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	N.B. This video was recorded using Photoshop CS5, but for what we do here, CS4 is identical. Using Layers and Blend modes we can effectively add hand colouring to our images. This technique is often seen on old restored photographs to replace faded colour or even to add colour that was never there. However, the same techniques can be used to add colour to our modern images too. Note how we can do this without losing the folds and creases in the sails.
	In this video we take an image through Adobe Camera Raw in Photoshop CS 4 using 16 bit processing, Smart objects and the new Graduated filter option. As usual, we think we also put our own slant on things and use the full power of Photoshop CS-4 to turn an ugly duckling into a swan. The video runs for 43 minutes and is 80MB in size including the start and finished images
	We have noticed while judging projected Camera Club competitions that there is a need for a tutorial on this subject. Here we demonstrate not only how to size your image accurately to meet club rules, but also to get the best sharpness in the reduced sized image. We also include a neat way you can sharpen just one part of the image for those times when an overall sharpening does not do enough. This is an essential video for those who wish their images to be seen at their very best, despite the fact they have been reduced in size for PC projection.
	In this video we demonstrate how we can use Bridge to download images from our camera or cards and also back-up those images to another location or external drive automatically. We also demonstrate how we can catalogue those images for easy searches at any time. We demonstrate how to add key words as we download images and how we can use bridge in Review mode.
	This is where we turn an image into monochrome and allow just one part of that image to show through in colour. We also kill two birds with one stone by demonstrating how effective this technique can be and also making use of the versatile adjustment layers to help us create the effect.
	In this video we take a small crop of an image and work that image though Adobe Camera Raw (ACR). We use the new graduated filter in ACR and also risk some interpolation to get an A3 image from a small part of our digital file. We also do a little creative stuff by bringing the bird out in colour through a mono background. This has the advantage that we kill all the background distractions and our main point of interest then leaps from the image.
	Have you ever looked at your Raw images using Windows Explorer and wondered where those extra files came from, they seem to have just appeared by magic. They are Xmp files and can be more useful than we first think. Here we explain what they are and look at the parameters we are given within Photoshop to store them. Plus a whole lot more of course....
	Every exposure we make is generally a compromise unless we are extremely lucking with the lighting conditions and we rarely are that lucky. Do we expose to get good shadow details underneath the Image 1, or do we accept the strong sky tones on Image 3? What we have tended to do is to go for a midway point as in Image 2 and then we have started our manipulation in Photoshop to darken some areas and lighten others. That takes time and some skill to be able to do that effectively. Come in HDR.
	If you are a newer users of image editing software like Photoshop you are in for some frustrating times. The frustration is caused when we appear to have made some great changes to our image, but when we take a closer look or print it, we see that it is far from perfect. Take our image below as an example. The sky could do with being a little darker to add some impact and appeal and the foreground needs to be lightened and the colour improved. Carrying out those manipulations doesn't sound very difficult, but as a newer user of Photoshop you will be in that steep learning curve and the solution often seems miles away.
	This potential sunset shot fizzled out and did not provide us with the impact and colour we was hoping for. In this tutorial we use all the power of ACR and our experience to enable to push the limits and side step all the usual problems of quality that are associated with that. Check out our more details for a detailed explanation of what we did.
	Making Great Selections is a skill we must develop if we want to get the best out of Photoshop. The trouble is, there are at least a dozen different ways to create a selection. This indicates how important selections are for Photoshop to give us so many ways to make them. On the other hand, the number of choices we have make the learning more difficult. The selection we make will depend on what we want that selection to do for us. In this tutorial we demonstrate how to make a really effective selection in seconds that will enable us to make great adjustments to our images.
	Some selection we make will have to be perfect, so how can we make a really complex cutout without using a selection at all. We have been using this method for some years and it has still not been bettered with any of the new tools in Photoshop. This method is simple and works every time, no matter how complex the cutout you are attempting.
	This is a great tutorial for the newer user of Photoshop CS-4 as it covers a number of different techniques and disciplines that help us to get the best results from our software. The end result is a picture that is creative and eye catching, if we get our manipulations right of course. It's also a good tutorial because we need to use layers to achieve the end result and layers are probably the most important part of Photoshop. To demonstrate a great method of cloning next to objects that need protection, we even use a layer mask too. All intermediate work, but a technique that you can put in the bank and use over and over again.
	The Clone Tool, the Healing Brush and the Spot Healing Brushes are tools we will be using in almost every image we produce. Using those tools effectively needs to become second nature to us. In their general use they are pretty simple to use, but in this video we demonstrate the very best ways to use these tools for the ultimate results.
	Why should we shoot images using Raw mode? What are the advantages? What are the disadvantages? - In this video we hope we have answered those questions with a brief explanation, but also we let our demonstration do most of the talking for us. Our before and after image probably says more about the benefits of shooting in Raw than any explanation can.
	Everyone enjoys turning their photographs into art, but the trouble is finding some great filters amongst the poor examples we often see on the Internet. The one filter system we use ourselves is Alien Skin and here we use their Snap Art filters to create a great oil painting effect.
	Many of the exposure we make with our digital cameras are a compromise. In truth, we would really like to give more exposure to one area and perhaps less to another. Now there are a lot of ways we can achieve this and this type of manipulation probably accounts for the majority of the work we do to our photographs. However, it's not always easy is it? Sometimes when it is possible it then becomes very time consuming in our image editor. Perhaps not !!
	You know there are probably some fantastic images in your picture collection that are just dying to get out, they just need a little recognition and some help. Here we have the age old digital question of how do we make a complex cutout? In fact we can make any cutout we like, the question should be how much time do we want to spend doing it. Many of us will choose quality over time every day of the week, but there are limits. Here we start with an image that has composition and human interest, but fate, as usual, has decided that we were not to get the dramatic background we needed.