Skip to content

Advice

Your search has revealed the items listed below. Not what you were looking for? Try narrowing down your search using the categories on the left or the matchbox below.

You looked for...

and found 41 items

Search Results

Featured item image

Refine Edge

rating is 2

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 ...

Results 1 - 10 of 41

Leading article image

Refine Edge

rating is 2

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 ...

Leading article image

Photo Filters

rating is 2

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 ...

Leading article image

Interpolation

rating is 0

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 ...

Leading article image

Bicubic Smoother

rating is 2

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 ...

Leading article image

Extract Filter

rating is 2

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 ...

Leading article image

Pen Tool

rating is 3

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 ...

Leading article image

Paths

rating is 0

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 ...

Leading article image

Adobe Camera Raw

rating is 2

Anonymous, 22 January 2009 14:41

The Adobe Camera Raw is a piece of software that’s included as a plug-in with Adobe Photoshop and gives the user the ability to import and work with Camera Raw Files. To process images using the Camera Raw, select the files you wish to import in Bridge, choosing File from the Menu bar, selecting Open In Camera Raw. Equally dragging ...

Leading article image

Feathering

rating is 2.5

Anonymous, 22 January 2009 14:34

Feathering is a handy feature that’s used within image editing programmes and its purpose is to blur edges by building a transition boundary between a selection and it’s surrounding pixels. This gives an effect whereby the edges of a selection are much softer and less harsh than they were previously. Feathering can be used in combination with the Marquee, Polygonal ...

Leading article image

Keyline Border

rating is 3

Anonymous, 08 October 2008 15:52

A keyline border can be very easily applied onto any photograph and it’s a frequently used presentation technique. Images that have a keyline border appear more polished and presentable. Depending on the type of the image being used, a keyline border can be thick or thin, and the degree of thickness usually adds to the impact. See Digital Photo’s November ...

Results

of 5