Photo Tuts Tutorials

Roundup: Even More Sites Where You can Find Images Free and Clear

I wrote about using Flickr a while ago as a good source of images that you can use free and with few or no copyright limitations. Lately, I’ve been organizing my database of  places to find free and unrestricted images. Keep in mind that “free” often requires your giving the source credit and a link back to the image provider’s site. No, this list does not include every site in the universe. If you have some favorites, please add them as a comment and I’ll add them... learn more

Use Flickr to Find Images Free and Easy

Photo by Sidelong Dozens of Web sites offer royalty- and copyright-free photographs and other images. I can’t imagine having to buy stock photos and art these days, although I have many times before. I use stock.xchng and Big Stock Photo often. The photos are generic, one-size-fits-all but they get the job done with no money up or down. Lately, I’ve been using photos posted on Flickr Creative Commons. There’s an astounding variety of photos to choose from–many of them are... learn more

Keeping Perspective

Remember the game where you had to spot the difference in two images? Take a look at the two images below. Can you spot the difference? Compare Images If you noticed a change in the number of windows on the 3rd floor to the left of the porch area, you are right! The critical factor in making such an edit to the image is…Keeping Perspective. That can sometimes become very difficult…unless we are familiar with the Vanishing Point Filter. learn more  Read More →

More Linking and Less Talking

Like most people, I need to practice more and preach less. For example, I need to verify that I’ve done all I can when I create internal and external links and spend more timing chasing inbound links to my sites. It’s hard for me to find the time. I have to visit my rich aunt every day at the nursing home to make sure she signs the will I drew up. She likes to talk a lot. Google reminded me not long ago that I should pay more attention to my links. The Big G ran on its Official Goggle... learn more

Resize It! Part 2 – Using an Action in a Batch Process

In the Part 1 of Using Photoshop Actions, we set up an Action to resize our images and add a stroke just inside the perimeter of an image. Below is an example of applying that action to an image: Image with Action Applied In this second part, we will apply this action in a batch process. The end result will be an entire folder of images are resized with a stroke just inside the perimeter of each image. learn more  Read More →

What You Need to Know about Writing Press Releases

So far, I’ve written about the value of press releases, how to decide what is newsworthy and how to format your press releases. Now, I’m going to tell you a bit about how to write copy for your press release. I’ve also written a few times about where to put your keywords on the front (the copy your readers see) and the back (the HTML that searchbots see) of your Web pages. Keep your keywords in mind when you’re writing press releases. They’re particularly important and I’ll... learn more

Resize It! Part 1 – Recording an Action in Photoshop

Actions in Photoshop let us automate a process. For example, instead of spending the time to apply 5 steps to an image, then re-applying those same steps to more images, I only need to record an action one time, then at a click of a button, apply that same action to the other images. Actions can consist of only 1 step or up to as many steps as needed. Actions can also be used within a batch process – so that the action is quickly applied to numerous images. I use Photoshop Actions to create thumbnails,... learn more

What’s With Metadata?

Metadata. We’ve heard the word over and over. If we use Adobe Bridge, or select File Info inside any of the Adobe products, we interact with metadata. But why bother with metadata? In this post, let’s look at why we might want to pay more attention to and actually use metadata. Metadata is descriptive information. It becomes especially useful and important when our images and our designs are sent out into the world. Applying good metadata assists in finding our images again. It lets us share... learn more

Working in Camera Raw

Working in camera raw gives you the most control over your images. Camera raw eliminates any processing by the camera and lets you set the parameters for each image – parameters such as white balance, contrast, color saturation, sharpening, and tonal range. In contrast, when the camera is set to capture images as JPEG files, the camera automatically interprets the image data and makes adjustments and conversions to the data. The beauty of camera raw is that the camera simply captures the... learn more

Using Clipping Masks to Place Images Inside Shapes or Text

One of my favorite options inside Photoshop is clipping masks. Clipping masks can be used for a variety of reasons. They are used to place an image inside text, or to place an image inside a shape. Clipping masks can also be used to edit a selected portion of an image. In this tutorial, we are going to use a Clipping Mask to place an image inside a shape. learn more  Read More →

« Previous Page — Next Page »