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Create A Composite Layer
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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. … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Stroke It
Stroke It When preparing an image for printing, as the final step add a 3-pixel black hairline around the perimeter to define the edge. Here are a couple of easy … Continue reading
Deleting A Layer
This one is short and sweet: Instead of dragging a layer to the Delete Layer icon (trash can) to delete it, you can quickly delete a layer by pressing the … Continue reading
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Photoshop Tutorials
Hollywood Touch-Ups
See how you can add some subtle touches to give that green screen studio shot the Hollywood treatment.
Flare Effects
Corey has a cool trick for creating a flare brush and see how one effect can lead to another.
3D Christmas Ornaments
Corey shows how to create reflective holiday ornaments using 3D in Photoshop.
Styles & Text
This week Corey has a tutorial using layer styles and text shapes to create energetic effects.
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CS6 Blur Tools
Use Photoshop CS6 to create selective softening effects using the new on-screen Blur Filters. Mix and match among the three filters for a variety of depth-of-field and tilt-shift effects. Continue reading
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High Roller 3D
This week Corey shows you how to take simple vector shapes and gives them life with 3D in Photoshop CS6. Using simple extrusions and lighting effects you can achieve a level of hyper-realism you never could before. Continue reading
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Dark Edge Vignette
Make your subject of your photograph stand out using dark edge vignettes. Continue reading
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Content Aware Move Tool in CS6
Lesa explores the new Content Aware Move tool in Photoshop CS6. Continue reading
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Create A Composite Layer
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 Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.
Another option is to create a new layer at the top of the stack and make it active. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) each layer you want to include to make those layers active, as well. Press Option-Command-E (PC: Alt-Ctrl-E).
by Colin Smith
