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If you need help with Adobe photoshop/Elements/Lightroom, or have suggestions for tips that we can add to the growing list, please post your request/ideas in this thread.

If you have a tip that you wish to share, please post it in this other thread.

Thank you.

Ascot- I would suggest (if I may) that if somebody has a request or needs help that the answer is directly posted in the relevant thread with a reference under the request where the answer is? This would avoid posting double?
Stef.

Stef, I apologize for this communication glitch, but I thought I was doing that. The link in my first post in this thread is pointing those who wish to share a tip, to do so in the main 'Add a tip for Photoshop please!' thread, which is the relevant thread. I was also starting a new thread (this thread) where members could ask for help or suggest tips, without clogging up the main thread. No Tips would go into this thread.

If I understand you correctly, you feel that the questions and/or suggestions should all go into the 'Add a tip for Photoshop please!' thread. If that is what you mean, then I am more than happy to correct it. It may be better to keep everything in one place. Is this what you mean?

If you wish to post in this thread that you have answered a request/suggestion in the 'Add a tip for Photoshop please!' thread, then go for it, do what you feel is necessary, or best.

Bear in mind that I will be keeping the Index up to date, so that members can more easily find what interests them, saving you the time of answering requests that you may have already answered. In the end it's your choice, I will still maintain the Index.

Now all we need are requests/suggestions.

Ascot- no problem...well Springtide had the colour swatches... will give an explanation soon in darkroom tips.
Stef.

Sounds like this might be a question for me

1. Open your image you want the texture applied to in PS
2. Open the image with the texture
3. Click the image with the texture to activate it. Make sure that both images are the same orientation (makes it easier)
4. Ctrl + A > click on the image you want the testure applied to > ctrl +V (cmd for apple)
5. edit > transform > scale > if you hold shift +ctrl at the same time and pull one of the corners you can adjust the size of the texture layer without changing its perspective.
6. You have now the texture layer on top of the image layer which you can't see
7. Now set the layer blending mode either to darken/ multiply/overlay/soft light/ and change the opacity of that layer to somewhere around 50%

Tip: any of these layer blending options might work. The easiest is to first lower the opacity to 50% then click in the layer palette where it says "normal" so that normal changes to blue colour. What you can then do is just scroll down through all layer blending modes by using the downwards arrow next to your number pad on your keyboard!
Voila- just should find easily the right blending mode in a couple of seconds!

Any questions- feel free! Let us know how you get on
Best of luck and happy photoshopping!
Stef.

Do you think we could get a stickied thread about working with raw, and all the little ins and outs of it.
As i just played with my first raw image last night in CS3 and was blown away by all the sliders and curves and buttons and histograms and color-o-grams

but i did end up with an interesting picture in the end color wise, some sort of warm black and white.

anyways what i am basically asking for is a thread / lessons to guide the uninciated such as myself through the misteries of RAW in the hopes that it will become less intimidating and more of a usefull tool.
Thanks

For my images that I really want top quality, I only use the raw file. But if it's for the web (or for here) then it's just quick and easy to use the jpeg.

Here, at Adobe's White Papers, there's some articles on working with raw: http://www.adobe.com/digitalimag/ps_pro_primers.html

And here is the basic processing(large video file) that I do, please excuse the narrator's voice (and here's the better detailed screenshot).

Do you think we could get a stickied thread about working with raw, and all the little ins and outs of it.
As i just played with my first raw image last night in CS3 and was blown away by all the sliders and curves and buttons and histograms and color-o-grams

but i did end up with an interesting picture in the end color wise, some sort of warm black and white.

anyways what i am basically asking for is a thread / lessons to guide the uninciated such as myself through the misteries of RAW in the hopes that it will become less intimidating and more of a usefull tool.
Thanks

Doctore- well frankly that's not soo easy. My suggestion with all my students is to first of all get yourself a good book and work it through. Then come back and ask specific questions. I am more than willing to try my best to answer them but it is always easier if you have done some footwork first- if you know what I mean. Firstly there are quite a few raw processing softwares out there- the only one I am quite efficient in- is Photoshop's Raw Converter (some of you might know that I am writing a book for advanced Photoshop users- the reason for it being "advanced" is that there is a bit of a lack in that area) anyhow back to the topic: to start explaining raw from scratch is very time consuming and it's easier to answer precise questions- at least for me. Scott Kelby is a oogd adress for books from the US and also Martin Evening for books from the UK (very different approaches to the same topic so have a look at both if you can) And there are books particularly for raw conversion- if you need a list let me know.
Stef.