http://www.digiretus.com/tippek/cikkiro.php?SORSZAM=93

And these are some skin palettes you can try out:

http://www.tutorialized.com/view/tutorial/Skin-Tones/6293

http://www.retouchpro.com/pages/colors.html

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- Especially good for getting used to grids both vertical and horizontal

http://www.tutorial9.net/photoshop/create-a-clean-and-colorful-web-layout-in-photoshop/

http://trendytuts.com/psd-tutorials/business-web-layout-photoshop.html

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/interface-tutorials/create-a-professional-web-2-0-layout/

http://sixrevisions.com/tutorials/photoshop-tutorials/how-to-create-a-clean-web-20-style-web-design-in-photoshop/

http://yooxe.com/how-to-create-an-elegant-web-layout-in-photoshop/

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1. Turn visibility on for the layers you want to merge.
2. Press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+E (Windows) or Shift+Command+Option+E (Mac OS).Photoshop creates a new layer containing the merged content.

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http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/13/10-simple-steps-to-better-photoshop-performance/

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/404/kb404439.html

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http://epaperpress.com/monitorcal/

Adobe Gamma can be used to calibrate your monitor, and you can also buy hardware calibrators.

My personal favourite is the calibration tool found here: http://tft.vanity.dk/

Photoshop CS4 Colour Management

http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps11_colour/ps11_1.htm

http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1332853

PS: Very important to have your monitor set to the same colour profile being used by Photoshop, else you will have different colours in Photoshop when compared to the rest of your Windows applications

Some Technical stuff about sRGB

http://www.w3.org/Graphics/Color/sRGB

Recommended Settings

When taking photos, shoot at defaults: sRGB color space, which is the world standard for digital cameras and the Internet. Because its the world standard, if you use it, every printer and lab will get it right because they all expect it.

sRGB is the world standard for digital images, printing and the Internet. So long as you haven’t screwed with anything, you and the world are shooting in sRGB.

Use sRGB and you’ll get great, accurate colors everywhere all the time.

Here is my colour setup in photoshop, which I use for web design and photo editing mainly:

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Original image:

Steps:

1. Select the layer containing your photo

2. Right Click on the layer and select Blending Options from the pop up menu.

3. Put in the following settings:

Final image:

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http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/07/29/how-to-setup-a-layout-grid-in-photoshop/

http://www.myinkblog.com/2009/02/24/design-a-fresh-blog-theme-on-the-960-grid/

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