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September 2006 1) Photo Restoration and Repair 2) Lightning Brushes 3) Star Brushes Update 4) Sepia Techniques 5) Photoshop Elements 5 Announced ----------------------------------------------------- Photo Restoration and Repair ----------------------------------------------------- Almost everyone has some aging or damaged photographs lying around, but we tend not to think much of it. Some people even consider getting them restored, but often the only way to do that is to pay a company money to do it for you. Photoshop Elements changes all that. With some of the great tools at your disposal, and a little simple training, restoring photos yourself becomes really easy! Read these articles on Photo Restoration, and try it out on some of YOUR old favorites: http://www.easyelements.com/restore-photo.html ----------------------------------------------------- Lightning Brushes ----------------------------------------------------- The latest free brush set has been added to the site, so drop by and pick up my Lightning Brushes here! http://www.easyelements.com/photoshop-lightning-brush-set.html Be sure to read the Techniques section on that page for the best-and-brightest ways to use these great new brushes! ----------------------------------------------------- Star Brushes Update ----------------------------------------------------- The site is now home to 7 free brush sets, totaling over 250 free brushes. Recently, I took some time to review these brushes, and noticed that my very first set was not really up to scratch! It seems like a long time ago I made the Star Brushes, and I had much less experience under my belt. So last week I reformed the brush sets with some additions, to bring it up to standard. Take a look here if you're interested: http://www.easyelements.com/photoshop-star-brush-set.html ----------------------------------------------------- Sepia Techniques ----------------------------------------------------- While I was researching and writing about photo restoration, it came to my attention that sepia photographs are still very popular. As I looked further into the background of sepia toning and related techniques, I couldn't help but agree that there are some fascinating and intriguing effects possible, and that Sepia Photographs do have a 'special something'. Why not glance through my articles on Sepia and Photoshop, and see if it captures your interest in the same way: http://www.easyelements.com/photoshop-sepia.html ----------------------------------------------------- Photoshop Elements 5 Announced ----------------------------------------------------- Adobe have announced today the release of the fifth version of Photoshop Elements. Personally, having looked over the new feature list, I'm a little unsure of the benefits of upgrading if you already have version 3 or 4. The pre-order price is $90, or if you upgrade $70, but personally I'll wait until I'm a little more sure of the advantages. If you want to have a look at the new features, take a look at Adobe's website here: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/newfeatures.html ----------------------------------------------------- That's it for this issue! I hope YOU found YOUR newsletter useful! Please do contact me with any requests for the second September edition of Elements Express, as all these requests go into the making of my next newsletter. Any other comments or requests for this newsletter? Just let me know via my contact page here: http://www.easyelements.com/contact.html Until next time! Kind Regards, Robert Redwood. |
