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Online training and tutorials in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Design. Learn at your own pace from a professional instructor of New Media Creative Design.

Photoshop Video Tutorial : Change the colour of an object using Hue & Saturation

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

In this video tutorial, we’re taking a look at how to change the colour of an object by first of all selecting it and then using one of the image adjustment options to completely change the hue and saturation values.


Learn To Change The Colour Of Objects By Adjusting The Hue & Sat

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Photoshop Video Tutorial : Setting a specific crop size

Saturday, February 17, 2007

In this tutorial you'll learn how to set a specific size for cropping and printing your pictures from Photoshop. In a previous video I showed you how to create a basic crop using the Crop tool in Photoshop. In this video tutorial we’ll take a look at how to set definite dimensions for your crop, rather than just using a freeform crop.



Cropping To A Specific Size For Printing In Photoshop

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Photoshop Video Tutorial : Back to basics with the Crop Tool

Thursday, February 08, 2007

In today’s video we go back to basics as we look at how to use the Crop tool in Photoshop. A bit of careful cropping can elevate an ordinary photograph to something very special. Did you know you can rotate your cropped area? Do you know what a shield is? Watch this short video to find out.


Back To Basics With The Crop Tool In Photoshop

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Photoshop Video Tutorial : Change eye colour using the Colour Replacement Tool

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Hidden underneath the brush tool in the Photoshop toolbox (and often ignored), you will find the Colour Replacement tool. In this video tutorial, we’ll look at how easy and quick it is to replace the green eye colour of a young girl with the blue eye colour of another girl.


How To Change A Person's Eye Colour In Photoshop

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Photoshop Video Tutorial : Speed Up Your Post-Scan Editing

Monday, January 15, 2007

If you scan in photographs you will often find that they appear slightly crooked when scanned in, or if you scan multiple photographs in one go they will sometimes appear skewed on the scan. In this video tutorial you will see how to use the Automated Crop and Straighten option to very quickly and easily get around these problems.


Speed Up Your Scanned Image Editing With Photoshop And The Autom - The most popular videos are a click away

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Photoshop Video Tutorial : Add more canvas to your image using the crop tool

Sunday, January 07, 2007

Here's a short video tutorial which shows you how to use the Crop tool in Photoshop to ADD more canvas to your image, rather than cropping away.


Add More Canvas To Your Image With The Crop Tool In Photoshop -

This video is also available in a larger size and better quality when you sign up for the Learn and Master Photoshop online course.

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Photoshop Video Tutorial : Use the colour match adjustment

Monday, January 01, 2007

In this short video tutorial we look at how to apply the look and feel of one photograph to another photograph.



How To Match The Colour Of One Photograph With Another Photograp -

This video lesson and many others are just some of the bonus material that is available to members who susbscribe to the Learn and Master Photoshop online course.

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