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    Two Great Ways to Create Masks in Photoshop

    December 27, 2017 by ProfK 1 Comment

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    Masks are powerful tools for manipulating images. Just as Halloween masks hide and protect areas of the face, Photoshop masks hide and protect areas of an image. You use masks to isolate the parts that you want to change. For instance, let’s say you are designing a magazine cover and do a photo shoot of a musician at the beach. When you get back to your studio, the client decides that the beach is too complex and he/she prefers a simpler backdrop…. Yikes! Instead of doing another photo shoot … [Read more...] about Two Great Ways to Create Masks in Photoshop

    Filed Under: Graphic Design, Software Tips Tagged With: lasso tool, magic wand, masking out background, masks, non-destructive editing, Photoshop, quick selection tool, select and mask workspace

    How to Create a Watermark in Photoshop

    February 26, 2016 by ProfK 8 Comments

    Pink Whispers, Pastel, © 2015 Anne S. Katzeff

    I use Photoshop to create watermarks as a way to protect my online art. A watermark is a subtle graphic or text identifier: logo, copyright information, pattern, etc. It helps deter web viewers from downloading that image and using it without your permission. Steps for Embedding Text Select the Horizontal Type Tool Click anywhere on the image. This will automatically create a new layer on top of the existing image layer. Type the text you want. In my case, I type my copyright … [Read more...] about How to Create a Watermark in Photoshop

    Filed Under: Art, Graphic Design, Software Tips Tagged With: blending modes for watermarks, opacity settings for watermarks, Photoshop, watermark

    Best Alternatives to Photoshop

    November 23, 2015 by ProfK 2 Comments

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    I recently had the pleasure of presenting a hands-on workshop to a friendly group of artists at the South Shore Art Center (SSAC) in Cohasset. We covered a lot of technical territory concerning the types of images you use for web and print and the software tools available on computers and iPads. The gold standard tool is still Photoshop, which is part of the Adobe Creative Cloud subscription plan. That's a pricey option because it includes all of the Adobe products. If you don't need or want … [Read more...] about Best Alternatives to Photoshop

    Filed Under: Graphic Design, Software Tips, Teaching, Web Design Tagged With: Acorn, Affinity Photo, Corel Paintshop Pro, GIMP, image editors, Image Optimizer, image optimizing, ImageOptim, Paint.net, Photoresize Pro, Photoshop, Pixelmator, Pixlr, Preview app, Sketch, Sumopaint

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