Photoshop
Alien Skin Software Releases Image Doctor 2 Plugin
The new version of Image Doctor offers improvements in rendering speed and quality, plus a new range of skin retouching capabilities.
Image Doctor offers a series of image-retouching filters for Photoshop and other similar applications that allow the user to easily restore old photos, retouch photos, remove unwanted objects and repair low quality images.
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Here’s an example of what it can do :
Image Doctor renders seamless removals of unsightly blemishes and objects. It enables photo editors to de-clutter bad photographic compositions with just a few clicks of a mouse. Web designers, service bureaus, and hobbyists can restore and repurpose badly compressed JPEGs, including cell phone photos. Portrait photographers can use Image Doctor as digital makeup, removing pimples, moles, scars, and tattoos in one click. Photographers can then soften skin areas where these blemishes were or fix oily patches of skin. Hobbyists and professionals can use Image Doctor to restore old photos by removing dust and scratches.
Image Doctor 2 offers a number of improvements to the original release. Chief among these improvements is Image Doctor 2’s rendering speed and quality.
Image Doctor 2 now offers more seamless integration of replacement pixels with the existing background so that the edges of repaired areas now more smoothly blend with the balance of the photo. The software also is improved in its ability to match the patterns of the existing background. Image Doctor 2’s JPEG Repair offers higher quality fixes of JPEG compression.
Find out more on the Alien Skin website.
Playboy Cover Girl evolution via Photoshop
These kind of videos have been circulating on the web for some time now. It all started with Dove Evolution, the transformation of a normal, slightly wrinkled girl into a “perfect face” for an advertising campaign.
For those who aren’t already convinced by the power of Photoshop here’s another one :
If you can’t see this video click here.
Windows Media Player 11 Button - How did they do it
To begin this tutorial, I simply created a few rectangles with different shades of blue.
Now select the “Elipse Tool” and draw a circle as I have done below with 121212 as your foreground color. Hold in the shift key to draw a perfect circle.
Now that you have your circle, you can now right click on the layer in the Layers Palette and select, “Blending Options…“. Now click on “Stroke“. Use the settings below :
You should now have the following :
Select the “Elipse Tool” again and draw another circle this time using 0023a4 as your foreground color. Hold in the shift key to draw a perfect circle.
Select the “Elipse Tool” again and draw yet another circle this time using White as your foreground color. This circle need not be perfect.
Next we will need to move the bottom anchor point. To do this, select the “Direct Selection Tool” and select the anchor point on the bottom. Now, using the up arrow key on your keyboard, move that anchor point as I have done below. Then turn the “Fill” down to 28%.
Note : The direct selection tool is : 
Now “Ctrl” click the blue circle layer to create a selection around it and grab the “Brush Tool” with the diameter at 50% and the hardness at 17%. Create a new layer, change the blending mode to “Color Dodge” and change the color to 70e2ff. Now click only once toward the bottom of the selection as I have illustrated below. Deselect and go to next step.
Select the “Rounded Rectangle Tool” set at 100 pixels, with the color d4d9e0, and draw the shape illustrated below.
Now that you have your shape, you can now right click on the layer in the Layers Palette and select, “Blending Options…“. Now click on “Outer Glow“. Use the settings below :
The results. I then duplicated the gray shape and moved to the appropriate space. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
Tutorial by Empire Design.
Free Photoshop Brushes
This is a collection of free Photoshop brushes I found on the Internet over the time. Most were posted on designfruit.com.
1. Choice Spring
A tribute to the beauty of spring, this set of brushes was designed by callmereal, using as inspiration some sketches by Lori Sartin.
2. Japanese Foliage
Inspired after japanese-style prints, this set is the creation of Jason Gaylor.
3. Fresh Foliage High Resolution Brushes [Part I]
Superb foliage brushes by Jason Gaylor. They’re high resolution so you can use them for print also.
4. Fresh Foliage High Resolution Brushes [Part II]
Also the creation of Jason Gaylor, this brush set is intended for prints, as they are high resolution (1800+ px).
These brushes will be useful in our Photoshop training program. The Photoshop training Chicago classes give you a hands-on experience to Adobe’s flagship product. We also offer other software training like Access training too.
Additional free Photoshop brushes :
Photoshop World Tech Expo Free to Public for One Day
The Photoshop World Tech Expo is open to the public one day only on Friday, September 7th from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the Mandalay Bay South Convention Center, Level Two — Shorelines B, in Las Vegas. If you are interested in mingling with the biggest names in the industry and seeing the latest in Photoshop-related technology, you can sign up for a free Tech Expo pass (valued at $20 per person).
Sign-up for a free pass on the Photoshop Word website.
