If my experience with developing rich media in a collaborative environment has taught me anything, it’s to keep project assets as organized as possible. Even though the layers’ paradigm in Photoshop provides an inherent organizational…
Author Archives: Corey Barker
Transform Selection
That selection not exactly how you want it? Don’t want to go all the way back into the path and modify it? No problem. Just go to the Select menu and choose Transform Selection and…
Photo Walk Numbers Climbing | PS Instructor Kit Available
Scott Kelby’s 2nd Annual Worldwide Photo Walk is getting close and there’s already over 20,000 people signed up in more than 200 cities around the world. More are getting added every week. If you plan…
Speedy Clipping Mask
Sometimes a masked layer is just an Option-click (PC: Alt-click) away. Simply click-and-drag the layer to be used as a mask directly above the layer to be masked. Press-and-hold Option (PC: Alt) and hover your…
Invert to Alpha
When working with vector – created art and the source art is unavailable, modifying the art to create a logo can be a pain, to say the least—particularly when it’s flattened and the background needs…
Ice Age Acorn
Corey has a special extended tutorial on illustrating the Ice Age acorn.
Glow/Bloom Effect
In the same composition, use Select>Color Range…to select the high-lights of the base image. Be generous with the Fuzziness, as detail won’t be an issue. Copy the selection to a new layer (Command – J…
Get Into Dodge
Anyone who’s used Photoshop CS3 (or prior) versions and tried to composite a human subject into an existing light setup knows that they eventually hit a wall with Levels, Curves, Color Balance and—even in desperate…




