As you work on a photo in Camera Raw, you’re undoubtedly going to want to see what it looks like in comparison to the original. Well, Camera Raw doesn’t really have a side-by-side preview, but…
Author Archives: Corey Barker
Turn Layers into Separate Documents
If you’ve created a multi-layered document and you’d like to create separate documents from those layers, there’s an automated way to do this. From the File menu, choose Scripts>Export Layers to Files. A dialog will…
Cool Design FX
This week Corey does a cool design effect based on a Twitter request.
Yes, It’s Friday! Hooray!!!
Happy Friday to all!! Just have a few little bits of news for today. Live Webcast for NAPP Members First don’t forget Dave Cross and Matt Kloskowski will be hosting another live webinar today at…
Applying a Layer Style to a Layer Group
You can apply a layer style to a layer group. Simply convert the layer group to a Smart Object by clicking on the group, then choosing Convert to Smart Object from the Layers panel’s flyout…
Grouping multiple layers in a Layer Group
Layer groups are a great way to collect multiple layers into one set and manipulate them. Rather than creating one set and dragging all of the layers into the set, select all of the layers…
Auto Selecting a Layer
Here’s a really cool way to select a layer: with the Move tool (V) active, press-and-hold the Command (PC: Ctrl) key and click on that layer in the image.
Change layer content
If you have an adjustment layer and you’ve spent some time painting on the layer mask, the last thing you want to do is start all over again if you decide you should have used…




