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 unique “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 generate 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 side-by-side windows, with one view zoomed in and one view zoomed out.

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Jesús Ramirez

Jesús Ramirez is a graphic designer and the founder of the Photoshop Training Channel, which he started in 2012 and has grown past two million YouTube subscribers. He has taught at Adobe MAX, Adobe Summit, and Photoshop World, teaches courses for CreativeLive and Pluralsight, and was one of five artists chosen for Adobe Stock's Make a Masterpiece campaign. His Photoshop templates shipped inside Photoshop CC 2018.

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  1. 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…

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

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

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

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

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

  7. 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

    1. 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.

  9. 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

  12. 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.

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

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

  18. 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?

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

  19. 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!

  21. 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

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

  26. 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?

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

  29. What do I have to DL to do this I’ve been looking for something to use so I can make ideas for my car.

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