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The “soft focus” technique is pretty popular in late-80s and early 90s, as a way to show a dream-like effect on photographs. Back then, it was commonly achieved by using a “soft-focus” filter in front of the camera lens. Today, we can easily create this effect with Adobe Photoshop. Note: This tutorial is written based [...]

Tired of clicking File -> Open? How about if you can open an image in Photoshop without using the Menu bar OR pressing Ctrl+O?

Sometimes when you visit a certain website, you’ll notice a certain combination of colors that you really like – and perhaps planning to use it on something you’re working on, or as an inspiration for future use. The way I normally go about to get these colors is by taking a screen shot of the [...]

I’m sure most of us have taken landscape photos in one way or another. Most of the time you’ll notice you either get a flat-out image, washed out sky or very dark building/grounds. In this guide, I’m going to show a very simple editing process that can improve your skies and make it more dramatic. [...]

Among the many questions that I was asked when subject of improving photos with photoshop is “What did you do to your photos that it stands out?”. Took me a while to figure out what they mean – after all, I didn’t think the photographs that I took was outstanding. Later on, I did manage [...]

I’m sure a lot of people are pretty sick of using MS Paint to process basic images – most of us that is using corporate PC’s are restricted in the options to install our own software – especially those that are of questionable origin. I don’t know about others, but I’m for one, is not [...]

Hey guys, check out bebe’s blog – she have just updated her new layout! Please do report any bugs/rendering errors yeah!

The problem with CSS is that it doesn’t pre-load all the images used, until the first time the class/id is being used in the page. However, I’ve found a simple solution to ensure that your CSS Rollovers load the replacement image instantly all the time!