Live from Las Vegas it’s Photoshop World!!! Well, not live but you know. Today is keynote day and that means we are off and running. I am super excited about my sessions today. I have…
Author Archives: Corey Barker
Use Overlay in the Clone Source Panel
Have you ever used the Clone Stamp tool and wondered what exactly you were going to paint in the area? Wonder no more. Now you can turn on the Show Overlay checkbox at the bottom…
The Clone Source Panel
This panel has a couple of neat features for people who spend a lot of time in cloning. You can now set up a series of preset areas in the Clone Stamp tool. Simply click…
Black and White 101
Black and white could not get any easier. Open an image. Choose Image>Adjustments>Black and White. Instead of using all of the sliders that are in the resulting dialog, click on the different areas of the…
Photoshop World This Week!!
Well I am in the office today wrapping up some last minute things before it’s time to head out to Las Vegas for Photoshop World. I will be blogging and tweeting throughout the event so…
Reset a Dialog
If you are working with any dialog that has an OK and a Cancel option, you don’t always have to cancel out to get back to the original state of the effect. If you press-and-hold…
Striking Match, Part 2
In the second part of this tutorial, Corey finishes creating this illustration of a striking match.
Kick It Up a Notch with Smart Filter Masking
Last topic on Smart Filters: you can selectively show or hide any of the filters that you have applied to a Smart Object by painting on the mask for the Smart Filter (just click on…




