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Make It Always Fit In Camera Raw

Here’s a new viewing option—it’s called Fit in View. It’s found in the Zoom pop-up menu in the bottom-left corner of Camera Raw’s preview window, and when you select it, it displays your entire photo as large as it can in the preview area.

January 18th, 2008 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Use Your Favorite Navigation Shortcuts In Camera Raw

If you want to change the size of your preview window in Camera Raw, you can use most of the same keyboard shortcuts you already use in Photoshop. For example, to zoom in press Command–+ (Plus Sign) (PC: Control–+), and to zoom out press Command–- (Minus Sign) (PC: Control–-). To jump to Fit on Screen view, double-click on the Hand tool. To jump to 100% size, double-click on the Zoom tool. To temporarily get the Hand tool, press-and-hold the Spacebar, then click-and-drag within the preview area.

January 17th, 2008 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Bigger Previews In Camera Raw

If you want a larger preview window in Camera Raw, you’re only one click away. Just turn off the Show Workflow Options checkbox in the bottom-left corner of Camera Raw, and those options will be tucked out of site, and your preview area will be expanded.

January 16th, 2008 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Last-Minute Renaming In Raw

If you haven’t renamed your photos, and you’re busy processing them in Camera Raw, don’t sweat it—you’ll have an opportunity to rename them when you save them. In fact, when you choose Save in the Camera Raw dialog, the Save As screen that appears lets you batch rename the photos as they’re saved. Just type the name you want in the first field, then the numbering scheme you want to use (after all, they can’t all have the exact same name, right?).

January 15th, 2008 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Cropping Multiple Raw Images At Once

Want to crop just one RAW image and have that exact same crop applied to a number of similar RAW images at once? In Adobe Bridge, just Command-click (PC: Control-click) on all the RAW images you want to crop, then press Command-R (PC: Control-R) to open them in Camera Raw. Next, click the Select All button in the top-left corner of the Camera Raw dialog. Now press C to get the Crop tool, drag out your cropping border within the image in the preview area, and as you drag it out for the current photo, all the other selected photos will get the same cropping treatment, which will be reflected immediately in the list of images on the left side of Camera Raw.

January 14th, 2008 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Shortcut For Rotating Images In Camera Raw

Save yourself a trip up to the Camera Raw’s Toolbox the next time you need to rotate an image. Just press L on your keyboard to rotate to the left or press R to rotate to the right. To rotate completely around, just keep pressing either letter.

January 11th, 2008 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Adding Points To Camera Raw’s Curve

Camera Raw in CS2 has its own curves adjustments (under the Curve tab), but adding a point to the curve is different in Camera Raw than it is in Photoshop. To plot a point on your curve in Photoshop, you just click the Eyedropper on the spot in your image you want plotted. But in Camera Raw, you have to Command-click (PC: Control-click) the Eyedropper instead.

January 10th, 2008 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

How To See The Sharpening Now, But Not Apply It

Many pros prefer to apply their sharpening in Photoshop itself, using Unsharp Mask or the Smart Sharpen filter, rather than in Camera Raw. If that sounds like you, wouldn’t it be nice to just see what the sharpening would look like, even if you don’t apply it? Of course, you could simply adjust the Sharpening slider (under the Detail tab) for a moment, look at the image, then slide it back—but there’s a better way. While you have an image open in Camera Raw, press Command-K (PC: Control-K) to open the Camera Raw Preferences. When the dialog appears, change the Apply Sharpening To pop-up menu so it shows Preview Images Only. That way, any sharpening you apply in Camera Raw will only be applied to the preview you see onscreen in Camera Raw, and not the photo itself, so you can apply it later in Photoshop.

January 9th, 2008 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Removing A Straightening In Camera Raw

The Straighten tool (A) and the Crop tool (C) in Camera Raw are pretty much tied together. So much so, in fact, that if you want to cancel your straightening, you have to first click on the Crop tool (if it’s not active by default after dragging with the Straighten tool), then press the Escape key on your keyboard.

January 8th, 2008 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Cancelling A Crop In Camera Raw

If you’re using the Crop tool (C) in Camera Raw, and decide you want to cancel your Crop, just click on the Crop tool, then press the Escape key on your keyboard.

January 7th, 2008 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

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Photoshop Tutorials

3D Light Beams
This effect was discovered by a 'happy accident' and uses the 3D features inside of Photoshop CS4 Extended.
More Texture Effects
Further experiments into what you can do with texture images in Photoshop.
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.

Light From 3D Shapes

Corey shares another way to get a cool 3D light beam effect.
Olympic Graphics, Part 2

Corey finishes up the Olympic-inspired design that he began last week in Part 1.
Olympic Graphics, Part 1

The Olympic-inspired tutorial will be coming in two parts. Stop by next week for the conclusion to this video.
Masking with Channels

This week’s tutorial deals with creating masks for complicated images by using channels.

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Open in Camera Raw from Bridge

You can open RAW images in Camera Raw right from Bridge in Photoshop CS3. This frees up Photoshop to continue working on your files while they’re being processed in Camera Raw. Just select one or more images in Bridge, Control-click (PC: Right-click) on them, and choose Open in Camera Raw. This will open the image(s) in Bridge’s Camera Raw rather than Photoshop. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Command-R (PC: Ctrl-R).