Retouch Magic 2008

Find links, downloads, tutorials and more. If you are a graphic designer, professional retoucher, or simply want to learn more about either field, this is the place for you. I have collected thousands of resources over the years and look forward to sharing them here!

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

UNDERSTANDING PHOTOSHOP: Blends explained

Create blends with two layers: a top blend layer and a bottom image layer. Select blend mode in the Layers palette, or as an option with the Clone and Pattern Stamp tools. All blends operate on each color channel individually. For example, the Lighten blend chooses the lightest color between the blend and image layers. Th

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Photography Enhancement: Sharpening Edges

This is a sharpening method that is suitable for use where there are highly defined edges in a photograph - mostly suited to urban/mechanical/industrial type shots, and also macro/flower shots too. Basically things that don't involve fur or feathers!

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70 Horror, Blood and Gore Photoshop Effects and Brushes

This is a cool resource page that has over 70 different tutorials for creating horror effects in photoshop. If you've seen any of my fantasy art, you'll know I'm a fan of this kind of work!

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UNDERSTANDING PHOTOSHOP: Layer Masks and Quick Masks

Layer Masks and Quick Mask mode can be the most useful thing in Photoshop. I believe too many don’t know how to use them, or see them as being more advanced than they actually are

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Digital Painting with Light

Learn how to creatively re-interpret the light in your digital photos to get cool cinematic effects. The techniques can be useful for product photography, portraits, fine art or anything else.

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The Elegant Studio Shot | Effects, Photography, Tutorials |

Really simple, yet effective way to make a plain product or stock image look very classy.

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Aging People with Photoshop

Make you, your friends, or whoever you like look aged and elderly. The grey hair is a little much, but the rest of it looks good.

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