Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3

Adobe Photoshop is central to almost all photography workflows today. Each new version is a milestone in the development of this imaging behemoth, and 2010's release is no exception.

Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom Photographers often feel overwhelmed when starting with Photoshop; the sheer number of tools and options make it difficult for the novice. There is no shortage of instructional books, yet very few direct the user to the most significant aspects of the program in a way that reflects a real workflow.

Vector vs Bitmap for dummies

There have been a lot of articles over the years about resolution and the differences between vector art and bitmapped graphics. When this one was submitted to our Photoshop Tutorials library through the Photoshop 911 Tutorials link, we immediately liked this approach as one of the more friendly ones. Thanks to the folks at Blogger.Iconshock for sharing this with all our readers ...

Flaming Text Tutorials TWO

Last month's "Flaming Text in Photoshop" inspiration page was very hot -- as we predicted -- the third most popular page in the site for March, with more than 60,000 visits! So, we thought we would hurry up and get the second flaming, sparkling, burning, magma, inferno typography text effects page installed! So, here's yet ANOTHER dirty dozen inferno tutorials that will ignite you on fire!

3D Lava Text

Tutorial: adding color to black and white

by FRED SHOWKER

Please Help Add Color To White Object!

A reader posted this problem to the Photoshop 911 Emergency room:

 I want to make the white hats in this pic a dark blood red, but EVERY single option I tried just turns them light pink or a light color. How in the world can I make them dark red but still retain their shading?? I tried color replace tool, i tried changing the entire pic red and adding a layer and color iso. I am not an expert so any help is very appreciated. thanks! here is the link to the pic 

Building a grid in Photoshop

J.R., a Photoshop 911 reader from Oklahoma writes :

quoting I've been reading tutorials online for a grid, but none of them really work out the way I want

      can you help me do a grid that works out evenly to the image montage I've got?  end quote

Building a grid in Photoshop

This is the kind of grid mosaic photo we will buildGenerally speaking, most of those tutorials are quick and basic, just to generate ad revenue, and never really take into account the intended purpose of the piece. When planning a photo montage to fit into a grid -- if you want the grid to come out accurately -- you've got to do a little math and planning before Photoshop.