Photoshop This!

How one little computer program conquered women's image of themselves.

"...question. For as long as technology has allowed (Adobe Photoshop celebrates its 20th anniversary next year), art directors of..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Design Post by Christopher Carbone

The Art and the Arduousness

Daniel Kliewer's hypnotic moving paintings

"..."And then one day I realized I could use Photoshop's paint tools to paint, for example, the Mona Lisa,..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Man-Babies, Cat-Ladies, and Cuckolded Husbands

"...help but cross paths with a certain amount of Photoshop humor, often called “photo memes," or ultimate time-wasters. Lately,..."

June 17, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Duty

Increments of Destruction

Chris Jordan's 'Running the Numbers' at Austin Museum of Art

"...You think you've logged a lot of hours in Photoshop, design maven? The point-and-click muscle of Jordan's right index..."

July 2, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Luv Doc: What's Right With the World

Even the prettiest of trophies get dusty eventually

"...it's great that with a few basic filters on Photoshop and a few carefully constructed, marginally factual sentences we..."

May 6, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Dan Patrick's Latest Terrible Tweet

Lite Guv social media debacle over San Bernardino murders

"...you" in the history of the Internet, Tweeting this Photoshop disaster:..."

Dec. 4, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips

Exhibit explores history of altered photographs

"...Fine Arts, Houston, exhibit, "Faking it: Manipulated Photo­graphy Before Photoshop" debunks the adage that "the camera never lies," but..."

June 14, 2013 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Mondo's Big Picture

Gallery's huge success belies the company's humble beginnings, but like the art within, you have to see it up close

"...read on message boards, and everyone's like, 'Oh, Illustrator, Photoshop, everything's computer.' Not so."..."

March 29, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Horse Boy

This locally produced film is an intimate and endlessly inspiring look at one family's struggle to cope with autism.

"...to douche by the side of a stream (“You’ll Photoshop this out?” she asks the cameraman hurriedly as she..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

First Night 2009 Schedule

"...Lisali Ridley – Learn Photoshop Workshop: HBMG Theatre, 4-4:30pm..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Arts Feature

Shock and Awesomeness

Stephen Romano puts the movies in his mind down on paper in his fake-history coffeetable book, Shock Festival

"...my friends, with guns, and I put them in Photoshop and learned how to use the color templates to..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Wish List

Give 'Til It Helps, Part 2

"...Photoshop software..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Features Feature

The Smell of Success

Austin's poster art scene is back, and it's better than ever.

"...Degrees. Meanwhile, Jamie Ward's work for the Mercury utilizes Photoshopped photography and stark visuals that look as though they..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin Library Services You Might Have Forgotten About

No shortage of fun at library in December

"...Learn to create holiday cards this season using Adobe Photoshop. Designed to suit all skill levels...."

Dec. 1, 2023 Arts Post by Jencie Tomasek

Three Music Writers Descend Into the NFT Craze at SXSW

One NFT-fatigued, one NFT-Curious, and NFT-skeptical

"...offer musicians, and why I’m brushing up on my Photoshop skills and learning video animation. An NFT is just..."

March 18, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest Interview: Ant Timpson Says Come to Daddy

How an old grieving tradition gave the filmmaker a new energy

"...Timpson said. "I did a mock-up, using my brilliant PhotoShop skills, of what they could look like, and he..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Titmouse That Roared

Chris Prynoski on Venture Bros., tech, and more

"...scenes, set up the Flash files, set up the Photoshop files. That used to be a week of somebody's..."

Aug. 12, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Recommended Arts Events This Weekend

In which your cultural FOMO is subdued via this handy listicle

"...particle theory? Color us intrigued, at first, but then Photoshop that color to totally stoked as we realize that..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Luv Doc: Standard Waiting Period

Once you've broken up with someone you pretty much relinquish your role as life coach

"...on a dartboard or a urinal cake. Some people Photoshop you out of all their pictures. I can tell..."

April 27, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

West Austin Studio Tour Recommendations

Where to go, what to see, who’s your caddy

"...a decent sort of gambit if rendered passably in Photoshop … but Lamplugh renders it brilliantly, in acrylics on..."

May 10, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

DVDanger: Not Very Martial, Very Little Art

Restored karate flop Death Machines, plus Chan's Amnesia

"...cinema: None of the cast shots on the bad Photoshop DVD cover actually come from this film. When the..."

Jan. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest: 24x36: A Movie About Movie Posters

Director Kevin Burke on one-sheets and screenprints

"...and whose artistic legacy has been swallowed up by Photoshop floating heads. It's also about the new wave of..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Power of Art in Austin’s Overlooked Objects

Defining the city's personality from the moonlight towers to the railroad bridge

"...than a sleek skyscraper. If I could, I would Photoshop the Erwin Center next to the W Austin Hotel..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Ben Snakepit Releases His Manor Threat

New collection of diary comics debuts at Beerland this Saturday

"...fanzine style. Then once I learned how to use Photoshop and InDesign, I was like, “Fuck that, man.” It’s..."

June 8, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Summer Loving

"..."Cropped Out" courts herky-jerk heartbreak in the age of Photoshop. Post-9/11 travelscape "Airport" puts the absurdity of security theatre..."

July 24, 2015 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Don Hertzfeldt's Digital Divide

Awards-sweeping "World of Tomorrow" is Don Hertzfeldt's first digital film

"...problem for me. ['World of Tomorrow'] is 100 percent Photoshop, Final Cut, and ProTools for sound. And that's it."..."

April 10, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Graphic Diversity

This year's Staple! expo spotlights women in comics, and local creator E.K. Weaver explains why

"...get surreal. Comics made with crayons, cardboard, paper cutouts, Photoshop, colored pencil, photo montage .... It's great...."

March 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

Robert Rodriguez Opens Frank Frazetta's Archive for Austin Show

Exclusive first look at special art event during SXSW

"...after a stroke, so the studio went with a Photoshop job instead. Yet the original still hangs in Rodriguez's..."

Feb. 19, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Scott McCloud in Austin with The Sculptor this Weekend

The affable theorist of Understanding Comics waxes all fictional.

"...– I love working with that. And I use Photoshop and Illustrator, and hook up to a Mac Pro,..."

Feb. 4, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Headed EAST: Where to stop on Austin's free art tour

The East Austin Studio Tour is back with new talent and old favorites.

"...Transitioning from the world of Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, Landry McMeans uses cardboard and acrylic..."

Nov. 12, 2014 Events Post by Tamar Price

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