Transforming Objects with Puppet Warp [UP21]

Understanding Photoshop is a biweekly column that takes an in-depth look at how digital photographs are built and manipulated.  It is a college-level course in plain English for free at Photofocus.  To learn more see this article. Don’t Skip Column 20 The Puppet Warp command is similar to the Free Transform command in that it allows for […]

Resizing a Photo with Content-Aware Scaling [UP20]

Understanding Photoshop is a biweekly column that takes an in-depth look at how digital photographs are built and manipulated.  It is a college-level course in plain English for free at Photofocus.  To learn more see this article. Don’t Skip Column 19 The Content-Aware scaling feature is a way to intelligently scale an image that allows for certain […]

Rotating the Photoshop Canvas [UP18]

Understanding Photoshop is a biweekly column that takes an in-depth look at how digital photographs are built and manipulated.  It is a college-level course in plain English for free at Photofocus.  To learn more see this article. Don’t Skip Column 17 | Click to see all the columns Sometimes your image will need to be rotated or flipped. Loading […]

Perspective Cropping in Photoshop [UP17]

Understanding Photoshop is a biweekly column that takes an in-depth look at how digital photographs are built and manipulated.  It is a college-level course in plain English for free at Photofocus.  To learn more see this article. Don’t Skip Column 16 Some images will have visible distortion, which is often caused by the camera not being square […]

Mastering the Crop Tool [UP15]

Understanding Photoshop is a biweekly column that takes an in-depth look at how digital photographs are built and manipulated.  It is a college-level course in plain English for free at Photofocus.  To learn more see this article. Don’t Skip Column 14 With the Crop tool you can change a viewer’s perception of an image. You can choose […]

Changing the Photoshop Canvas Size [UP14]

Understanding Photoshop is a biweekly column that takes an in-depth look at how digital photographs are built and manipulated.  It is a college-level course in plain English for free at Photofocus.  To learn more see this article. Don’t Skip Column 13 The canvas size is your work area. When you create a new document, you can specify […]

Sizing Digital Images in Photoshop [UP13]

Understanding Photoshop is a biweekly column that takes an in-depth look at how digital photographs are built and manipulated.  It is a college-level course in plain English for free at Photofocus.  To learn more see this article. Don’t Skip Column 12 Once you’ve acquired your digital images, you’ll need to size them for your project (as well […]

Sizing Digital Images in Photoshop [UP13]

Understanding Photoshop is a biweekly column that takes an in-depth look at how digital photographs are built and manipulated.  It is a college-level course in plain English for free at Photofocus.  To learn more see this article. Don’t Skip Column 12 Once you’ve acquired your digital images, you’ll need to size them for your project (as well […]

What Size to Scan a Photo? Think in Pixels [UP12]

Understanding Photoshop is a biweekly column that takes an in-depth look at how digital photographs are built and manipulated.  It is a college-level course in plain English for free at Photofocus.  To learn more see this article. Don’t Skip Column 11 People often get confused when determining which settings to scan with. Too little information and the […]

Acquiring Images for Photoshop with a Scanner [UP11]

Understanding Photoshop is a biweekly column that takes an in-depth look at how digital photographs are built and manipulated.  It is a college-level course in plain English for free at Photofocus.  To learn more see this article. Don’t Skip Column 10 Many purists swear that shooting film adds richness in detail and color, as well as introduces […]