The first in a continuing series published at Big Swing called Zen Photoshop
So, what’s the difference between working with an 8-bit image and a 16-bit image? Short answer: a lot of color.
Most articles about 8- and 16-bit imagery begin by explaining what a bit is, what bit depth is, and what you get when you add up all the numbers.
Well, I can hardly keep my eyes open reading the technical stuff. I’m an artist, not a mathematician. Let’s leave the mechanics to the engineers, and focus our attention on how a basic understanding of bit depth can enhance your aesthetic vision and potentially speed your workflow.
Continuing their promotion of nonstop service to Dubai, Emirates airlines needed a bold campaign to show off their luxury cabins. Working with Boston-based ism, they settled on a clever concept: dressing ho-hum New York metro area commuter buses up as sleek Airbus a380s.
Teaming up with our old friends at ism in Boston, Big Swing just completed illustrating Emirates Airlines’ Toronto superboard imagery.
Think making a giant 16’ by 65’ superboard from low-quality files can’t be done? Big Swing says think again. We used the Emirates Airlines’ low-quality files to create lush imagery that says luxury to the thousands of people who pass by it each day.
Last week, David Pogue of The New York Times used his weekly video segment to demonstrate a couple of Macro Software applications.
Pogue’s presentation was great, and it inspired us to tell you about a little piece of Macro Software Big Swing uses every day: Type It 4 Me!
Since the release of Photoshop CS3, I’ve had several people ask me the same question: Why doesn’t feathering a selection work like it did in CS2?
A couple of weeks ago, my G5 Power Mac blew up. We still haven’t figured out what happened, but it seems to have been a hardware failure of some kind. We were in the middle of a very large project, and could not be without an imaging machine for even a single day. Thankfully both drives were unaffected, and a local electronics store had a Mac Pro in stock. We were up and running in about 6 hrs, and made our deadline.
The first in a continuing series published at Big Swing called Zen Photoshop
So, what’s the difference between working with an 8-bit image and a 16-bit image? Short answer: a lot of color.
Mastering Photoshop: Retouching, Compositing, and Masking
February 21 - February 27, 2010
For more information or to register by phone, call the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops at (505) 983-1400, ext. 11. → Register online
Stephen Yadzinski is teaching Photoshop Retouching and Composite intensive at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops March 25th - 27th 2009.
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