Jan 6

What if you don’t have Adobe Photoshop installed in your workstation? Or, what if you have emergency to edit and upload an oversize image at cybercafé?


The solution is got it done online in any web browser (anytime, anywhere)! Try on Pixelr – Online image Editor. I found it quite useful and the tools are similar to Photoshop, well, it’s kind of online version.

It was integrated in Flash technology, interface and click through was excellent. First glance of it, the impression of “good to have”! Several thousands of visitors use the service each day according to blog.

Personally, it’s definitely much better than Microsoft paints! :P

First of all, 65% of similarity in PS, you could find it here! Nevertheless, there were some limitation such as selections of Filters, layers etc. Overall, it gave convenience to most of the people who could edit their photo in one browser.

Dec 29

How to make skin smoother especially you have a wonderful shot but something was missing from perfection. In fact, it had been a while I wanted to try out this effect in PS (Adobe Photoshop).

Found a lot of steps from tutorials that teaching how to smoother skin in PS; yet I found one which is much simple and quick way to create smoother and younger skin.


Firstly, duplicate the same image in another layer; then create the effect of “Surface Blur” from PS filter > Blur; and depend on how much Radius (here I have used 20 pixels) and Threshold at 12-15 levels.

Secondly, use effect of “Smart Blur” from PS filter > Blur; with Threshold 100, for quality select on “High”, for Radius will be depending on results. If too much pixels selected then it will be looked too fake. But I have used 1.1 pixels.

Once have done on the effects, go back “Layers” and change the “Opacity” to 60% – 70%. Of coz it’s not done yet, there’s some manual work to be done. Use Eraser Tools to brush out the none-skin area such as her eyes, hair and background etc. About 2-3 minutes of brushing and erasing and finally the master-piece has completed.

Another smoother exercise for my son’s face… look more baby face (Right) now!