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Bleeds and Crop Marks from Photoshop

Page layout programs, such as InDesign, and illustration programs, like Illustrator, can easily handle “bleeds” Continue Reading »

Printing Separations in Color

It’s easy to see individual channels in color in Photoshop’s Channels palette Continue Reading »

Select Hair by Using Channels

Selecting fly-away hair can be one of the toughest assignments in Photoshop. The Extract command can be helpful. Continue Reading »

Compound Paths: Creating a Gear

Photoshop’s Pen and Shape tools are incredibly powerful tools, especially when creating complex compound paths by intersecting paths. To see how this works, let’s create a gear in Photoshop. Continue Reading »

Color Picker Versatility

The vast majority of the time, the vast majority of us use Photoshop’s Color Picker in the default configuration. Continue Reading »

Eliminate Noise with the Color Replacement Tool

Although it’s not the purpose for which it was designed, the new Color Replacement tool in Photoshop CS is an incredibly efficient way to remove digital noise from photos. Continue Reading »

Photoshop Vector Shapes

Last week, Alexandro Colorado emailed me asking why Photoshop creates a mask when making shapes with the shape tool. I told him that I would explain the reason why the best I could. Continue Reading »

Manipulating Style Elements

There is a way, however, to pull a Style effect, such as a drop shadow or such, from the layer it was applied to and give it its’ own layer, on which it may be manipulated, edited, or set on fire. Continue Reading »

Using Quick Masks

Quick masks are a handy little Photoshop- feature that many people don’t even know about. Continue Reading »

An Exercise Using The Patch Tool

The patch tool operates on a premise similar to the clone tool, but with patch you can actually make a selection of an area to use as your patch, and drag it to the area to be corrected. 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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