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| Photoshop Negative | 10/28/2009 |
Q: I am using Photoshop CS3 and I want to change the image to a negative image. (black will turn ...
A: Sure, try: Image > Adjust > Invert Let me know if you have any other questions or comments. Also, ...
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| Adding on to a picture | 10/14/2009 |
Q: I'm trying to add a picture to my website builder. It wants the pic to be 850x190 pixels. I cannot ...
A: 850 x 190 ? That's pretty wide. Yes, you could resize your canvas to that size and then just move ...
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| resolution | 9/20/2009 |
Q: I do alot of freehand "painting" in Photoshop (ultimately for print), and was wondering what the ...
A: I always recommend using the highest resolution setting you can with respect to your computer's ...
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| photoshop edit & create | 9/13/2009 |
Q: Since updating my anti virus I am unable to access the edit and create programs in my Photoshop ...
A: Uninstalling Photoshop should NOT erase your data files, however it's always safe to back them up ...
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| cs2 | 9/7/2009 |
Q: I have a photo that has been changed to 500 x 500 pixels. saved for web. The photo is too small in ...
A: It's very hard to take a small picture and enlarge it without pixelation. You can TRY resizing it ...
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| PS Element & making pictures with Transparent Backgrounds | 8/29/2009 |
Q: I have PS Element & want to import any picture and take out backgrounds and make the background ...
A: This generally involves using a selection tool like the Magic Wand to remove the background. Unless ...
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| Black and white brush coloring | 8/25/2009 |
Q: I once used something that let me color however much of the picture I wanted black and white, ...
A: I go the OPPOSITE way all the time... Desaturate the image (Image - Adjustments - Desaturate) to ...
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| blend or merge | 7/29/2009 |
Q: ime having trouble with people and backgrounds I know how to do it but it just looks fake all the ...
A: Dan, this isn't something I can answer is a couple of paragraphs. Making your photos look REAL takes ...
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| Cropping in Photoshop | 7/11/2009 |
Q: Is it posssible in photoshop (v7) to crop a picture diagonally - ie from corner to corner and then ...
A: Sure - you could just select those regions of the image that you want to crop out, DELETE (erase) ...
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| shrinking/expanding pics? | 7/10/2009 |
Q: I will try to keep this as short and concise as possible. I am the lab manager of a science ...
A: I'm sorry, but I really don't understand what you're trying to do. Are you saying that you have data ...
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| photoshop and pagemaker | 6/26/2009 |
Q: I was just wondering how to edit a photo in photoshop so that when I import it into pagemaker it ...
A: Sorry, I don't use Pagemaker at all, but have you tried different formats (JPG, GIF, BMP, etc.) or ...
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| White haze on photo from fogged lens | 6/19/2009 |
Q: I just got back from a Disney cruise and it was very humid. Some of my photos have a white haze on ...
A: I don't know if an easy, automatic way to remove this haze. You can try playing with some of the ...
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| photoshop background | 6/18/2009 |
Q: I was wondering if you can tell me how to mak a background black in a picture. I have photoshop ...
A: Use the magic wand to select as much of the background as you can, then delete it (in pieces if you ...
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| Opening a closed path? | 4/19/2009 |
Q: I've drawn a very complex path around a product and the client realized they left 3 parts off the ...
A: Yes, you can use the Path Tool to edit, add, delete, move, (etc.) the different anchor points of the ...
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| Recovering old Picture: A semitransperent coating came over it. Bluring the entire image. | 4/16/2009 |
Q: I have a more than 20 years old color photograph (my own as a child). It has got a semitransparent ...
A: Sure, it's probably recoverable. I'd have to see it to tell you for sure… but it's a relatively ...
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| Cutout effect? | 3/7/2009 |
Q: I am trying to figure out how to create the seen "cutout" effect in the picture below. ...
A: This looks like it was just hand drawn using a mask and a semi-transparent gray fill. If the guy was ...
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| PE6 default dpi | 2/10/2009 |
Q: Can I change the default resolution setting on PE6 ? On version 2.0 it was 300 dpi, which is what I ...
A: I'm sure there is a way to change the default setting. I don't have PE6 installed right now, so I ...
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| Text on Photos | 1/14/2009 |
Q: I am trying to add text to a photo, with no sucess, please advise Thanks Andrea
A: I cover all of the steps for adding a text layer in my Photoshop 101 tutorial. I cannot go through ...
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| photoshop elements 7 | 1/4/2009 |
Q: I am trying to select two items at once with the elliptical tool. I'd like to then change the ...
A: Make your first selection, then hold the SHIFT key down and make your section selection. If that ...
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| Logo Glossy Plastic Look | 12/30/2008 |
Q: I' just created a nice logo of a tree in "Photoshop CS3" & I like to give the logo a professional 2D ...
A: There is a filter in Photoshop 7 that does this effect for you automatically… I don't recall the ...
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| photoshop elements | 12/21/2008 |
Q: What version of photoshop elements is compatible with windows millenium.
A: I don't know off the top of my head. Look it up on Adobe's web site. Let me know if you have any ...
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| PDF to HTML | 12/10/2008 |
Q: I am currently designing a web site for a client. The problem that I am running into is that all the ...
A: Not easily, no. I'm afraid you're going to probably have to reconstruct most of the pages manually. ...
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| Transparent Canvas? | 12/9/2008 |
Q: I read your answer to the same question but I needed to ask with more detail. I am trying to make ...
A: The best way that I've found to do this is to size your canvas first then copy and paste the image ...
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| Im confused! | 12/1/2008 |
Q: i have a version of Adobe Photoshop Elements, and i think it installed properly, but i cant figure ...
A: You should just need to find the shortcut for it on your Start Menu and run it. If you can't find ...
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| animated fade-in | 11/29/2008 |
Q: When I open my website I would like to have a graphic fade-in. How do I do that? I am not even ...
A: You would have to do this as a Flash video, or even an Animated GIF. Photoshop cannot do it by ...
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| WEB DESIGN | 11/21/2008 |
Q: I KNOW THIS MAKES ME SOUND STUPID BUT I NEED HELP SETTING UP A WEB PAGE. WHERE DO I START, HOW DO I ...
A: You'll need a place to host your web site. I recommend www.1and1.com. They have excellent startup ...
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| Printing Probles | 11/14/2008 |
Q: im starting my own photography studio at my house and i would like to know how to size the pictures ...
A: That's just a matter of resizing the image to a "standard" printout size like 5x7 or 8x10 and then ...
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| How to "cut" and paste from one photo to another | 11/13/2008 |
Q: first thanks for your time. I want to "cut" a section from one photo to another so that it looks ...
A: Randy, this is really just a matter of selecting the object properly. There are a lot of tools to ...
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| Photo Shop 3.2 | 11/11/2008 |
Q: I have used Photo Shop for the past few years. I recently purchased a new computer (has Windows XP ...
A: Tom, I really don't know. The earliest version of Photoshop I have ever used is 6. Let me know if ...
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| transparent background | 11/10/2008 |
Q: How can I scan a pencil (pen, etc.) and then have the white background be tranparent without having ...
A: Select the pencil. Invert your selection (right-click, inverse). That will select all the white ...
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| Trapezoid | 11/1/2008 |
Q: I have a rectangular image I'd like to change into a trapezoid. Can you please give me detailed ...
A: Just select the entire image and free-transform it. Let me know if you have any other questions or ...
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| photoshop question | 10/29/2008 |
Q: I am a greeting card designer and want to have my designs printed onto cards.The designs are hand ...
A: How about using the Dodge tool to blend the shadows in to the rest of the image? It might make it ...
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| Photoshop 7 | 10/14/2008 |
Q: I brought a picture in, the picture is square, I want to make it oval shape, I think it has ...
A: You got it… make an oval selection, invert it, and then CUT out the selection. You don't need a ...
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| background | 10/9/2008 |
Q: I have several pictures taken at the beach. I would like to remove the people out of the background ...
A: It looks like they just separated into layers and then added a partially transparent gradient over ...
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| cutting out an object from image | 9/30/2008 |
Q: I am a keen beginner. I understand how to pick out an object from an image using the eraser tool or ...
A: You have used the exact tools that I would have used for the job. Sometimes Photoshop comes more ...
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| scanning neg | 9/19/2008 |
Q: I'm scanning color neg. into my computer at 720 dpi. then when I send them to the printer they are ...
A: That all depends on your printer. There should be an option in your printer driver to change the ...
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| Photoshop Help | 8/14/2008 |
Q: How do I aviod a white box being place around the item I just cutout from a background?
A: Just paste that object on it's own layer and use the Magic Wand tool to select and remove any white ...
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| Croping | 8/5/2008 |
Q: How can i crop a person out neatly from a group PhOto? and How can i merge that with another new ...
A: Use one of the selection tools like the Magic Wand to select the person. Then copy and paste them ...
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| Photoshop Elements 6 | 7/23/2008 |
Q: So I've painstackingly been going over the outline with the pencil tool. Is there another tool in ...
A: You could try using the magic wand to select all of the parts of your image and then cut it out and ...
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| paint brush problem | 7/12/2008 |
Q: It's not painting within the outline on one of my pictures-the last shirt on left but it's painting ...
A: This all depends on how you selected it before your paint operation. You can try masking it off, or ...
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