When viewing your documents in tabs, how do you drag from one document to the next? Easy! Begin dragging your layer object with the Move tool (V). Drag into the tab of the desired document…
Author Archives: Corey Barker
Seeing The Real Thing
Most people open an image, make a selection, and then move the selected part into a new document to see how it looks. Instead, try moving the original image into the new document or background…
Puppet Warp For Lens Correction
Press Command-J (PC: Ctrl-J) to duplicate the layer you want to correct, and navigate to Edit>Puppet Warp. Now, click to drop a pin in each corner to “lock” the image. Having done this, you can…
World Premiere Live Event: A Day with Joe McNally!
On November 16, 2011 at 6pm EST KelbyTraining.com will be presenting a spectacular live event: A Day with Joe McNally. Watch the premiere of this special KelbyTraining.com class along with Scott and Joe, in its…
Gradients For Light Effects
To get a nice light effect, press D then X to set your Foreground color to white and your Background color to black. Go to Layer>New Fill Layer>Gradient, set the Mode to Soft Light in…
Shortcut To The Color Picker
Photoshop CS5 is the first version that allows you to assign a keyboard shortcut to the Foreground Color Picker. Go to Edit>Keyboard Shortcuts and select Tools in the Shortcuts For drop-down menu. Scroll down until…
Use PNG For Transparency
In the past, the only way to get transparent graphics on the Web was to use a GIF image. Unfortunately, GIF only allowed transparency in an “it either is or isn’t” way. With the PNG…
Create A Most-Used Brush Set
If you’re tired of having to dig through all the “funky” brushes in the Brush Preset Picker to get to the ones that you want, then try this: First, open the Preset Manager (under the…




