Julieanne Kost is producing the one remarkable tutorial after the other. I have watched her most recent one, about image compositing, with great interest. It seems so easy, all that compositing, but yet there is much technique involved. In this lesson she teaches us how to use basic techniques in Photoshop, to achieve a wonderful result.See more images ...

We all encounter the problem of lens distorsion. For instance, when you are not exactly in front of an object, it is quite difficult to get the perspective right. Photoshop helps with the crop tool. You have to discover how to use it, but once used, you cannot do without anymore. Let’s look at an example, this image of the beautiful blue glass stained windows in the rememberance church in Berlin.See more images ...

Tags: Photoshop, crop, tool, perspective

The internet contains tons of useful tutorials on all kinds of activities. I couldn’t do without. The question is, of course, how to distinguish the good from the bad. Here again, social media can be of use. Blogs (hopefully like this one), forums, etc, can provide you with the necessary information to get the right information.
One of the tutors that I highly esteem is Julieanne Kost. See more images ...

I recently switched Photoshop to CS5. Having seen the new tools in this amazing program, I decided to upgrade from the previous version. Having used it for about a month now, I must admit that the marketing promises of Adobe really are true. The new features are wonderful, simple to use and very useful for photographers. I see three very important improvements that I am already using quite a lot: improvements in Camera Raw, especially the noise reduction, the content-aware function and last but not least, the tool for making complex selections.See more images ...

Tags: selection, photoshop, cs5