Selections and Masks
Using masks rather than the selection tools is somewhat like working in grayscale instead of bitmap mode. Masks offer much finer control of how f...
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Creating A Mask Over Multiple Layers
A layer mask is great for creating masks for a single layer. But what happens when you have several layers that you want to mask all at once? Well, let's find ...
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Working with Gradients in Photoshop 6
Custom gradients are the key to many of the coolest Photoshop tricks and effects. If you produce photo-realistic work or simulated 3D, gradients are ...
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Fun With Gradients
Let's have some fun dabbling with gradients. First let's take a look at our options in Photoshop, then well do a little creative applying. To begin with, you select the gradient tool from the toolbar. With Photoshop 6 we are given a gradient Options Bar, similar to other tool selections lik...
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Extracting an Object From it's Background
1. Start buy opening the image you want to extraxt. Go to Filter > Extract (Alt + Ctrl + x). Choose the Edge Highlighter Tool (B) and in the Tool Options menu set the Brush Size to 20 and check for Smart Highlightings. Mark the edges of the areas you want to retain until it's completely out...
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PhotoShop - Extract
1)Open the pic that has something that you want to cut out. 2) Goto FILTER > EXTRACT now click on the marker icon on the left. 3) slowly start to outline the thing that you want to cut out. I usually zoom......
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Unlocking the Hidden Power of the Crop Tool in Photoshop 7
I was working on a magazine this weekend and after scanning and cropping about 50 pictures I stumbled across something I never noticed before, if I doubled click...
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Photoshop 7 Natural Brushes
I have given you a couple of examples to look at that are just stock brushes that Photoshop packaged with Photoshop 7. One of the things that is so cool, is that Photoshop can now "spray" brushes in different sizes, rotations and color variations creating much more realistic natural techniques. Th...
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Blending modes
Want to win some bets at Photoshop World? Ask your buddy to name all of Photoshop's blending modes. Odds are, he or she won't know all 21 of them. That's right, 21 (twenty-one) blending modes! (Of course, if he or she visits Planet Photoshop, don't offer the wager.) Be careful how you phrase...
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