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Yet another Photoshop goof-off

By Dawn Pedersen 06/29/2009

I solicited high-res photos from my online friends on a message board, and the first responder gave me photos of his baby. “300″ is copyright Warner Brothers, not me!

On top is the original photo.

Beckett 300

Another retouched photo to wind up the weekend

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By Dawn Pedersen 06/28/2009

I had so much fun with the photo retouching I did yesterday, I did another one today. I found this photo on Google images and attempted to take 20 years off her. What do you think?

random lady

A fun photo retouch

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By Dawn Pedersen 06/27/2009

This is just a quick post to share some Photoshop fun I had today. I found a random guy on Google and tweaked him a bit. The result is sort of graphic novel-ly.

Some Dude

6 Rules for Realistic Reflections in Photoshop

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By Dawn Pedersen 06/24/2009

Reflected Phones

Made popular by Apple, the “wet table” reflection effect is now so prevalent that we hardly notice it. That is, unless it’s botched due to a misunderstanding of how real reflections work. Avoid making the most common reflection errors in Photoshop by following these six rules:
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