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Optimizing Performance in Photoshop

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Photoshop UpdatesGood morning, I hope you’re having a great day. Today we’ll talk about optimizing performance in Photoshop (Photoshop CS5).

There are four important points in optimizing performance in Photoshop:

  • optimize your hardware
  • optimize Photoshop Preferences
  • your working habits in Photoshop
  • speed up your Operating System

Let’s start with the hardware. Here’s what you need to consider:

fast processor – the speed of the CPU limits the speed of Photoshop. Photoshop CS5 requires a multicore processor of 2GHz or faster. Bear in mind that the more processors you have the less you get from each additional processor

lots of RAM – get as much RAM as you can or as much as your computer allows (this may be limited by the motherboard). Photoshop uses R AM to process images. If there is not enough RAM memory, Photoshop starts using the scratch disk – usually the primary hard drive. It is faster to access the information using RAM than a scratch disk.

How much RAM can Photoshop access? Here you go:

32 bit Photoshop – 32 bit OS – 1.7GB

32 bit Photoshop – 64 bit OS – 3.2GB

64 bit Photoshop – 64 bit OS – as much RAM as you can fit into your computer

large hard drive – Photoshop reads and writes into the hard drive all the time. That’s why the faster the hard drive the faster Photoshop will write into the hard drive. Photoshop CS5 requires at least 1GB of space on Windows and at least 2GB of space on Mac.

That’s all for today. Have a lovely weekend and on Monday we’ll talk about the second point on our list – optimize Photoshop Preferences.

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A woman burning in flames

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

Good morning,

Today I have a tutorial for you. A tutorial on creating a woman burning in flames. How good does it sound?

Here’s a tutorial I have found and I would like to share it with you. The author of the tutorial is Jayan Saputra. In this tutorial Jayan is showing how to manipulate a photograph so it looks like a woman is burning in flames.

The whole idea of an article is to create a nice illustration, one that looks very interesting, using some simple techniques and a few tools including Brush Tool and also using the Warp command.

Here’s the link for you:

A woman burning in flames by Jayan Saputra.

Enjoy! :-)

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Photoshop Tablet Apps

Monday, April 18th, 2011

Good morning to everyone,

Today we continue the topic of the recent release by Adobe – new applications for iPad that were recently released. I was writing about this on the recent post last week so you can catch up by following the link below:

Adobe has announced Adobe Photoshop Touch SDK & Apps!

What we have here are apps that you can use to connect iPad to Photoshop on your computer and use certain features from your tablet on the computer.

The applications are not that advanced but they have some potential and I’m pretty sure they will be improved in the future versions. To give you an idea of what they do, here’s an example of a few applications:

Eazel – is an application that you can use to do some finger painting. To get access to the tools, just place all your five fingers on the tablet screen. You can also send a sketch to Photoshop from the application.

Adobe Easel

Color Lava – an application that you can use to mix the colours on the tablet. You can also create colour swatches and send them to Photoshop! Pretty cool!

Adobe Lava

I hope you enjoyed it and see you tomorrow! Enjoy your day! :-)

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Episode 39 of Photoshop Lightroom TV

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Photoshop Lightroom TVAnother week, another great episode of Photoshop Lightroom TV!

I am so happy I can share with you so much information about anything Photoshop, Lightroom, Bridge and photography in a weekly video podcast called Photoshop Lightroom TV.

This week, I am talking about Adobe’s announcement of Creative Suite 5.5 and some new features within Creative Suite 5.5. And of course, the usual tutorials. I start with a tutorial in Photoshop – I am not going to tell you what I cover, just watch it for yourself. Here’s a link for you:

Photoshop Lightroom TV – Episode 39.

Last week we had a contest with fabulous prizes. You could win a great book and a great dvd! Unfortunately, there was no right answer and nobody won.

Enjoy watching Episode 39 of Photoshop Lightroom TV and I will see you here tomorrow. Here’s the link once again:

Photoshop Lightroom TV – Episode 39.

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Colour Mangement in Photoshop

Friday, April 8th, 2011

As you work with images, you are going to move the images between the devices. When you move your images between different devices, bear in mind that different devices (scanner, monitor, printer etc) have different gamut (range of colour). Each device works within a specific range of colour variations that it can display. Because of these variations, colours may shift in appearance when you move images between different devices.

The problem of working with different colour spaces can be solved by using a colour management system. Colour Management system in Photoshop handles these choices and they can be set up in Color Settings dialog box that’s found under Edit menu (Edit->Color Settings).

Here’s a screenshot:

Colour Settings in Photoshop

The settings you choose in Color Settings dialog box will define how the colours are being applied for RGB and CMYK.

Here’s a screenshot of Color Settings dialog box:

Colour Settings in Photoshop

So what’s happening when you open a file in Photoshop? Well, Photoshop is comparing colours in your file’s colour space with the colours defined in Color Settings dialog box. What I do when I set up colour in Photoshop is I check option called: Ask When Opening. If this option is checked, Photoshop will ask you what you want to do if the colour spaces don’t match.

I hope you find this information valuable. Enjoy! :-)

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Episode 38 of PhotoshopLightroomTV live

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

Photoshop Lightroom TV - Episode 38A new week brings a new episode of PhotoshopLightroomTV! :-)

It is Episode 38 already, it’s hard to believe that PhotoshopLightroomTV has been running for almost a year!

What have I got for you this week? To start with, there is a tutorial in Adobe Bridge on Watermarks and then a tutorial in Photoshop follows. Here’s the link to the website:

PhotoshopLightroomTV – Episode 38.

I also have a Contest with fabulous prizes! Go to the website and watch the Episode to win the prizes, the question is a simple one. I hope you win. I also hope you will enjoy this week’s Episode. Let me know if there is anything you would like me to cover in the future episodes of PhotoshopLightroomTV, I’ll be happy to help. Here’s the link to the website one again:

PhotoshopLightroomTV – Episode 38.

Enjoy! :-)

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Feedback site for Photoshop Family applications

Monday, April 4th, 2011

psFeedbackSiteHeaderHello everyone! I hope you are great today! :-)

Adobe launched a new website – a feedback site for Photoshop Family applications. It’s a great place to find out more about Photoshop Family applications and any future releases.

It’s a great place where you can discuss future versions/features of Adobe products. You can also report any bugs and discuss them with the Adobe team. The purpose behind the Photoshop Feedback site is to make Adobe products better, improve them with insights from the users.

Here’s a message from Photoshop Family:

Share an Idea, Ask a Question or Report a Problem and get feedback from Adobe and other passionate users.

Here’s what the website looks like:

Photoshop Family feedbackSiteAs it is a feedback site for the Photoshop Family, you will find sections for Photoshop and Lightroom and even Photoshop Elements. All in one place!

And here’s the link for you:

Feedback site for Photoshop Family applications.

Enjoy! :-)

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Academy Award Winning Avatar Photoshop Tutorial

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Photoshop TutorialHello everyone! Here’s a tutorial for you if you’re looking for some inspiration.

Something interesting to create and use some familiar tools in Photoshop. I found this interesting tutorial online and thought it would be nice to share it with you.

Want to transform Natalie Portman into an Avatar? Check out this tutorial that teaches you how to turn the Black Swan star into a Na’vi!

This Psd tutorial will guide you step-by-step through the process to transform your picture into a Na’vi (based on the alien race in James Cameron’s movie “Avatar”). I will introduce a few tricks which neatly combine texture with your image to create great looking effect, plus a few lighting techniques to give your work a great finishing touch. This tutorial makes use of basic Photoshop tools, so you should be successful in reproducing it with any of the latest versions. Here we go!

Here’s the link for you:

Avatar Photoshop Tutorial from Psd Tutorial.

Enjoy! :-)

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Photoshop vs Photoshop Elements – Battle!

Monday, March 28th, 2011

Photoshop FamilyGood morning everyone! It is Monday morning and the new week has begun. :-)

Today we’re going to talk about software. And we’re going to decide which one is better, more suitable for you.

The Battle has begun! Photoshop or Photoshop Elements? Let’s decide!  ;-)

I often get this question:

What is the difference between Photoshop and Photoshop Elements? Is it worthy paying much more for Photoshop?

I will try to answer this important question today. If you are just a home user, you can probably do most of your work with Elements, however if you want to get into professional world – as a graphic designer or photographer – Photoshop is clearly way to go. Photoshop offers many more advanced editing tools and features.

Here’s a list of some of the features found in Photoshop CS5 that are not in Photoshop Elements 9:

  • CMYK and Lab Colour Mode
  • Channels Panel
  • Custom Actions for Batch Processing
  • Slicing for Web
  • Quick Mask Mode
  • Vanishing Point Filter
  • Smart Objects
  • Puppet Warp
  • Pen Tool
  • Mixer Brush

and many more. This is not a complete list.

Photoshop Elements, on the other hand, has some features not available in Photoshop:

  • Cookie Cutter Tool
  • Photo Organizer with some powerful features
  • Drop-in Frames and Backgrounds
  • Templates for Photo Books, Greeting Cards.

So it all comes down to how you use the application and what you use it for. Photoshop Elements is much cheaper than Photoshop. However, if you need professional tools (for retouching for example), then Photoshop is worth the price difference.

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Images with rounded corners in Photoshop

Monday, February 28th, 2011

Photoshop cornersSome time ago I showed you a tutorial on creating images with rounded corners in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. This time I am going to share with you how to create images with rounded corners in Photoshop. I will be using Photoshop CS5 but it works in any version of Photoshop.

As with any technique in Photoshop, there are zillions of ways to achieve the effect. The one I am about to share with you is just one technique that I have been using for a while and it works fine. I like the simplicity and speed of the effect.

Images with rounded corners are very popular on the web nowadays and every web designer should know how to achieve this effect quickly and easily. Many websites look so much nicer when the images have nice rounded edges and blend into the background.

Without further ado, let’s have a look at creating rounded corners using Adobe Photoshop. Here’s a video for you to watch and enjoy:

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