We know about blend modes, and they are a truly powerful thing, but how can we use them to our advantage?

The History Brush Tool paints with a history state or snapshot. Click to enlarge In the Toolbox, select the History Brush Tool. Choose brush size and style*. In the History palette**. select a source history state or snapshot. Paint with the selected history state...

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, May 2005
Ever seen icons that look like transparent plastic? Want to make some of your own? With this tutorial you’ll learn how it’s done.

Tired of clicking? Here are some quick shorcuts for you to work faster and rather efficiently!

A truly fascinating text tutorial, covering everything you need to know, from preset tools to warps!

1. Most pixel pictures comics-styled use black outlines. Let's create a spotlit cube like we have been doing it in previous chapters. Create a cube by using a solid black outline.

This tutorial will show you the basics of layer masks including what a mask is, how to use masks, and 3 different methods of implementation.

1. You've got a shape or font created in Photoshop, but doesn't quite appear smooth around the edges. Here's a simple way to correct this.
2. Ctrl + Click the layer in question to Select it.
3. Go the Channel Palette and create a new Channel...

This is a quite simple tutorial to create a very nice plastic feel to your texts and shapes.

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If you have ever snapped 100 pictures to be emailed and then see they are hi-res, then you know you will have to reduce their size one by one. Creating Actions for Batch Processing will let do all very quickly.