the web. The step-by-step approach used throughout the book will make it simple to learn the basic techniques involved in using Photoshop. You will learn to:

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Photoshop CS QuickSteps by Carole Matthews, Mark Clarkson, Erik PoulsenPublisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (March 2, 2004) ISBN-10: 0072232315 CHM 26 Mb 224 pages

Brace youself, because here comes QuickSteps: The fast, easy, accessible information on Photoshop X in a full-color cookbook-style format. Provides answers to all of your How-do-I questions in a concise and meaningful way. Lengthwise page layout allows for easy page viewing. Useful tips and cautions are displayed in the margins so that they don't break the flow of the quick steps themselves.We know a picture is worth a thousand words--so we went heavy on pictures and light on words in this easy-to-use guide. Color screenshots and brief instructions show you how to use all of Photoshop's powerful features in no time. Follow along and learn to retouch photos, work with color, layers, channels, and masks, create great-looking Web graphics, add special effects, and so much more. Each chapter's «How to» list and color-coded tabs make it easy to flip straight to the tasks you need to do. Written by Photoshop professionals, this book gets you started using Photoshop right away.

Adobe Photoshop CS Type Effects by Ron Grebler, Dong-mi Kim, Kwang Woo Baek, Kyung In JangPublisher: Course Technology PTR; 1 edition (June 29, 2004) ISBN-10: 159200363X PDF 17,9 Mb 264 pages

Through twenty stunning, full-color artistic projects and clear step-by-step explanations how to complete them, "Adobe Photoshop CS Type Effects" will help you master the advanced type effect techniques of Photoshop CS. Use Photoshop CS to apply a variety of effects to your text, including a spiral effect for a CD, a tiled mosaic effect, and a unique magnifying glass effect.

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Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-Click Wow! (2nd Edition) (WOW!) by Jack DavisPublisher: Peachpit Press; 2 edition (November 11, 2005) ISBN-10: 0321246446 PDF 34,7 Mb 112 pages

If you're interested in taking advantage of the powerful new layer capabilities in Photoshop CS--including support for nested layers (up to five levels deep!), a Layer Comp feature that lets you store multiple designs within a single document, and the ability to work with layers in 16-bit images--you've come to the right place!This powerful book/CD combo is chock-full of one-click makeovers guaranteed to transform images instantly and easily, helping you employ layers effectively and creatively in the process. Better than filters--not to mention cheaper, more efficient, and easier to use--the CD's myriad Layer Styles transform photos into paintings, and type and graphics into metal, gems, glass, and just about anything you can conceive. In the book itself, veteran author Jack Davis; shows you how to work with Photoshop's powerful Layer Styles (including an easy, five-page step-by-step tutorial) and provides a gallery of full-color examples of the included Wow! Layer Styles and effects.

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CoverAction Pro

2007-01-15T22:38:00.000+02:00

Over 20 Covers to choose from and we add more as we get requests. If there’s a cover you are looking for, let us know and we’ll do our best to create it.

CoverAction Pro brings you high definition cover software for Adobe Photoshop. With its unsurpassed cover quality at 300 dots per inch, CoverAction Pro Actions far exceeds its competition. Cover graphics developed by designers with over 20 years experience in the industry. Publishers and graphic artists can now show their work with confidence whether it be for online or print.
How does CoverAction Pro Work? CoverAction Pro files load into the Actions Palette inside Adobe Photoshop. After they are loaded you will then have the ability to "play" them. Each CoverAction has 2 Steps. After you play Action Step 1, a template will be created. This is the time when you create your custom design. After your design is finished you will then play Step 2 of the CoverAction. This will transform your flat design into a 3D cover.

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2007-01-15T22:36:00.000+02:00

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2007-01-14T12:41:00.000+02:00

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Shadow Control Pro

2007-01-14T00:37:00.000+02:00

The plug-in is a high-performance professional tool utilizing our DaVinci™ technology for improved image quality and control. It works by selectively increasing brightness in shadows and seamlessly blending the result with the rest of the image, eliminating halos. It can also be used to selectively brighten the overall image.
Features:

Live preview of the final image.
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Full control of all aspects of adjustments done to the image, including color correction
Full featured demo available, limited to 20 images.

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Product supports both 8 and 16 bit RGB images
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Hi-res PSD Templates Vol.1

2007-01-13T23:52:00.000+02:00

Hi-res PSD Templates Vol.1
5 high resolution Photoshop images . Images are saved as Photoshop v.7 files with all layers. Size up to A4 at 300 dpi and RGB color mode.

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Photoshop tutorials and graphic techniques

2007-01-06T23:47:00.000+02:00

Egypt Art Brush Pack

2007-01-01T22:05:00.000+02:00

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2007-01-01T22:04:00.000+02:00

PhotoZoom Professional v2.1.6

2006-12-30T23:35:00.000+02:00

Frequently the increase in photos becomes a problem. Even at use of the known professional high quality software, in a photo are shown пикселы, or pictures become indistinct. Such phenomena also happen, when you use a digital zoom of a camera. The firm technology of scaling S-Spline used in PhotoZoom Professional, is based on the patented adaptive technique which can be carried to a category revolutionary. Now you can increase your photos without anxiety on loss of quality. PhotoZoom Professional is the extremely necessary program for increase in the digital images used for DTP, Internet and a digital photo.

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The Ultimate Photoshop Actions Collection 4

2006-12-30T23:34:00.000+02:00

Fourth part of Ultimate Photoshop Actions giving you the power to create stunning effects and artwork using Photoshop.

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Panopticum IcePattern v1.22

2006-12-22T22:50:00.000+02:00

Dft 55mm v7.0

2006-12-22T09:16:00.000+02:00

55mm is the definitive set of digital optical filters meant to simulate popular glass camera filters, specialized lenses, optical lab processes, film grain, matte generation, exacting color correction as well as natural light and photographic effects--all in a controlled digital environment with either 8 or 16 bits per channel processing.

OnOne Mask Pro v4.0

2006-12-22T09:12:00.000+02:00

There are several new features included in Mask Pro 4 including pressure sensitivity support for Wacom Tablets. Now, the harder you press on your Wacom Tablet, the harder the edge you'll get in your mask. Press lightly and you'll get a nice soft edge in your mask. With Mask Pro 4 and your Wacom Tablet, masking has never been easier!

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Photoshop Toolbar Evolution

2006-12-22T02:11:00.000+02:00

Ultimate Photoshop Brushes Collection

2006-12-20T08:07:00.000+02:00

544 Mb (6 Parts | 5 x 95.8Mb + 1 x 65.1Mb)

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2006-12-19T21:45:00.000+02:00

For the first time ever, Adobe is delivering a widely available Photoshop CS3 beta to enable customers to more easily transition to the latest hardware platforms, particularly Apple's new Intel based systems. The beta is available as a Universal Binary for the Macintosh platform as well for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista computers, with the final shipping release of Adobe Photoshop CS3 planned for spring 2007.

Adobe has a long-standing commitment to the Mac community and this release is Adobe's way of delivering native performance on Intel based systems many months earlier than we otherwise could have done. We have no doubt, however, that all of our customers will enjoy exploring the new Photoshop CS3 beta and seeing some of the new features we have in store. The full application is not yet complete; but, many of the additions to the product are fully implemented and ready for you to try and discuss.

Adobe Photoshop CS3

2006-12-15T23:36:00.002+02:00

Experience a rich new feature set for Photoshop. Macintosh users will encounter native performance on both PowerPC and Intel based Macs.

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Photoshop Tutorial:Fountain of Youth

2006-12-15T23:36:00.001+02:00

The Fountain of Youth - that exclusive magical location where the old turn young, the young turn younger, and Zoiberg turns into a larve. Watch your face wither and age no longer, as Rich Gentlemen Hide has found the fountain of youth, and it’s right here in your own computer! Due to popular demand I’ve expanded this outline into a full Pro Photoshop Tutorial. Let me know if there are any areas you’re unsure of, and I’ll try to expand upon these in future tutorials.

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Free Photoshop Brushes

2006-12-15T23:36:00.000+02:00

A growing list of 400 free Photoshop 7+ brushes.

ColorWasher v2.02b Retail

2006-12-15T03:42:00.000+02:00

ColorWasher is a plugin for correcting the colors, the contrast and the exposure of photos. It is a Photoshop-compatible plugin which can be used in dozens of graphics applications including Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, PhotoImpact, Photo-Paint, Fireworks and Photoshop Elements.

Canon DSLR CSPro v1.1

2006-12-15T03:23:00.000+02:00

for Canon 10D CSpro IIThe Canon CSpro Plugin is a new sharpening technology specific designed to accommodate Canon SLR files. This plugin is compatible with JPEG files straight from the camera or TIFF/JPEG files converted from RAW files. Although the Canon CSpro's interface appears simple and intuitive, complexity makes this plugin very smart: It provides everything from haloless sharpening, edge -sharpening, luminance sharpening, mode sharpening, and more with just the press of a button.With this plugin you can also choose from low or high ISO settings.Other options allow you to sharpen fine detail. There are pre-designed intensity levels, and options to reduce color noise from high ISO files. You can even create your own sharpening settings, preview settings and tweak intensity results.

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Vector Arrow Photoshop Brushes

2006-12-10T17:14:00.000+02:00

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Cloud Brushes

2006-12-10T17:12:00.000+02:00

Power Retouche Pro 7.0

2006-12-09T20:46:00.002+02:00

Best Photoshop plug-ins for professional photo retouching. Power Retouche Photoshop plug-ins for high quality photo retouching and image editing. Our Photoshop plug-ins solve your photo problems. Discover exciting new photo retouching methods. We are offering a huge discount on the Pro pack. FULL 16 BIT, 48 BIT, 64 BIT SUPPORT. Photoshop plug-ins for photo retouching in Photoshop and other plugin compatible hosts...

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Fluid Mask 2.0.3

2006-12-09T20:46:00.001+02:00

Fluid Mask is a highly advanced software tool designed to make life easier for everyone who creates cut outs. Built as a plug-in to Adobe Photoshop, Fluid Mask is the new next-generation cut-out tool. Behind the product is breakthrough technology that mimics the way the eye, optic-nerve and brain perform visual processing. It offers an intuitive, accurate and fast approach to cut outs.

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Aurora 2.1 Retail

2006-12-09T20:46:00.000+02:00

Aurora is the only Photoshop plug-in that gives Photoshop users true digital nature effects within Photoshop. Faster and more versatile than clip art and much faster and easier than Photoshop, Aurora specializes in water, sky, and lighting for outdoor scenes.

Kodak Digital Sho Pro v2.0.0

2006-12-09T19:52:00.010+02:00

Automatically Reveals Hidden Details in Shadow and Highlight areas of Digital Images

DIGITAL SHO Professional Plug-In adds new features and functionality to the award-winning DIGITAL SHO Plug-in to give users more control and better results improving their digital images.DIGITAL SHO Professional Plug-In automatically reveals details hidden in highlight/over exposed areas, as well as details hidden in the shadow/under exposed areas. Proprietary algorithms analyze and adjust the gradations of dark and light image areas to optimally reveal hidden details.

Kodak Digital ROC Pro v2.0.0

2006-12-09T19:52:00.009+02:00

Automatically Correct, Restore, and Balance Color and Contrast/Brightness of Digital Images.

DIGITAL ROC Professional Plug-In adds new features and functionality to the award-winning DIGITAL ROC Plug-in to give users more control and better results for correcting and restoring the color of their digital images.Like the DIGITAL ROC Plug-In, DIGITAL ROC Professional Plug-In analyzes color gradients in the image to remove color casts or tints and restore faded or lost color by generating optimal tonal curves for each color channel. Images with color problems due to lighting conditions like fluorescent or tungsten lights, or indirect/insufficient lighting can also be automatically enhanced to reveal more pleasing, natural color by the removal of color casts or tints.

Kodak Digital GEM Pro v2.0.0

2006-12-09T19:52:00.008+02:00

DIGITAL GEM Professional Plug-In adds new features and functionality to the award-winning DIGITAL GEM Plug-in to give users more control and better results for reducing distracting noise and grain in their 8-bit or 16-bit digital images.The DIGITAL GEM Professional Plug-In provides two unique and powerful algorithms: "Coarse/Noise" suppression; and "Fine/Grain, Noise" suppression. Each algorithm is customized for different types of image noise and grain, and each has separate controls associated with it. The "Coarse/Noise" suppression algorithm is very similar to the algorithm used within the original DIGITAL GEM plug-in. This algorithm is very aggressive and works better for more extreme noise problems. The "Fine/Grain, Noise" suppression algorithm is not as aggressive, but is specifically tuned to remove grain problems, as well as noise, while preserving more detail within the image.

Kodak Digital GEM Airbrush Pro v2.0.0

2006-12-09T19:52:00.007+02:00

Automatically Smoothes and Renews Skin Surfaces.

The DIGITAL GEM Airbrush Professional Plug-In gives users a quick and powerful way of smoothing skin surfaces without blurring or affecting the detail of important facial features.This plug-in enables users to achieve meticulous airbrush effects, automatically, without tedious, time-consuming masking and manual softening. The DIGITAL GEM Airbrush Professional Plug-In smoothes surfaces in digital images by reducing harsh shadows and highlights, minimizing the imperfections of skin and other surfaces, while fully preserving details like hair, eyelashes, eyebrows, and the true character of a subject’s face.

Imagenomic RealGrain v1.0.0.8

2006-12-09T19:52:00.006+02:00

If you long for the darkroom age, the soft, warm graininess of the film, or you seek to infuse that fuzzy, retro look or perhaps enhance your digital photos by simulating the greater range and texture of traditional film, then RealGrain is the plugin for you.RealGrain features versatile methods for simulating the grain patterns, the color and the tonal response of different films and different scan resolutions to convey a truly film-like image effect.Because RealGrain enables you to automatically adjust the grain size based on the physical image dimensions, it can dynamically render accurate grain patterns for varying image sizes.RealGrain's controls for grain balance, tonal and color fine-tuning enable you to generate superior output quality and picture vibrancy, and are simple and easy-to-use for a truly intuitive workflow experience.Plus, RealGrain comes with precision pre-sets for a range of default effect options. You can also capture your own signature workflow through custom presets tailored to your specific requirements and individual photographs.

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AutoFX - Mystical Lighting V. 1.05

2006-12-09T19:52:00.005+02:00

Mystical Lighting also includes powerful features such as layers, unlimited undos, visual presets, masking and dynamic effect controls that make exploring and applying effects very fun and easy to achieve studio quality results.

AutoFx - AutoEye V.2.11

2006-12-09T19:52:00.004+02:00

AutoEye 2.0 was created to automatically improve digital images by rebuilding color detail, sharpness and image vibrancy.
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Extensis pxlSmartScale for Photoshop

2006-12-09T19:52:00.003+02:00

pxl SmartScale is a very highly regarded graphics utilities from Extensis. A Photoshop plug-in, it makes simple and painless the often-needed task of scaling graphics up or down in size with minimal loss of detail. It does this from within the most common graphic-manipulation software or as a stand alone program. Since it preserves color and brightness data without the need for intervention from the user, you can scale -- up to 1600% -- a small image and maintain its visual integrity.