Photo Retouching in Photoshop CS5 Using the Heal Tool to Retouch a Photograph in Photoshop How to Create Do Basic Retouching in Photoshop This video shows a basic technique for retouching in Photoshop. The video also shows some of the limitations of the technique and we’ll look at how these may be overcome in future
Sharpen Images and Focus Deblur Add Clarity to A Slightly Blurry Image Sharpening Away Focus and Blur Issues with Frequency Separation A very common problem with photographs which is nearly impossible to correct perfectly is blurriness or lack of acute focus. This is one of the reasons why it is a good idea to take
Curing Colour Cast in Gimp Fixing a Flawed Image How to Remove Colour Cast in Gimp A very common problem with photographs is colour cast – a consistent deviation of colours from expected values. We get blue colour cast when photographing outdoors, we get a pale sickly yellow playing throughout pictures captured indoors under electrical
Extreme Texture Integration Advanced Blending in Photoshop CS5 Smart Blending and Smart Objects This shows some of the more advanced techniques for image blending in Photoshop. The challenge in this project is to try to integrate two entirely different and not really complementary images. The technique makes copious use of advanced blending features in Photoshop
Perfect Black and White Photographs and adding Tints in Gimp Gimp Video Tutorial Black and White Photography There are several ways of desaturating images in Gimp and a very wide variety of effects can be achieved. This video focuses on the decomposition method that Gimp uses to permit editing in Lab and other non RGB
Sharpen a Photo in Photoshop CS5 Sharpening with Glowing Edges Mask Image Sharpening in Photoshop Part 3 of 3 This video demonstrates how sharpening images in Photoshop CS5 can be aimed precisely so as to limit unwanted sharpening which might increase noise. Whilst Photoshop has tools for powerfully sharpening images, it lacks the masking controls
Sharpen a Photo in Photoshop CS5 Sharpening with Noise Reduction Image Sharpening in Photoshop Part 2 of 3 This video demonstrates how sharpening images in Photoshop CS5 can be done with fewer unwanted consequences using noise reduction as a prelude to sharpening. However, noise reduction is almost certain to have unwanted consequences itself, one of
Sharpen a Photo in Photoshop CS5 High Pass Filter and Sharpen Tool Image Sharpening in Photoshop Part 1 of 3 This video demonstrates some of the issues that may be encountered when sharpening images using the sharpen tool. The alternative and popular method of using the high pass filter to sharpen an image is also
Sharpen a Photo in Photoshop CS5 Comparisons Image Sharpening in Photoshop A Three Part Series Comparing Different Techniques This series explores techniques for sharpening images in Photoshop and compares these different ways for effectiveness and for unwanted artifacts. You can see the results of each different technique below. Original Unsharpened Image Sharpening with the High
Spring Loaded Tools in Photoshop Productivity Tips New for Photoshop CS5 Universal Spring Loading Photoshop has had spring-loaded tools for quite some time – just think of the hand tool which can be activated at any time by pressing, temporarily, the space-bar. However, with CS5 a whole new batch of tools got the spring-loaded treatment.
