Graphics Image Editing How-Tos

Make Vector Splashes

Get all Jackson Pollock and make a splash -- literally. Then use Illustrator's easy Live Trace feature to bring your art into the digital world.

Transform a Busy Photo into a Strong Silhouette

When you want a clean, strong image for a print or Web project, use Illustrator to turn a photo into a striking silhouette.

Rehabilitate Old Photos

Good photo rehabilitation goes beyond repairing typical tears and fading to rebuilding important, but initially unsatisfactory, images that recover the emotional impact of an event. And clients pay a lot for that!

Create Web Animations in Photoshop CS3

Animate banner ad and graphic objects; transform their shape, size, color; or replace them entirely.

Make Editable Arrows in Photoshop

Create vector arrows you can color, warp, resize, flip, shadow, emboss, and more.

Create a Reflection Effect in Photoshop CS3

Mirror, mirror, how do you get a realistic reflection of your image? In Photoshop CS3, it's easy to mirror images using the Clone Source feature with the Clone Stamp Tool and Healing Brush.

Get Dynamic in Photoshop

HDR is one of the hottest trends in photography. Learn how to shoot, merge, and tone-map photos to extend the dynamic range and produce those painted-looking results so in demand right now.

Selectively Adjust Color in Photoshop

To change the hue of only part of an image and not obscure details underneath the new color, try these techniques.

A Monstrous Photoshop Technique

Learn how to take images to the creative edge, and break all the rules in the process!

Turn Color Photos into Duotones in Photoshop

You can transform one photograph into a wide variety of duotones to use in print or on the Web.

How to Use Photoshop Smart Filters

With CS3's Smart Filters, you can edit any filter at any time, without destroying any pixels. Here's how to use them.

Throw Photoshop's Crop Tool into Reverse

Normally, the Crop tool makes the canvas smaller. But it can also make the canvas bigger. And it gives you a preview and the flexibility to adjust size on the fly. Take that, Canvas Size!

Aging Gracefully in Photoshop

Give new images retro, vintage looks with three Photoshop techniques.

Improve Photos with One Powerful Tool

These Camera Raw luminosity techniques yield sophisticated results yet are simple to use. And there's no need to buy anything -- it comes with Photoshop!

Get the Best Blues in Landscape Photos

With these shooting tips and Photoshop techniques, the skies in your photos will look their best without detracting from the rest of the image.

Using Flash for the First Time: Part 1

This three-part series gets you up and running quickly even if you've never opened the application before. In this installment, you'll learn how to build a banner.

Get Light Right for the Best Photos

A veteran photographer and Photoshop master shows you how to work with light creatively to get great images within and without Photoshop.

InDesign How-To: Take Control of Text Wrap

Flowing text around all kinds of objects and shapes is easy once you know how.

Do the Impossible in Photoshop

Learn how to transform a photo of a broken neon sign shot in daylight to an image of neon glowing in the moonlight.

Photoshop Smart Objects Mean Never Having to Say You're Sorry

How many times have you made an edit or applied a filter in Photoshop, only to realize later that your "improvement" destroyed pixels you needed? After you read this how-to, you'll never be in that pickle again.