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Find my content helpful? Consider sending a tip: http://www.paypal.me/thearchitechguy In this video I'll show you a quick and easy way to use the WARP TOOL to replace a blank screen with a nice background image. Sometimes when I'm out taking photos, I forget to add a screensaver to the TV, or I simply don't have access to it. Replacing the blank screen can make or break your image - so let's make it! Here's what I go over in the video: 0:12 - Insert Background Image into File 0:31 - Sizing Image 1:10 - Change Opacity of Layer 1:31 - Open up Transform Nodes 1:48 - Warp Image 3:08 - Change Blending Mode of Layer to Screen For other how-to videos and guides for ARCHITECTS, head over to https://www.thearchitechguy.com And check out my Instagram for bite-sized tutorials: https://www.instagram.com/the_archi_tech_guy/ Cheers! The Archi-Tech Guy
How to Use TRANSFORM TOOL to Replace Blank Screen | PHOTOSHOP for Architects
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Find my content helpful? Consider sending a tip: http://www.paypal.me/thearchitechguy In this video I'll give you step-by-step instructions on how to add some entourage, specifically, blurred people to your images using Adobe Photoshop. Why is this useful? Adding people to images does a few things. - It creates Visual Interest - It gives the architecture a sense of scale - It shows how people interact with the space. Architecture is all about creating space and showing people is the best way to show how people use the space. Sit back, maybe take some notes, and enjoy! I've got an Instagram pages for some bite-sized tutorials and tips if you want to check that out: https://www.instagram.com/the_archi_tech_guy/ And my website has a whole lot more: https://www.thearchitechguy.com Cheers! The Archi-Tech Guy
How to Add Entourage | Photoshop
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Find my content helpful? Consider sending a tip: http://www.paypal.me/thearchitechguy In this video I'll show you a great way to save some time and Create Page Labels in Bluebeam. Page labels essentially are a title for each page in your PDF document. You draw a box around your page number and page name and Bluebeam will look at those areas for every page in your document and create titles based off those areas. Why is this useful? It's useful because it's easier to navigate through the page thumbnails. Each page will have a descriptive title below it instead of just a number. It's also really useful for exporting all the pages and having the files named exactly how you want. If you ever have to upload a full permit review CD set to the state, this will save you TONS of time. For example, in WI they require you to have each page named like this: Transaction ID _ Page Number _ Page Title. If you don't use page labels, this will take you FOREVER. Especially if it's a couple hundred pages. This 8 minute video can potentially save you hours of time. And it works for every single page in your document as long as the titleblocks are the same. Alright, let's get to the good stuff. Here's what I go over in the video: 0:33 - Goal for this video 2:05 - Create a Page Label 2:23 - Selecting Page Regions 2:58 - Formatting the Label 3:14 - Adding a Page Region 4:07 - Adding Text to the Page Label 4:27 - Finishing the Page Label 5:10 - Extracting Sheets with Page Label as File Name 6:48 - Proving it works! For other how-to videos and guides for ARCHITECTS, head over to https://www.thearchitechguy.com
Creating Page Labels in Bluebeam
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Find my content helpful? Consider sending a tip: http://www.paypal.me/thearchitechguy In this video I'll show you a really quick and effective way to correct and straighten the building perspective in your images using Photoshop. If your buildings look like they're leaning backwards, you've come to the right place. In just a couple of clicks you'll be done - Photoshop does all the heavy lifting automatically for you! But, it's not 100% correct all the time so I'll also show you how to manually take care of it yourself. I also have a little BONUS about how to correct the distortion caused by your camera lens. Here's what I go over in the video: 01:08 - Open Camera Raw 01:30 - Automatically Correct Building Perspective 02:39 - Manually Adjust Building Perspective 03:51 - Correct Lens Distortion For other how-to videos and guides for ARCHITECTS, head over to https://www.thearchitechguy.com
How to Correct Building Perspective | PHOTOSHOP for Architects
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Find my content helpful? Consider sending a tip: http://www.paypal.me/thearchitechguy In this video I'll go over my quick process for marking up shop drawings and getting them packaged up and sent back out to the contractor. Things you'll learn: 1. Using TEXT tool 2. Using CLOUDS 3. Using CALLOUTS 4. Using SNAPSHOT 5. Changing line COLOR of snapshots 6. INSERTING a PDF into your document. 7. FLATTEN your document For other how-to videos and guides for ARCHITECTS, head over to https://www.thearchitechguy.com
Marking Up Shop Drawings | BLUEBEAM FOR ARCHITECTS
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Find my content helpful? Consider sending a tip: http://www.paypal.me/thearchitechguy In this video I go over how to use markups in Bluebeam. For other how-to videos and guides for ARCHITECTS, head over to https://www.thearchitechguy.com
How to Use Bluebeam Markups | BLUEBEAM FOR ARCHITECTS
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In this video I'll go over how to use a few tools that I use on the regular - Erase, Cut, and Snapshot. Find my content helpful? Consider sending a tip: http://www.paypal.me/thearchitechguy For other how-to videos and guides for ARCHITECTS, head over to https://www.thearchitechguy.com
Erase, Cut, and Snapshot | BLUEBEAM FOR ARCHITECTS
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