RISC User Series

Working on the Image

A series on image processing and manipulation

Working on the Image by Nobilangelo Ceramalus

9:7 Imp Arc Retouching and Editing in Photodesk
We begin a new practical graphics series
9:8 Imp Arc Cutting Selections
Nobilangelo Ceramalus offers advice on cutting out portions of images
9:9 Imp Arc Presenting a Message
Nobilangelo Ceramalus offers advice on getting your message across
9:10 Imp Arc Marbled Textures
Nobilangelo Ceramalus experiments with patterns and image processing effects
10:1 Imp Arc Photodesk 2
Nobilangelo Ceramalus gets to grips with Photodesk 2 and finds a lot to praise
10:2 Imp Arc More on Photodesk 2
Nobilangelo Ceramalus boldly goes deeper into the Photodesk 2 universe
10:3 Imp Arc Photodesk FX1
Nobilangelo Ceramalus tests out Photodesk's new suite of special effects plug-ins
10:4 Imp Arc Photodesk FF1
Nobilangelo Ceramalus tests out Photodesk's new suite of file format plug-ins
10:5 Imp Arc Doodles with Ns and RISC Users
Nobilangelo Ceramalus goes Snark-hunting, but finds out that Boojums aren't always as fearsome as they seem
10:6 Imp Arc The Acorn Time-Tunnel
Nobilangelo Ceramalus looks down a time-tunnel towards Acorn's future
10:7 Imp Arc Composing Androids
The age of the android is upon us! Learn how to become a cybernetic brain-surgeon
10:8 Imp Arc Clan Praise and 3D Buttons
Nobilangelo Ceramalus gets up to some Clannish tricks
10:9 Imp Arc Banishing Patterns
Moiré, rosettes, and how to banish them from your pictures
10:10 Imp Arc Making Money with ArtWorks and Photodesk
Using ArtWorks in conjunction with Photodesk to make easy money
11:1 Imp Arc Image Processing and Using TWAIN
Nobilangelo Ceramalus gets worked up about software manuals and super-scaling TWAIN scanner drivers
11:2 Imp Arc Photodesk FX2
Nobilangelo Ceramalus evaluates a powerful set of ten new plug-in effects for Photodesk
11:3 Imp Arc Producing a Gatefold Brochure
Nobilangelo Ceramalus presents some useful hints on manipulating graphics for use in a colour gatefold brochure
11:4 Imp Arc Making Boxes
Nobilangelo Ceramalus uses scans to create a virtual box, and explores Photodesk's Hatch and Pixelise tools
11:5   OP Paint's Colour Palette
Nobilangelo Ceramalus manipulates Paint's colour palette, and creates rainbow edges around letters
11:6   OP Photodesk 3 and 3D Lettering
Nobilangelo Ceramalus previews Spacetech's new layers-enhanced version 3 of Photodesk, and investigates further means of creating 3D lettering effects
11:7   OP Channel Mapping and Bitmapping Vectors
Exploring Photodesk's channel maps, and creating bitmap graphics from vector drawings
11:9   OP Scanning and Resolution
Nobilangelo Ceramalus presents hints and tips on scanning, resolution and Photodesk 3
11:10   OP Exploring Colour
Nobilangelo Ceramalus delves into the world of colour
12:1   OP 3D Lettering
Nobilangelo Ceramalus continues his foray into the world of computer graphics with a summary of lots of methods for creating three-dimensional text effects in both ArtWorks and Photodesk
12:2   OP Desk Accessories
Spacetech's accessory CD-ROM for Photodesk gets the once over from Nobilangelo Ceramalus
12:3   OP An Introduction to Digital Art
Nobilangelo Ceramalus slots the latest CD-ROM from Spacetech into his drive and comes away suitably impressed with the artistic skill showed by David Cowell on his new Introduction to Digital Art CD
12:4   OP The Canon BJC-7100
Beautiful printing and a powerful printer driver from Spacetech? It's a winning combination, says Nobilangelo Ceramalus
12:5   OP Designing a House in ArtWorks
Nobilangelo Ceramalus decided to design and build his dream house, and found that the best tool for the job was good old ArtWorks. Find out how he did it and what he discovered in the process
12:6   OP Binding Paper and Shadowed Numbers
Nobilangelo Ceramalus looks at the best way of binding large amounts of paper together, and creates a shadowed numeral using ArtWorks and Photodesk
12:7   OP Semi-Transparency in ArtWorks
Nobilangelo Ceramalus shows how you can achieve the impossible: semi-transparencies in ArtWorks, even though they rely on (there's no other word for it) a bug
12:8   OP Astute Phantasm and Logos
Nobilangelo Ceramalus looks at Astute Graphics' Web site, Phantasm and the secrets of successful logos
12:9   OP Vignettes and Roundels
Nobilangelo Ceramalus looks at how to create vignettes (images that fade into the background in various different ways) and how to create images with irregular objects arranged around the outside of a circle
12:10   OP Another Masterpiece
Nobilangelo Ceramalus has a play with David Cowell's second CD, Creative Digital Imaging and is as impressed with it as he was with its predecessor, An Introduction to Digital Art