Category Archives: Photoshop

Beginner’s Photoshop: Making Smartphone Wallpaper

It’s pretty easy to make custom wallpaper (background images) for your smartphone. The main trick is getting the size right. Of course, as with so many things associated with modern smartphones (and consumer goods in general) close is usually good … Continue reading

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Who’s Who in Scams Aimed at Artists

Creatives are frequent targets of scammers who use the promise of publicity and attention as bait to take your money and/or your work while giving little or nothing of value in return. The insidious part of these scams is that … Continue reading

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Another Spamming Photoshopper to Avoid: Zarih’s Retouching

Should I Trust a Spammer in Switzerland With My Image Files? Addendum, March 2018: On 15 March I received several emails (and a text message on my phone!) from Zarih (or someone claiming to be him) asking me to take … Continue reading

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tscott.editing@gmail.com Wants You to Send Him Your Images!

“Thomas Scott” (and judging by his poor grasp of the English language I’m guessing that’s a pseudonym) wants me to send him my images for Photoshop editing. No matter that Photoshop editing is what I do myself. Oh yes, and … Continue reading

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Images-editing.com: Another Spammer Trying to Rip Off Photographers

The spammers from images-editing.com claim "We have skilled Photoshop designers for image apparel products, Objects (Bottles) cutout work, Jewellery, Pack shots, we work on all files format CR2, Raw files, JPEG/JPG, GIF, PNG, Tiff, PSD, HDR." Oddly enough, their web … Continue reading

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Make a “Little Planet” 360-Degree Image the Easy Way

Making a 360° pseudo-stereographic projection from an ordinary panorama Those cool "little planet" 360° stereographic photographs are often described as being made from dozens or hundreds of photos. But that ain’t necessarily so. We’ll see here how it’s possible to … Continue reading

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Camerapixio.com: The Worst Photoshop Tutorial on the Web

When I first saw it on Facebook I was sure it was a parody. A joke. But no, it’s intended to be real: Camerapixo.com: 10-Step Processing Technique. To save you the trouble of examining that link I’ll warn you that … Continue reading

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Spammer, Scammer to Avoid: “RSK Technologies”

Here’s the latest turd to land in my inbox, a spam from 209.85.218.67 (ceo.rsktechnologies@gmail.com) for "photo editing services". Besides the obvious caution not to do business with spammers – EVER – I’ll point out that this gem actually admits that … Continue reading

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New Film Rebate Downloads

I’ve just added a batch of new film frames to my collection of EPS downloads. List below. Click on any of the images above to see the full gallery. Download Links Film Frame EPS Downloads (compressed in zip format)  

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Dorrance Publishing Scam… or Not?

I recently received an email from an outfit called Dorrance Publishing regarding my textbook A Semester of Photoshop. The subject line of the email was the rather alarming “Your Copyright Registration with the Library of Congress” and I first assumed … Continue reading

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