July 6, 2009
Good evening. I’m back again to bring you some of the latest and greatest in web tech for the web-savvy Photoshopper. Up until now, every time I have to design something, anything, I automatically reach for my trusty old Color Index book. If not for the convenient vinyl colors in this little book, I probably [...]
June 29, 2009
When Charnita wrote this piece on 8 Simple Free Photoshop Alternatives that are under 2 MB, I discovered Fotographix. And I was VERY impressed at how well it can do its job. This 348KB download is a ZIP file that extracts to 685KB. It is a totally portable application and is very powerful and familiar [...]
June 24, 2009
Good evening, Ladies and Gents, Allow me to re-introduce myself, my name is Mike, also (hopefully) known in the online community as Commodore 64 or C64 for short. I have spent the last 12 years, since Photoshop 5.5, exploring the many realms of this staple of the graphic designer’s diet. Aside from the usual plethora [...]
May 28, 2009
Quite often, one needs to process or retouch images from a digital camera with an image editor but is limited by their amateur Photoshop skills. Or perhaps, you don’t want to burden yourself and your pocket by purchasing Adobe Lightroom or Camera Raw. If you are looking for a simple application to perform basic to [...]
May 9, 2009
There are hundreds of free image editors out there for your computer, many of which are known as “bloatware” since they are bloated with unecessary features. Sometimes you just want a light, simple program that doesn’t take forever to load and will let you do a few simple tasks. Well, here is a list of [...]
April 14, 2009
Have you decided to venture in the world of image editing? Decided, but don’t know how? Photoshop can be quite difficult, if you throw yourself at it without preparation. You’ve probably got no clue how everyone gets that wizardry done, because you don’t know head from tail in that maze of buttons and filters! Don’t [...]
March 18, 2009
I have previously covered how to delete the extra information (meta data) that gets attached to your images. Now I will be showing you how to use another nifty portable tool to see if the image is photoshopped (or edited using some other photo editor). Before I get into the nitty gritty, I want to [...]
March 9, 2009
I have always found that one of the toughest parts about working in Photoshop is selecting parts of an image for deletion or enhancement. When I first started using Photoshop many years ago, I thought the only way to accurately make complicated selections, ones that aren’t simple rectangles or ovals, was to use the polygonal [...]
March 5, 2009
If you’re new to Photoshop, as everyone is at some point, then you may not be familiar with the idea of layers. Thus, we parepared a Photoshop layers tutorial for you. Most modern image editing software uses layers to allow you to make changes on top of what’s already there in a non-destructive way. This [...]
February 22, 2009
Aviary is an online photo editor suite that has a lot of promise and currently has four applications – Peacock Visual Laboratory, Phoenix Image Editor, Raven Vector Editor and Toucan Color Palettes. The site has two membership plans available at the time of writing this article – Basic (free) and Pro ($9.99 per month). With [...]
