There are times that you want to see what your finished product will look like once you crop it. The best way to see that is to have a black background. To do that, once…
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Cropping to a Specific Size
If you would like to crop to a specific size with the Crop tool (C), enter the dimensions and resolution you would like in the tool options up in the Options Bar. When you click-and-drag…
Getting back to the Default colors
To get Photoshop back to its default Foreground and Background colors of black and white, press the D key.
Loading a layer as a selection, adding to, or Intersecting the selection
To load a layer as a selection, press-and-hold the Command (PC: Ctrl) key and click on the layer’s thumbnail. If you Command-Shift-click (PC: Ctrl-Shift-click), it will add that layer to the already existing selection. If…
Increase and Decrease your Text Without Scrubbers
To increase and decrease your text size, select all of your text in a type layer and press Command-Shift-< or > (PC: Ctrl-Shift-< or >). Command-Shift-< decreases the text, while Command-Shift-> increases the text.
Place an Image from Bridge
You can place an image into any Adobe application right from Bridge CS3. Just choose File>Place and select the application you’d like to place the file into.
Use the Adobe Media Gallery
Taking your files from Bridge to the Web is simple using the Adobe Media Gallery. You can simply select the images that you would like to use, and choose a Template from the top pop-up…
Adding Keywords to Multiple files
In Bridge, you can add keywords to images to make searching for pictures a little less cumbersome. You don’t, however, want the process to become tedious as well. By either Command-clicking (PC: Ctrl-clicking) or Shift-clicking…




