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Photoshop: Easiest Way to Brighten Specific Parts of Photos by Using Levels and Curves

 
Here’s a very simple and easy-to-do Photoshop technique that you can use to brighten specific part(s) of a photo.  If you have a photo with darkened area (e.g. Face), you can easily manipulate that part by following this tutorial. You can also use this technique to adjust the brightness of the entire photo.Brighten them up before uploading them to your favorite social networking site, it will only take you a few minutes and it will do wonders for your favorite photos.
 

Source: [Lifehacker]

Tags: Brighten, curves, levels, Photoshop

The Animation in this Video was All Made Using Photoshop

 

This video ad’s animation for Method Cleaners, whether you believe it or not, was produced entirely in Photoshop.

Our original plan: traditional animation in flash, still art in illustrator. Boy did that change. As we went through look development, everyone was feeling the wonkier hand drawn feel. Goodbye Illustrator. As we talked through the pipeline process with our new animator buddy Ben, he suggests “just do it ALL in Photoshop”. With a flurry of keystrokes, the animation timeline was opened, and we were animating… right there… all in one program. ZOMG.

It was a little slow at first, and the PS timeline is super NOT intuitive. But once you get over the obvious missing features, its pretty sweet. It definitely simplified our lives.

Not to spoil any secrets here, but we’re not doing anything particularly fancy in this project. The puppet tool was our greatest ally. As an extra bit of stylistic whiz bang (mostly to hide our limitations), we created a “2line” asset for every piece of art that was to be animating.

That means, tracing every piece of flat work twice so there’s a little bit of wobble in the line work. We held these alternating drawings on 4’s so it didn’t get too flashy. As we animated our parent/puppet tool rigs, we de-smoothed the animation so it held on 2’s to give it more of a limited animation look and feel.

If you want to read more about the making (Story Board, Workflow and loads of Photos) of this commercial, head over to ThreeLeggedLegs.

Tags: animation, Photoshop, Photoshop Animation

Photoshop: Sharpen and Improve the Detail of Photos Without Adding Noise by Using a High Pass Filter

Here’s a neat Photoshop tutorial that shows us how  improve the detail in photos without adding color noise.  This trick involves using a High Pass Filter. The very simple and easy to do video tut also teaches to control the area of the photo that we want to sharpen. If you don’t want a particular area to be overly detailed, you can easily do so by erasing the part with the High Pass Filter. Watch the video for the step-by-step guide or head over to Lifehacker for a written outline of the steps.

 

 

Tags: Add Detail, High Pass Filter, Improve Detail, Photoshop, Sharpen, tutorial

Two ways to do a Facebook Profile Picture Hack

The idea of the hack is to take advantage of the recently updated Facebook profile design and use the profile picture along with recently uploaded photos preview to display portions of a bigger picture. The result can be stunning, depending on how you lay out your photo. Just watch out for Facebook profile page pranksters.

There are two ways you can hack your Facebook profile page.

1. Using Photoshop. Watch the video below for a step by step guide on how to do the hack using Photoshop.

2. Use a Facebook App to do it for you. Don’t know how to Photoshop? Go to Facebook Profile Maker, upload a photo, move it around, and click create. Easy. (See Image Below)

There are a lot of ways to make your Facebook profile page stand out. All you need is a little creativity and a little awareness of the things/tools that are there for you to use. Check out the video below for an example of another creative Facebook Layout Customization.

Tags: Facebook, Facebook Profile, Photoshop, Profile Picture Hack, Profile Picture Maker, tutorial

0to255: Simple Color Picker for Designers

0to255 is a simple tool that was created to help designers find lighter and darker colors based on a single color. The tool was created by a web designer who, naturally, always works with colors every day. It was designed to make the designer’s life easier which will eventually speeds up the work flow.

This simple tool should make the lives of designers a bit easier. Instead of selecting a color and manipulating it to produce different variants, you can simply pick a color from the chart and 0to255 will display an array of colors based on the color that you picked. The result also displays the color code for each respective color. If you’ve found the right color for you, simply copy the color code and paste it on Photoshop’s color picker. That will surely ease your life a bit.

If you’re having a hard time picking the perfect color for your design, simply head over to 0to255 and pick your color there. It will save you some time randomizing a color code in Photoshop just to come-up with the color that will satisfy you. With this tool, you can feast your eyes with array of color variants available from a base color.

Tags: 0to255, Color codes, Color Picker, Colors, Design, Photoshop

Photoshop: CS5′s Content Aware Fill

Here’s a sneak peak video of what Photoshop CS5 is capable of. This video shows us the power of Content-Aware Fill. It makes adding, removing, moving or repairing items faster and more seamless.

Tags: Content-Aware Fill, CS5, Photoshop