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Every page on this site
Every page on this site, grouped by the program it is about: the operations, the two tools this archive outlived, and the rule this site uses to judge a technique.
PHOTOSHOP
- Photoshop, operation by operation
- Photoshop: the first hour Photoshop for beginners: the first hour
- Blend modes, and what each one is for Photoshop blend modes and what each one is for
- Brushes, and where the free ones are Photoshop brushes, and where the free ones are
- Changing one colour in a photo How to change one colour in a photo
- The effects this site taught, and which ones aged
- Swapping a face How to swap a face in Photoshop
- What to use instead, free and lawful What to use instead of Photoshop, free and lawful
- Photoshop on a phone What actually works
- Patterns, and how to make your own Using them and making your own
- Removing a background in Photoshop How to remove a background in Photoshop
- Portrait retouching, and how far to go Portrait retouching in Photoshop, and how far to go
- Selective colour Selective colour in Photoshop
- Textures and overlays Textures and overlays in Photoshop
- Removing a background in Elements Removing a background in Photoshop Elements
- Removing a green screen Removing a green screen in Photoshop
- Cutting out hair Cutting out hair in Photoshop
ILLUSTRATOR
- Illustrator, operation by operation
- Illustrator: the first hour Illustrator for beginners: the first hour
- What the generative tools actually do to your vector artwork What the generative tools in Illustrator actually do
- Gradients Gradients in Illustrator
- Turning an image into vector Turning an image into vector with Image Trace
- Kerning and tracking Kerning and tracking in Illustrator
- Illustrator or InDesign Which one for the job
PAINTSHOP PRO
- PaintShop Pro, and where it stands now What it is and where it stands now
- Jasc Paint Shop Pro: the image editor, and which version is current Jasc Paint Shop Pro and what became of it
FIREWORKS
- Adobe Fireworks: the design tool that went, and what replaced it What it was and what replaced it
- What designers use instead: the image and interface tools that took the work What designers use instead of Fireworks
WORDPRESS
- WordPress: where the images end up, for someone who has to run one WordPress, explained for someone who has to run one
- How WordPress actually works, from the request to the image on the page
THE WEB OF 2006
- The web this site was written for: the techniques that were right and are now wrong The web this site was written for, and what happened to it
ABOUT
- About this site About TipClique and how it judges a technique
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All guides
Your first hour in Photoshop.
Start with layers, selections and masks. Build a foundation you can keep using.
Your first hour in Illustrator.
Get comfortable with paths, anchor points and a different way of drawing.
Still relevantGood edits can happen anywhere.
What Photoshop on a phone can actually do with layers, masks and selections.