The units of measure displayed on rulers, in the Info, Image Size and Canvas dialogues and used to establish text and print sizes are all controlled by the Units settings…
Philip Andrews
Tagging your photos
Many photographers and stock libraries sort their thousands of images based on individual descriptive keywords that have been associated with photos. In Photoshop Elements keywords are added to your photos…
The ultimate tinting effect – Split Toning
One of my favourite after-printing effects back in my darkroom days was split toning. This process involved passing a completed black and white print through two differently coloured and separate…
Vector versus bitmap
Photoshop and other software has two ways of representing images. They can be either bitmap or vector based. In fact Photoshop can have both types in one file so it’s…
Editing Your Selections Before Editing Your Pictures
Being able to select well, is almost as important to a digital photographer as being able to shoot well. A ‘big call’ I know, but much of the craft of…
Albums, Tags and the Full Screen Mode
Photoshop Elements contains a special full screen viewing mode which can be used for adding keyword tags to photos and images to albums.
Eyedropper Tonal Control
Most photographers move the sliders in Levels or reshape the line in Curves when wanting to adjust the brightness or contrast in their photos, but both features also contain a…
Photoshop.com gets mobile
Photoshop.com now works with your mobile phone. Okay, so we are not talking about the full version of the program being magically shrunk to fit on you cell phone, but…
How to: Non destructively sharpen JPEG with Smart Objects in Photoshop
With the introduction of Photoshop CS2 came Smart Objects - the dawn of nondestructive editing for your photos, JPEG or otherwise. We show you non-destructive sharpening...
How to: Sharpen in RAW
Sharpening your photos in Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom. What Digital Camera shows you how sharp images can be acheived to maximum effect...
How to Recompose After Capture Using Adobe Photoshop CS4
The new Content-Aware Scale feature in CS4 can be used to turn a landscape image into a portrait picture without making the subject appear tall and thin. Philip Andrews explains…
Adobe Photoshop Elements 7: Smart Brush Tool – video tutorial
Philip Andrews looks at the Smart Brush Tool in Adobe Photoshop Elements 7
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6: Burn To CD
Philip Andrews Explains Quick Copying to CD and DVD using Adobe Photoshop Elements 6
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5: Black and White Conversions
Philip Andrews takes a look at Black and White Conversions in Adobe Photoshop Elements 5
Adobe Photoshop Elements 4: Jpeg Artifacts
Philip Andrews describes Jpeg Artifacts in Adobe Photoshop Elements 4
Adobe Photoshop CS4: Dodge and Burn in Lightroom 2
Philip Andrews Demonstrates how to Dodge and Burn Using Adobe Photoshop CS4
Adobe Photoshop CS3: Sharpening Part 2 – video tutorial
Philip Andrews Demonstrates Sharpening in Adobe Photoshop CS3: Part 2
Adobe Photoshop CS2: Spot Healing Brush – video tutorial
Philip Andrews Demonstrates the Spot Healing Brush in Adobe Photoshop CS2
Adobe Photoshop Elements 7: Surface Blur Filter – video tutorial
Philip Andrews Describes the Surface Blur Filter in Adobe Photoshop Elements 7
Adobe Photshop Elements 6: Introducing Photo Books
Philip Andrews takes a look at 'Photo Books' in Adobe Elements 6