In Vanishing Point, you can take advantage of the new measurement tools by measuring something in three dimensions. You simply grab the Measure tool (R) and click between two points. Then in the top of…
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Measure Anything in Photoshop
If you choose Analysis>Set Measurement Scale>Custom, you will get a dialog where you can set a series of presets. Although you are in the dialog, you can still move outside of it and click-and-drag out…
The Animation Panel: Taking Animated GIFs to the Next Level
You too can create exciting animated GIFs for use on your next website. Just follow these simple steps: (1) Create a text layer, (2) apply styles, and (3) hide the styles. The Animation panel takes…
Toggle Between Keyframes
When animating objects in the timeline, Photoshop interpolates between keyframes to give a sense of movement. However, if you would like the animation to toggle between keyframes, Control-click (PC: Right-click) on that keyframe in the…
Scrub Through Timeline
You can quickly scrub through the timeline by clicking-and-holding on the Current Time Indicator. You will notice the cursor turn into opposing arrows. Just click-and-drag either to the left or right to scrub through the…
Change Timeline Settings
You can modify the duration setting in the timeline by going to the Animation panel’s flyout menu and selecting Document Settings. In the dialog, you can set the duration and also choose a frame rate…
Keyframe Comments
In the Animation panel (in Timeline mode), at the top of the layer list there is an item called Comments. This allows you to place keyframes on the timeline and each keyframe is an annotation…
Video Can Also Become a Smart Object
One of the cool features of video layers is that they can be set up as Smart Objects. This opens up a ton of possibilities for image manipulation, including scaling, rotation, and even warping.




