Darryl C. Nicholas

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Create A Torn Effect In Photoshop
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Nov 01, 2003

There are several great plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop that will create all sorts of edge effects, borders, and frames. But, this procedure uses only the basic Photoshop tools to create a very nice ragged edge. The procedure also demonstrates several features that can be applied to lots of other...

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How To Scan Large Pictures
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Feb 01, 2003

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We use a flat-bed UMAX PowerLook III scanner for scanning reflective material. It has a maximum scan area of about 8.5x11.7". While that size handles a lot of what we need to scan, every now and then a client will bring in a much larger old picture that they...

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Making Better Color Prints
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Dec 01, 1999

I've spent the better part of the past 20 years teaching folks how to do things in their traditional color darkrooms. But, I've got to tell you, since digital imaging has become a reality, there are some things I just can't do in a wet...

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Making Custom Brushes In Photoshop Version 7.0
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Jul 01, 2003

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Knowing how to use a "brush" in Photoshop is critical to being able to do very much of anything in this great digital application. Photoshop ships with hundreds of different, ready-made, brushes. Each one of them can then be further customized to meet...

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Making Digital Mattes In Photoshop; Adding Borders And Accents To Enhance Your Image
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Jul 01, 2005  |  First Published: Jun 13, 2005

In the old days we all used to keep tons of different colored matte board in stock to matte our photos. Or, we used the guy down the street who charged us plenty for those fancy mattes that we loved so much. Well, today you can do it all in Adobe's Photoshop. This article will give you the basics of creating an oval double matte in Photoshop.

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Making Drop Shadows
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Aug 01, 2002

When taking a picture of an
object, the exact background is no longer as important as it once was
because we can now change it so easily in Photoshop. For example, #1 is
a picture I recently took of a vase that I was preparing to offer...

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Making Quick Mask Selections
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Dec 01, 2002

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Making Selections With The Pen Tool; Straight Lines Made Easy
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Oct 01, 2005

There are many different ways to make selections, each making life easier depending on the image and areas you want to define. Here's how I make selections that involve a lot of straight lines:

This picture, taken indoors looking out through large windows is a prime example of backlighting causing underexposure (#1). The fix for it is to select the well-lit outdoor...

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Retouching Eyeglass Glare With Photoshop Version 5.0
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Mar 01, 1999

Remember the old days when retouching eyeglass glare meant sending the image out to a retouching artist or, if you did it yourself, spending about an hour or more with wet dyes carefully blending colors and carefully adding dye in thin layers to gradually...

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Using Photoshop Styles
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Sep 01, 2003

As some of you may already know, when you install Photoshop not all of the application is immediately loaded. There are many features and options that require further attention to become accessible. Photoshop "Styles" is one of those...

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