Funky portraits will need a funky album layout so in this series of films Mark Cleghorn looks at funky album page design, incorporating multiple images and a whole load of Photoshop steps.

The majority of Mark’s album designs will start with a simple presentation and finish with a similar feeling, however when you need to get more abstract in the page layout your Photoshop skills will be put to the test. Edge

EFX can help an image, moving them to the next level but at the same time if done badly it can also detract. So the key skill here, even with funky album design is knowing when to stop and remember that at times less is more.

Part 7 Covers – 1 page design usingCropping, Actions, Erasing, Layers, Page Layout, Selection, Stroke, Key Line, Layer Order, Layer Mask, Solid Colour, Adjustment Layers

Funky portraits will need a funky album layout so in this series of films Mark Cleghorn looks at funky album page design, incorporating multiple images and a whole load of Photoshop steps.

The majority of Mark’s album designs will start with a simple presentation and finish with a similar feeling, however when you need to get more abstract in the page layout your Photoshop skills will be put to the test. Edge

EFX can help an image, moving them to the next level but at the same time if done badly it can also detract. So the key skill here, even with funky album design is knowing when to stop and remember that at times less is more.

Part 6 Covers – Cropping, Actions, Erasing, Layers, Page Layout, Selection, Stroke, Key Line, Polaroid, Hockney, Layer Order

PT4U Master Portrait Photographer And Elements Guru- Kenny Martin

In this series of 25 short video tutorials, Kenny will explore from the ground up what Elements 7 can actually achieve. This inexpensive piece of software can produce stunning images and although is lacking many of the automation features and advanced tools of it’s big brother Photoshop, Elements can pretty much cope with anything that can be thrown at it including RAW files.

Adobe Elements

REPLACING THE SKY In Chapter 17 Kenny demonstrates advanced selection tools by removing a sky from one image and replacing it with another, creating a completely different image.

Running Time 7.27

In this short Photoshop film Mark Cleghorn shows you how he uses the Image Processor in Bridge and Photoshop to batch convert a selection of images or a folder of images to specific size.

Whether they are a Vertical or Horizontal images it does not matter, as the Image Processor allows you to set the same size for an image, no matter what it’s orientation is, as well as being able to set a different target size for a Horizontal and Vertical imagemaking it perfect for animoto uploads.

Funky portraits will need a funky album layout so in this series of films Mark Cleghorn looks at funky album page design, incorporating multiple images and a whole load of Photoshop steps.

The majority of Mark’s album designs will start with a simple presentation and finish with a similar feeling, however when you need to get more abstract in the page layout your Photoshop skills will be put to the test. Edge

EFX can help an image, moving them to the next level but at the same time if done badly it can also detract. So the key skill here, even with funky album design is knowing when to stop and remember that at times less is more.

Part 5 Covers -Hue & Saturation, Cropping, Free Transform, Actions, onOne SOftware Photo Tools, Erasing, Layers, Page Layout, Opacity, Motion, Selection, Stroke, Key Line, Cut Out, Gaussian Blur, poloroid, Masking

Funky portraits will need a funky album layout so in this series of films Mark Cleghorn looks at funky album page design, incorporating multiple images and a whole load of Photoshop steps.

The majority of Mark’s album designs will start with a simple presentation and finish with a similar feeling, however when you need to get more abstract in the page layout your Photoshop skills will be put to the test. Edge

EFX can help an image, moving them to the next level but at the same time if done badly it can also detract. So the key skill here, even with funky album design is knowing when to stop and remember that at times less is more.

Part 4 Covers – Hue & Saturation, Cropping, Free Transform, Actions, Marque Tool, onOne SOftware Photo Tools, Masking, Erasing, Layers, Page Layout, Opacity, Blue, Motion, Selection, Stroke, Key Line, Cut Out

Funky portraits will need a funky album layout so in this series of films Mark Cleghorn looks at 1 funky album page design, incorporating multiple images and a whole load of Photoshop steps.

The majority of Mark’s album designs will start with a simple presentation and finish with a similar feeling, however when you need to get more abstract in the page layout your Photoshop skills will be put to the test. Edge

EFX can help an image, moving them to the next level but at the same time if done badly it can also detract. So the key skill here, even with funky album design is knowing when to stop and remember that at times less is more.

Part 3 Covers – Hue & Saturation, Cropping, Free Transform, , Actions, Masking, Erasing, Layers, Page Layout, Opacity, Blue, Motion, Selection, Stroke, Key Line, magic wand, Cut Out, Text

Funky portraits will need a funky album layout so in this series of films Mark Cleghorn looks at funky album page design, incorporating multiple images and a whole load of Photoshop steps.

The majority of Mark’s album designs will start with a simple presentation and finish with a similar feeling, however when you need to get more abstract in the page layout your Photoshop skills will be put to the test. Edge

EFX can help an image, moving them to the next level but at the same time if done badly it can also detract. So the key skill here, even with funky album design is knowing when to stop and remember that at times less is more.

Part 2 Covers – Hue & Saturation, Cropping, Free Transform, , Actions, Masking, Actions, Erasing, onOne Software Photo Tools, Layers, Page Layout, Drop Shadow, Opacity, Negative, Invert, Selection, Stroke, Key Line, Lasso Tool, polygonal, Cut Out, Drop Shadow

Funky Album Design Series Part 1

Funky portraits will need a funky album layout so in this series of films Mark Cleghorn looks at funky album page design, incorporating multiple images and a whole load of Photoshop steps.

The majority of Mark’s album designs will start with a simple presentation and finish with a similar feeling, however when you need to get more abstract in the page layout your Photoshop skills will be put to the test. Edge

EFX can help an image, moving them to the next level but at the same time if done badly it can also detract. So the key skill here, even with funky album design is knowing when to stop and remember that at times less is more.

Covers – Hue & Saturation, Cropping, Free Transform, Warp Transform, Masking, Erasing, onOne Software PhotoFrame, Layers, Page Layout, Drop Shadow

Using Plug-ins in Photoshop is not a taboo topic, as all plug-ins do is allow you to create creative images a little quicker, this is especially so for the OnOne SOftwares PhotoFrame plugin as it goes far beyond an edge effect.

In this film Mark Cleghorn shows you his favourite techniques when using PhotoFrame to quickly take an image to a more creative plain in a simple to follow work flow that can be repeated time after time. The EFX applied could be used to jazz up every day portraiture as well as a creative boost to a basic wedding shot.

This film Covers – Plug-ins, onOne Software PhotoFrame, Layers, Masks, Layer Blend Modes, Adding Text.