Photoshop
Filters and Special Effects
Related Links
- Jay Arraich's Photoshop Tips : Filters
(http://www.arraich.com/filters/aaintro.htm) - Most of Photoshop's filter effects are illustrated in this reference guide.
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Jay Arraich's Photoshop Tips : Duotones
(http://www.arraich.com/ps6_tips_dduotones1.htm) - This is a simple tutorial on creating a duotone image but it provides an interesting alternative for converting a colour image to greyscale using the L*a*b colour mode as an intermediate step.
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Jay Arraich's Photoshop Tips : Sharpening
(http://www.arraich.com/ps_tips_shrpn1.htm) - This worthwhile demonstration/tutorial will further explore the various settings in the Unsharp Mask dialog.
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phong [ tutorials ]
(http://www.phong.com/tutorials/) - The phong site has some seriously cool effects. Instructions can be a bit spotty but the effects are to die for.
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PhotoshopTechiques.com
(http://www.photoshoptechniques.com/main/defaulth.php) - Another frames site, unfortunately, but worth a visit. If you click on the Techniques button on the top horizontal menu, you'll find an advanced tutorial for fire made with the Liquify command and other tips and techniques.
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webreference.com : Rough it Up 8: Background Textures with PhotoShop
(http://www.webreference.com/graphics/column21/8.html) - This tutorial makes use of the Offset filter to help you create seamless textures.
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webreference.com : Exploring the Photoshop Lighting Effects Filter
(http://www.webreference.com/graphics/column15/) - This seven-part tutorial explores the options in the Lighting Effects dialog.
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GFX^TM : Photoshop Tutorials, Actions, HotKeys, Lightwave 3D Models, Free Images and Icons
(http://user.fundy.net/morris/redirect.html?photoshop144.shtml) - This page has 9 tips and shortcuts for using filters. They are located about halfway down the page. You can also download a PDF containing 304 Photoshop 6.0 tips about the interface, tools, commands, filters and styles, layers, actions and batch, configuration, and type.
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GFX^TM : Photoshop Tutorials, Actions, HotKeys, Lightwave 3D Models, Free Images and Icons
(http://user.fundy.net/morris/redirect.html?photoshop15.shtml) - Here is the main URL for a site packed with tips, tricks and tutorials. Enjoy!
Quicktime Movie Demonstrations
The following links are in Quicktime movie format. They contain excellent and entertaining demonstrations of Photoshop techniques. Created by Total Training Inc. in conjunction with Apple, they are geared toward Macintosh users and contain Mac-specific keyboard shortcuts. If you're a Windows user, the Command key is equivalent to the Control key and the Option key is equivalent to the Alt key. If you have Quicktime installed on your computer, these are well worth watching.
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Apple : Creative - Photoshop Tutorial: Removing JPEG Artifacts
(http://www.apple.com/creative/resources/ttphotoshop/603jpegartifacts.html) - An amusing and informative Quicktime movie shows you how to use the Median filter, Gaussian Blur filter and layer blending modes to increase the saturation of an image and defeat JPEG artifacts in the process.
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Apple : Creative - Photoshop Tip: Unsharp Mask
(http://www.apple.com/creative/resources/ttphotoshop/628unsharp.html) - In this Quicktime movie you are given a demonstration of how each of the Unsharp Mask settings affect the results of the filter. The author also applies the filter to three other images to demonstrate the successes and the limitations of the Unsharp Mask.
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