Hello again. We have a few new tutorials on
our YouTube channel, including some that focus on
working with selection masks and the alpha
channel. One video is 40 minutes long and has no
narration, but relaxing music by Jose Luis Suazo.
We hope you like it. We also are still
running a promotion on PD Pro 5 for just $5 to the
end of the month, as well as a free Pixelan AnyFX
giveaway for anyone who buys version 8, either PD
Artist or PD Howler edition.
Thanks for reading, and thanks for waffling!
New Tutorials: Selections
Plus: 200 videos, and counting
Many of our new tutorials are in our YouTube
channel 'pdhowler':
More tutorials about
Selections and working with the Alpha Channel:
Here are tutorials on the Alpha channel that date
back to PD Pro 4, and which should still be useful
for users of v5 and beyond. The interface may have
evolved but the concepts remain very usable
throughout the releases.
Lesson 1 -
selecting a simple image (few colors) to
turn it into a custom brush
Lesson 2 - a first
look at multiple selections (using
Shift-click) and hand-crafting a multi-frame
animated brush
Lesson 3 -
selecting multiple regions with SHIFT key,
using Left mouse button to add to the
selection, or right mouse button to subtract
from the current selectionrectangle or oval
to alpha
Lesson 4 -
It's practice time! Another little project
where SHIFT-click with the magic wand comes
in handy to reverse-engineer a logo into its
original components, separating it from a
complex background.
Lesson 5 - The
Lasso tool
Lesson 6 -
Rectangle and Oval to Alpha selections
Lesson 7 -
Support Mount Wilson Observatory.
Lesson 8 -
to skin an apple
Loading an Image
to Alpha & Painting on Alpha - with PD
Particles too
October Promo: PD Pro 5 for
just $5
This promo runs through the end of October.
Normally priced at $35, we're practically giving
it away, for just $5. Details here:
Through the month of October, we are running a
special promotion with Pixelan, which makes
plugins for various popular imaging and video
editing programs. See their complete lineup of
tools at Pixelan's website:
Look for their upcoming eciting new product
releases.
One of their products is called AnyFX. It contains
numerous filters and creative tools to modify both
still images as well as animated sequences
(video). For example, it includes awesome Rain and
Snow filters. The main website for AnyFX is:
There is a version also for PD Pro, called AnyFX
for PD. They have released a version that is made
to work with PD Pro 8. There are two parts to it:
static filters, and animated filters, so you can
use it with PD Artist 8 as well as PD Howler 8.
We're offering you a free copy of AnyFX for PD
when you order PD Pro 8 from us directly (Artist or
Howler edition) on or before October
31st. Learn more about this promotion here:
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