http://darksideofthelens.com Digital photo processing with Photoshop and Photoshop Elements for the not so advanced user Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:09:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/01/power-of-levels/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/01/power-of-levels/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:04:11 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=835
Here we go, another video from the EasyPSE iPhone/iPad video tutorial app, available on the Apple iTunes Store.   I recall when I first came across "Levels", many moons ago, I was blown away but how easily, and quickly, I could make this one simple change and have my photos immediately jump in quality.  Unless [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/01/power-of-levels/feed/ 0 http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/01/understanding-colour-rgb/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/01/understanding-colour-rgb/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:23:05 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=772
Yet another video from the EasyPSE iPhone/iPad video tutorial app, available on the Apple iTunes Store.  I've produced a video in the past on understanding RGB but revisited it for the EasyPse app. Understanding how colour works, in the digital world, is essential when it comes to tweaking the colour in your images.  This concept [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/01/understanding-colour-rgb/feed/ 0 http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/01/a-modern-frame-for-your-photo-2/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/01/a-modern-frame-for-your-photo-2/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:22:33 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=755
Another video from the EasyPSE iPhone/iPad video tutorial app, available on the Apple iTunes Store Giving your photo a frame can often make it come to life, really popping off the screen.  Rather than using the more traditional frames, in this tutorial I crete a simple, modern, frame but also tweak the photo, and make [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/01/a-modern-frame-for-your-photo-2/feed/ 0 http://darksideofthelens.com/2011/07/photoshop-elements-clone-stamp-tool/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2011/07/photoshop-elements-clone-stamp-tool/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:17:23 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=696
Another sneak preview into the upcoming Easy PSE series of video tutorials, which I hope to launch later this week! This tutorial covers the Clone Stamp Tool.  This is a very useful tool indeed, as well as being heaps of fun, and if regularly used by photographers, and other Photoshop Elements users, to tidy up [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2011/07/photoshop-elements-clone-stamp-tool/feed/ 0 http://darksideofthelens.com/2011/06/photoshop-elements-9-organizer/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2011/06/photoshop-elements-9-organizer/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:57:42 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=680
With the upcoming iPhone/iPad App, later to be released on Android and as a video eBook, about to launch, I thought I’d give you all a sneak preview of one of my new videos. I have chosen this particular video to share first as it was requested (thanks Vickie) on the new Dark Side of [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2011/06/photoshop-elements-9-organizer/feed/ 4 http://darksideofthelens.com/2009/12/camera-buying-guide/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2009/12/camera-buying-guide/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:30:54 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=560 Buying your first, or a new, digital camera can be heaps of fun, but it can also be a bit of a nightmare if you don’t know the terminology or what features matter more than others. Everyone wants a camera for their own reasons and, as with most things in life, there is no definitive [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2009/12/camera-buying-guide/feed/ 8 http://darksideofthelens.com/2009/01/levels-part-2/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2009/01/levels-part-2/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:00:05 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=501 Well, hopefully everyone has recovered from an excellent New Year by now. If not then good on you for having such a huge party!!! As promised, here is the second video to complete our exploration of “levels” in Photoshop Elements Questions, problems or comments please simply drop me a line. Simon http://darksideofthelens.com P.S. There might [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2009/01/levels-part-2/feed/ 4 http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/12/levels-part-1/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/12/levels-part-1/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:10:22 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=482 I remember when I was first learning digital photo editing and I stumbled across something called “levels”. Some of my photos had looked grey and dull, though I did not realize it at the time, and these suddenly sprang to life as I learned how to use the levels adjustments in Photoshop. Although not quite [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/12/levels-part-1/feed/ 3 http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/09/adjustment-layers/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/09/adjustment-layers/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:44:54 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=426 Another in the series of video tutorials on layers in Elements 6, this time on “Adjustment Layers”. There are several different types of adjustment layer, such as levels or hue & saturation. In this tutorial I demonstrate the use of an adjustment layer, using a hue & saturation adjustment layer as an example. Don’t get [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/09/adjustment-layers/feed/ 10 http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/09/layer-paths-in-photoshop-elements/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/09/layer-paths-in-photoshop-elements/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:13:20 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=412 As promised, here is the second part of the video tutorial on layer masks. Photoshop Elements does not include the layer mask functionality, in its native form at least. However, it does include adjustment layers, and these little beauties have their own layer masks. In this video I show you a rather clever trick whereby [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/09/layer-paths-in-photoshop-elements/feed/ 10 http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/09/layer-masks/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/09/layer-masks/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:45:36 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=402 As I mentioned in my last video, I see layers as being about the most powerful tool there is in Photoshop, Elements, and all the good photo editing packages. Within the topic of layers there are two specific areas that I would define as being the most powerful aspects of layers. These are layer masks [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/09/layer-masks/feed/ 4 http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/08/layers-in-photoshop-elements/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/08/layers-in-photoshop-elements/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:45:17 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=365 I have had several requests from people (thank you) for some tutorials on using layers in Photoshop Elements. I had intended to leave this until a little later in the piece, but there’s no harm in bringing it forward a little, so here we go. This first video explains the basic principles. Some of you [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/08/layers-in-photoshop-elements/feed/ 12 http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/08/high-definition-video-tutorials/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/08/high-definition-video-tutorials/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:11:33 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=337 I have finally found the time to put up a set of better quality video tutorials for the three tutorials published so far. Yay!!! The content is the same as the ones you will find in the main blog posts but they are now available in 800 x 600 as Quicktime movie files. Wherever you [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/08/high-definition-video-tutorials/feed/ 5 http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/08/cropping/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/08/cropping/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:11:07 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=263 A bit of a gap since my last video, thanks to a nasty case of the flu doing the rounds robbing me of my voice (must have also affected my hearing as I didn’t hear anyone being sorry about that!). So, here we go with my latest offering. Unless you frame every shot perfectly (can [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/08/cropping/feed/ 8 http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/07/rgb-color/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/07/rgb-color/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:05:50 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=123 Adjusting the colors in your image is an area of photo editing that many find time consuming and very confusing.  However, it need not be that way. Here I give an explanation of the RGB color space, which you will most likely find yourself using. The principles discussed here apply to all photo editing software [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/07/rgb-color/feed/ 15 http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/07/elements-user-interface/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/07/elements-user-interface/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:31:12 +0000 Natator http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=81 So, here we go. A short video tutorial (5:14) giving an overview of the basic user interface of Elements 6.0. Click on the image to take you to the video. For the moment the video is only available as a Flash video (400 x 300 pixels). However, I will be putting up larger versions (800 [...]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2008/07/elements-user-interface/feed/ 7