One of my friends informed me of very cool freeware application that allows you to view Photoshop brushes without ever opening Photoshop. The ABRViewer was written by Luigi Bellanca of Italy. This tool allows you to preview, test, manage and cache thumbnails of your...
Overview
I recently started using the NuLOOQ on my Mac Mini and was pleasantly surprised with its performance. Right out of the box I have been using the NuLOOQ for brush adjustments in Photoshop and controlling my iTunes for easy listening. Then I started to customize the settings and now have some of my other programs configured to use the NuLOOQ as well.One extremely small but super useful feature is the ability to quickly drag around a massive image which allows me to quickly examine an image in Photoshop and make finer corrections. I tend to do a fair amount of photo retouching in my studio and now I am able to adjust my brush sizes but that’s not all, I can also change the hardness, flow or opacity all with the same tool and a simple button press.
Software
The Tooldial software allowed me to quickly change tools in Photoshop, paint with the Wacom tablet and all without ever touching the keyboard. Simply put this is an amazing productivity increase and I have only scratched the surface of the power behind the NuLOOQ’s customizable settings.
Overview
First let me start off by saying that I am far from a Photoshop beginner so I am cautious when choosing a book, but this one didn’t disappoint. I was introduced to many tricks and tips or “Finishing Touches”… such as (patterns, custom brushes, burned edges, selective blurring and delivery) among others that have recently added that extra “pop” to my photos. I noticed in the other reviews that people are disappointed with the amount of “border effects” but what they are forgetting is Photoshop is a program that produces the best results with experimentation. Dave isn’t trying to create clones (not the stamp), but is giving us insight in how the pros create such stunning imagery.