The Knowledge Panel offers a great way to learn about Adobe Photoshop CS5 from inside the application. video2brain was delighted to recently have the chance to provide several Knowledge Panel articles for Adobe Photoshop CS5.
In the “Painting Grass, Trees, and Vegetation” article, we showed how you could use the predefined brushed in Photoshop to create a beautiful meadow.
This video, a follow up that to that article, features author and trainer Kelly McCathran demonstrating how the Dune Grass Brush can help you generate the basis for a lovely scene with just a few simple mouse or pen strokes. Kelly also demonstrates Photoshop’s Calligraphic Brushes, which can create lovely angled strokes, as well as a few of the Special Effects Brushes, including ones that use images of azaleas and falling ivy Leaves.
For more of Kelly’s tutorials, look for Learn Adobe Photoshop CS5 by Video, produced by video2brain and published by Peachpit Press and Adobe Press.
The Knowledge Panel offers a great way to learn about Adobe Photoshop CS5 from inside the application. video2brain was delighted to recently have the chance to provide several Knowledge Panel articles for Adobe Photoshop CS5.
In the article “Painting Hair,” we showed how to manually feather a hard-edged mask so you can more accurately select hair using Photoshop’s new brush tools. Here, you weren’t painting the hue of the image, rather, you were effectively painting the selection.
The movie that follows is an excerpt from Learn Photoshop CS5 by Video. In this video, author and designer Ted LoCascio demonstrates a related technique, using the Edge Selection Brush to control the area of transition between his complex foreground image and the white background.
The Knowledge Panel offers a great way to learn about Adobe Photoshop CS5 from inside the application. video2brain was delighted to recently have the chance to provide several Knowledge Panel articles for Adobe Photoshop CS5.
In “Painting on a 3D Object,” we showed how you can paint directly on a 3D object using Photoshop’s Brush tool.
This video from trainer and author Kelly McCathran adds a quick demonstration of how you can paint the different elements of a 3D car to give your work pop and let the details shine through.
Thanks for dropping by. We have lots more CS5 tutorials in the works here at video2brain so be sure to check back soon.
The Knowledge Panel offers a great way to learn about Adobe Photoshop CS5 from inside the application. video2brain was delighted to recently have the chance to provide several Knowledge Panel articles for Adobe Photoshop CS5.
In “Cutting an Object out of a Photo,” we showed how to select and remove an object (a flower in this case) within an image, leaving two layers, one with the cut-out selection, and the other with the image minus the portion that was removed.
Author and trainer Kelly McCathran demonstrates a related technique in the following movie, which is excerpted from our title Learn Adobe Photoshop CS5 by Video. Here she feathers the edge of a two-toed sloth, selects that portion of the image, and then pops that selection into another shot, on its own layer.
The Knowledge Panel offers a great way to learn about Adobe Photoshop CS5 from inside the application. video2brain was delighted to recently have the chance to provide several Knowledge Panel articles for Adobe Photoshop CS5.
Our Knowledge Panel article “Adding a New Background to an Image,” showed how you can quickly delete a dull sky and then swap in a more interesting background in just a few clicks.
In the following excerpt from our Learn Adobe Photoshop CS5 by Video, author Scott Citron takes a closer look at this topic, demonstrating how he took a photo with Saint Peter’s Square in the background, and replaced that background with a lovely square from of photo of a town in Italy’s Lake District. Along the way, Scott shows you how you can use the Quick Selection tool to create a Layer Mask, and then clean up your selection using the Refine Mask dialog box.
Watch this space (and this video2brain blog) for more CS5 tutorials, coming soon.
The Knowledge Panel offers a great way to learn about Adobe Photoshop CS5 from inside the application. video2brain was delighted to recently have the chance to provide several Knowledge Panel articles for Adobe Photoshop CS5.
In “Isolating an Object with a Complex Edge,” we showed how to separate an image’s foreground from its background, specifically, selecting a cat and moving it into its own layer.
In the following video, author, trainer, and designer Ted LoCascio expands on this topic, demonstrating how you can use the powerful new Edge Detection feature in the Refine Edge dialog box to separate out elements within a very complex image – in this case one that includes skin, feather, and clouds.
For more of Ted’s tutorials, see our upcoming new title, Learn Adobe Photoshop CS5 by Video, published by Peachpit Press and Adobe Press. Be sure to also swing back to this site for more video2brain CS5 tutorials, coming soon.
The Knowledge Panel offers a great way to learn about Adobe Photoshop CS5 from inside the application. video2brain was delighted to recently have the chance to provide several Knowledge Panel articles for Adobe Photoshop CS5.
In the article “Using 3D Tools,” we explained how you can Pan, Roll, Rotate, and Slide 3D objects in a scene.
The following movie, excerpted from Adobe Photoshop CS5 Learn by Video, features author and trainer Kelly McCathran. Kelly starts by turning a photo into a 3D postcard that she can rotate, resize, and twirl. Kelly then applies the photo to the Soda Can preset and shows to rotate that object just by clicking and dragging. Along the way, she shares time-saving tips, like how you can use the Crop tool to visually size your canvas on the fly to fit your 3D object.
The Knowledge Panel offers a great way to learn about Adobe Photoshop CS5 from inside the application. video2brain was delighted to recently have the chance to provide several Knowledge Panel articles for Adobe Photoshop CS5.
In the article “Wrapping a Checkerboard around a Hat,” we showed how quickly you can apply Material patterns to a 3D object.
Author and trainer Kelly McCathran brings this technique to life in the following short video, excerpted from our Learn Adobe Photoshop CS5 by Video, in which she takes a photo, wraps it around a Soda Can, and then uses the Object Rotate tool to let you inspect the texture wrap.
The Knowledge Panel offers a great way to learn about Adobe Photoshop CS5 from inside the application. video2brain was delighted to recently have the chance to provide several Knowledge Panel articles for Adobe Photoshop CS5.
In the article “Viewing 3D Cross Sections,” we used the example of a 3D bottle to show how you can cut a 3D object in half to reveal the cross section inside.
The following short movie, from author and trainer Kelly McCathran, gives you a quick peek at this feature in action, as she rotates a 3D model of a car, then reveals the object’s cross section as viewed from a variety of perspectives.
The Knowledge Panel offers a great way to learn about Adobe Photoshop CS5 from inside the application. video2brain was delighted to recently have the chance to provide several Knowledge Panel articles for Adobe Photoshop CS5.
In the article “Moving a 3D Object,” we explained how you can move and position 3D objects on the Photoshop canvas.
Photoshop CS5 Extended makes it easy to quickly move 3D objects around. In the following movie, excerpted from Adobe Photoshop CS5 Learn by Video, author Kelly McCathran takes you on a detailed tour of this toolset She starts out working with a simple, flat object – the equivalent of a 3D postcard. Then Kelly applies a texture to the Soda Can preset shape and shows you how you can quickly Rotate, Roll, Drag, Slide, and Scale that object around and across the stage. These techniques will make it easier for you to manipulate your own 3D objects and get their size and positioning just right.
We have many more CS5 tutorials are in the works, so be sure to drop by again soon for more free movies.
