Photoshop MSU Image Restoration is a great plugin for Photoshop CS2 and CS3 (probably also working in other versions) to erase unwanted objects such as accidental people in photo or in my case I wanted to remove ugly trolleybus wires which really corrupted photo of cool big board in Warsaw. (You can have a look at full size processed photo in my Flickr page). (more…)
What to do if you’d like to impress your mom or granddad making especially valuable for them old faded photo look vivid and colored as though it was taken yesterday? Probably I exaggerate a little, but the result will be worthy. Anyway, this tutorial helps you a lot in coloring black and white photo. (more…)
I made this list searching for blogs related to graphic design. All blogs in this list have interesting posts about graphic design though some of them are focused on ads, photography or web design. List is made in random order and the position of any blog does not reflect its importance. If you have any refinements or I accidently did not include your amazing blog related to graphic design in this list please let me know in the comments. (more…)
Every graphic designer should have good typing skills, in my opinion. Recently I discovered a great free app Stamina Typing Tutor which helps me now to improve touch typing, in particular, for writing for this blog. After the training course with Stamina, you will be able to type long paragraphs, use shortcuts and Instant Messengers without ever looking at the keyboard. (more…)
Once I faced the problem of transferring my Wordpress blog to another hosting. Surely I didn’t want to have downtime, headache with making blog on the new host operating properly or in the worst case lose any data. As a result I gathered all available information on transferring site without downtime and my transfer went smoothly. Finally I make this 9 steps guide how to transfer your blog to a new host without losing any data and without experiencing any downtime. (more…)
Some people who are far from graphic design really think that graphic designers are very complicated people to deal with. Sometimes I even being asked such odd questions as “Don’t you come to prostration sometimes?’ or ”Do you able to vanish suddenly?” I‘d like to assure you that most of my colleagues are fully adequate rational people. Believe me, there are not less strange drivers or cleaners. When it’s actually very hard to break such stupid stereotypes, that graphic designer should behave strangely, I can give you a number of tips which help you to easier deal with a graphic designer. (more…)
If you’d like to sharpen your photos don’t do it simply by applying Photoshop filters such as Unsharp mask or Smart sharpen. If you even will be as accurate as jeweler you can’t avoid unwanted effects. Most of sharpened digital images have a slight “halo” at edges, one that can usually only be seen by enlarging the pixels or knowing exactly what to look for. Edges can obtain interesting "artifacts" when sharpened. Before we start with two perfect techniques for sharpening images, have a look at basic rules for sharpening. (more…)
