http://thedesignspace.net/ My daily explorations, troubleshooting, solutions and discoveries. en-us ellen@thedesignspace.net Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:45:51 -0500 http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000717.html I've been experimenting with enhancing some of my photos in Photoshop to create more interesting images. I use a Canon PowerShot SD 990IS point-and-shoot camera that does a good job on the whole, but because the lens isn't very high quality, images sometimes come out somewhat hazy. The camera actually captures a lot of detail but it takes some processing... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000713.html Recently I've been using the Photoshop Filter Gallery filters more than usual, and experienced a few apparent problems, particularly with the grayscale filters. First all the grayscale filters suddenly seemed to stop working. All of them showed nothing but a completely blank screen, no matter what settings were tried. I really thought this was some sort of bug with CS4.... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000583.html I have a very fast multi-core system, so I was puzzled because Photoshop always opened even tiny images slowly, sometimes taking 5 or 10 seconds, and freezing everything in the process. Thanks to a post on Cha2e.com, I found the cause: printer drivers I don't even use! Chase suggests checking your printers to find any offline or unconnected ones. I... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000566.html One important element that is often left out of beginner Dreamweaver courses is how to make your photos web-ready. Today's cameras turn out multi-megapixel images that are several feet wide when dropped into a web page at web resolution. Here's how to take a folder of high-resolution images and turn them into smaller files that will display at about 5-6"... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000392.html High-resolution Photoshop brushes based on Ernst Haeckel's engravings of shells and sea jellies. Great used as stamps, or the spiky shells look particularly good when you use scattering and angle and opacity jitter. Download... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000391.html This is my second set of brushes based on Haeckel's drawings of diatoms, coral and other sea creatures. 11 different brushes are included, many with variations in opacity, spacing, size jitter, etc. Download file... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000314.html These Photoshop brushes were done a while ago in version 7. They are based on the old KPT FraxFlame plugin. Click here to download Frax Flame brushes View all my Photoshop Brushes... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000132.html I noticed a dramatic slowdown after installing Panther when using Photoshop 7, particularly when using text, layer effects, and also when using the color picker. After some experimenting I found that changing to the Apple color picker dramatically speeds up text and the color picker comes up instantly. The layer style dialog still takes quite a while to come up,... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000025.html New Photoshop Brushes based on antique architectural engravings. Get 'em right here! The file is zipped, but is still around 2.2MB. View all my Photoshop Brushes... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000020.html Photoshop brushes are incredible! I just discovered them and have been playing with them for two days straight. They're like rubber stamps on steroids. You can control the brush dynamics - the separation of each individual "stamp", the color and brightness "jitter", randomness, edges, etc. I've found many sites that offer free brush sets, but Truly-Sarah.com and AnnikaVonHoldt.com are my...