Feather is still hidden in the Select menu under the Modify option. More useful is the new keyboard shortcut Shift-F6, which replaces the old shortcut Command-Option-D (PC: Ctrl-Alt-D). Mac users rejoiceÖ you no longer have…
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Stretch (or shrink) to fit
When the image won’t fit the page, use Content-Aware Scale to resize the background. And if you’re working with a human subject, click the Protect Skin Tones icon in the Options Bar, it will even…
Vibrance Eyes
Bring excitement and pumped up color to your subject’s eyes by adding a Vibrance adjustment layer from the Adjust-ments panel (Window>Adjustments). Move the Saturation slider all the way to the left until it reads ñ100…
Depth of field for 3D
Create a depth-of-field effect on your 3D object with the 3D Zoom Camera tool (nested with the 3D Rotate Camera tool [N]). Option-click (PC: Alt-click) the area where you want to set the distance or…
64-Bit—what does that mean to me?
Photoshop CS5 is now capable of running in native 64-bit on both Mac and Windows. This means Photoshop can now address hundreds of gigs of RAM (instead of just 4 GB). The results are speedier…
Test renderings with selections
Sometimes you may want to quickly render for only a selected part of your 3D object to save time and check for specific lighting effects. That’s now possible by simply making a selection on the…
Painting photographs
Photoshop CS5 enjoys a new paint engine wired up to the new Mixer Brush tool (nested with the Brush tool [B]). To enjoy the benefits, select the new Painting Workspace (Window>Workspace>Painting) and the Mixer Brush…
Progressive rendering—pause and resume
If you’ve paused your rendering (by pressing the Spacebar) and would like it to resume, select the Resume Progressive Render command from the 3D panel’s flyout menu. When the rendering is complete, you’ll no longer…
on 3D Bold Text Effect[...] This tutorial will explain how to create a bold bright-textured slick text effect in Photoshop CS6. A simple pattern...
on 3D DNAGood tutorial with nice instruction. 
on Replace ColorI found something that worked great for me that will work for black (that's what I used it on), select...
on Vintage Metal Text EffectNice tutorial and cool effect!!! Thank you!!!!