Planet Tutorial Refresher
Remember that little planet tutorial I showed the class awhile ago? Here’s a short video version of it. This isn’t so much of a tutorial itself as a video of the process so if anyone forgets the order of steps … Continued
A brief overview of Adobe Products
As you probably know, adobe has way way more to offer than just photoshop. I’ve been fortunate to be able to learn and use a good handful of them over the years. Sometimes it can be a bit daunting to … Continued
A Personal Reflection on Photoshop and “Artist’s Block”
As we transition from the Photoshop unit to the Audacity unit, I’ve been thinking a lot about the relationship between software experience and self-induced pressure—that is to say, I think the more a person is skilled in a certain software … Continued
My Experience with Photoshop
Being able to work with Photoshop these past couple weeks has given me time to look back on my previous experience with the program. When I was in my junior year of high school trying to decide which electives I … Continued
The Struggles of Having Little Creativity
When the Image Editing Assignment was first introduced, I was super pumped about making some of my own things on Photoshop. But that excitement quickly came to end because I could not, and still can not, think of any ideas … Continued
How to Make GIFs in Photoshop
In our current Internet climate, gifs are used all over the web, and now they’re even in our texting and messaging apps. Some sites are available to make user-friendly gifs for you, but sometimes the quality is just awful. If you … Continued
Disintegration Effect
I’ve been struggling to determine exactly what I want my Photoshop assignment to focus on. Though I have previous experience with Photoshop, it is limited to creating posters for academic projects. These projects have left little room for independent creativity. … Continued
Corel PaintShop Pro
Unfortunately, we are unable to get PhotoShop on our personal computers, even through the school software. Pitt does have a free download of a very similar program for Windows called Corel PaintShop Pro. If you are a PC user I … Continued
How to use GIMP (in 20 colorful steps)
Hi everyone! So while we’re in our Photoshop unit, I thought it’d be helpful to post a GIMP tutorial, in case you want to use image editing software in the future but don’t want to pay $19.99/month (or however much … Continued