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Rescuing Underexposed Images with Camera RAW

There are many, many reasons to love Photoshop CS’s Camera RAW plug-in. Continue Reading »

Camera RAW Color Spaces

“Why do my RAW images look so much worse in Photoshop than they do in the Camera RAW preview window?” Continue Reading »

ScatterLight Lenses

We spend hundreds and thousands of dollars to acquire the sharpest lenses possible. Continue Reading »

Depth-of-Field: Wide Angle Lenses

Last week we examined the nature of depth-of-field. Now let’s take a look at how depth-of-field can be applied practically and creatively. Continue Reading »

Depth-of-Field: Sharp From Stem To Stern

When most digital photographers stray from Auto or Program exposure modes, it’s usually to the Shutter-Preferred mode to better stop action. Continue Reading »

A More Complex Distortion Problem

The city and countryside of Chartres, France, are dominated by the magnificent cathedral. Continue Reading »

Simple Photoshop Distortion Corrections

As a photojournalist, I’ve always been partial to my “normal” lens: the wide angle. Continue Reading »

The Shadowy Face of The Luminosity Mask

Last week we learned how to use a Luminosity Mask (Command+Option+Tilde [~] or PC: Control+Alt+~) to emphasize highlight details in ultra bright situations such as snow on a Swiss Alp. Continue Reading »

Recovering Lost Highlight Detail

Tips and tricks are the trading cards of Photoshop. Continue Reading »

Panoramas: When The Terrain Doesn’t Cooperate

When last we visited the exciting world of making panorama images with Photoshop, I used a relatively common subject as an example: a level drawbridge over Florida’s Intracoastal Waterway close by my home. Continue Reading »

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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

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