Archive for the 'Photoshop' Category

Simple Way to Get Rid of Noise using Photoshop

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Here I have a photo of a black cap chick that I took the other day. It was very overcast and the lighting wasn’t good at all, but I decided to take the shot anyway. It’s very grainy because I had the ISO on my camera set to 800 and the lighting conditions were poor.

 
What [...]

Making Black & White Photos “POP” Using Photoshop

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Here I have a photo of my neighbor’s cat. I turned it into a black and white photo, but it’s not quite right. It needs a little “pop” to make it more interesting. There are a few simple ways to do this without getting too crazy.

 
The first way is very easy. First I’ll go to [...]

Creating Lightning in an Image using Photoshop

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Here I have an image of the Portland Headlight that I already turned black and white in Photoshop. I think lightning shots look more dramatic in black and white.
The first thing I do is drop the image into Photoshop.

Next I go to the brush icon on the tools palette.

Then I go to the [...]

Replacing a Color in Photographs Using Photoshop

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Here I have a photograph of a tulip that I had taken not too long ago. I like the color of the tulip, but for this tutorial I’ll change the color of the tulip using the Replace Color tool from the Adjustments menu in Photoshop.

The first thing I’ll do is drop the image into Photoshop. [...]

How to Create Motion in an Image

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Here I have an image of some children playing soccer. I used a fast shutter speed while taking this image, to freeze the action. At this point I think I’d like to put some motion into the image.

The first thing I do is drop the image into Photoshop. I’ll make a selection around the boy [...]