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Photoshop Tip: Justifying Text

June 21, 2012 By Eric Reagan

Justify Text Not Selectable

If you have ever added text to an image using the type tool in Photoshop and later decided that you wanted create a different paragraph justification style (as opposed to the available right-, center- or left-align options), you may have been frustrated to discover that the justification options in the paragraph palette were grayed out.

There are a couple of ways to make sure you have the ability to justify text in your chosen format when working with the type tool in Photoshop.  I can confirm that the following directions work in Photoshop CS5 and CS6. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Photoshop Tagged With: cs5, CS6, Justify Text, paragraph text, Photoshop, text box

 

Editing Video in Photoshop CS6

March 12, 2012 By Eric Reagan

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD3sh6iT72Y&w=640&h=360]

Take a look at the above video, which was completely edited in Photoshop (CS6 maybe?).

Right now, you can edit videos in Photoshop CS5 Extended.  I’ve done it in the past even with plug-ins applied to video footage.  However, if I can get the look I’m after in Premiere Pro or After Effects, I’m going to do that because the process is more streamlined (for now).

However, I’m excited to see what Adobe has up its sleeve because of the following statement at the Photoshop blog from Photoshop Senior Product Manager, Bryan O’Neil Hughes: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Photoshop Tagged With: adobe, after effects, cs5, CS5.5, CS6, editing, Final Cut Pro X, NAB 2012, nle, Photoshop, premiere pro, video

Adobe CS3 and CS4 Customers Will Get Upgrade Pricing to CS6

January 13, 2012 By Eric Reagan

Adobe CS5

Adobe stirred the pot a few months back with the news that only CS5+ customers would be able get upgrade pricing to CS6.  Backlash ensued and, now, Adobe has relented with news that CS3 and CS4 customers will have until the end of 2012 take advantage of upgrade pricing on CS6.

[via John Nack]

Filed Under: Photoshop Tagged With: adobe, cs5, CS6, Photoshop

Photoshop CS5 Brush-based Sharpening

September 28, 2011 By Eric Reagan

You learn something new everyday…  At least I did when I watched the above video on Photoshop CS5‘s sharpen tool that allows you to paint-in sharpening.  I’ve used layer masks for similar results, but I’m definitely going to be trying this tip out.

[via John Nack]

Filed Under: Photoshop Tagged With: adobe, cs5, image editing, photo editing, Photoshop, post-processing, sharpen tool, sharpening

What to Do When Content Aware Scale and Content Aware Fill Doesn’t Work

May 31, 2011 By Eric Reagan

Terry White just released a new video in his Adobe Creative Suite Video Podcast.  As you may have guessed from the post’s title, this one shows you a couple of cool tricks to get around situations when Photoshop‘s Content Aware magic doesn’t quite work the way you want it to.

These are a couple of groovy, yet simple, techniques that will keep you from pulling your hair out.

[YouTube via Terry White]

Filed Under: Photoshop Tagged With: adobe, Content Aware fill, Content Aware Scale, content-aware, cs5, Photoshop

Photoshop CS5 iPad Apps Now Available

May 10, 2011 By Eric Reagan

The recently announced updates to Photoshop CS5 that enabled remote control of the application from your iPad just got more exciting.  Three new “remote” Apps are now available from the iTunes store. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Photoshop Tagged With: adobe, apps, cs5, iOS, ipad, photography, Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Performance White Paper

April 21, 2011 By Eric Reagan

Adobe has posted a white paper PDF file that details how to optimize performance of Photoshop CS5 in today’s 64-bit machines.

You can check it out here.

Filed Under: Photoshop Tagged With: adobe, cs5, Photoshop, white paper

Compositing a Family Photo Using Layers in Photoshop CS5

December 1, 2010 By Eric Reagan

The above video from Terry White offers some solid tips on fixing a family photo (or any photo) in Photoshop CS5 when you have multiple shots with different “good” poses for the subjects across the shots.

[via Terry White]

Filed Under: Learn Tagged With: cs5, layers, photography, Photos, Photoshop

DSLR Video Editing for Photographers

October 7, 2010 By Eric Reagan

DSLR Video Editing in Premiere Pro CS5

Adobe Evangelist Jason Levine recently uploaded his final chapter in his 5-part series that covered DSLR Video Editing for Photographers using Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.  Previously, I passed along parts 1 through 3.  Since this is the final video in the series, I’ve embedded all 5 in this post below.

It’s good content, especially for those of us knew to the video side of DSLRs.  Enjoy.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Learn Tagged With: adobe, cs5, dslr, dslr video, hdslr, premiere pro

DSLR Video Editing for Photographers

September 10, 2010 By Eric Reagan

DSLR Video Editing in Premiere Pro CS5

In this ongoing video series, Adobe Evangelist Jason Levine walks photographers through the basics of DSLR video editing in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.

Check out the first 3 videos below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Learn Tagged With: adobe, cs5, dslr, photography, premiere pro, video

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