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Stop The “Click-And-Jump-To-That-Layer” Blues

Problem: All of a sudden, every time you click on a layer with the Move tool, it jumps to that layer. Solution: Somehow you turned on a feature called Auto … Continue reading →

August 26th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Tip of the Day | Comments (2)

Let Photoshop Rebuild Your Prefs

If you need to delete Photoshop’s current preferences file (which is a common “first-line-of-defense” troubleshooting move), you don’t have to go digging around your drive. All you have to do … Continue reading →

August 25th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Tip of the Day | Comments (1)

Find The Hidden Magnetic Pen Tool Options

I know what you’re thinking—finding the Magnetic Pen tool options? I didn’t even know there was a Magnetic Pen tool in the first place. Adobe has done a great job … Continue reading →

August 22nd, 2008 | Corey Barker | Tip of the Day | Comments (3)

Making Global Light Work For You

Problem: You applied a drop shadow to an object on one layer, then later you applied a bevel on another layer, but in the Bevel and Emboss options in the … Continue reading →

August 20th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Tip of the Day | Comments (1)

Fixing The “Rounded Corners” Selection Problem

Ever have this happen? You draw a selection with the Rectangular Marquee tool (M) and the corners of your selection are rounded, rather than nice and straight? This happens to … Continue reading →

August 19th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Tip of the Day | Comments (7)

Expanding Rectangular Selections

If you’ve ever tried to expand a rectangular selection by more than five or six pixels, you know what happens. The crisp, sharp-edged corners that you start off with become … Continue reading →

August 18th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Get Back Your Background Layer

Lost your Background layer? It happens. It’s heartbreaking, but it happens. If you suddenly find yourself staring at a Layers palette and there’s no Background layer (chances are you accidentally … Continue reading →

August 15th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Tip of the Day | Comments (2)

Getting Better EPS Previews

Problem: The image looked great in Photoshop, but now that you’ve converted it to CMYK, saved the file as a TIFF, and placed it into QuarkXPress, InDesign, PageMaker, etc., the … Continue reading →

August 14th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Tip of the Day | Comments (2)

Do You Have Enough RAM? Ask Photoshop

Not sure if you have enough RAM? Just ask Photoshop. Believe it or not, it can tell you. Here’s how: Open a document that’s indicative of the type of image … Continue reading →

August 13th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Tip of the Day | Comments (6)

Unlocking The Background Layer

Can’t move the Background layer? That’s because back in Photoshop 6.0, Adobe locked the Background layer from movement. That wouldn’t be so bad, except that if you look at the … Continue reading →

August 12th, 2008 | Corey Barker | Tip of the Day | Comments (25)

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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.

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 →
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 →
Dark Edge Vignette

Make your subject of your photograph stand out using dark edge vignettes. Continue reading →
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