Month: July 2008
Video Tutorial: Stretching a Canvas instead of Cloning in Photoshop
Today’s video will help you learn to cover up certain parts of a photo without cloning. This is not a replacement for cloning in Photoshop, but it can help you when you want to maintain your aspect ratio but have an area that you do not like. You will also learn how to add canvas…
Cintiq 12WX for sale – MCP is just a mouse lover I guess…
MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase I have a confession. I use a MOUSE in all my editing. I have tried 2x now to use Wacom tablets. Everyone says they are a must have – you must edit using a “pen” not a “mouse.” I use to…
Update on my Father-in-Law + Free Cancer Awareness Action Set
MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase I know many of you have been writing asking how my father-in-law has been doing. He was diagnosed with Mantle Cell Lymphoma, a rare form of cancer, a year ago. He went through extremely heavy chemo and then had a bone…
My twins are spending the night at camp – their 1st overnight
MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase So I had to share with all of you… My girls are doing the “overnight” tonight at their day camp. They LOVE camp, and have been asking for weeks. Well I decided since there is only one more week left after…
453 unique voters – and the winner is…
Thank you to everyone who submitted entries in the OnOne Software MCP Actions Summer Fun contest. There were some incredible photos and such creativity. I also want to thank the 453 voters who came and each picked up to their favorite 3. This was such a close contest. I loved them all. I am so lucky…
Please vote for your favorite entry in the MCP Summer Fun Contest
Wow, my readers went all out. There were almost 30 entries for the MCP Summer Fun Contest – the prize is PhotoTools Professional by OnOne Software ($259.95 value). As explained, my twins narrowed the entries down to their favorite 10. They had a hard time – there were so many amazing entries. So here are…
Quick Tip | Where did my palettes and tools go? They vanished!
MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase I get a lot of questions from customers about what to do when Photoshop starts acting like it is in control. I am going to be posting some frequent asked questions from MCP Actions customers and blog visitors. If you have…
High Key | Hot White Backdrop – What is it? How to achieve it?
“High Key” is often confused with a purposely blown out white backdrop. High Key is where the highlights and light tones make up most or all of the image. If your background is white, ivory, cream or light in color and the subject is too, you have “high key” I rarely do high key, though many…
iPhone frustration | I was quoted in the Detroit Paper and online
MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase I love my iPhone! Have I ever told you that? Well I do. It is my favorite high tech gadget and tool ever. But yesterday I was very frustrated with Apple. I went to upgrade the software to the new 2.0,…
Help me win a contest! Plus what is coming up on my blog…
MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase Now it is your turn to help me win a contest… There is a great new photography forum called One Photo Source. It is a terrific new resource for photographers. They are having a membership contest through the end of July.…
How to photograph and edit silhouettes {part 2}
Here is part 2 of my silhouette lesson. In the 1st lesson, I talked about where to meter, my settings, and how to position yourself and your subject. In part 2, I will cover how to edit the photos after you are done. And I will tell you a creative way to make your silhouettes…
How to photograph and edit silhouettes {part 1}
After posting all of my vacation photos from Northern Michigan, I got a lot of people writing and asking two questions. One was “how do you get such great color?” The answer, good exposure and using the appropriate MCP Actions to enhance the Straight out of Camera shots. The second question I get is “how…
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