avatar, free, image size command, Output, photoshop elements 8, resample, resize, resolution, save, signature, Web Design, Tips & Tricks
There are stacks of tutorials on the web that guide you through the process of making signatures and avatars. Most of them focus on the design side of things - how to pull off that effect? How to add this face? How to blend the colours? Considerably fewer detail what I consider to be the technical side of the creation - how to work out the right dimensions? Achieve the right file size? Keep it active and visible on a community? And the mysteries of saving to the right format? In this tutorial I'm going to provide answers to all those technical questions, and others along the way.
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add to selection, beginner's guide to photoshop elements, Commands / Tools, eraser tool, extract filter, free, free transform, intersect selection, lasso tool, magic wand tool, Manipulation, marquee tool, move tool, multiply blend mode, opacity, photoshop elements 6, resize, select, subtract from selection, video tutorial
Anyone can make selections inside Photoshop, but it takes a good knowledge of the selection tools, and a little practice, to get on the road to mastering it. As we strive to achieve our ultimate goal – selecting and moving a gorilla into another photograph – we’ll visit the lasso tools, the marquee tools, quick selection, the magic wand and the magic extractor. We’ll also employ the move tool to move selected elements around, the transform controls to resize the gorilla, and layer blending options to make the composition as realistic as possible.
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bicubic, bicubic sharper, bicubic smoother, bilinear, Commands / Tools, downsample, free, image size command, nearest neighbor, Output, photoshop cs2, pixels, resample, resize, upsample, video tutorial
Here we'll look at the difference between resampling an image and resizing it. If you're a regular to the Image Size Dialogue Box then watching this tutorial is a must. If you're scaling a photograph to send by email, or wanting to add more pixels to your image, working out the best method to keep the job practical, and the results effective, is essential.
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