Syncing ColorSettings or What's Safe about "Safe CMYK"?

A recent post to the APA Digital email list brought up an important topic I thought would be good to discuss here. When Adobe bundled their programs in the Creative Suite the idea was to make life easier for users. As all the programs now work together seamlessly the...

First Things First

As an artist some issues such as Workflow tend to come across as being stuffy and boring. How many of us just want to get in and start working on creating something really cool? That’s where the real fun is, right?But running around in circles isn’t much...
Pserpective Grids in Photoshop

Pserpective Grids in Photoshop

Illustrators often will draw out perspective lines when beginning a complex illustration to help them keep everything looking just right.The old way involves defining the vanishing point and then drawing a series of lines all intersecting and passing through that...

Cafe: The Land of Flavors

Earlier this year Dennis worked on a campaign with photographer Richard Radstone featuring surrealistic scenes representing different regions in Colombia. This image highlights the coffee growing region that is known the world over for the great flavor of the coffee...
Quick Tip: Checking your Masks

Quick Tip: Checking your Masks

Of all the skills needed in doing High End Retouching, (or “Finishing” as they call it in the movie poster biz), masking is among the most basic and essential. When combining several images together a mask is used to determine what parts of the image are...