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Photoshop "Zen of the Pen" pen tool tutorials

1. Al Mackey's Photoshop Tutorial
   This tutorial teaches you how to use the pen tool to ink a drawing. With the pen tool active, you click on one of the three icons for making paths (the middle icon) up in the options bar. Clicking and dragging to set the direction. of the lines. The direct selector tool is then used to adjust the path of lines. Once it's adjusted correctly. The Stroke path inks along the created path. Once this is done, the path can be deleted. A tip is added at the end: smaller lines are better off being handdrawn. Departments/Topics: Photoshop Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: Al Mackey. This link was submitted by: Ostrom, posted on 9/26/2003
2. Grasping the Path and Pen Tools
   This site offers a great instruction for the use of the pen tool. It did though lack a sense of visual follow steps. It had some steps that help you see but not alot of step by step pictures. The pen tool does help out the objection of croping out forms from pictures. The best part of the cite was the final step process where it breaks it down for an easy directional use of the pen tool. Departments/Topics: Photoshop Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: Ron F Woolley. This link was submitted by: Whitford, posted on 9/26/2003
3. The Gfx Lab Photoshop Tutorials
   This site is a photoshop tutorial about the pen tool. It assumes you have already SOME familiarity with photoshop, and maybe the pen tool. In this site the demonstration is putting flames on the side of a photographed car. It teaches you little tricks on how to get an effect like this and how to make it look perfect. It goes over how to use the pen tool to make shapes like this, and how to adjust it. Overall, I didn't learn that much, but it was good to see another example of the pen tool being used, and refresh my memory. Departments/Topics: Photoshop Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: Chris Young. This link was submitted by: Mohn, posted on 9/27/2003
4. whats a vector, victor?
   with this tutorial you will learn: A. Vector graphics vs. Raster graphics B. Making a Raster shape C. Making a filled Shape Path (Vector shape) D. Rasterizing a Vector shape You will also work with these skills: Saving a file, Making a new layer; Naming a layer; Using the color picker; Duplicating a layer; Using some keyboard shortcuts; Making transformations; Using the Pen tool; Playing with Paths. finally, you will learn to definitions and reasons for use of the pen tool. Departments/Topics: Pull Down to select . . . and -- Site content author: janee. This link was submitted by: scully, posted on 9/28/2003
5. Free Photoshop basic photo retouching, tutorials tips and tricks
   This is a cute little site run by Inside Graphics that does exactly what the title states. (Photoshop basic photo retouching tutorials, tips and tricks). It has a short little demonstration of photo retouching, mainly using color balance and auto levels and contrast to change the appearance. This site also offers other tips in other photo-editing programs such as Image ready and Corel Draw. Departments/Topics: Photoshop Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: Inside Graphics. This link was submitted by: Cabrian, posted on 9/28/2003
6. Adobe Illustrator WOW- Zen of the Pen
   This page has a free tutorial on the zen of the pen for photoshop, illustrator and more. It seems like a pretty good resource for turtorials, not only because it walked you through the steps but also because it has a little movie clip that is helpful too. Sharon Steuer is the instructor of this site and is also the author of many of the Illustrator Wow books. This was link off of the DTG Magazine, The Design and Publishing Center site which has more helpful links regarding photoshop and illustrator resources. Departments/Topics: Photoshop Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: Design University. This link was submitted by: Cabrian, posted on 9/28/2003
7. Adobe Photoshop 7: Pen Tool with Shape Layers : Part One
   This site helps to use the Pen Tool just on a "new-user" tutorial level. There are different types of pens to choose from and it very confusing for a beginning such as myself. Each function plays a significant role such as click and dragging the anchor point on a selected image. A lot of the pen tool functions have to do with reshaping and modifying images to become completely new images. Because the pen tool uses vector points, it is easy to use after a while and there are benefits to using the pen tool rather than selections. Departments/Topics: Photoshop Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: PS Designs (Darrell Heath). This link was submitted by: Aldrich, posted on 9/28/2003
8. Paint Shop Pro 7 Vectors and Effects
   For some reason i am very drawn to the tutorials that are step-by-step. Vectors seem so simple, but in fact so many things can be created from them. The website was set up with a final project is given and then the steps help you achieve it. Things like gradients and other settings were used. Altering and reflections were also used. Overall i liked vikki's tutorial! Departments/Topics: Photoshop Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: Vikki Dawson. This link was submitted by: Greene, posted on 9/28/2003
9. The GFX Lab
   This site demonstrates putting flames on the side of a vehicle. It shows how to use the pen tool so the flames bend and shape to the car to make it look real. It takes you step by stwp througheverything and making sure you have your pads pallette out. This site has alot of extra itema dn things that will be like a review. Departments/Topics: Quark XPress Resources Report and -- Site content author: Chris young. This link was submitted by: STROUD, posted on 9/28/2003
10. Pen Tips
    The website was about the whole concept of pen in Adobe Photoshop. Although I was familiar with the subject matter, reading over this website will make you REMEMBER. Departments/Topics: Photoshop Resources Report and -- Site content author: Mike Doughty. This link was submitted by: Sadiarin, posted on 9/28/2003
11. Image Retouching
    This is a great site that is very informing of exactly how to go through with image or photo retouching. They have great pictures that show all the contrasts and differences that they describe. They go into shading and gamma and other things. There are also pitures of the dialog boxes that show how to adjust the settings and so on. I really enjoyed finding out about photo retouching from this site. Departments/Topics: Photoshop Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: Gary David Bouton. This link was submitted by: Hansen, posted on 9/28/2003
12. Photoshop, Photo Retouching
    This lessong was cool because it featured how to fix or retouch a picture by adjusting the brightness and contrast, hue and saturation, while introducing the use of the rubber stamp tool as well. This tool is not something I was entirely sure of its use, though became evident by the end. Departments/Topics: Photoshop Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: Tiem Design Magazine. This link was submitted by: Mann, posted on 9/22/2003
13. Taters
    This site showed how to retouch a photograph using Photoshop 6-7. The tutorial explained that by using new adjustment layers and patching and healing photos, you can make them look clearer and cleaner all by changing and manupulating colors and contrasts. The use of the patch tool and the healing tool become very important when changing the presentation of the photograph, because they tweak the appearance and better the project. Departments/Topics: Photoshop Tutorial Report and -- Site content author: Janee. This link was submitted by: Faulk, posted on 9/28/2003

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