Archive for August, 2006

Rapid Fire #5: Image Editing Tricks Part II

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Brownspank
on August 10, 2006
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Apples and mangoes

We conclude our two-part Rapid Fire special with a technique that will save you from manual-erase horrors that come with placing one photo over another. Using vector shapes and the Multiply blend mode in Adobe® Fireworks® allows us to create adjustable superimpositions and preserve the shadows of the superimposed image. This works best with photos of objects with a flat white background, standard among stock photos.

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Rapid Fire #4: Image Editing Tricks Part I

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Brownspank
on August 10, 2006
in Adobe, Design, Fireworks, Rapid Fire and Tutorial
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Together, pictures become better pictures

This dual serving of Rapid Fire demonstrates some basic image compositing techniques in Adobe® Fireworks®. This is the first of two parts, and will serve as a simple intro showing how to create and match perspectives using the Distort Tool. And what better example than putting a screenshot over an empty screen?

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