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Refine Edge

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:32

Refine Edge can be found in Photoshop CS3 and CS4 and provides a sophisticated way of improving the quality of selection edges. It also allows you to view a selection against different backgrounds to make the adjustments easier to see. Five sliders control inside Refine Edge Radius Slider: Increase the Radius to create a more exact selection boundary in areas ...

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Refine Edge

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:32

Refine Edge can be found in Photoshop CS3 and CS4 and provides a sophisticated way of improving the quality of selection edges. It also allows you to view a selection against different backgrounds to make the adjustments easier to see. Five sliders control inside Refine Edge Radius Slider: Increase the Radius to create a more exact selection boundary in areas ...

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Photo Filters

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:26

For adjusting tones in your images, an excellent way is to use Photoshop’s built in Photo Filters, found by going to Image > Adjustments > Photo Filters or from the Adjustment Layer list in the Layers palette. It’s always best to use an Adjustment Layer if you want to work non-destructively. There are 20 Photo Filter presets to choose from ...

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Interpolation

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:18

Interpolation is another name given to the process of image resampling. There are five methods that can be used for calculating the best route for resizing an image – Nearest Neighbor, Bilinear, Bicubic, Bicubic Smoother and Bicubic Sharper. All the Interpolation options are found inside the Image Size Dialog box from the drop-down list. A close-up view of the options ...

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Bicubic Smoother

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:12

The Bicubic smoother is an Interpolation option from the drop-down list inside the Image Size Dialog box and is a good choice if you’re looking to increase the size of your images and offers smoother interpolated enlargements as a result. It’s also worth adding a small amount of sharpening after Interpolating using the Bicubic Smoother option. A close-up view of ...

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Step Interpolation

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Anonymous, 31 July 2009 11:07

Step Interpolation is a completely different way of increasing the size of your images. Rather than using one of the five Interpolation options from inside the Image Size Dialog box, the step interpolation method involves gradually increasing image size by small percentages. The percentage that’s usually settled for is 10%. Step Interpolation isn’t always the best means of interpolation, as ...

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Remote Trigger

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Anonymous, 31 March 2009 17:14

If you need to fire your camera from a distance you’ll need a remote trigger. Unlike a cable release, remote triggers give you the opportunity to move much further away as they use infrared beams or radio frequencies to communicate with your camera. The ranges of remote triggers differ from trigger to trigger but there are versions that can fire ...

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Extract Filter

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Anonymous, 31 March 2009 17:09

The Extra Filter can be found in all versions of Photoshop,except CS4 and provides a sophisticated way to isolate foreground objects and erase backgrounds on a layer. It can be used to work around wispy or indefinable edges with the minimum amount of work. To access the Extract Filter, go to Filter in the Menu bar and it’s the third ...

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Pen Tool

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Anonymous, 31 March 2009 17:05

If you want to cut out a specific object or subject in a photograph, or fancy creating an ultra fine selection, Photoshop’s Pen Tool is one of the most precise tools to use. The Pen Tool can be found in the toolbox and the keyboard shortcut is the letter P. Before you start it’s important to set up the tool ...

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Paths

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Anonymous, 31 March 2009 16:59

Paths are created when using Photoshop’s Pen Tool. They are very simply vector-based line drawings that can be stretched and shaped around any subject with the use of Anchor points. Anchor points appear on screen as small grey squares and if you’re looking to make a Path around a specific subject, it’s these anchor points that should be positioned around ...

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Off Camera Flash Kit Round-Up

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Anonymous, 17 February 2009 10:48

Free your flash!Off-camera flash or Strobism has become hugely popular in portrait and action photography, largely thanks to blogs such as Strobist.com and photo sharing sites like Flickr.com Vivid colours, bold shadows and theatrical lighting are achieved through the use of multiple flashes or strobes placed carefully around a subject, allowing the photographer to take total control of the lighting. ...

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