A Smarter Way to Sharpen

For portraits and photos with shallow depth of field, the High Pass filter lets you focus your sharpening power just where you need it.

Inside Elements+

This $12 program adds serious Photoshop power to Elements.

Making a Metal Slide for Scrapbook Ribbons

Wendy’s latest tutorial (the first in a two-part series) shows you how to create an ornamental slide that you can use as an element with scrapbook ribbons.

Silhouette Art

Turn a photo into a cool silhouette with Dave’s simple technique.

Add Fun Color to a Black & White Image

Dave shows you several techniques for adding splashes of color to a black-and-white photo.

Make Your Own Special Shapes from Dingbats

Dave shows you how easy it is to create a new and unique shape from a symbol-based font.

Make a Moveable Color Snapshot

Dave shows you have to make an adjustment layer and create a color snapshot overlaying a black and white photo.

Sharpening Only The Eyes In A Portrait

Sharpening is one of the key steps to making your portraits really stand out. But the specific areas that are sharpened are nearly as important as the sharpening itself.

More scrapbooking from Wendy

July 29th, 2010

We’ve added a new tutorial from Wendy today: “Making a Metal Slide,” which you can use as an embellishment for ribbons and more on your scrapbook pages.

Dave’s Silhouette Art Video (and Cheat Sheet!)

July 23rd, 2010

Dave Cross’ latest video is a quick-and-dirty technique for creating a silhouette from a photo. We’re also trying out a new feature called “the cheat sheet” …

July/August extras, PDF Posted

July 20th, 2010

We’ve posted the print extras for the July/August issue on the V7N4 magazine page, and, if you’re still waiting for your copy to arrive, you can download the full PDF of the issue as well.

Fun Friday Links (and Corey too!)

July 16th, 2010

Prepare for the weekend with Corey’s latest video and some cool links to help drive your photo inspiration.