http://gurusunleashed.com Scouring the Web 24/7 for the best creative pro news and how-to so you don't have to. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:28:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://gurusunleashed.com/250301/photoshop-pen-tool-tutorial.php http://gurusunleashed.com/250301/photoshop-pen-tool-tutorial.php#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:25:59 +0000 Claudia http://www.claudiamccue.com/?p=902 I’ve uploaded a Zip file containing two Photoshop exercise files and a PDF step-by-step guide to help Photoshop users overcome their fear (or hatred) of the Pen Tool. Here’s the link on the Practicalia website. It uses some simple geometric…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/250301/photoshop-pen-tool-tutorial.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/244812/bennasnake-woodabitcha.php http://gurusunleashed.com/244812/bennasnake-woodabitcha.php#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:53:39 +0000 Claudia http://www.claudiamccue.com/?p=836 Maybe I’m just resistant to change. But I don’t care for the new drag-&-zoom feature in Photoshop CS5. I believe Nature intended for you to drag a zoom marquee to enlarge an area of the photo, and it’s an old…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/244812/bennasnake-woodabitcha.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/242576/layer-comps-bug.php http://gurusunleashed.com/242576/layer-comps-bug.php#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:36:26 +0000 Claudia http://www.claudiamccue.com/?p=805 When you’re building complex Photoshop files, Layer Comps… are a great way to store the visibility of layers that constitute versions of the image. For example, if Layers 1, 3, and 5 are Version A, Layers 2, 4, and 6]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/242576/layer-comps-bug.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/239557/the-future-is-coming.php http://gurusunleashed.com/239557/the-future-is-coming.php#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:49:35 +0000 Claudia http://www.claudiamccue.com/?p=775 Yes, those rumors are true: Creative Suite 5 is on the way! You can sign up here for the April 12th announcement and online presentation (8:00am PDT/11:00am EDT)  of fabulous new features. Use your Adobe ID to register, or create…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/239557/the-future-is-coming.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/213764/ez-does-it-really.php http://gurusunleashed.com/213764/ez-does-it-really.php#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:37:45 +0000 Claudia http://www.claudiamccue.com/?p=737 If you’ve ever had to silhouette a girl with windblown hair, you know what a challenge it can be to create the perfect mask. I’ve always used channels, duplicating the best one and using Levels, Curves and judicious handwork to…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/213764/ez-does-it-really.php/feed 0