Tutorials

The following Photoshop CS3 Tutorials describe some of my favourite techniques for creating and modifying both photos and graphics for web use. Whilst not all the tutorials require Photoshop CS3, having a CS version or above is recommended.

During the series the Photoshop CS3 Tutorials will cover; Touching up photos, Use of light and shadows, The wonders of the Burn, Dodge and Saturate Tools, Warping, Blending and Liquefying. Along the way i hope you will pick up some useful ideas to help inspire your own Photoshop CS3 creations!

If you have a tutorial that you would like to share, or that you wish to feature on our blog, please get in touch.

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Good software engineering practice dictates that we should always write tests for all of our modules and classes. These tests are called Unit Tests and allow us to perform regression tests every time we change a unit - so we can ensure we haven’t broken anything in the process. The problem is, it can be very time consuming and often regarded as ‘boring’ to write these tests. Thankfully, CPAN provides a number of modules to make this very easy in Perl.

In this tutorial, we go through the process of creating the simplest of test scrips and some easy extensions to make your tests more powerful.

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One of my favourite tutorials which will show you how to take a fairly average / bad photo of a person of your choice and turn them into an airbrushed model.

This tutorial will cover the basics of face selection, blending, masking and explore briefly how burn and saturate can be used to bring out colours in a face.
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This tutorial will show you how to create realistic looking water which you can then apply to a tap, hose, or even with some tweaking, a waterfall.

We will learn how to use blend modes, the warp tool and how to create realistic textures using clouds and plastic wrapping.

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