Photoshop ABC’s
So over the weekend what started as an idle tweet by Mark Jobson turned into a 3 ways tweetfest with Mark, Sean Armenta and myself working our way through a Photoshop ABC and I thought it might be quite good fun to put it up here to show that we actually managed it! And I don’t think we cheated too much!
Below is an edited version of the transcript, (though it hasn’t been altered too much)
Feel free to disagree with us, this isn’t supposed to be a definitive list or even the best list, this was the list we came up with whilst bantering over twitter… if we’d been in the pub then I’m sure it would have been heated!
Mark Jobson:
Seriously considering teaching my 5yr old how to retouch…
James Lightbown:
Keith Clouston is looking for retouchers if you get your 5 yr old up to speed quick enough! ;-)
Mark Jobson:
Scary thing is though… she seems to be genuinely interested. Right. A is for… Adjustment Layer lol
James Lightbown:
haha We’ve got to do a #photoshopabc … B is for Brushes
Mark Jobson:
C is for Curves
Photoshop Tips & Tricks: Adding Noise
Noise.
What is Noise? And why is Noise important to you?
Well it’s not as abstract a question as it may seem, for a start to clarify; I’m referring to Noise in the Adobe Photoshop sense. While I’m sure there is an Adobe approved definition of noise out there on the internets somewhere, for our target audience of beginners and novices, it may be useful to think of noise as the digital equivalent of film grain.
In a world in which pixel counts are getting bigger and bigger, producing smoother images and wider tonal ranges you may think that something like film grain is redundant, and that the ability to shoot at 400IS0 on your shiny new DSLR without getting much in the way of noise is actually a blessing.
But what about when you want that grainy feel, when everything is just a bit too smooth? That’s when you’ll be grateful for a bit of Noise.
But, before you go reaching for that handy noise filter the Adobe have so kindly provided for you (or even the film grain filter) give this handy, non-destructive way of adding noise a go first:
Step 1:
Make yourself a new layer.
