In this week’s tutorial, Corey uses clipping groups and the twirl filter to create a masking effect over his background image.
Author Archives: Corey Barker
Photoshop World Classes & Blog
As you know, Photoshop World is creeping up on us and I am especially excited this year as I will be featuring all new courses. I have my Photoshop for Designers class and the Illustrator…
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…
Rotating your images with Shortcuts
I spent some time playing around with the orientation of images. Instead of having to go to Image>Rotate Canvas>90° CW or 90° CCW, I set up actions for them. To do this, create a blank…
New Contest is Live…
Alright here we go again! A new Planet tutorial contest is now live! We had so many entries on the last contest that it only made sense to keep it going. We have selected three…
Using the Button Mode in Actions
The best way to automate tasks in Photoshop is to create actions of common tasks. When you are working with multiple images, you don’t want to keep selecting an action and clicking on the Play…
Increasing the Crop tool’s Opacity
There are times that you want to see what your finished product will look like once you crop it. The best way to see that is to have a black background. To do that, once…
Photoshop User Award Winners Announced
The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) today announced the winners of its 4th annual Photoshop® User Awards – the first and only worldwide competition for Adobe® Photoshop® users. Winners were selected from more than…
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