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From the Mac Guy: Photoshop CS3 Versions

June 5th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed

The Mac Guy: Photoshop CS3’s two versions expand graphic capabilities

Adobe Photoshop CS3 is now available in two versions: Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop CS3 Extended. While both applications offer the same core features, the Extended version adds capabilities targeted to some of these niche users although usable by many others.

Photoshop CS3 has a newly refined interface that helps you manage your tools and palettes more efficiently. The Tools palette can be displayed as a single column of icons docked on the side of the screen. Similarly, the palettes can be displayed as icons or icons with labels on the other side of the screen, giving you a maximum amount of screen real estate for your images. Additionally, when you press the Tab key to hide the palettes and then mouse over to the edge of the screen the palettes automatically will show up and then hide themselves again when you mouse away.

How-To Make A Lightsaber in Photoshop

April 9th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed

We can do anything in Photoshop nowadays from swapping people to making them disappear. When I read this technique to make a lightsaber from Star Wars, I just had to share it.

From Photoshop 911 comes this great little technique to take your Adobe to the next level:
Create the object you wish to make the light sabre. Use the Pen tool to create a simple straight path. This will provide the structure for the “light” …

Now, set a soft-edged brush to the appropriate size to be the thickness you need for the sabre.

Now, you’ll use the Stroke Path command to paint the sabre. The Stroke Path command allows you to create a paint stroke (using the current settings for your painting tools) that follows any path.

Start a new layer. When you stroke a path, the color values appear on the active layer. Make sure the layer you want is active before beginning.

1. Select the path in the Paths palette (Cmd/click or Ctrl/click).
2. Click the Stroke Path button at the bottom of the Paths palette. Each click of the Stroke Path button builds up the opacity of the stroke and in some cases makes it look thicker.

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