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Disabling a Layer Mask

If you would like to temporarily disable a layer mask, press-and-hold the Shift key and click on the layer mask thumbnail.

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

Loading a Layer Mask as a Selection

In order to load a layer mask as a selection, Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) on the layer mask thumbnail in the Layers panel.

February 25th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Alternating Your Layer Mask Colors

When you create a selection around something for a layer mask, you either want to show the area that you selected or hide it. If you want to show the area that you select-ed, click on the Add Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the Layers panel. If you would like to hide that selection, press-and-hold the Option (PC: Alt) key when you click on the Add Layer Mask icon.

February 24th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (2)

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.

February 23rd, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Why send an email? Say it with Notes!

I think this is a very underutilized tool in Photoshop. You have the option to place sticky notes in an image with the Notes tool (N). When you double-click on the note, it opens up to reveal any content. This allows you to give people direction and be very specific about it, instead of saying “Change the section to the right of the image above the head near the left 1/3 of the section of the eyebrow.” Put a note on it, and you’re done.

February 20th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Magnetic Lasso Switch

If you are working with the Magnetic Lasso tool and need to access the Polygonal Lasso tool, press-and-hold the Option (PC: Alt) key and click. That will automatically switch you to the Polygonal Lasso tool. UPDATE: Dave Cross just ran in and added a variation to this: if you press-and-hold the Option (PC: Alt) key and click-and-drag, it will turn into the regular Lasso tool. Thanks Dave!

February 19th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Quick way to find a Pantone Approximate Color

Ever wanted to know what a specific color would be in a specific library (like Pantone)? Select the color with the Eyedropper tool (I). Click on your Foreground color swatch to open the Color Picker. You will notice there is a button for Color Libraries. Click on that, and it will bring you the approximate color swatch for whatever library you chose.

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

Instant Artistic Effect—Just add Edge Vignette

Anyone can take a picture and give it more of an artistic feel using vignetting. In the Lens Correction dialog (Filter>Distort>Lens Correction), there is a setting called Vignette that’s used to correct problems with lenses that darken the edges of a photograph. It can also be used to add vignetting to a picture for dramatic effect. Drag the Vignette Amount and Midpoint sliders to the left. In a few seconds, your picture will look just like the pros.

February 17th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (2)

Increasing Brush Sizes

Pretty much all applications that use a brush can be regulated using the Bracket keys. The Left Bracket ([) key decreases the brush size, while the Right Bracket (]) key increases its size. If you press-and-hold the Shift key, it increases the size by a larger amount.

February 16th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (1)

Scrubbers 101

In most dialogs, you can use the scrubber (slider) to change measurements. To change the performance of the scrubber, try using these keys: Shift will make the scrubber jump very quickly to larger or smaller numbers and Option (PC: Alt) will slow down the scrubber to move one number at a time.

February 13th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (1)

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Photoshop Tutorials

- Reverse Restoration
  Corey shows you how to make a new photo look damaged by blending in some unusual textures.
- Rain Drops
  In this tutorial, Corey not only creates the raindrops, but also the splashes that are formed with the raindrops hit the hands.
- G.I. Joe
  Corey's tutorial this week was inspired by a real American hero!

More Fun with 3D

Continue exploring the possibilities with Photoshop’s new 3D tools.
Reverse Restoration

Corey shows you how to make a new photo look damaged by blending in some unusual textures.
3D Background Effects

Use Photoshop’s new 3D tools to create some dazzling background effects.
Striking Match, Part 2

In the second part of this tutorial, Corey finishes creating this illustration of a striking match.

Layers TV: Episode 110
New episodes are coming soon. In this old episode, RC goes start to finish through a Flash CS4 project using the new 3D tools and importing an audio file. Corey talks about the distortion features inside of Adobe Illustrator. You can download each episode by subscribing to the podcast on iTunes. var so = new SWFObject('http://media.kelbymediagroup.com/players/player.swf','mpl','500','300','7'); so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); // so.addVariable('type','rtmp'); so.addVariable('file','http://media.kelbymediagroup.com/switch/video/layers-tv-episode-110.mp4'); so.addVariable('plugins','hd-1'); so.addVariable('hd.file','http://media.kelbymediagroup.com/switch/video/layers-tv-episode-110-hd.mp4'); so.addVariable('hd.state','false'); so.addVariable('image','http://www.layersmagazine.com/images/layerstv-logo.jpg'); so.addVariable('height','300'); so.addVariable('width','500'); so.addVariable('autostart','false'); so.addVariable("backcolor","0x000000"); so.addVariable("frontcolor","0xF1F1F1"); so.addVariable("lightcolor","0xF88E21"); so.addVariable("quality","100"); so.write('player'); [...]
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 for Mac
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Prezi
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Terry White’s New App | Printing from Lightroom 2
Happy Thursday everyone! Just wanted to pop on in and share what’s new in the intranets: Terry White’s New Iphone App Terry white over at his techblog is usually covering all sorts of technology and letting us know what his favorite apps are for the iphone. He’s taken that love and mixed it with [...]

Adding Keywords to Multiple files

In Bridge, you can add keywords to images to make searching for pictures a little less cumbersome. You don’t, however, want the process to become tedious as well. By either Command-clicking (PC: Ctrl-clicking) or Shift-clicking on images, you can select multiple files inside Bridge. Once you have the files selected, you can go to the Keywords panel and turn on any keyword you like. This will apply the keyword to all of the files that you have selected. It takes away a little bit of the pain of categorization, but just a little.