Photoshop Tips

How to remove facial blemishes without destroying details?
Most facial blemishes that I want to retouch out are pimples, acnes, and rough skin. For pimples and acnes (red spots), I clone from a neighboring healthy area with "lighten" mode. Rough skin is a little more tedious: it contains many darker and brighter spots. I also clone them out (sometimes using "darken" ... 1 Oct 2009 15:08

convert negatives
I have a large box of disordered negatives and I would like to scan them into photoshop to see what they are prior to scanning some of them with my newly acquired Plustek film scanner. I do not want the flatbed scanner set up to scan them as negatives as it is far too time consuming. I have already tried s... 29 Sep 2009 15:22

photoshop decreases keyboard repetition speed
I use Adobe Photoshop 5.0 LE. It came with the Canon D2400U scanner. Each time I use it, the keyboard repetition speed is much slower afterwards, and I have to go into the Control panel to change it again. I am with XP. Does anybody has the same problem? -- Jean-Pierre Coulon (here 'cacas.pam' is what others ... 26 Sep 2009 10:18

How to stitch photo the hard way?
I have a photo larger than my scanner so I had to scan it as two separate section with some overlapping. The two sections are about 4000 x 3000 each. Now I want to stitch them together. What I do is load each section into a layer in photoshop and do a rough alignment. Now in order to align them perfectly, I... 28 Sep 2009 20:27

Automation
Hi, I have a folder of sequentially numbered images each of which I'd like to reduce to 10cm in height and arrange in a linear strip. I can automate the height setting but how (if it's possible) can I automatically arrange the images end-to-end in one long strip? Any help appreciated. ... 20 Sep 2009 15:12

How to create clipping paths in JPG image?
I have seen some images claim to have "clipping paths" (from which I assume they mean a mask path) yet the image is a JPG file. How is that done, and how can it be used? -- - Burt Johnson MindStorm, Inc. http://www.mindstorm-inc.com/software.html ... 18 Sep 2009 17:57

How to do studio photo of butterfly w/ no shadows?
I have a collection of butterflies from around the world that I would like to photograph without any shadows against a white background. I can make a nice sharp image with a black background (I use a polarizer sheet on a light table and a cross-polarlized filter on the camera, plus 2 side flashes on the butterfly ... 17 Sep 2009 22:50

From sketch to vectors..which method do you suggest?
Hello! I need to convert some sketches to vectors. I've tried to scan the sketch to 300DPI and import it into Photoshop, add a new layer and trace the outlines with the Brush Tool, with a graphic tablet. Then when I've traced everything I delete the sketch layer and export the traced image into Illustrator, a... 19 Sep 2009 02:52

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Photoshop CS3 won't open any image
Well, it openes but it takes a while. We are 3 users, and i am a only one that has this problem. Don't remember what I did to cause it? Any ideas? many thanks ... 7 Sep 2009 06:43