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How To Give Someone a Beard in Photoshop

pedro_eson — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:05:30 -0600

I'm going to teach you in a very easy way how to put a beard on someone's face using Adobe Photoshop. You don't even need to be an expert on Photoshop; just know the basics. Ok, let's get started.

How To Find Free 3D Software

marcosriso — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:26:06 -0600

If you search the web, you will find a lot of software programs available for download. I performed a search and found five interesting 3D software programs. Let's comment on each one of them:

How To Design a Website with Dreamweaver

shand0 — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:17:26 -0600

First, you should know that the designing process with Dreamweaver software is very easy and you can build your first website in approximately ten minutes. Yes, in just ten minutes you can design a simple web page that will do well with search engines. You should know that search engines love simple designs more than the complicated designs that have flash and other graphical layers. Follow the tips here to build your simple and professional website right now!

How To Add Photoshop Fonts

Lance — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:42:18 -0600

You want to use a lot of new fonts at Photoshop but don't know how?

How To Make a Moving Signature for Forums

Buballoo — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:27:24 -0600

Well, to make a moving signature, we should insert a HTML command called "marquee" in it. The code is the following:

How To Install Adobe Photoshop CS2

erinhu — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:26:40 -0600

Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Creative Suite 2) is a software that works with graphic design for the web and allows you to retouch or optimize an image. It was developed and published by Adobe Systems and is ideal for: Professional photographers, Serious amateur photographers, Graphic designers, and Web designers.

How To Be Faster Using Photoshop

Edireusjr — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:58:28 -0600

Everybody knows that the Photoshop is the favorite software for graphic designers. But this software can be a little slow when you're trying to perform simple tasks, like choosing a tool. So, I’m going to show you some tips that will help you speed up the creation process in photoshop.

How To Correctly Crop an Image in Photoshop

sbiddy — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:20:12 -0600

So you have your latest version of Adobe Photoshop and have been busy cropping photos – getting rid of all the nonessential parts of the photo. What you don’t know is that cropping can also delete data from your photograph and can compromise the image quality. Here are some steps that will help you crop your photographs in Adobe Photoshop without losing data and quality.

How To Make a Statue in Photoshop

Betty_Botter — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:07:51 -0600

In this tutorial we are producing a statue using a picture of a woman, a marble texture, and Photoshop with its layers options.

How To Do Web Design Using Web Page Maker

pmzlabis — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:49:24 -0500

There is a lot of web design software out there on the market. But, in this instance, I highly recommend that you use Web Page Maker v 2.5 because it's free and so far it has the most user friendly graphical interface.

How To Keep Your Black and White PDF Document From Separating Into Four Color

pj kincaid — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:23:16 -0500

Troubleshooting 4 color separations can be tricky at times in a world full of RGB (3 color separations) images. But what about black and white? If the person sending you a PDF document doesn't understand that you are working with CMYK (four color separations) for printing reasons, they will send you an RGB image that "looked" black and white on their computer screen. Either this situation can cause headaches or, with the troubleshooting steps ahead, it can be a breeze.

How To Use Adobe Photoshop Brushes

Amy653 — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:28:58 -0500

The Adobe Photoshop brush tool is probably one of the most important to master. With it, you can do anything from removing glasses glare in a photo to touching up skin blemishes. The following steps will show how you can use brushes to remove glasses glare in a photo, but the same principles can be used in many other applications.

Open your digital photo by choosing File>Open and navigating to where your photo is stored. Select the photo and click on "Open." (Remember that professional studio photos cannot be scanned because of copyright privileges. In following these steps, you should only use photos that you have taken or for which you have received permission to use or alter.)

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How To Create Photoshop Textures

Amy653 — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:18:00 -0500

Adobe Photoshop is one of the most effective tools for graphic designers or the average user to alter photos and create original pieces of art. With tools that can do anything from smudge to replicate, Photoshop can be helpful in touching up not-so perfect images and in creating "special effects," using its myriad of available filters, including the textures filter. These filters can do anything from making an image look aged to making it look like mosaic tiles. To use Photoshop filters, including textures, decide first whether you want the whole image to be affected or just a certain section.

If you want the whole image to be affected, open your photo in Photoshop and select Filter from the top selection bar.

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How To Use Website Design Software

D605 — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:51:00 -0600

Designing your own website can be fun and rewarding. Once you have selected a website design package like Microsoft FrontPage or Macromedia Dreamweaver, it's time to get started on your website. Regardless of the package you choose, there are certain commonalities in how you use web design software.

Select a background. This gives you the basis for your color scheme. You can either choose a solid color, a printed background, or even a watermark of your company logo.
Choose color. If you choose a solid color, you will find a menu of colors in your software. If the basic color you choose isn't quite right, you can "tweak" it, making it darker, lighter, brighter, whatever you like. You will likely also find complimentary colors if your program has a color wheel; choose adjacent colors or colors on a diagonal from your original choice.

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How To Buy Web Design Software

D605 — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:01:00 -0600

Do you need a website for your business? Are you looking to put pictures up on the web for family members to see? Would you like your resume to be web-accessible? These are all great reasons to start your own website. Getting a professional web designer can be expensive, though, so you may want to consider doing it yourself. There are several web design software packages available, so you may want to evaluate which is best suited to your needs before you buy one.