Floating Clothes with Photoshop

Here's another good tutorial from Princess Libra, for a very popular technique in clothing marketing -- the "invisible" person ... remove the human model from the clothes .... the Princess writes :

The way to learn the Clone Stamp tool (as well as adding a virtual drop shadow) is to create an invisible man or woman. We can transform an ordinary portrait or action shot to make the person disappear, leaving floating clothes around a space. Adding shadowed wrinkles also adds realism.

Preview of Final Results

 

Floating Clothes with Photoshop

Here's another good tutorial from Princess Libra, for a very popular technique in clothing marketing -- the "invisible" person ... remove the human model from the clothes .... the Princess writes :

The way to learn the Clone Stamp tool (as well as adding a virtual drop shadow) is to create an invisible man or woman. We can transform an ordinary portrait or action shot to make the person disappear, leaving floating clothes around a space. Adding shadowed wrinkles also adds realism.

Preview of Final Results

 

Photoshop CS5 Types and Shapes

Create an Ad Using Adobe -- Using just the basic Photoshop software, Rafael Concepcion shows how you can manipulate the shapes and text in your designs to produce pleasing and compelling results. Learn these techniques and incorporate them into your Photoshop toolbox. 

Also see:   Real World Digital Photography, 3rd Edition, by Katrin Eismann, Sean Duggan, and Tim Grey

 Real World Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers by Conrad Chavez

This free chapter is from Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS5: The Essential Techniques for Imaging Professionals

 

Zen Artist for iPad

Eagle Inc. has rolled out Zen Artist 1.0 for iPad. The famous drawing tool in Japan released in US. With Zen Artist for iPad, you can draw beautiful art, like Van Gogh. Like a Romance, your finger will be the magic brush that creates many beautiful paintings.

Zen Artist 1.0 for iPadZen Artist is the most beautiful brush paint tool in the world. In Japan, "Zen Artist" received a Top3 ranking in the Appstore, and most popular paint tool for iPad. Any Children can draw well like Gogh. Any Grand Mother can draw well like Monet. Good Painter can create more beautiful art.

Add Borders to Images in Photoshop

This tutorial, "Photoshop for Starters: Adding Frames and Borders to Your Images in Photoshop" was submitted by Olga Bogatyrenko of www.chasingmoments.com

Olga writes:

original imageThis tutorial offers two basic strategies to add borders to your images. The two strategies represent two distinct logics of achieving the same result: (1) creating a mat above your image and cutting out an opening in it to see the underlying image, or (2) modifying the canvas that underlies your image. The choice of the option depends on the image you have.