Layer Blending Options, Part 1
In the Layer Style dialog box, up near the top, is the under-utilized Blending Options. Learning the basics of layer blending can take your images to the next level, and save you quite a bit of time with certain jobs...
Type : Photoshop Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Sep 27, 2005
Focus On Sharpening, Part 1
It's generally understood in the Photoshop world that almost every image can benefit from judicious sharpening. Popping into the Unsharp Mask filter isn't your only option. Understanding sharpening can help you make the right choices...
Type : Photoshop Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Sep 27, 2005
Selections and Masks, Part 1: Selection Basics
Using masks rather than the selection tools is somewhat like working in grayscale instead of bitmap mode. Masks offer much finer control of how filters, effects, and colors are applied.
Type : Photoshop Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Sep 27, 2005
Custom Brush
To create a custom brush from part of an existing image, first select the portion of the image you want to use. Here we selected the entire image of this rubber ducky. The area must be less than 1000x1000 pixels, since that is the largest bruch you can make...
Type : Photoshop Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Sep 23, 2005
The Extract Tool: Fine Hair
1. Load an image in Photoshop, particularly one with a fine/wavy hair line
2. Choose Filter/Extract or Ctrl + Alt + X to load the Extract Window.
3. Select the Highlighter Tool and paint around the edge of the hair line. Choose the Red Color Fill...
Type : Photoshop Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Sep 20, 2005
Non-Destructive Extract
We prepare the image in Extract by using the
Edge Highlighter tool to identify the edge and then filling the subject area with the Fill tool.
Clicking the Preview button gives us a good look at what Extract will do...
Type : Photoshop Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Sep 15, 2005
The Palette
This will teach you how to use the palette, the one thing that must be know before using Photoshop...
Type : Photoshop Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Sep 01, 2005
Removing Scunge
Have you ever used someone else's render and got a thin border of "scunge" around the outside? This neat little trick easily removes that fine line of scunge from any cut-out image...
Type : Photoshop Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Aug 22, 2005
Transparent .GIFs
Learn how to take a rectangular signature of any dimension and then add a render that has parts sticking out. This is all about making transparent .GIF files...
Type : Photoshop Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Aug 22, 2005
Photoshop's Tool Presets
What if Photoshop had a separate tool for every variation of every option? What if there was one Crop tool to create 4x6 inch images at 240 dpi, another Crop tool for 8x10 at 300 dpi, another for 800x600 pixels at 72 dpi, and so on. The Toolbox would be pretty crowded...
Type : Photoshop Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Aug 18, 2005
