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Home » Photoshop Tutorials » Technical & Workflow » 5 Photoshop Tricks You Don’t Know (Probably)

5 Photoshop Tricks You Don’t Know (Probably)

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In this video I will go through 5 Photoshop tricks that you probably did not know.

Leave a comment letting me know how many of these tricks you already knew, and which were new to you!

Here’s a quick overview of the tricks and techniques shown in the video

#1: Advanced Blending Options

Uncheck “Transparency Shapes Layer” in the Layer Styles panel to make pixels blend differently when using blend modes.

#2: Precise Flare Window

You can bring up a special “Precise Flare Center” window to add a lens flare to exact locations in your photo.

#3: High Contrast Clouds

Instead of the usual clouds layer you get when you render clouds, you can render high contrast clouds.

#4: Black and White Adjustment Layer For Color Control

You can use a Black and White Adjustment Layer to control the luminance values of specific colors in your photo.

#5: Open One Image In Two Windows

You can have the same photo open in two windows that are side-by-side, with one view zoomed in and one view zoomed out.

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  1. Marica says

    August 1, 2015 at 2:52 pm

    WOW…this is great…I am very new to PS…I know a little bit but nothing like this…you explain things very easy…I will be watching it again and taking notes…thank you…

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      August 2, 2015 at 6:06 pm

      You’re welcome!

      Reply
  2. Charlie Bowman says

    August 1, 2015 at 2:55 pm

    Tried to sign up for your tutorials but your site would not accept my email address. Why?

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    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      August 4, 2015 at 1:05 pm

      Charlie, I’m not sure, but I added you manually. I used the email that you used on this comment.

      Reply
      • Charlie says

        August 9, 2015 at 12:53 pm

        Thanks.

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        • Photoshop Training Channel says

          August 24, 2015 at 5:16 pm

          You’re welcome!

          Reply
  3. Grady Mathias says

    August 1, 2015 at 4:12 pm

    Did not know these tips. Thanks!

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    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      August 2, 2015 at 6:06 pm

      You’re welcome!

      Reply
  4. Scott ONeal says

    August 2, 2015 at 4:42 am

    Actually, none of them! Got some great ideas and thoughts on using that last tip with the 2 windows! Thanks 🙂

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      August 2, 2015 at 6:05 pm

      You’re welcome! I’m glad you found them useful!

      Reply
  5. Laura Wildish says

    August 2, 2015 at 5:29 am

    Did not know these tricks very interesting. I have sent you a Facebook friends request.

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    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      August 4, 2015 at 1:07 pm

      Thanks, glad you enjoyed them!

      Reply
  6. brian cunningham says

    August 2, 2015 at 5:39 am

    didn’t know any of these tips, that’s why I have subscribed, I am very impressed!

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      August 2, 2015 at 6:05 pm

      Thank you! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Christian says

    August 2, 2015 at 7:50 am

    The exact position for a lens flare is great but…Do you know how to do the same for Blur like zoom or radial? Thanks

    Reply
    • Mikey says

      August 2, 2015 at 9:40 pm

      If you make the layer a smart object, then you can edit where the radial/zoom blur originates from, therefor finding the right spot is easy.

      Reply
  8. Miro says

    August 5, 2015 at 1:09 pm

    thank you… you are great

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    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      August 7, 2015 at 1:11 pm

      You’re welcome!

      Reply
  9. Jurgen says

    August 6, 2015 at 7:10 am

    I knew 3 of them because I always work with them on my images
    #1. Advanced Blending Mode
    #2. Precise Flare Window
    #5. Open One Image In Two Windows

    Reply
  10. dave birdsey says

    August 9, 2015 at 6:05 am

    I have been using photoshop for years and knew none of these. Thank you.

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    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      August 9, 2015 at 10:24 am

      You’re welcome!

      Reply
  11. Thom Keach says

    August 12, 2015 at 3:19 pm

    Thanks for the great tips. I didn’t know any of them as I’m fairly new to PS CC.

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      August 16, 2015 at 10:58 pm

      You’re welcome!

      Reply
  12. Flora Morris Brown says

    August 23, 2015 at 2:35 pm

    I just got Photoshop CC and when trying to access Frames in Scripted Patterns in Fill dialogue box, discovered it was no longer there. After some research I learned that Flame, Pic frame and Tree were now in Filter>Render. Only problem is they are grayed out on my computer.

    I went over to Photoshop community to see if anyone had a solution, but none of the suggested fixes worked. Now what?

    Thanks.

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      August 27, 2015 at 4:28 pm

      I’m not sure what the issues would be. Does your computer meet the requirements?

      As you said, the Adobe community would be the place to go.
      https://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop/content

      Reply
  13. Honor says

    September 4, 2015 at 2:08 am

    I knew a couple of ’em, but three were new to me, and they were good ones! These are great! Thank you!

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      September 4, 2015 at 8:30 am

      You’re welcome, Honor!

      Reply
  14. Akosile Samuel says

    September 9, 2015 at 12:19 pm

    Your’re great my brother!

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      September 10, 2015 at 7:14 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  15. Zakir Hossian says

    December 11, 2015 at 8:53 pm

    Thanks for the great tips.

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      December 12, 2015 at 2:06 pm

      You’re welcome!

      Reply
  16. Carol says

    December 13, 2015 at 3:26 pm

    Thank you for the tutorials. What a big help. I did not know these things. Can’t wait for Saturday. Be blessed!

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      December 17, 2015 at 11:41 am

      Thank you, Carol!

      Reply
  17. Wanda says

    December 18, 2015 at 5:13 pm

    Awesome! And tour explain so clearly , prob better than any i have seen. Thank you so much!

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      December 23, 2015 at 11:47 am

      You’re welcome, Wanda!

      Reply
  18. Trevor Barre says

    December 19, 2015 at 8:55 pm

    Hi and thanks for these great tips. Being a newbie I was grateful for finding a way to use the Lens Flare more precisely, though when trying to follow this video, my results were nothing like what was shown. After spending hours trying different options I finally discovered that it would only work when I changed my Info Panel Options Mouse Coordinates from cms to pixels.

    I’m guessing it is because the Lens Flare Centre window is in pixels and so when I was trying to plot my X and Y coordinates on the photo in cms it was throwing the lens flare right off the canvas? Interested to know if this is the case or if I am just missing something in the video?

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    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      December 23, 2015 at 11:48 am

      Trevor,

      Yes! The lens flare is in Pixels. Sorry for not mentioning it in the video.

      Reply
      • Zorro Gamarnik says

        July 18, 2017 at 5:09 pm

        Oh Thanks, I had problem with it too. Otherwise great tutorial. Thank you.

        Reply
        • Photoshop Training Channel says

          July 19, 2017 at 8:24 pm

          You’re welcome!

          Reply
  19. Marc says

    December 20, 2015 at 5:10 pm

    These are all new to me so thank you very much. I really like #4; l think I’ll be using this one quite a bit!

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      December 23, 2015 at 11:47 am

      Cool! Thanks for your comment, Marc!

      Reply
  20. Aditya Mittal says

    February 17, 2016 at 12:27 pm

    I didn’t know any of the tricks…Thanks a lot…

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    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      February 19, 2016 at 1:09 pm

      You’re welcome!

      Reply
  21. Raima says

    April 7, 2016 at 9:23 pm

    Yes, you are right I did not hear about these 5 tricks before. It is an excited tutorial for me. I really like all tricks here Thank you very much

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      April 20, 2016 at 11:01 pm

      You’re welcome!

      Reply
  22. Jamie Sugarman says

    December 16, 2016 at 10:46 am

    Brilliant! I’ve been using PS for 5 years and didn’t know any of these. Thank you.

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      January 1, 2017 at 5:54 pm

      You’re welcome, Jaime!

      Reply
  23. Kevin says

    January 20, 2017 at 11:46 pm

    Thank you for the tips, I did not know them, will try them out soon.
    Kevin

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    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      January 20, 2017 at 11:53 pm

      You’re welcome, Kevin!

      Reply
  24. Shelley Bezona says

    January 21, 2017 at 9:13 am

    Thanks for sharing……learned 4 new things today!..

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    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      April 6, 2017 at 12:22 pm

      Awesome, Shelley!

      Reply
  25. Alex Breugelmans says

    March 29, 2017 at 1:37 am

    Thought I knew it all 🙂
    Brilliant to show us these tricks in a precise and short presentation. Excellent teacher!

    Reply
    • Photoshop Training Channel says

      April 3, 2017 at 1:47 pm

      Thank you, Alex!

      Reply
  26. Susie Learey says

    January 9, 2018 at 7:12 am

    This is probably something everyone already knows, but I have done a 30-minute search with no answer, so Idecided to bother you. When an app says “photo size must be 4000 px,” does this mean that one side or the other must be 4000 px?

    Reply
  27. Abogados says

    May 23, 2018 at 9:44 am

    These are some great Photoshop Tips! Im just starting to use it and this will really help 🙂

    Reply
  28. Fernando says

    May 23, 2018 at 11:15 pm

    Thank you so much for this awesome advice/tutorial ♥!

    Reply

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