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Articles related to Adobe Illustrator® and Adobe Photoshop® as well as some tutorials from variety of different sources.

A Scanner Darkly: Vector Art Goes Hollywood
Vector art has hit the big screen. A recent film based on a Phillip K. Dick novel used 50 animators working for 18 months to create vector effects... Read»

Imitating A Scanner Darkly in Adobe Illustrator

Using Illustrator's pencil tool and shapes of solid color, you can imitate the graphic novel styling of A Scanner Darkly. An animator from the film shows us how. Learn»

Retouching Eyes in Photoshop

When doing portrait work, the eyes of your subject are the most important points of the image. In this tutorial, photographer Chris Alvanas... Learn»

The Color Thief: Stealing Colors Using Illustrator CS3's LiveTrace

Adobe Ambassador Mike McHugh wants you to get excited about color. In this colorful article, he shows you how to create swatches... Read»

Color Me Badd: Color Correction for Photographers

Best-selling authors Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski use their shared wit and photo-editing expertise to show you every cool trick in the book for color correcting... Read»



Correcting an Underexposed Image in Lightroom

Everyone overexposes an occasional photo. You might do it deliberately, in order to convey a certain mood, but more often than not it's an accident and you won't like the result. Martin Evening shows how to use Lightroom to fix those images on which you got a little carried away. Read»

Photoshop CS3 Navigation Tips

In this excerpt from Real World Adobe Photoshop CS3, David Blatner, Conrad Chavez, and Bruce Fraser focus on magnification tricks and how to "zoom your zooming." Learn»

Photoshop CS3 and Lightroom Reflect Digital Photography's New Workflows

Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 offer the widest and deepest range of digital-imaging options ever produced by Adobe. How do you decide which of these applications should be on your upgrade list? Conrad Chavez sheds light on which combination is the best for your digital photography workflow. Read»

Bert Monroy on Creating Photorealistic Reflections and Shadows

In this excerpt from Photoshop Studio with Bert Monroy: Digital Painting, author and celebrated digital painter Bert Monroy shares techniques he used to create a painting of a shoe shop in Photoshop, with tips on how to create realistic reflections and shadows. Read»

Photoshop Author Matt Kloskowski’s Five Faves

Everyone has favorites. We asked Matt Kloskowski, the education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals—and host of our Photoshop Reference Guide—about a few of his. Read»

Do Not Fear the Layer Mask: Tips for Using One of Photoshop's Most Powerful Tools

Matt Kloskowski takes the fear out of learning to use layer masks with quick, fun tips that show you how to make the most of one of Photoshop's most powerful tools. Learn»

How to Create Basic Shapes in Illustrator CS

Many objects in the Adobe Illustrator program can be created by starting with basic shapes and then editing them to create new shapes. In this lesson, you'll use some basic shapes to create a logo. Along the way, you'll learn how to use tools and commands to create basic shapes, copy and combine objects to create new shapes, paint objects, and more. Learn»

Tips for Drawing with Brushes in Illustrator CS2

The heart of Illustrator is the ability to define vector paths, usually using the Pen or Pencil tool. The paths can have an infinite variety of fills, stroke properties, and other effects. Among these effects is an amazing variety of brushlike stroke attributes. In this chapter, you'll learn how to draw with brushes; create calligraphic, art, and scatter brushes, and more. Learn»

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A Scanner Darkly: Vector Art Goes Hollywood

Vector art has hit the big screen. A recent film based on a Phillip K. Dick novel used 50 animators working for 18 months to create vector effects... Read»

Imitating A Scanner Darkly in Adobe Illustrator

Using Illustrator's pencil tool and shapes of solid color, you can imitate the graphic novel styling of A Scanner Darkly. An animator from the film shows us how. Learn»

Retouching Eyes in Photoshop

When doing portrait work, the eyes of your subject are the most important points of the image. In this tutorial, photographer Chris Alvanas... Learn»

The Color Thief: Stealing Colors Using Illustrator CS3's LiveTrace

Adobe Ambassador Mike McHugh wants you to get excited about color. In this colorful article, he shows you how to create swatches... Read»

Color Me Badd: Color Correction for Photographers

Best-selling authors Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski use their shared wit and photo-editing expertise to show you every cool trick in the book for color correcting... Read»