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Pre-clipped Adjustment Layers

Want to clip your next adjustment layer before you even make it? Open the Adjust-ments panel, click the triple-black-over-white-circle icon to clip the next adjust-ment layer you choose from the panel. Now the adjustment only a?ects the layer immediately below it before the adjust-ment is made. Bliss!

May 26th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

One Button Layer Clipping

Clipping an adjustment layer to affect only the layer below it required remembering to hold down the Option (PC: Alt) key, while hovering the cursor between the layers, until a black-over-white-circle icon appears, and then click. Now all we have to do is highlight the adjustment layer in the Layers panel and then click the third icon from the left at the bottom of the Adjustments panel (Window>Adjustments). Hooray! No more arcane keystroke/mouse moves!!!

May 22nd, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Layer Mask Love

The new Masks panel consolidates working with layer masks by putting most of the functions commonly used in one place. Show this panel by selecting Masks from the Window menu. Want to change the layer mask from its normal white reveal all to black hide all? Click the Invert button. Bonus tip: You can do the same thing from the key-board by pressing Command-I (PC: Ctrl-I).

May 21st, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Where is the Feather Command?

Feather is still hidden in the Select menu under the Modify option. More useful is the new keyboard shortcut Shift-F6, which replaces the old shortcut Command-Option-D (PC: Ctrl-Alt-D). Mac users rejoice… you no longer have to give up the keystrokes to hide and show the dock to call up the Feather dialog from your keyboard. (Note: Just don’t forget to select something first!)

May 20th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (1)

Stretch (or Shrink) to Fit

When the image won’t fit the page, use Content-Aware Scale to resize the background. And if you’re working with a human subject, click the Protect Skin Tones icon in the Options Bar, it will even leave the subject itself untouched. Press-ing Command-Option-Shift-C (PC: Ctrl-Alt-Shift-C) gets you there.

May 19th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (1)

I Had Panels. Where Are They Now?

Okay, I’m pressing the F key to cycle through the screen modes. I’m in Full Screen Mode and poof, my panels disap-pear. Where are my panels? Tapping the F key twice changes from Standard Screen Mode to Full Screen Mode (View>Screen Mode). In Photoshop CS4, the panels disap-pear in Full Screen Mode, focusing on the photograph. Press the Tab key to reveal the panels.

May 18th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

More Vibrance Eyes

Choose the Sponge tool (nested under the Dodge tool [O]) from the Toolbox. In the Options Bar (shown below), choose Saturate from the Mode menu, set the Flow to at least 50%, and then click the Vibrance checkbox. Brush over the irises and ta-dah! Brilliant irises. Bonus tip: This works for lips too!

May 15th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (1)

Vibrance Eyes

Bring excitement and pumped up color to your subject’s eyes by adding a Vibrance adjustment layer from the Adjust-ments panel (Window>Adjustments). Move the Saturation slider all the way to the left until it reads –100 and every-thing turns grayscale. In the Masks panel (Window>Masks), click the Invert button and the image returns to normal. Grab the Brush tool (B) and paint on the layer mask with white over the irises of the eyes turning them to grayscale. Now drag the Saturation up to 0 then increase the Vibrance until the irises dance.

May 14th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (4)

Edit File Info Dialog

If you frequently use the File Info dialog (found under the File menu in Photoshop and Bridge), you might want to limit the number of tabs that appear so that you can quickly find the fields you use most frequently. To remove a tab, simply remove the corresponding folder from the following directory on your hard drive:
Mac: HD/Library/Application Support/Adobe/XMP/Custom File Info Panels/2.0/panels
Windows: C:\ Program Files\ Common Files\ Adobe\XMP\ Custom File Info Panels\2.0\panels

May 13th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Bird’s Eye View

When you’re zoomed in on an image so tightly that you’re only viewing a fraction of its contents, press-and-hold the H key and then click-and-drag your mouse to temporarily zoom out and see the full contents of the image. A rectangle will appear to indicate which area you were previously viewing. Drag that rectangle to a new location and release the H key to quickly zoom into the new area. This is a great way to quickly navigate a large document.

May 12th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (1)

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Photoshop Tutorials

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Reverse Restoration

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3D Background Effects

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Viewing and Basking in your Image

When I’m done working with an image, I like to sit and admire it (hey, I spent six hours working on it, I should). To do that, I hit the Tab key, then hit the F key three times. This hides all of the panels and toolbars and lets you see the image by itself surrounded by black. To get back to regular mode, press the F key and the Tab key one more time.