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…
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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…
Tracking, Kerning, And Leading On The Fly!
After you set some text, you can adjust the spacing between all the letters, specific letters, or even the spacing between lines of text. Highlight all the text, then press-and-hold the Option (PC: Alt) key…
Drag Layers Between Documents
I’m sure that you’re aware that you can drag Photoshop documents between windows to build up a multilayered document. Did you know you can also drag layers, including adjustment layers and layers with masks and…
Tone Down Whites
To tone down the whites in an image, select them with Color Range (Select>Color Range). Add any adjustment layer (such as Curves or Levels), and change the layer blend mode to either Multiply or the…




