Video Tutorial Archive
Video Tutorial: Shedding Light on Photoshop's Histogram and Info Panels
For many, Photoshop’s Histogram and Info Panels are mysterious, foreboding places never to be explored. To the enlightened, however, these panels possess information that sheds valuable light on the tonal and color information in their images. I find these panels absolutely indispensable. I use the Histogram panel as a spyglass into an image’s tonal (brightness) [...]
Video Tutorial: What's New in Photoshop CS4 – Part 2 of 2
Welcome back to Part 2 of my “What’s New in Photoshop CS4″ Video Tutorial! Photoshop CS4 possesses several mind-blowing new features, including Content-Aware Scaling and Focus Blending. In addition to these new features, this upgrade boasts numerous productivity-enhancing improvements, such as an Adjustments Panel, a Masks Panel, and radically improved Dodge and Burn tools. The [...]
Video Tutorial: What's New in Photoshop CS4 – Part 1 of 2
The emails requesting an introduction to Photoshop CS4 have been filling my Inbox. Naturally, my resistance to these requests is extremely low. In fact, I’m bursting with anticipation and can’t wait any longer to introduce you to this extraordinary upgrade. Photoshop CS4 possesses several mind-blowing new features, including Content-Aware Scaling and Focus Blending. In addition [...]
Video Tutorial: Ultimate Sharpening
In this “Ultimate Sharpening” tutorial, I demo my two favorite methods for output sharpening––High Pass and Elegant Sharpening. High Pass sharpening produces a result that is similar to applying the Unsharp Mask filter with a very high Radius setting. Because of this “high Radius setting” effect, the High Pass method doesn’t sharpen fine details as [...]
Video Tutorial: Color Management 1 of 4
Join me for this Four-Part Color Management Video Tutorial Series designed to shed light on the confusing color management equation. Part One covers how to calibrate your monitor into a universal state. Part Two discusses how to configure Photoshop’s Color Settings dialogue. Part Three makes sense of the soft-proofing process. Part Four explains how to [...]
