April 2019 – Crop, Custom Brush, Photoshop Curves, Paint Splash Effect, Add Clouds
Here’s an article by Colin Smith of Photoshop Café Addressing a question I get asked a lot. “Cropping to an Exact Size in Photoshop, The Ultimate Photoshop Crop Tutorial”
https://photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/crop-photoshop
Let’s continue with a subject from last month about adding things to your images in Photoshop. I’ve actually done this before because I’m too lazy to stay up to all hours of the night to get the picture. But here’s our favorite Frenchman, Serge Ramelli, with a “How to Add the Milky Way to your Night Skies Photoshop Tutorial”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7vOi6vsnqI
Our friend from Phlearn, Aaron Nace, was pretty active this month. So, we’ll have a couple of tutorials from him. The brush tool in Photoshop is such a powerful tool, I’ve got brushes for clouds, birds, fairy wings and other stuff. Here Arron teaches us “How to Create a Custom Brush in Photoshop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TkvUwUWIys
One of the most powerful tools in Photoshop is the Curves tool. It adjusts lightness and darkness, color and you can even use it to set white balance. Here Aaron explores “The Amazing Power of Curves in Photoshop”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZX7H6DuMPU
Here’s a creative tutorial from a Natalia Seth who is what they call an Instagram Sensation. I’m not sure I’d ever use this technique, but I try to have an open mind and try to learn everything. Here’s Natalia with “Create a Paint Slash Effect in Photoshop”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX3avbMYLpo
Now that we know how to create brushes, well finish up with another tutorial from Serge Ramelli titled “How to Add Clouds with Photoshop Brushes.