Align to Glyph Bounds | Adobe Illustrator Tutorial
Align to Glyph Bounds | Adobe Illustrator Tutorial Overview With the release of Adobe Illustrator 24.3 at the end of August 2020 Adobe released a new feature labeled Align to Glyph Bounds. Keeping in theme with the other upgrades in 24.3, you can now differentiate whether to align to the em box or the actual glyph bounds. The Problem Before, if you wanted to align imagery with text you would have to look at where the center of the textbox is or the bottom and move the image accordingly. Now that is [...]
How to Colorize a Black and White Photo in Adobe Photoshop
Colorize a Black and White Photo Using One Filter | Adobe Photoshop Tutorial With the release of Adobe Photoshop 22.0 in October 2020 Adobe released the Colorize beta neural filter. Colorize allows for an editor to quickly convert a black and white photo into full color utilizing local processes. Designers can select approximate colors and the AI will automatically start adding in colors based on the values selected. How to Use Colorize Neural Filters can be accessed via the following steps. 1. Open Document Open a Photoshop document [...]
Skin Smoothing: Removing Acne and Blemishes in Adobe Photoshop
Skin Smoothing: Removing Acne and Blemishes | Adobe Photoshop Tutorial Adobe released the Skin Smoothing neural filter with the release of Adobe Photoshop 22.0 in October 2020 . Skin Smoothing adds in blur and removes some of the sharp shadows and utilizes content aware fill to give an approximate of the actual skin if there were no blemishes. While it does not always completely remove the blemishes it does work similarly to using concealer. It takes approximations of the skin tone and blends it on the harsher areas. Similar to a Snapchat filter this must be [...]
Vertical Text Alignment | Adobe Illustrator Tutorial
Vertical Text Alignment | Adobe Illustrator Tutorial Overview With the release of Adobe Illustrator 24.3 at the end of August 2020 Adobe released a new feature labeled Vertical Text Alignment. Previously only available in InDesign, bringing this feature into Illustrator is a welcome addition. The Problem Before, if you wanted to make text align with the middle, bottom, or equally distributed vertically through the text box, you would need to resize the text box and hope it was possible (which it wasn’t with the center of the box without hidden characters). [...]
Lighten Blend Modes in Adobe Photoshop
Blend Modes Part 3 | Photoshop Tutorials 101 Overview This tutorial gives a description of what the five Lighten blend modes do in Adobe Photoshop and how they are used. These modes work well with simple photos underneath complex textures, giving a texture to the image. Lighten The Lighten blend mode utilizes the color information in each channel and selects the lighter color. Pixels lighter than this selected color are replaced, pixels lighter than the selected color stay the same. Screen The Screen blend mode [...]
