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Online Photoshop Tutorials, News and Tips
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Select with color channels
Sometimes, targeting a specific color chan-nel can help create a much better selection, especially if there are distinct color differences you can take advantage of. In this example, the same diagonal move with the Quick Selection tool resulted in a much better selection of the heart when it was applied only to the [...]
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Zoom in the Color Range preview
The preview in the Color Range dialog shows the entire image by default, which can make it hard to judge the potential selection mask if you’re trying to select only small areas. The solution is to first create a selection around the area on which you want to work before you choose Select>Color Range. Once [...]
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Remove Lasso tools: control points
When using either the Polygonal Lasso or the Magnetic Lasso tools (both nested under the Lasso tool [L]), you can remove control points in the order in which they were put down by backtracking along the selection path and pressing the Delete (PC: Backspace) key for each point. The Magnetic Lasso tool may try [...]
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Fine-tuning with the Quick Selection tool
When adding or subtracting small areas with the Quick Selection tool (W), your results will be more accurate if you use the Zoom tool (Z) for a close view and then use a smaller brush tip combined with shorter strokes.
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Change the default Eye-dropper sample setting
The sample size of the Eyedropper tool (I), found in the Options Bar, controls the size of the area that’s evaluated when it provides color and tonal feedback, but it can also affect how certain selection tools work,e.g., the Magic Wand or the Color Range command. The default Sample Size value is Point Sample, [...]
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Where are my palettes?
They are still there only their name has changed. Palettes no longer exist in Photoshop CS4. Officially, they are now called panels.
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FREE Expo Passes at Photoshop World
Want to get a small taste of what Photoshop World is all about? If you find yourself in the Las Vegas area on Thursday, September 2 or Friday September 3 you can get a free pass to the Photoshop World Tech Expo at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. You will have access to vendors demonstrating [...]
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Skin smoothing – Camera Raw style
Flawless skin can be key to successful portraits of ladies. Make their skin creamy soft by tapping the K key in Adobe Camera Raw 5 to call up the Adjustment Brush. Set the Clarity slider to ~40 for starters. Brush over the skin you want to smooth. Want it smoother? Drag the slider farther to [...]
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Pre-clipped adjustment layers
Want to clip your next adjustment layer before you even make it? Open the Adjust-ments panel, click the triple-black-over-white-circle icon to clip the next adjust-ment layer you choose from the panel. Now the adjustment only affects the layer immediately below it before the adjust-ment is made. Bliss!
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One button layer clipping
Clipping an adjustment layer to affect only the layer below it required remembering to hold down the Option (PC: Alt) key, while hovering the cursor between the layers, until a black-over-white-circle icon appears, and then click. Now all we have to do is highlight the adjustment layer in the Layers panel and then click the [...]
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