Archive For The “Photo & Design Tips” Category

Fun with Photoshop and Luminosity | Los Angeles Graphic Design

By | March 15, 2012

Luminosity_Genesis

Looking to have a little fun with your photos and do it under one minute? Well I’ve got just the thing for you. It’s called Luminosity and you can find it under the drop down in your layers pallete. the WHAT: The “Luminosity” of a photo is the LIGHT of a photo (to put it [...]

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Photo Tip | How to get the blurry background in your photos

By | March 11, 2012

KT

Blurring out my backgrounds was the first thing I wanted to learn when I started learning photography. Additionally, it’s also one of the most commonly asked questions I get whenever I post photos on Facebook. And why shouldn’t it be? It’s pretty damn cool! It also helps draw attention to your subject matter – whatever [...]

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Design tips for the non-designer | Los Angeles graphic design

By | March 9, 2012

cps

  It gets brought to my attention everyday than not every start-up company has the finances to hire a graphic or web designer. When that happens, small business owners have to take matters into their own hands and design their own marketing collateral which can be…well…sometimes pretty scary quite frankly! Contrary to popular belief, simply [...]

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Photo copyright | The ugly truth about using pictures from the internet

By | January 29, 2012

horsey

Are you committing copyright infringement by using photos from the internet? You might be shocked to learn that in some of the cases the answer is YES. I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to address this issue because it has been an issue for me for years as a web designer let alone [...]

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High Res vs. Low Res: Why anyone should care.

By | December 30, 2011

highres_lowres

You’ve most likely heard of these two terms before, but never really gave it much thought. Unless you’re getting something printed or talking to a photographer, there probably isn’t much mention on this topic. However, the difference between a “high resolution” image and a “low resolution” image is huge. First, let’s start with what those [...]

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