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Better Black and White Images

January 19, 2018. Posted in: Tip Of The Day.

Don’t just desaturate images (by going to Image > adjustment > desaturate), instead, add a Black and White adjustment layer (In the Layers panel) and use the six color sliders, that control one of the six primary colors in the image, to adjust the brightness of each color. Even better, click on the “click and […]

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Flip Guides as You Create Them

June 1, 2017. Posted in: Tip Of The Day.

You can create guides by clicking-and-dragging on the vertical or horizontal rulers. By holding Alt, Option on the Mac, you can flip the guide to the opposite direction as you create it.

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Reveal Measurement Guides Between Layers

May 31, 2017. Posted in: Tip Of The Day.

In Photoshop CC, with the Move Tool selected you can hover over an object while holding Ctrl (Mac: Command) to reveal measurement guides between the currently selected layer and the layer that you are hovering over.

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Auto-Collapse Iconic Panels in Photoshop

May 29, 2017. Posted in: Tip Of The Day.

To automatically show or hide iconic panels when working in Photoshop CS6 or newer, press Ctrl K (Mac: Command K) to open the Preferences Panel. In the Workspace Tab check the Auto-Collapse Iconic Panels checkbox to enable it (or right click on the panel tab and select this option). This option makes it so that panels […]

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Use the Move Tool to See the Distance Between Two Objects in Photoshop

April 7, 2017. Posted in: Tip Of The Day.

To see the distance of two objects in Photoshop, select one layer, then select the Move tool. Hold Ctrl (Mac: Command) while then hover over the layers to see the Smart Guides that will reveal the distance between the layers.

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Cycle Through Tabs Keyboard Shortcut

April 5, 2017. Posted in: Tip Of The Day.

If you have multiple documents open you can cycle through tabs by pressing Ctrl (Mac: Command) Tab. To go in reverse press Shift Ctrl (Mac: Command) Tab.

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Scrubby Zoom

April 4, 2017. Posted in: Tip Of The Day.

A good way to zoom into (or out of) an image is to select the Zoom tool by pressing-and-holding Z on your keyboard, then left-click and drag to the right to zoom in, and drag to the left to zoom out. This works for Photoshop CS5 and newer.

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