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Nov 16  06
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I’ve written about several tips and tools for finding color schemes, both in Macworld and on Futurosity, but Instant Color Schemes is unique. Enter any word or phrase and Instant Color Schemes creates a customized color palette, pulling the most prominent six colors from each of five images from Yahoo! Image Search. The results are […]

Create Instant Color Schemes From Words

Nov 02  06
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This weekly(ish) podcast offers dozens of Photoshop tutorials (including how to create digital mats, enhancing aged photos, and working with RAW), many of them videos, and all of them short enough to complete on your coffee break.

2 Minute Photoshop Tricks

Jan 27  06
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My article for the Create column in the February issue of Macworld, “Take command of color,” is available online. You’ll find several simple, useful tips for working with OS X’s Colors panel, along with some recommendations for color resources on the Web.

Take Command of Color in OS X

Jul 29  05
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It’s only been a couple of days since I posted a blurb about COLOURlovers, but I’m hooked. I see COLOURlovers colours when I lie awake in bed at night. I’ve even started spelling “color” with a “u.” I’ve already added about 25 colours, and I can’t stop clicking though new colours, voting and looking for […]

COLOURlovers and DigitalColor Meter

Jul 07  05
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Thinking about color for my redesign, I came across this great tip for creating a color palette on YourTotalSite.
Forget about Monochromatic, Tetradic, Triadic, or any -ic schemes. Just find a picture containing colors you like—the subject and quality of the picture is irrelevant—and open the picture in Photoshop. Select Filters > Pixelate > Mosaic. […]

Color Palette Tip: Pixelate a Picture