Editor's Pick in Photoshop Articles, February 2007
Photoshop, ImageReady, and Bridge all use preference files to store application settings. In this article you will learn everything you need about preferences and documents.

The Pen Tool can be one of the best Tools in Photoshop, if you learn how to master it. Here I will give you a quick crash-course to the Pen Tool.

The Notes Tool allows you to attach to image your notes.
In the Toolbox, select the Notes Tool. Drag on the image where you want to attach a note. A resizable window appears. Type your text and close the note (animation)...

Click this button to enter Quick Mask mode. Edit mask using any Photoshop tools. Click this button to enter Standard Editing mode...

You can still move layers around in the layer order in the palette. Here you can see that I'm moving the oval fill shape to above the text layer, so that it is now hiding the text layer because of the layer order. The layers are still linked and will move together...

1. Select the Shape Tool option (Press the letter U on the keyboard). Hold the mouse click and the drop down option reveals six different Shape options.
2. Once you have selected a basic Shape tool, at the very top of Photoshop's menu area, a new 'Options Bar' appears...

We will walk through the creation of a layer style next time, but for this article I want you to become familiar with styles by looking at those included with Photoshop 6. Here's a snapshot of the Layer Styles Default setup:...

Here is some help for how to make transparent GIFs using Photoshop.

This tutorial coverst the very basic of paint tools. Ideal for the beginner :)

In this tutorial lets take a look at the basic layer effects and blending options. This is a whole new world unto itself and opens up a plethora of opportunities for all Photoshop users and designers...