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SCROLL WHILE LASSOING
If you’ve zoomed in to use the Lasso tool (L) and you’re nearing the edge of the window, you’ll need to scroll over to continue using the tool. To do this, don’t let go of the Lasso tool and press the Spacebar. This will temporarily activate the Hand tool so you can scroll to the side. Let go of the Spacebar to continue using the Lasso tool.
3D LIGHT WIREFRAMES
It can get frustrating working with 3D lights. Especially since they aren’t necessarily objects, it’s just light. To make it easier though you can turn on the 3D light wirframes so you can see them as you edit. Just go into the 3D panel to the bottom and locate the eyeball and grid icon. Click on it and choose 3D light from the menu.
SAVING A CUSTOM SHAPE
When you have a vector shape you want to save as a permanent custom shape in Photoshop, simply select the shape then go under the Edit menu and choose Define Custom Shape. You can also right-click the path and choose Define Custom Shape form the pop-up menu. Then just give the shape a name when prompted.
POST-CROP VIGNETTE
Here’s a very simple tip for the newest Post Crop Vignetteing settings in the Camera Raw Effects panel. You’ll see 3 options listed in the style pop-up list. The only one worth a darn is Highlight Priority so stick with that one 90% of the time. You can try Color Priority once in a while if you don’t care for that “burned in” edge look and it’ll keep the colors looking more true. But honestly, Highlight Priority gives the nicest effect and it’s where we stick for most of our photos.
VINTAGE PHOTO LOOK
Wanna get a really old and vintage styled look to your photos? The new Grain feature in the effects panel works great. However, try this tip. First go to the Hue/Saturation panel and covert the photo to a black and white. Then go to the Effects panel and start adding grain. The black and white look to the photo really brings home that classic style in a photo.
COPY & PASTE LAYER STYLES
You can copy on layer style to another layer simply doing a right-click on the FX icon and choosing Copy Layer Style from the menu. Then select the target layer and right-click again then choose Paste Layer Style. You can also hold down the Option key {PC:Alt} then click and drag the fx icon to the target layer.
UNLOCK LAYER TRICK
One quick way to unlock the background layer is by clicking on the padlock icon and dragging it to the trash. If that isn’t fast enough you can hold down the Option key {PC:Alt} and double click the padlock and it will unlock just the same.
BRIDGE AND MINI BRIDGE – USING CAMERA RAW
If you need to still use Photoshop while you’re automating Bridge tasks don’t use the Mini Bridge to open Camera Raw files. There are two versions of Camera Raw in your system: the one that comes with Bridge CS5 and the one that comes with Photoshop CS5. Browsing a file in Bridge, you can right click and open that file in Camera Raw. However, if you right click and open a file in Camera Raw, the Bridge that is being opened is the one inside of Photoshop rather than the one inside of Bridge.
EXPORTING ANIMATIONS IN PHOTOSHOP
This is a question I get asked often. When you create an animation in Photoshop, what then? Well with Photoshop’s ability to handle video and a linear timeline with keyframe-based animation, you export your animations as a Quicktime movie. When ready, just go under the File menu to Export and choose Render Video. Select Quicktime export and click the settings button to modify the render settings.
BETTER 3D MERGING
So in order for 3D objects to interact with each other they need to be merged into the same layer. Before CS5 you could only merge 3D objects of the same type. Like two primitive shapes or two 3D postcards. Well now you can merge any 3D shape with another. Just select them both and choose Merge 3D layers from the 3D menu. However, remember, you can still only merge two 3D layers at a time.
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Create A Composite Layer
If you have a multilayer composition and you
want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.
Another option is to create a new layer at the top of the stack and make it active. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) each layer you want to include to make those layers active, as well. Press Option-Command-E (PC: Alt-Ctrl-E).
by Colin Smith
