This week I have chosen the all new Photoshop Elements 6 Book for Digital Photographers. This new edition is co-authored by Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski and is jam packed with all the goodies you…
Author Archives: Corey Barker
Instant Opacity Change
Anytime you want to change the Opacity of the layer you’re currently working on, just switch to the Move tool (V) and press a number key on your keyboard: 4 = 40% Opacity, 5 =…
More Control Over Blends: Advanced Blending
Using Blend Modes is a great way to get the layer you’re on to interact with the layers beneath it. The only problem is you don’t have much control over these blend modes-—they either look…
Cool Illustration Stuff!
On this week’s episode of Pixel Perfect my good friend Bert Monroy has a really cool technique for creating an ice cream bar, all from scratch. I certainly have learned a lot from Bert over…
Turn Your Layer Comps Into Their Own Docs
If you’re using layer comps to compare different layouts within the same image, you can share these comps with people not on your network (or without access to your computer) by creating a separate document…
Animating Color Transitions
Corey shows you how to create automatic color transitions in Adobe Photoshop CS3.
Applying Layer Styles To Your Background Layer
How do you apply a layer style to your Background layer? You can’t. That is, unless you double-click on your Background layer. This brings up the New Layer dialog where you can rename your Background…
on 3D Bold Text Effect[...] This tutorial will explain how to create a bold bright-textured slick text effect in Photoshop CS6. A simple pattern...
on 3D DNAGood tutorial with nice instruction. 
on Replace ColorI found something that worked great for me that will work for black (that's what I used it on), select...
on Vintage Metal Text EffectNice tutorial and cool effect!!! Thank you!!!!