If you’re prepping a flattened copy of an image for press reproduction and need to tame out-of-gamut colors prior to converting to CMYK, choose Gamut Warning from the View menu. Flat gray will appear over…
Author Archives: Corey Barker
Land of the Lost
This tutorial is a take off the title text from the new summer movie, Land of the Lost.
New Planet Contest Is Live!
Alright everyone, the newest Planet Photoshop tutorial contest is now live! You remember how this works. Simply go to the contest page (link above) or click here. View the pre-selected tutorials and use any one…
Transfer Selections or Alpha Channels
If you have different images open that share the same pixel dimension, you can load a selection from any of the other images, or save a selection to any of the other open files. Choose…
Select with Color Channels
Sometimes, targeting a specific color channel can help create a much better selection, especially if there are distinct color differences you can take advantage of. In this example, the same diagonal move with the Quick…
Zoom in the Color Range Preview
The preview in the Color Range dialog shows the entire image by default, which can make it hard to judge the potential selection mask if you’re trying to select only small areas. The solution is…
Remove Lasso Tools’ Control Points
When using either the Polygonal Lasso or the Magnetic Lasso tools (both nested under the Lasso tool [L]), you can remove control points in the order in which they were put down by backtracking along…
New Pre-Con at Photoshop World
Dave Cross and I are going to be teaching a radical new pre-con session at Photoshop World in Las Vegas this October. It’s called Shoot, Design, Print: Creating a Movie Poster From Start To Finish…




