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Articles related to Adobe Photoshop – tutorials, news, tips&tricks and more.

By Armand Niculescu on May 10, 2010
One of the exciting new features in Photoshop CS5 is the more natural way of painting, opening new ways to express your creativity – even if (like me) you’re not a true painter. In this tutorial I will show you the techniques and the tricks to convert a photo into a great-looking painting.
Posted in Photoshop, Tutorials | Tagged cs5, painting, Photoshop, tutorial

By Armand Niculescu on April 7, 2010
Adobe Creative Suite 5 will be officially announced on April 12 and will ship probably a month later. The crown jewel is, of course, Photoshop and it’s always fun to speculate on what it will bring.
Posted in News | Tagged adobe, cs5, Photoshop, preview

By Armand Niculescu on January 11, 2010
Avatar has captured the imagination of millions of people from around the globe. Creating a completely new world from scratch, one with hundreds of species of flora and fauna and breathtaking landscapes is a daunting task that Cameron completed with flying colors. Let’s see what companies and software were involved.
Posted in News | Tagged 3d, avatar, effects, Photoshop, vfx

By Armand Niculescu on January 9, 2010
If you are a photographer and want to use the so-called Rule of Thirds in your compositions, here’s a neat trick to show it in Photoshop:
Posted in photography, Photoshop, Tutorials | Tagged photography, Photoshop, tutorial

By Armand Niculescu on October 2, 2009
Adobe presented at Photoshop World two pretty cool experiments that might be included in a future version of Photoshop.
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By Armand Niculescu on June 29, 2009
In this tutorial I will teach you how to edit in photo in Lightroom and Photoshop to dramatically alter its appearance and mood. We’ll change a broad daylight scene into a night-time one, lit by a street lamp. I’ll also take the opportunity to describe some non-destructive editing techniques in Photoshop.
Posted in Tutorials | Tagged lightroom, photography, Photoshop, tutorial

By Armand Niculescu on May 26, 2009
Just in case you’re unfamiliar with the therm, HDRI stands for High Dynamic Range Imaging. As I’ve discussed before, a regular photo can’t capture the full range of lights and shadows that the human eye can see. Photographers have long learned to avoid high-contrast situations or to use them to create artistic effects. It all changed when Paul Devebec presented at SIGGRAPH 1997 a method for combining several images with different exposures into one single image with a much higher range of luminosity. To put things in perspective, a camera sensor can cope with contrast ranges on the order of 4000:1, while a scene of a room with an outside view in full sun (something our eyes see every day) has a dynamic range of 100,000:1.
Posted in photography, Reviews | Tagged hdr, photography, Photoshop, picturenaut

By Armand Niculescu on May 13, 2009
Finding tools or remembering where is a button you need fast can be disturbing sometimes so I have selected 50 useful keyboard shortcuts to help you work faster.
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By Armand Niculescu on April 14, 2009
Following up on the offer for free Flex for unemployed developers, Adobe has quite a few other interesting promotions – Photoshop Elements 7 for $59.99 and $200 discount for Creative Suite 4 upgrade
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By Armand Niculescu on April 3, 2009
Photoshop can help you pick what color you like for your eyes. Here is a method that will take you no more than 1 minute and a total of 6 steps that you have to follow.
Posted in Tutorials | Tagged Photoshop, tutorial, video