http://darksideofthelens.com Digital photo processing with Photoshop and Photoshop Elements for the not so advanced user Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:20:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.13 http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/10/photoshop-elements-11-available/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/10/photoshop-elements-11-available/#respond Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:11:15 +0000 http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=898 http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/10/photoshop-elements-11-available/feed/ 0 http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/09/the-new-iphone-5-and-a-new-camera/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/09/the-new-iphone-5-and-a-new-camera/#respond Fri, 14 Sep 2012 04:53:45 +0000 http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=889 http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/09/the-new-iphone-5-and-a-new-camera/feed/ 0 http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/02/the-colour-pallet/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/02/the-colour-pallet/#respond Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:18:28 +0000 http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=873 This next tutorial is again from the EasyPSE iTunes App from the Apple iTunes Store (there’s a shock for you!).   We’ll have an in-depth look at the Photoshop Elements Colour Pallet. Much of this is identical to that found in Photoshop CS, but with a couple of things, such as the CMYK workspace, absent. […]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/02/the-colour-pallet/feed/ 0 http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/02/create-a-collage/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/02/create-a-collage/#respond Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:42:33 +0000 http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=864 About time we had a project from the EasyPSE iTunes App from the Apple iTunes Store.   This is a simple project in which several images are blended into one to form a collage. In this example I’ve used some photos from a holiday to Thailand, but you could use this for just about anything […]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/02/create-a-collage/feed/ 0 http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/02/spot-healing-brush/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/02/spot-healing-brush/#respond Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:31:56 +0000 http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=844 Another video from the EasyPSE iPhone/iPad video tutorial app, available on the Apple iTunes Store.   I don’t like the style of over air brushed images you typically find on magazine covers. I believe that a photo of a person, unless for some other specific reason, should truly reflect what that person actually looks like […]]]> http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/02/spot-healing-brush/feed/ 0 http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/01/power-of-levels/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2012/01/power-of-levels/#respond Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:04:11 +0000 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/#respond Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:23:05 +0000 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/#respond Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:22:33 +0000 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/2011/10/mac-users-be-aware/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2011/10/mac-users-be-aware/#respond Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:29:03 +0000 http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=734 http://darksideofthelens.com/2011/10/mac-users-be-aware/feed/ 0 http://darksideofthelens.com/2011/09/photoshop-elements-10-now-shipping/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2011/09/photoshop-elements-10-now-shipping/#respond Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:10:51 +0000 http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=728 http://darksideofthelens.com/2011/09/photoshop-elements-10-now-shipping/feed/ 0 http://darksideofthelens.com/2011/09/adobe-announces-photoshop-elements-10/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2011/09/adobe-announces-photoshop-elements-10/#respond Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:02:44 +0000 http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=720 http://darksideofthelens.com/2011/09/adobe-announces-photoshop-elements-10/feed/ 0 http://darksideofthelens.com/2011/08/easypse-launched-on-the-apple-apps-store/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2011/08/easypse-launched-on-the-apple-apps-store/#respond Wed, 03 Aug 2011 04:06:58 +0000 http://darksideofthelens.com/?p=713 http://darksideofthelens.com/2011/08/easypse-launched-on-the-apple-apps-store/feed/ 0 http://darksideofthelens.com/2011/07/photoshop-elements-clone-stamp-tool/ http://darksideofthelens.com/2011/07/photoshop-elements-clone-stamp-tool/#respond Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:17:23 +0000 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/#respond Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:57:42 +0000 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. 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