Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, July 2005
In this tutorial you will learn how to slice and convert a Photoshop website template into an editable web page.

Photoshop can be overwhelming for the absolute beginner. Therefore, I've compiled a few of the basics that you'll need to get up and running with this amazing piece of software. The tutorials are aimed at getting you familiar with most of Photoshop's tools. So, let's get started...

We'll start with the basics of making a drop-down shadow.
1. Load Photoshop and open your image (File, Open)
2. Open a new blank document (File, New) and drag-and-drop your object into the document...

Nested by default with the Character palette, the Paragraph palette can be shown and hidden using either the button in the options bar, the command in the Window menu, or with Command-T (Mac) Control-T (Windows) while editing or inputting type...

The Character palette can be shown and hidden through the Window menu or a button in the Options Bar when a type tool is active. The palette replicates many of the fields and options available in the Options Bar for type tools...

Photoshop's improved Options Bar includes the capability to save tool presets. This is a great way to speed your work with the Type tool. If you regularly use certain fonts at certain sizes, they can be saved as presets in the Tool Presets Picker at the left end of the Options Bar...

As long as type remains part of a type layer, it remains editable. You can return to the type layer at any time and make changes to the character and paragraph characteristics, or edit the text itself. After the layer is rasterized or or the image is flattened, the type can no longer be edited...

Photoshop offers four related tools for adding type to an image. The Horizontal Type tool (usually referred to as simply the Type tool), the Vertical Type tool, the Horizontal Type Mask tool, and the Vertical Type Mask tool are shown in their flyout palette...

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, July 2005
Discover how to manipulate paths, the key to mastering the shape tools available in Photoshop 6 software.

What do you do with a whole series of digital photos with such descriptive names as and ? How do you re-label those shots so you can later have some idea of what they are? Photoshop's File Browser can handle the job for you, and with a great deal of flexibility...