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Create Picture Frames in Photoshop: Part 2 Create Picture Frames in Photoshop: Part 2

In Part 1 of this tutorial, I showed you how to turn a plain gray box into a realistic-looking photo frame in silver, gold, or wood. You also learned how to place a photo into the frame and play with…

Create Picture Frames in Photoshop: Part 1 Create Picture Frames in Photoshop: Part 1

Recently, Reader's Digest magazine asked me to design a photorealistic picture frame into which they could drop a different photograph every month. It occurred to me that, using Photoshop's Smart Objects and an Action to drive the process, it would…


Take a Peek at Photoshop’s Near Future Take a Peek at Photoshop’s Near Future

Photoshop's senior product manager, Bryan O'Neil Hughes, gives you a glimpse into Photoshop CS6. Although Adobe hasn't officially announced when CS6 will be released, the fact that this sneak peek is out in the wild makes me think it won't…

Exposure 4 from Alien Skin Is Faster, Easier Exposure 4 from Alien Skin Is Faster, Easier

When CreativePro.com senior editor Ben Long reviewed version 3 of Alien Skin's Exposure software, he gave it a score of 90 out of 100, praising version 3 for its speed, presets, and unique tools. Now Alien Skin has announced Exposure…

Get Rid of Red Eye Get Rid of Red Eye

Over the years, many people have written tutorials on fixing red eye in photos; in fact, CreativePro.com has published several! The various techniques have involved channels, brushes, sponges, selective color, and more. But did you know that since Photoshop CS2,…

Create iPhone Cinemagraphs Create iPhone Cinemagraphs

Animated GIFs, once sneered at as being too 1990s, have staged a comeback in the last few years and been rechristened as "cinemagraphs". But cinemagraphs aren't just any animation; they're a series of still photos that, joined together into a…

Corel’s AfterShot Pro Seeks to Lure Lightroom and Aperture Users Corel’s AfterShot Pro Seeks to Lure Lightroom and Aperture Users

Bibble was a software program from Bibble Labs that helped you manage and improve digital photos. Corel bought Bibble Labs last year, and now Corel has released a program based on Bibble's underpinnings. The reborn app is called AfterShot Pro.…

What You’ll Find in Lightroom 4 What You’ll Find in Lightroom 4

Photographers, take note! You can try out a major update to Adobe's Lightroom software for free. Just download the Lightroom 4 beta from the Labs area of adobe.com. Because this is an early beta, don't use it for production work.…

Align and Space Objects with InDesign’s Smart Guides Align and Space Objects with InDesign’s Smart Guides

As you drag to create or move objects on an InDesign page, you may have noticed lines, arrows, and other indicators appearing and disappearing. These are Smart Guides and other elements that can help you work more precisely. If you…

Easy HDR Photo Software Debuts Easy HDR Photo Software Debuts

Oloneo has released a new application, called HDRengine, for an introductory price of $59. This software is designed to make creating high-dynamic-range photos quick and easy. Oloneo says that HDRengine give you "full control over light and exposure in real-time,…

Adobe Issues Updates to Lightroom and Camera Raw Adobe Issues Updates to Lightroom and Camera Raw

If you use Adobe's Lightroom or the Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in, you'll want to grab the free updates to versions 3.6 and 6.6, respectively. There are a few bug fixes, plus support for nine new cameras, including Canon Powershot S100…

Try CameraBag 2 Photo Editor for Free Try CameraBag 2 Photo Editor for Free

CameraBag began life several years ago as an iPhone app. This image editor let you easily add filters to photos shot with your mobile phone. It's still available for the iPhone, but the software makers, Nevercenter, also branched out into…

Game Gives You Chance to Win Photoshop and Much More Game Gives You Chance to Win Photoshop and Much More

LevelUp is a game from Adobe that you play within Photoshop. The goal is to walk through a series of image-editing tasks and rack up points as you complete each task. For every 400 points you earn, you automatically get…

Knock 33% Off Updated Image Processing Program Knock 33% Off Updated Image Processing Program

DxO Labs says that its newly updated DxO Optics Pro 7, which runs on both the Mac and Windows, gives photographers even more capable image-processing power. A redesigned interface simplifies the workflow. The software automatically corrects optical defects and improves…

Better InDesign Automation with Output Factory Better InDesign Automation with Output Factory

You can now try out the public beta of Output Factory 1.0 from Zevrix Solutions. Output Factory is designed to work with InDesign to facilitate automatic printing, exporting, and post-processing. The Mac-only app works with InDesign versions CS3 through CS5.5.…

Photoshop How-To: Fill a Face Full of Words Photoshop How-To: Fill a Face Full of Words

Excerpted from Deke's Techniques on lynda.com. Words communicate ideas. So can photos. Combine the two and you have not just an image that's worth a thousand words, but an image that is a thousand words. read more…

How Well Do You Know Photoshop? How Well Do You Know Photoshop?

A few months ago, I wrote an article called "So You Think You Know Photoshop?" that introduced you to five videos from Photoshop product manager Bryan O'Neil Hughes. Each of these videos revealed little-known abilities in Photoshop CS5. Now Bryan…

Best of the Blogs: November 4, 2011 Best of the Blogs: November 4, 2011

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