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Photoshop Book of the Week

 

Ok, I have been lagging on this topic so I thought I would catch up. My pick this week is the Photoshop Speed Clinic Book by my fellow Photoshop Guy, Matt Kloskowski. This is an essential read if you want to enhance your productivity in Photoshop. Matt writes about getting the most out of Photoshop’s vast collection of tools, and how to do it in no time at all. The book covers everything from actions and scripting to creating more streamlined workflow scenarios. It’s jam-packed with full-blown tutorials and little quick tips all throughout. Check it out here.

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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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