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Volume 2, Issue 1 January 16th, 2009
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Hello ,
 Happy New Year! Here's the latest newsletter - I really appreciate all of the great feedback and compliments - keep those comments and suggestions coming...  John Watts |
Free Live and Interactive Webinars...
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I just added a new free Webinar on Photoshop Curves - - Come and explore the power of Curves, and enjoy a whole new dimension to what you can accomplish!
Here are the other subjects being covered right now:
- Photoshop - - Keep It Simple
- Color Management 101
- What's New in CS4
- Layer Masks
- Working with RAW images
To see what it's all about, see a short video sample and to sign up, Click here ... And remember - - It's Free!!!
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Custom Printer Profiles
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| "Photofinishing With Photoshop Tip #8"
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Cropping Your Images in Photoshop
So you've been out taking pictures and you've captured the killer
image: Your exposure is spot-on, your lighting is right, but it's
missing something. How can you easily focus more on the main subject of
your shot and eliminate unwanted objects? The answer is to experiment
with Cropping.
In Photoshop, cropping is accomplished with the Crop Tool. You can find it in the Toolbox. In the Options Bar,
you can select your desired width, height, and DPI. To start, put your
mouse cursor in the upper left portion of your image, hold down the
left mouse button, and drag down to the bottom right area of your
image. This creates a Crop Marquee (also known euphemistically as "Marching Ants").
Don't worry about being too precise. You can fine-tune your crop by:
- Resizing - put your cursor on one of the boxes in the corners and change the size of the crop marquee.
- Moving - put your cursor inside the crop marquee, hold down the left mouse button, and drag the crop area.
- Moving minutely - by using your arrow keys.
- Rotating - put the cursor near one of the boxes
in the corner until a curved arrow shows up, hold down the left mouse
button, and move clockwise or counterclockwise as desired.
You can visually double-check your crop by putting a "Shield" around
the area to be cropped out. Just check the "Shield" box in the Options
Bar. You can also change the color and opacity of your shield - -
double-click on the box with the color in it, and the Color Picker pops
up.
Once you've got your desired crop, click on the "✔" button in the Options Bar to commit your crop.
Now you can experiment with the "rule of thirds", horizontal vs.
vertical cropping, and multiple crops from the same image - The
possibilities are endless!
Until Next Month, Have Fun!
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"Not Just Another
Photoshop Book..."
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My Photoshop Book, "Photofinishing with Photoshop, The Art of Printmaking in the Digital Realm", is now available in two varieties:
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how to use the basics of Photoshop to achieve your desired printing
results, using your computer and printer.
The Book is 100+ pages in an easy-to-follow format, packed full of great information, examples, and illustrations.For detailed information, testimonials, or to purchase and download, please click here to visit my website.
By the way, the Video Series that complements the E-book will be out very soon...
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