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Episode 222 PhotoshopUserTV
Putting multiple images into a layout by Dave Cross
He first created a background in Photoshop. (not important)
In Adobe Bridge with multiple raw files selected, he went under the Tools Menu and selected “Photoshop” and from the pop out menu selected “Load Files into Photoshop Layers”. This loads the selected raw files and puts them into different layers. You can do this without having an open file in Photoshop. It will create one for you.
He then wanted the various pictures (in this one Photoshop file) to be the same size, so he used the rectangular selection tool and formed a square over one of the images. At this point you could see the “marching ants in the form of a square. He then clicked on the “Add Layer Mask” button and then you could only see what was inside the marching ants.
To create a square mask the same size for the other layers, he held down the option (alt for PC) key and dragged the layer mask down onto the lower layer. He just repeated this process for the remaingin layers. Slick and quick!
If you want to move each image within its own layer mask, click on the link icons between the layer mask and the image icon (in the layer palette) and you can reposition a image within its mask. Link them back up when you have repositioned the images.
He then positioned the various images (now identical sizes and positioned the way he wanted) withen the file so they looked appealing.
Tip - Using the move tool and by holding down the command (control for PC) key, you can move a layer by clicking on part of the image within that layer. That saves you going over to the layer’s palette and selecting the layer.
Matt did a demo with Lightroom2
Desaturating and selectivily adding saturation using a pressure sensitive tablet.
High Pass Sharpening vs UnSharp Mask by Matt
He felt that High Pass sharpening was good for things with lots of detail like landscapes, but uses Unsharp Mask for portraits where you want somewhat of a softer look.
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Episode 213 of PhotoshopUser TV
There was some Lightroom tips but I don’t use it so I skipped over this section. :-)
Matt goes over a technique to have a greeting card look more realistic by showing how you can incorporate bits of tape that look as if it is holding down a photo that is taped to a present.
Dave Cross showed some keyboard shortcuts that are really handy to know:
v - the move tool
command-plus key or command-minus key zooms in or out
spacebar - gives you the hand tool allowing you to scroll around the image easily
option-delete (alt-backspace for pc users) - used whenever you are filling something like a selection with a foreground colour
command-delete (control-backspace for pc users) - used to fill a selection with the background colour.
shift-delete - brings up the fill dialogue box if you want to fill with a colour other than the foreground or background colours
Dave also talked about a $20.00 ipod app that remotely controls your camera
http://www.ononesoftware.com/detail.php?prodLine_id=38
Matt showed some monitor and printer calibration tools. If you print with Epson printer, paper, and ink, you can get free profiles through Epson. If not, Colour Monkey can be bought for about $400.00! |
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Episode 211 of PhotoshopUser TV - HDR Type technique.
A Multiple Exposure Effect Without Taking Multiple Exposures.
1. In ACR (Adobe Camera Raw), expose and tweak for one part of the image (dark part or light part for instance) open up as a smart object by holding down the shift key (open image changes to open object).
2. Right click on the layer in Photoshop and choose “New Smart Object Via Copy”.
3. Double click on this new layer (it opens it up in ACR) and tweak for the other part of the picture, and then click on OK.
4. Create a layer mask for this layer, and paint to reveal the sections of the lower layer you want. I use hold down the option key when I create a layer mask, and then paint with a white brush.
5. When done, flatten and save. :-)
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Based on episode 210 of PhotoshopUser TV
Adobe Camera Raw
- Preview only works on a per panel basis. It doesn’t show what things looked like before doing all the things you have done. If you want to see a real before and after of everything, go to the Presets panel and click on Preview.
- If you want to go back to how things were at the very start (set all the settings to their defaults, go to the Basic panel, and to the right of the word “Basic” is a little pop up menu. It it, choose Camera Raw defaults, and everything in all the panels will be set to their defaults.
- If you move a slider and you want to set it back to the default setting, double click on the little arrow head of the slider.
Photoshop
- Want to make the background layer a regular layer? Drag the lock icon from the layer into the trash, OR, double click on the background layer, rename the layer if you like (but you don’t have to) and click OK.
- Want to create a new layer underneath the active layer? Hold the command key while you click on the New Layer icon.
- Want to duplicate a layer? Command-J
- Want to flatten all the layers into one? Shift-Command-E
- Want to zoom to 100%? Double click the magnifying glass
- Want to zoom back to fit to window? Double click the grabber hand
PC commands will be slightly different. :-) (eg. Where I have said the command key, a PC user will use the control key) |
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Episode 84 of PhotoshopUser TV
Corey’s Tutorial - Shrek text tutorial - fairly long and involved. Neat and effective, but probably not something you normally want to do.
Dave Cross’s Tutorial - Match colour - play with the sliders. If you want to make the sky of a picture more like another image, with both of them open, make a selection of the sky in the image you want to affect, and then go ahead and use the “match colour” dialogue box and play with the sliders.
Scott’s Tutorial - Creating a Panoramic Picture Template- You can take any photograph with this technique and turn it into a pano.
1 - create a new document with a white background
2 - create a solid color adjustment layer by going to the layers panel and choose “solid color...” and and then pick white as your color
3 - make a rectangular selection with the rectangular marque tool much like a panoramic picture might look like
4 - make your foreground colour to black (pressing “X” will switch foreground and background colors.)
5 - now you are going to fill that selction by pressing option-delete on the Mac, or alt-backspace on the PC . On screen, nothing appears to have happened. You will have to look at the layer mask to see that it has happened. If you don’t see a black rectangle in the layer mask, you may not have had the layer mask selected when you typed in option-delete.
6 - now you can deselect (command-D on the Mac) the selection
7 - click on the background layer so when you do the next step, the photo gets placed behind the rectangular mask you created in the steps above.
8 - now you are going to put in a photo by using the “Place” command. This allows you to put it in as a smart object. If your picture gets placed and didn’t get put behind your mask,you may have to move the picture layer so it is below your masked layer. In other words you didn’t do step 7. The big X across the picture means it is a smart object.
9 - press enter to remove the X from the picture and you can use the move tool to reposition the picture if you like.
10 - Scott then opened up a scanned picture of his signature, put it below the photograph, and reduced the opacity of the signature to about 30%.
11 - He then typed in “Kelby Photography” over this scanned signature. He then selected all the type and holding down the “option” key and pressing the right arrow key, stretched the text to widen it.
12 - He then clicked on the smart object layer (the one with the photo) and then saved it, calling it “instant pano template.
13 - Now if days or weeks later, you want to use that file but put in a different photograph, you open the template file you saved, click on the smart object layer to select that layer, and then control click on the Mac, or right click on the PC, and choose “replace contents”. You go and select a different picture and click on “Place” and voila!
14 - you could tweak the mask if need be. Depending on the resolution of the new photo you put in, it might be too big and needs to be resized, or if it is too small, well, it’s difficult to make it bigger without it getting pixilated.
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Episode 83 of PhotoshopUser TV
Scott showed that when you put in points to the Curves window, you can move the point (and thus that portion of the curve) up or down a little by using the up or down keys, but if you hold down the shift key and then use the up or down arrows, you move it more dramatically. Remember that you have to click on a point to turn it black to make it “active”.
Matt showed how you can turn a pattern into a brush.
1. select the pattern (or perhaps your signature)
2. Go under the edit menu and select “Define Brush Preset” and give it a name.
3. Open up your brush palette and make use of the options such as Shape Dynamics, Scattering, etc. Double click on the names (in CS4) to bring up the options for each one.
Matt used the new pattern he made to add a fancy type border to a picture. You could also use this technique to create a signature “stamp”. Not sure how crisp it would be compared to typing one in manually.
Using CS3 Extended, RC showed how you can create a “video” from a collection of images. Something like a flip book. He used a whole bunch of pictures if a flag taken in burst mode. About 30 pictures.
1. Go to “Open File”, click on the first file in the series, and then click on a little box in the lower left corner called “Image Sequence”
2. In the next step, you decide on your frame rate. 12 fps will be quite slow.
3. When you open it, it will appear like a single image, but when you look at the icon in the layers window, it will look different from a single image.
4. Under “Window”, choose “Animation” and you will get a time line and you will be able to see the animation.
5. Under “File”, go to “Export”, and then choose “Render Video”. Choose Quicktime Movie, give it an appropriate name, and click on “Render”.
Scott showed how to use “Shadows and Highlights” as something that works just like an adjustment layer when actually, it is not an adjustment layer. This allows you to use masks with it. (You need CS3 or later)
1. Change the image to 16 bit mode.
2. Under “Filters”, choose “Convert for Smart Filters” - That will turn the image layer into a smart object.
3. Under the Image menu, go to Adjustments and then down to Shadows/Highlights. Make your adjustments and click on OK.
4. When you look at the layer palette now, you will see that you have a mask that you can use to paint out the effect if that’s what you want to do.
5. If you double click on the name “Shadows/Highlights” under the layer mask, you can make changes to the filter!
6. If you double click on the two little slider icons to the right of the word “Shadows/Highlights” in the layers palette, you can make use of blending options!
7. If you don’t want the “Shadows/Highlights” adjustment layer, you can drag the name of the filter into the trash. |
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