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Cast Shadows vs. Drop Shadows

Shadows are a part of everyday life and, it sometimes seems, a part of most images we see in print or on the Web. Continue Reading »

“Hand-drawn” Circle

When preparing a tutorial, a screenshot for a book or magazine article, or an illustration for a technical document, it’s not uncommon to identify a critical area with a circle or a square. Continue Reading »

Editing a Drop Shadow

Sometimes a drop shadow needs to fall on only part of the layer or layers below. Continue Reading »

Creating and Duplicating a Layer Mask

It sounds easy, doesn’t it? Duplicate one layer’s layer mask on another layer. It is easy but only if you know the technique. A layer mask is a channel that determines the visibility of the content of that particular layer. Continue Reading »

Red Eye Reduction with Photoshop CS2

There are almost as many ways to minimize red eye using Photoshop as there are people using Photoshop. Continue Reading »

Layer “Interlacing” – Weaving Layer Content

Sometimes you need to make it appear that the content of one layer appears both in front of and behind another layer. Continue Reading »

A New Painterly Effect

There are lots of ways to make a photograph look like a painting. Here’s another one that simulates painted strokes by blurring dark areas of the image and sharpening lighter areas. Continue Reading »

Extending the Sky

More often than not, a digital photograph isn’t shaped to fit your picture frame. Most digital images have an aspect ratio of 3:2, while common picture frames are 5:4 (4×5″ and 8×10″) or 7:5 (5×7″). Continue Reading »

“Pipe” Background

An interesting background effect, suitable perhaps for a Web interface or layering for a “Eurocollage” image, can be created by separating elements of a black-white-black gradient to individual layers, then using reversed bevels. Continue Reading »

Create Water Effect

Fill a swimming pool with water in seconds! Well, create the appearance of a swimming pool filled with water in Photoshop in just four steps. Continue Reading »

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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.

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