So, what do you do when you have a picture you love with a background you hate? Why change it, of course! Take, for example, this picture of my cousin David; he loves the pic but hates the pink! So…

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Here’s a super simple way to add a little depth to an old image just by making certain elements stand out from the rest.

This is a great

Do you use Photoshops Maximum filter? Did you even know there was a Maximum filter in Photoshop? If so, you win a gold star! If not, you should; it may actually come in handy some day!
Lines in images can…

Ask what adjustment they think of when they hear “color correction in Photoshop” and most people will answer “Curves”. Nothing wrong with that, I pretty much always use it myself, either alone or in combination with another adjustment. For some…

Practically every decade has a signature look when it comes to portraits, not only due to the fashions of the time, but of the lighting and style of the photography. Today we’ll turn an ordinary black & white into a…

Sometimes repairing an eye can be flipping hard!
Begin by duplicating the layer, Ctrl + J (on a PC) or Cmd + J (on a Mac). For those who may not know, this is a good practice for digital restoration…

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When you’re taking images of pictures on walls for archival or restoration purposes, be sure to take several shots from different angles so you have a better chance of combining them into a great final image. This is especially important…

A friend asked me, this past week, if I knew of any gold or silver fonts I could tell her of. Naturally, I explained that fonts aren’t of any particular color, but are rendered in the color you have selected…

One unfortunate result of taking pictures with flash in front of glass is glare. I can’t tell you how to avoid the glare to begin with, but I may be able to help you get rid of it, once it’s…

Variations is the Rodney Dangerfield of Photoshop; it just doesn’t get any respect! I tend to think it’s because there are so many tools that do the same things in Photoshop, and so many that are maybe in more accessible…

I’ve spent the last few months working with the Epson Perfection V700 Photo (V700), courtesy of the wonderful folks at Epson, and am finally ready (I think!) to share my opinion of this marvel of scanning goodness!

I’ll start off…

You’re stumped, you’ve met your match, you don’t know what to do – have you ever felt like that when you see a photo, or a particular area on a photo? I’m sure you have! I know I have, and…

Newsflash! I love OnOne Software’s Perfect Resize 7! I’ve gone on for years about the resizing wonders of Genuine Fractals, and that hasn’t changed just because the name has; in fact, now there’s even more to love!
The resizing power…

Sometimes, toning up a little of a photo can change the whole picture…

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In this follow-up to the inlaid tabletop we made last time, we’ll make a simple frame and duplicate it to make a heap of photos. We’ll then add our family photos and lay them all on the table.

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Recently my fellow Photoshop Nut, Gavin Hoey, posted a great tutorial on an Out of Bounds effect that I loved. Just for fun, I decided to use the technique on an old photo and change the background up a…

I recently put a photo up on Facebook and Twitter that generated a lot of buzz, using HDR Toning in Photoshop CS5 as a way to sharpen old photos. I discovered this method while working on the Adobe Prerelease of…

TipSquirrel and the Rocky Mountain Ventures Company are joining to together to give our lucky readers the chance to win a Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner!

If you haven’t heard of the Flip-Pal, you can read this review, but to recap, the…

When we left our holiday card last time, we’d just combined three photos into one. Now we’ll finish things up by adding a moon and a bit of nighttime ambiance.

First, find a photo of the full moon. You can…