Sitting quietly in the Tools panel of the popular image editors Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, and Pixelmator, is the Gradient tool, a wonderfully useful painting tool that lets you create a ...

Choose a suitable photo. One taken from a higher viewpoint is better as this is how you would normally view a set-up such as a model railway. Open the photo in Photoshop and select Quick Mask mode ...

The most difficult objects to mask are those with soft, undefined edges. This is a common issue in photos snapped using a wide aperture (or too close to the object), resulting in an increasingly soft ...