While loops are used to cycle through a series of instructions. It is similar to conditionals except it repeats the script until the while statement becomes untrue.

Hotkeys (or keyboard shortcuts) are keystrokes used to invoke a command and they usually, but not always, involve a modifier key such as Ctrl ( ), Alt (Option), or Shift. For example, instead of choosing Select » Deselect from the menus, you could simply press Ctrl+D ( +D)...

While Photoshop has a host of automation tools, the most versatile, and indeed the most powerful, is called an Action. In fact, some other automation commands such as Batches and Droplets derive their functionality from actions...

For this example, we will create an action that mirrors the active layer across both the vertical and horizontal axes (on a separate layer to ensure that the original layer remains unaltered) and then centers the results on the canvas...

An alternative of purchasing expensive white balance cards. White balance cards can simulate coloured filters such as a warming or cooling filter...

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, May 2005
Adding visual elements like paper clips and freshly drawn cut flowers, we’ll learn how to make an artsy looking scrapbook for our digital images.

Here I'm going to put together a scrapbook page on the fly so you can learn several different techniques that you can use specifically with Photoshop to get it done. First, find a few images from your File Browser that you want to use. Crop them down to size with the crop tool...

I'm going to show you the Clone stamp tool in this tutorial. First another review of how to create a fill. This is one way to do it. First, make a selection with a rectangular marquee (or any other marquee). Here I'm just covering the right half of the document...

Press I for the eyedropper tool. This tool is used to select colors from anywhere in the workspace (open documents). In the Edit: Preferences: Displays and cursors. You can change the settings to use either Precise or Standard. Standard is the eyedropper or turkey baster...

In this set of tutorials we're going to do some more image adjusting. Grab your tragic wand tool. Get an image with a similarly colored background. These are the easiest to select and the magic wand can maybe live up to it's name before it becomes tragic again...