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Review: Dr. Roach’s Photoshop Tutorial App for the Ipad

September 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Dr. Michael Roach’s newest version of Photoshop tutorial is a hit. Roach takes aim at photographers and artists who are ready to take a systematic, measured approach to learning arguably one of the most difficult photo editing programs to master. With this tutorial open on an iPad in view, a user can go through and unlock many of Photoshop’s mysteries. Systematic is a word that best describes Roach. During his tenure of 30+ years teaching photography at an East Texas university, Roach … [Read more...]

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For The iPad- Adobe Photoshop CS5: Tutorial for Beginners Available in the Apple Store

August 23, 2011 By 2 Comments
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If you have noticed my free version of Adobe Photoshop CS4 Tutorial which has been available here for download at DigitalAppleJuice.com, I have to tell you that Apple has just accepted my Adobe Photoshop CS5—A Tutorial for Beginners as an App in the iPad section of the Apple App Store.Searching by my name from your iPad is the fastest way to find it, and it is available for $3.99 until the first week in October (October 9, to be exact) as a "Back to School Special." After that it returns to … [Read more...]

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A Better Batch Picture Processor Script for Photoshop CS5

July 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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In general,  I am fascinated by the scripting possibilities of Photoshop. The unspoken "BUT" is that I have to make a living and lately "A living" means more work for less money so there's more work. So it is just a romantic thought that lingers in the back of my lizard brain hoping to surface when I don't have any work or gardening or cats to feed... I had a problem recently. One that seemed destined to slow my workflow down to a crawl. To fit within a project requirement I needed to somehow … [Read more...]

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Photoshop CS4 for Beginners: General Retouching Techniques using Brushes, Red Eye, Layer Masks

April 18, 2011 By 3 Comments
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The primary focus for this section is general retouching of images. Cloning vs. Healing Brush: the very basic difference is that cloning creates an edge to the cloned area which is visible while the healing brush depends on an alogorithm that tries to blend the corrected area. The rest of this section deals with red eye correction and then, layer masks. Adobe Photoshop CS4: An Introduction by Dr. Michael N. Roach is now for sale as a PDF Price: $4.99 Sample Pages: There … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photography, Photoshop, Software, Workflow Tagged With: adobe photoshop, cloning stamp, healing brush, magic wand, patch tool, red-eye

Photoshop For Beginners: Retouching Backgrounds

April 5, 2011 By 9 Comments
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This section deals with Photoshop's selections tools. Doesn't sound like much but if you follow along, the lesson is really about manipulating backgrounds to enhance your image. Adobe Photoshop CS4: An Introduction by Dr. Michael N. Roach is now for sale as a PDF Price: $4.99 Sample Pages: There are still a lot of people using Photoshop CS4 even though Photoshop CS5, and now Photoshop CS5.5, has been out for some time. We were contacted by a few students who are still … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photography, Photoshop, Software, Workflow Tagged With: adobe photoshop, Elliptical marquee, exposure adjustment, Feather, lasso, lighting effects, magic wand, magnetic lasso, photoshop cs4, Polygonal Lasso, Quick Mask mode, Rectangular marquee

Download: Adjusting Perspective with Photoshop

March 28, 2011 By 3 Comments
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We were discussing Dr. Roach's ebook yesterday. By "we", I mean a motley group of photoshop users of varying degrees of experience , expertise and interest. It became very clear early on that the name of the book is deceiving. Yes, it is an introduction to Photoshop and all its possibilities. (And I do mean all) Yet, we think it would be better described as the most complete introduction to advanced techniques for beginners. Some of you may roll your eyes at this section, the squaring of images … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photography, Photoshop, Tutorials, Workflow Tagged With: distort, guidelines, horizon line, perspective

TabletDraw Update: Moosoftware.com has expired

March 27, 2011 By 1 Comment
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UPDATE Monday 7:12 AM  CDT- Moosoftware.com is back. I was working with TabletDraw by Moosoftware last night, and turned it off around 11:30pm. The next morning it kept crashing upon startup. It would open, hang, and then crash. It took me a while to figure it out, but Tabletdraw is set to automatically update by default and would go belly up as soon as it tried to reach the Moosoftware website. Evidently, sometime right around midnight the domain name expired. The solution? 1. … [Read more...]

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Photoshop CS4 Retouching: Curves, Levels & Exposure.

March 21, 2011 By 1 Comment
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In reality, most images can be fixed with curves, levels, and exposure, and perhaps sharpening. 90% of post-production image editing will use these tools. This section is devoted to revisiting the most fundamental of photoshop tools in depth. Virtually every image benefits by some adjustment. Whether you decide to begin each adjustment with curves because i said it's most often used for beginnings, or whether you decide to go with levels first will be something that will develop as a matter of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photoshop, Tutorials Tagged With: adjustments, brightness, contrast, curves, dynamic range, Exposure, levels, photoshop cs4, tonal range

Photoshop CS4 : Image Editing- Adjustment WIth Curves

March 16, 2011 By 5 Comments
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Adjusting the tonal range of an image can be accomplished one of two ways: Levels (which provides only three anchor points for control: black, white, and midpoint) Curves (which allows for the use of up to 16 anchor points within the tonal range curve allowing for an increased control over the resulting tonal range)   Adobe Photoshop CS4: An Introduction by Dr. Michael N. Roach is now for sale as a PDF Price: $4.99 Sample Pages: There are still a lot of people … [Read more...]

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Photoshop CS4 : Intro to Color Settings, Menus, Tools, Healing Brushes

March 14, 2011 By 7 Comments
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This section of Dr. Roach's Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Beginners focuses on best practices when starting a project plus a guided tour through the menus and tools. You might think that this information is not useful to you but I have to admit that, even after 10 years of using Photoshop, I am learning something every time I prepared these sections for upload. Up until I read this section, I've never take the time to adjust my color settings until the end of the project when I am ready to output to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photoshop, Tutorials Tagged With: brush, clone tool, Crop Tool, healing tool, lasso, magic wand, marquee tool, move tool, photoshop cs4, polygon, red-eye, selection tool, slice tool

Download: Dr. Roach’s Photoshop CS4 for Beginners

February 16, 2011 By 2 Comments
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Update: Now that CS5 version has been released as an app, we are no longer offering this pdf for free However, Adobe Photoshop CS4: An Introduction by Dr. Michael N. Roach is now for sale as a PDF Price: $4.99 Sample Pages: There are still a lot of people using Photoshop CS4 even though Photoshop CS5, and now Photoshop CS5.5, has been out for some time. We were contacted by a few students who are still in need of this information so, in the spirit of sharing, this series … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photoshop, Tutorials Tagged With: ebook, michael roach, photoshop, photoshop book, photoshop lessons, settings, toolbar

What is Growl and why is it installed on my mac?

February 15, 2011 By 1 Comment
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I bought the family pack of Snow Leopard prior to launch. And yet, for someone who has packed up and moved across the country as well as out of the country at a moment's notice, I am resistant to change. At least where my computer is concerned. David Allison and Dr. Roach both upgraded immediately upon receipt and detail their process in separate posts: UPGRADING TO SNOW LEOPARD by David Allison Snow Leopard: One More Installation by Dr. Roach In both cases, the upgrade didn't seem … [Read more...]

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