In this tutorial Dave Cross experiments with the color range command and goes to work on a portrait to create some creative variations of the image.
Author: Dave Cross
For close to 25 years, Dave Cross has been helping photographers and creative professionals get the most out of their software. Starting with Adobe Illustrator classes in 1987, Dave has taught Photoshop,Illustrator and InDesign to thousands of users around the world. He has a Bachelor of Education, is an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop CS5 and is a Certified Technical Trainer. Dave has taught at Photoshop World (20 times), written numerous articles and several books, co-hosts Photoshop User TV and has appeared in many DVDs and online courses for Kelby Training. Dave is the Lead Instructor for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, and runs his own studio/workshop space in Tampa, FL. Over the last 12 years, Dave has taught Photoshop in every state in the United States, throughout Canada and in Europe, consistently earning rave reviews. Dave is well-known for his engaging style, his humor and his ability to make complex topics easy to understand. In 2009 Dave was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame.
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this is a pretty cool tutorial!!!
Thanks, Dave! Liked the integration with Illustrator, but frankly just enjoyed watching how you use the mouse and hearing key commands to get more done faster. I’d forgotten about Command-J to duplicate, didn’t know about the presets for Highlights, Midtones, and Shadows in the color range selection, and never realized I could drag through layers to hide them (was always clicking one at a time). Much appreciated.
~benc
Nice ideas
All f a sudden, I can’t get the video tutorials on this site and also on the Planet Photoshop site to play. Have been watching them for years, but now I can’t even get the ones that I was able to watch last week to play. Using a Mac OS 10.5.6 and Safari. Have also gone to the Adobe site and did a re-install of the latest version of Adobe Flash Player.
Help
amazing.. u have sorted out my big problem
thanks
I had the same problem with my Flash Player. When I updated my system software, Flash would only work on certain things in Safari.
Resolved it by using FIREFOX. Don’t know why, but it works.
I don’t have illustrator but managed to follow the photoshop bits to create this image. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dereksbeard/3249006470/
Awesome tutorial there! Inspiring, to the point, full of handy tips and well-narrated. This will fuel me for the next few hours. Thanks!
thnks
Very very cool Dave!
great tut:) many Thanks
I remember you from the lessons in Photoshop Elements . I think you are the greatest. I like everything that you teach.
Hi – just watched this tutorial and loved it but there is a much simpler way > sorry!
Create a selection > in the Paths palette at the bottom select button Make work path from selection > this creates a path of your selection (same as Live trace in illus) > then Edit > Define custom shape. simple!! love it, will make use of this handy new skill.
just learning some of the little things allows me to experiment and apply it to other stuff.
Awesome to the max!