Last Christmas, my wife and I went to a concert put on by a local church. It was quite existing till a certain moment, when the lead singer suddenly stopped singing. Then something unexpected happened. Suddenly, there was an announcement. A male voice said “Tom Bluewater from MacHouse, please come to the backstage immediately.” “Huh, me!?,” I said to myself. So I went to the backstage. Then a man who introduced himself as the concert manager said that they needed to lower the curtain immediately. I said “Hold on, how do you know about me and MacHouse?” The concert manager said “I searched the world wide web with keywords ‘Mac Photoshop tutorial’ and found you.” But how did he know that I was here? I asked him, but he just kept talking as if I had not existed. Oh, boy… As usual, I pulled MacBook out of my backpack and launched Adobe Photoshop CS3. In a matter of 6 minutes or so, I managed to lower the stage curtain.

The following tutorial shows easy steps to design a stage curtain in 6 minutes or so, using Adobe Photoshop CS3. Note that the screenshots shown below are not in a good quality because they were extracted from a tutorial video whose color depth is 8 bits. Meanwhile, the photo used in this tutorial comes from Webshots. Continue reading →

The following tutorial shows easy steps to design a water melon in 5 minutes and 30 seconds, using Adobe Photoshop CS2. Continue reading →

My wife’s favorite fruit is melon. Last year, I had a friend ship a couple of very expensive melons all the way from Japan. One melon cost me some 50 bucks. When I opened a package, they were both half bad. These melons were for my beloved wife’s birthday. I didn’t have time to order new ones. So I did what I had to do, you know? I got on my iMac, launching Adobe Photoshop. In a matter of 4 minutes or so, I designed a melon for my wife.

The following tutorial shows easy steps to design a melon, using Adobe Photoshop CS2. Continue reading →

Hmm… I think it was about 2 years ago from yesterday. I went hiking with my neighbor Jim Glassley. One of Jim’s interests is observing wild flowers. Whenever he found a rare wild flower, he stopped and took a note. Then something terrible happened around noon. Somebody just shouted “Bear!” In the next minute, a bear was chasing Jim. I didn’t know what to do at first. But I had an idea. You know? I pulled MacBook out of my backpack. In 3 minutes or less, I designed a big net enough to cover the bear. I just threw the net towards the bear. And I caught him. I can proudly say that Jim is alive today because of my heroic act. If I had not acted quickly and wisely, the bear might have clawed him in the back.

The following tutorial shows easy steps to design a black net big enough to cover a bear, using Adobe Photoshop CS2. The photo image used in this tutorial comes from PD Photo. Continue reading →

The other day, I went fishing with my neighbor Jim Glassley. I really hoped that I could catch a big fish because I wanted to make fresh sushi for my wife. She loves raw fish. And I did catch a big fish, a 2-foot-long tuna. But I was afraid that the tuna would go bad by the time I got home. What could I do… Right! I didn’t forget to bring my MacBook with me. So I started it up and launched Adobe Photoshop. In a matter of just 3 minutes or so, I deep-froze the tuna.

The following tutorial shows easy steps to design a deep-frozen fish, using Adobe Photoshop CS2. The photo image used in this tutorial comes from Webshots. Continue reading →