Innholdsfortegnelse for August 2016 i Practical Photoshop

There are two big Lightroom Mobile updates this month: Lightroom for iOS 2.4 and Lightroom for Android 2.1. Lightroom 2.4 for iOS offers an exciting new raw technology preview. The idea behind this is that, if you’re out and about taking photos in the raw file format on your digital SLR or CSC and you can’t wait to share them, then there’s no longer any need to download the raw files to a laptop and then convert them to JPEGs before sharing. Instead, you can download the files straight from your camera to your smartphone or tablet (using either the Camera Connection Kit or the Lightning to SD or USB kits from Apple). You then import the raws to your Camera Roll on your device and open Lightroom Mobile to…

1 USE A TABLET A pen and tablet like the Wacom Intuos give smooth brush strokes beyond anything you could achieve with a mouse. Photoshop’s Bristle Brushes will behave naturally as you apply different levels of pressure or tilt the pen. The bristle brush preview gives an idea of how it behaves. 2 WET, LOAD, MIX, FLOW Wet sets the wetness of the canvas. Load refers to how much paint is on the brush tip – a low load will mean the brush dries out more quickly. Mix determines the ratio of brush to canvas mixing – at 100% the brush picks up all the paint from the canvas, at 0% it only adds the loaded color. Flow controls the overall strength of the brush. 3 LOAD BRUSH The Load…

The image-editing process begins as soon as you’ve transferred your photos from your memory card to your computer. 1 The first stage is to begin sifting through your pictures to discover which are the keepers. The image organizer that comes with Photoshop is ideal for this task. Adobe Bridge has controls for keywording, rating and filtering your images, and there are handy tools for batch renaming files, creating panoramic stitches, making contact sheets and more. Launch Adobe Bridge and navigate to a folder containing new images. Use the cursor keys to quickly flick through the images and click below a thumbnail to add a star rating, or use the keyboard shortcut Cmd/Ctrl+1-5. You can then filter your images by the star rating to group the ones you want to work…

D Reset the foreground and background colors to black and white ALT+[SCROLL WHEEL] Zoom in or out of the image CMD/CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+E Create a merged copy of all the layers in the layer stack SPACE BAR Temporarily switch the current tool to the Hand tool, for moving around the image while zoomed in ALT+[EYE ICON] Switch off the visibility of all other layers in the layer stack, for before-and-after comparisons CMD/CTRL+I Invert the color of a layer mask to black SHIFT+[LAYER MASK] Disable the effects of a layer mask X Switch the foreground and background color swatches [ OR ] Resize the brush tip SHIFT+[ OR ] Cycle backwards or forwards through the layer blend modes CMD/CTRL+[LAYER MASK] Load the currently active layer mask as a new selection CMD/CTRL+T Activate the…

DOWNLOAD THE PROJECT FILES HERE http://tiny.cc/peu4cy ON YOUR PC OR MAC 01 USE OIL PAINT Starting with a simple headshot, we applied the oil paint technique described on page 6. We restricted the oil paint filter effect to the hair, then lifted the shadows to pull out more detail, before softening the skin slightly using Color Efex Pro from Nik Collection. (Get it free from www.google.com/nikcollection.) 02 PAINT A BACKDROP Next we added splashes and brush streaks across the background, as seen in the last couple of steps from the bird painting tutorial on page 10. Using the supplied brush set, we dabbed different colors over several layers, varying layer opacity to build up the effect gradually. 03 ADD TEXTURES We can add depth to the effect with a couple…

The latest version of the raw file processor included with Photoshop is so powerful that most photos can be processed entirely in the raw processor, with no need for further editing in Photoshop. And by making your adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw rather than in Photoshop, you’ll ensure the best possible image quality, because raw files contain more picture information than bitmap images such as un-layered PSDs and JPEGs. Here’s our reference to the features you’ll use the most in the Basic panel. THE BASIC PANEL IN ACR TEMPERATURE Use this slider to warm or cool an image if the White Balance tool fails to correct a color cast TINT This slider enables you to correct a green or magenta cast, again, if the White Balance tool fails EXPOSURE Controls…

If you’ve ever wished you could paint like a pro, but lack the talent for fine brushwork, here’s an opportunity to create beautiful painterly art. Starting with a photo, all you have to do is apply a few filter effects then brush over with the Pattern Stamp Tool to give it a canvas look. The Pattern Stamp Tool might sound like an odd choice – but patterns aren’t necessarily restricted to recurring lines, shapes or textures. In Photoshop, you can turn images into patterns. So once the image is prepared, all you have to do is define it as a pattern, then you can use the Pattern Stamp tool to redraw it in brush-based form. It’s as if you can load the colors and tones across an image into the…

If you’re relatively new to editing in Photoshop, or you just don’t know where to begin, then this section is the best place to get started. Over the next nine pages, you’ll find an overview of the different versions of Photoshop available; a breakdown of the typical image-editing workflow in Photoshop; an overview of raw file editing; a guide to the six most useful layers; and a glossary of the most useful shortcuts. This guide condenses most of the tools and techniques you’ll use every time you import a new roll of pictures. PHOTOSHOP CC £8.57/$9.99 PER MONTH WINDOWS, OS X Photoshop is the software of choice for most professional and non-professional photographers. Beyond the standard photo-editing features, it boasts a vast array of more creative tools and filters. Layers…