The graphics challenge theme for this week is Collage. Your goal is to come up with an imaginative new image using the three starting images provided. The only rules are: ... Read More

I've posted the remainder of lesson one on the Photoshop Elements Workspace. If you want to pick up where we left off last time, start from The Photo Bin, then ... Read More

The Digital Scrapbooking Layouts Gallery has just been updated with 16 new examples of digital scrapbook pages. Browse these digital scrapbook layouts to find inspiration and ideas, learn from other ... Read More

Two all-new galleries have gone up today — Photo Art, featuring photos which have been transformed into something that looks like it was created using traditional art techniques; and Photo ... Read More

I've been very happy with Photoshop Elements as my photo organizer, but it's been a while since I updated my top picks of Photo Cataloging Software. I've got a great ... Read More

CompUSA currently is offering $30 back on the purchase of a Wacom Graphire4 4x5 pen tablet in Blue, Silver, or White. The mail in rebate is good for purchases made ... Read More

Several galleries have been updated. Browse these galleries to learn from our members and see what kind of results can be achieved with a little graphics software know-how! ... Read More

For drawing maps, a vector-based drawing program offers many advantages including the ability to use different line styles, change line widths and colors on the fly, and make adjustments to ... Read More

This week's graphics challenge is Visual Puns. The idea is to come up with an image using a literal translation of a product, plant, object, etc. A few that come ... Read More

I was reading a post by Michelle at Scrapability about scrap bookers and their eternal compulsion to buy more scrapping stuff. As she noted, there's a similar phenomenon with any ... Read More

About Painting Guide Marion Boddy-Evans has a new illustrated Corel Painter tutorial on marbling. Marbling is a distortion technique in which colors are dragged across one another, mixing into each other. ... Read More

A reader recently asked me what I thought about a company called Think All Publishing who was advertising a free offer for "Gimp 2 Photo & Image Studio." I looked ... Read More

Hasn't this happened to you? You take several shots of a group photo, specifically trying to get at least one good one, and after downloading the photos to your computer, ... Read More

If you have a Macintosh with over 4 GB of RAM and you're getting pauses when you paint quickly with Photoshop, you need to install the Disable VM Buffering plug-in ... Read More

I received and email today that's not exactly a graphics software question — however, it is an issue of importance to graphics software users that I'd like to address publicly. "I ... Read More

Have you ever been travelling and needed to do some photo editing work but didn't have a full-fledged photo editor installed? There's a lot you can do with graphics and ... Read More

Note: This offer has expired. Buy.com is currently offering Corel Paint Shop Pro X for $85 less $50 in combined mail-in rebates for a final price of $35. Offer valid from ... Read More

This inspiring gallery displays the before and after results of digital photos that have been retouched or restored using graphics software. All of these photo retouching examples have been ... Read More

Join our community of users who are willing to share their enthusiasm and knowledge of graphics software! Submit examples of your work to be included in our galleries, along with ... Read More

In contrast to the story of my last post about the Electric Paint exhibition, a recent article in the Washington Post talks about how university instructors today are lamenting students' ... Read More

Recently we had a rather spirited discussion in the forum about whether digital graphics could be classified as art. Of course, most us graphics fanatics agreed that it does, but ... Read More

Here's something fun for the weekend. Once a month, Tony Hertz posts a new Photoshop Crossword puzzle on his Web site. Challenge your Adobe Photoshop know-how. Just print the page, grab ... Read More

Frequent upgrades are a bone of contention with a lot of graphics software users. Do you feel pressured to upgrade whenever a new version of your favorite software comes out, ... Read More

Explore the Photoshop Elements menu bar, shortcut bar, toolbox, and palettes in this illustrated tutorial. This is the first lesson in what is to be an ongoing Photoshop Elements class. ... Read More

Bert Monroy has created what is very likely the largest Photoshop file ever. Photo-realistic in detail, his panorama of the Damen Station on the Blue Line of the Chicago Transit ... Read More

Sometimes, something as simple as a shape can ignite a creative spark. I think that's what I like most about all the free Photoshop brushes you can download. If you ... Read More

This week's graphics challenge theme is What Happens Next. It's based on a story telling game where one person starts a story, and then says "And you wont believe what ... Read More

Cast your vote in this week's poll: What kind of software tutorials do you prefer? 1) I like to work through Web-based tutorials online. 2) I like to print Web-based tutorials to ... Read More

Three new layer sets from John Woods have been posted for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. They include Ornamented Metal styles, Circuit Board styles, and Textured Iridescents (shown here). Enjoy! Free Photoshop ... Read More

Rounding out our musical trilogy, this week's graphics challenge theme is My Debut Album. If you were in a band, what would be the name? First come up with a ... Read More