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Photoshop to GIMP Upload Images   Link  Gailen J  9 years ago How close are the Photoshop lessons with any version of GIMP? Or is GIMP something that could be lesson in the future? GIMP is in my price range and I am a complete newbie with either. Reply from Richard Rost: Read More... I've worked with GIMP a little in the past. I like it. The problem with making tutorials for freeware/shareware apps is that MOST people who use them DON'T need tutorials. They're the kind of people who like to figure things out on their own. So, if there's enough demand for GIMP, I'd gladly make some tutorials for it. I'll add GIMP to the WAITING LIST. If I get enough votes for it, I'll start cranking out tutorials. Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

adding layers Upload Images   Link  Ray Lammbert  10 years ago I'm an addict for Photoshop Books and have been buying them since starting with Phoroshop 7. The best I've found is "Layers" by Matt Kloskowshi ISBN 10 #: 0-321-53416-6. Publisher Peachpit Press. It's fairly old published 2008 but I still use it to prompt the old grey cells. Hope this helps Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

1exadecima1 colour code5 with meaning Upload Images   Link  Mubeezi Micah  10 years ago Dear Alex, What a site! I just tried copying the color code into an Access form and it works perfect. Thanks a lot for sharing. MICAH Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

1exadecima1 colour code5 with meaning Upload Images   Link  Alex Hedley  10 years ago Just found a cool site [http://lexadecimal.com/] Lexadecimal: A hexadecimal colour code whose letters and numbers form an English word. Found Access #acce55 and it's actually light green, guess Microsoft need to change it from purple :p Read More... Al Reply from Richard Rost: Ha ha. That's pretty neat. Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

adding layers Upload Images   Link  Stephen  11 years ago This should be easy, but I have not used PS in years. I cut an image that I want to impose over a new background. I have the 2 images but I can't combine them. I also want to add text when I get the composite image. Help Read More...   Answer from Richard Rost: Take your background image and put it on its own layer. Put the foreground image on its own layer. Make this the visible, active layer. Now, using the selection tool of your choice, cut out (erase) the background elements from the FOREGROUND layer. Make both layers visible. Voila. I cover this in my Photoshop 103 course: http://www.599cd.com/site/courselist/photoshop/photoshop103/?key=BlFAlEx Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

cutting and pasting faces Upload Images   Link  Tricia  11 years ago Hello, I was able to cut a face from one photo and paste it onto teh head of a second photo. However, I am unable to figure out how to: 1. Resize the pasted face so it fits the scale of the body Read More... 2. Smooth the colors between the pasted face and the head so it looks natural. Any suggestions/directions are appreciated. Thank you! Tricia   Answer from Richard Rost: 1. You should be able to use a free transform to get the size of the head correct. 2. Try adjusting the color, saturation, and brightness of the layer your face is on. This is more trial and error than anything else. Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

Reducing size of jpg photos for clarity Upload Images   Link  Wayne  11 years ago I'm creating a website that will have avatars of several book covers. Whenever I scan a book cover and reduce it for my website the image loses most of its clarity; the text becomes unreadable. The same is true for book covers I have created on my computer. What can I do to prevent the loss of clarity? Thanks. Read More...   Answer from Richard Rost: Whenever you scan an image and then reduce it, you're going to lose SOME image quality. You just need to make small thumbnails of the book covers for your web site? If that's the case, your web design program might have an auto-thumbnail feature. I know that I use FrontPage/Expression Web and they can quickly and easily create a small autothumbnail of whatever size I specify (200 pixels across, say) and the quality looks pretty good. See if yours has the same. Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

Photoshop hotkey Upload Images   Link  heartscool  11 years ago New…                    Ctrl+N Open…                    Ctrl+O Read More... Browse…                 Alt+Ctrl+O Shift+Ctrl+O Open As…                 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+O Edit in ImageReady    Shift+Ctrl+M Close                    Ctrl+W Close All            Alt+Ctrl+W Close and Go To Bridge… Shift+Ctrl+W Save                    Ctrl+S Save As…            Shift+Ctrl+S Save a Version…    Alt+Ctrl+S Save for Web…            Alt+Shift+Ctrl+S Revert                    F12 File Info…            Alt+Shift+Ctrl+I Page Setup…            Shift+Ctrl+P Print with Preview…    Alt+Ctrl+P Print…                    Ctrl+P Print One Copy            Alt+Shift+Ctrl+P Print Online…    Exit                    Ctrl+Q Edit Undo/Redo            Ctrl+Z Step Forward            Shift+Ctrl+Z Step Backward            Alt+Ctrl+Z Fade…                    Shift+Ctrl+F Cut                    Ctrl+X                                 F2 Copy                    Ctrl+C                                 F3 Copy Merged            Shift+Ctrl+C Paste                    Ctrl+V                                 F4 Paste Into            Shift+Ctrl+V Fill…                    Shift+F5 Free Transform            Ctrl+T Transform                       > Again                    Shift+Ctrl+T Color Settings…    Shift+Ctrl+K Keyboard Shortcuts…    Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K Menus…                    Alt+Shift+Ctrl+M Preferences                     > General…            Ctrl+K Image Adjustments                     > Levels…            Ctrl+L Auto Levels            Shift+Ctrl+L Auto Contrast            Alt+Shift+Ctrl+L Auto Color            Shift+Ctrl+B Curves…            Ctrl+M Color Balance…            Ctrl+B Hue/Saturation…    Ctrl+U Desaturate            Shift+Ctrl+UImage Canvas Size…            Alt+Ctrl+C Layer New> Layer…                    Shift+Ctrl+N Layer via Copy            Ctrl+J Layer via Cut            Shift+Ctrl+J Create/Release Clipping Mask Alt+Ctrl+G Group Layers            Ctrl+G Ungroup Layers            Shift+Ctrl+G Bring to Front            Shift+Ctrl+] Bring Forward            Ctrl+] Send Backward            Ctrl+[ Send to Back            Shift+Ctrl+[ Merge Layers            Ctrl+E Merge Visible            Shift+Ctrl+E Select All                    Ctrl+A Deselect            Ctrl+D Reselect            Shift+Ctrl+D Inverse            Shift+Ctrl+I All Layers            Alt+Ctrl+A Feather...            Alt+Ctrl+D Shift+F6               Filter Last Filter            Ctrl+F Extract...            Alt+Ctrl+X Liquify...            Shift+Ctrl+X Pattern Maker...    Alt+Shift+Ctrl+X Vanishing Point...    Alt+Ctrl+V               View Proof Setup                     > Proof Colors            Ctrl+Y Gamut Warning            Shift+Ctrl+Y Zoom In            Ctrl++ Zoom Out            Ctrl+- Fit on Screen            Ctrl+0 Actual Pixels            Alt+Ctrl+0 Extras                    Ctrl+H Target Path                     Shift+Ctrl+H Grid                    Ctrl+' Guides                    Ctrl+; Rulers                    Ctrl+R Snap                    Shift+Ctrl+; Lock Guides            Alt+Ctrl+; Actions            Alt+F9 Brushes            F5 Color                    F6 Info                    F8 Layers                    F7 Help Photoshop Help            F1 Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

best photoshop cs3 book i can get Upload Images   Link  heni  11 years ago Hi, I have the adobe cs3 master suite. But my focus is in phototshop and later on how to coordinate them with the other programs in the suite. So can you suggest any tutorial or book that can get me in hand very well with photoshop. Especially starting at the basic level and goes all the way up. THANKS IN ADVANCE! Read More... Answer from Richard Rost: Well, of course I make my own Photoshop tutorials, so I would refer you there… but my favorite BOOK has always been the "Classroom in a Book" book that Adobe Press publishes. Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

diplomas/degrees ?? Upload Images   Link  billie  11 years ago I just started working for a private vocational school ... and they are STILL typing and hand lettering their diplomas/degrees ! What SIMPLE software could you suggest for printing these at the end of every sememster ? Read More... Note:  They only print 10-20 every semester ... so high volume stuff is not needed. They are using Windows 7 on most computers. Thanks ! Answer from Richard Rost: You wouldn't need Photoshop for this. You could just do it with a pretty font and something simple like a Microsoft Word template. Buy blank certificates from an office supply store. Sorry, only students may add comments. Click here for more information on how you can set up an account. If you are a student, please LOG ON first.

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