Tricks & Tips
ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO DODGE AND BURN (courtesy Herb Kammer)
Open
an image. On the menu bar, go to Layer > New > Layer > change
the Mode from Normal > Overlay. In the box select 50% gray, and click
OK. Select a soft brush, start with opacity at about 30%, paint with black
to darken (burn) or white to lighten (dodge) that part of the image you
choose.
MOTION
To
use this filter do not apply it to the entire image. Using the Lasso tool
select an area, feather the selection and apply the filter. To check the
amount of feathering press Q (Quick Mask). Use the Motion Blur filter
selecting the distance for the amount of blur desired.
PALETTES
In Photoshop
palettes can be restored to the default positions. Go to Windows>Workspace/Reset
Palette locations
CROOKED
HORIZON
Click on the measure tool and drag a line from one end of the horizon to the other. Image>Rotate.Canvas>Arbirtary>Enter. Crop and drag over the images leaving out the edges. Enter.
STRAIGHTEN THE VERTICALS
Tilted angles cause the buildings to converge. Go to Layers Palette, hold down Alt and double-click background . Drag edges of the image window to make some workspace. Image>Transform>Distort>dragging the handles to pull the verticals straight. Enter. Also try using the Grid to see the results. Use the Crop tool to delete the transparent edges..
CROPPING TO A PREDEFINED SIZE
If you have several
prints to present for competition and you wish the size of all to be,
for example, 10x15, select the Crop tool but before using it fill in the
sizes and resolution in the Options bar at the top of the image. Crop
image, Enter.
For image number two and the subsequent images click on Front Image, bring
up image number two Crop and Enter. Each image will conform the size selected
in the Options bar.
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