If you have a multilayer composition and you want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press…
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Creating Glossy Lips
If you see a shiny highlight on your subject’s lips, and you want to make it look glossier, duplicate the Background layer then change your layer blend mode to Screen to brighten the entire image….
Types Of DashesTypes Of Dashes
Did you know there’s more than one dash? In Photoshop, add a standard dash for separating clusters of words by pressing the Hyphen key. To add an en dash to show duration of time (e.g.,…
Colorize Your Favorite Commands
Do you need every command in every menu for your retouching? You can hide all the commands that you don’t need and colorize all the commands that you use often. Go to Edit>Menus and twirl…
Expanded View For Adjustment Layers
If you find the Adjustments panel is a little on the small side, you can make it larger with one click. Down at the bottom of the panel is an icon (second from the left)…
Reset All Of Your Preferences
When you need to be able to get all of the preferences in Photoshop back to where they were when you installed the program, press-and-hold Command-Option-Shift (PC: Ctrl-Alt-Shift) as you start Photoshop. This will bring…
Hanging Punctuation
If you have a text block with quotation marks, it’s standard to have them appear outside the text block so that the copy can line up. Just double-click on the text layer’s thumbnail to select…
Change Canvas Color
The canvas area outside of a document’s boundaries is gray by default. You can change it by Right-clicking anywhere on the canvas and choosing Select Custom Color. Grab your color from the Color Picker that…
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