Indholdsfortegnelse for April 2016 i Practical Photoshop

01 TOOL PRESETS Tool presets let you save tool settings for quick access, so you don’t have to customise the tool to your regular settings every time you use it. If you regularly make crops at certain sizes, for example, then why not save your favorite sizes as tool presets so you can quickly access them with a single click? Simply input the settings you want, then save and name a new tool preset – either via the top-left tool preset picker, or the dedicated Tool Preset Panel (Window > Tool Presets). If you use the top-left option, it’s worth checking Current Tool Only so you don’t see the presets for every single tool. You can organise and reorder your presets (as well as patterns, gradients, swatch styles and more)…

The latest version of the raw file processor included with Photoshop is so powerful that most photos can be processed entirely in the raw processor, with no need for further editing in Photoshop. And by making your adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw rather than in Photoshop, you’ll ensure the best possible image quality, because raw files contain more picture information than bitmap images such as un-layered PSDs and JPEGs. Here’s our reference to the features you’ll use the most in the Basic panel. THE BASIC PANEL IN ACR TEMPERATURE Use this slider to warm or cool an image if the White Balance tool fails to correct a color cast TINT This slider enables you to correct a green or magenta cast, again, if the White Balance tool fails EXPOSURE Controls…

Adobe has announced Experience Design CC (Preview), an early release of its user experience (UX) design and prototyping solution. As mobile app development skyrockets at enterprises and organizations around the globe, this new program empowers UX designers to deliver mobile apps and web sites, quickly and easily. After first demonstrating Experience Design as Project Comet at October 2015’s Adobe MAX conference, Adobe is releasing this preview to invite the design community to give feedback on the evolving product feature set. Adobe Experience Design (or just Adobe XD) is available as a free download to anyone with an Adobe ID; the company expects the first commercial release to be made available to Creative Cloud members later in 2016. With the majority of content going mobile, it is no surprise UX design…

Photoshop’s 3D tools grow ever more powerful, but they’re also rather complex. Many users prefer to leave them alone, but if you’re into design, then the 3D features can do some amazing things to your text. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to make our cover image. Along the way we’ll learn essential 3D skills like extruding text, adding materials, positioning shapes, lighting the scene and merging other images into the design…. DOWNLOAD THE PROJECT FILES HERE http://tiny.cc/5z579x ON YOUR PC OR MAC 01 DESIGN YOUR TEXT Go to File > New to make a new document. (The larger the document resolution, the longer the 3D shapes will take to render later.) Grab the Type Tool, choose a font and add your text. Use the Character Panel (Window >Character)…

If you’re relatively new to editing in Photoshop, or you just don’t know where to begin, then this section is the best place to get started. Over the next nine pages, you’ll find an overview of the different versions of Photoshop available; a breakdown of the typical image-editing workflow in Photoshop; an overview of raw file editing; a guide to the six most useful layers; and a glossary of the most useful shortcuts. This guide condenses most of the tools and techniques you’ll use every time you import a new roll of pictures. PHOTOSHOP CC £8.57/$9.99 PER MONTH WINDOWS, OS X Photoshop is the software of choice for most professional and non-professional photographers. Beyond the standard photo-editing features, it boasts a vast array of more creative tools and filters. Layers…

The image-editing process begins as soon as you’ve transferred your photos from your memory card to your computer. 1 The first stage is to begin sifting through your pictures to discover which are the keepers. The image organizer that comes with Photoshop is ideal for this task. Adobe Bridge has controls for keywording, rating and filtering your images, and there are handy tools for batch renaming files, creating panoramic stitches, making contact sheets and more. Launch Adobe Bridge and navigate to a folder containing new images. Use the cursor keys to quickly flick through the images and click below a thumbnail to add a star rating, or use the keyboard shortcut Cmd/Ctrl+1-5. You can then filter your images by the star rating to group the ones you want to work…

D Reset the foreground and background colors to black and white ALT+[SCROLL WHEEL] Zoom in or out of the image CMD/CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+E Create a merged copy of all the layers in the layer stack SPACE BAR Temporarily switch the current tool to the Hand tool, for moving around the image while zoomed in ALT+[EYE ICON] Switch off the visibility of all other layers in the layer stack, for before-and-after comparisons CMD/CTRL+I Invert the color of a layer mask to black SHIFT+[LAYER MASK] Disable the effects of a layer mask X Switch the foreground and background color swatches [ OR ] Resize the brush tip SHIFT+[ OR ] Cycle backwards or forwards through the layer blend modes CMD/CTRL+ALT+Z Undo the last change made to the document. Works multiple times CMD/CTRL+[LAYER MASK] Load…