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 Adobe Photoshop Tips: January 30, 2010: Reflection: How to create a mirror image
January 2010 is coming to a close. It has been a month for both reflection on the past year and looking ahead to the coming months. Reflecting in Photoshop and Elements is easy to do. You can create a mirror image with just a few clicks. When you want to create a mirror image of a photo in P ...
- Adobe Photoshop Tips: January 23, 2010: How to Round the Corners of Photos and Mats
In Photoshop and Elements, there is more than one way to do almost everything, so if one way doesn’t feel natural to you, there’s usually another workaround. Last week’s tip showed one way to create a mat around your photos (or other page elements) using the Stroke function. ...
- Adobe Photoshop Tips: January 16, 2010: How to Digitally Mat a Photo in Photoshop or PSE
Some skills are basic to the art of scrapbooking. Matting photos is one of those essential skills. In traditional scrapbooking, mats are created by cutting a piece of cardstock slightly larger than a photo, then mounting the photo in the center of the mat. This helps define the picture as the ...
- Adobe Photoshop Tips: January 9, 2010: How to fade filters in Photoshop and PSE
We all have a pair of favorite jeans – the comfy ones that started out with a deep blue hue, but each memory you’ve made in them has faded them just a bit. A family picnic, a trip to the museum, pizza and movie nights have rendered them the perfect shade of blue. Like the color of y ...
- Adobe Photoshop Tips: January 2, 2010: How to re-run filters in Photoshop and Elements
What fun I’ve had with my family during the holidays, snuggling up on the couch and watching re-runs of all of our favorite Christmas shows. It’s fun to watch Photoshop re-runs, too. When you are working with filters, you can run the filter again using an easy shortcut. To begin, ...
- Adobe Photoshop Tips: December 26, 2009: Shortcuts for creating new layers in Photoshop and PSE
As 2009 comes to a close, we are celebrating the start of a brand new year this week. I love having the chance to start fresh with a clean slate each January. When you are working in Photoshop and Elements, you can start fresh with a new canvas or layer, too. Pressing Ctrl N (Mac: Cmd N) on you ...
- Adobe Photoshop Tips: December 19, 2009: How to adjust the leading in lines of text
Are you making your list and checking it twice? With only a few days until Christmas, I hope you have completed your own “to do” list and that you’ve stayed on Santa’s “good” list this year. Why not include one of those lists on your next digital project? Pre ...
- Adobe Photoshop Tips: December 12, 2009: How to use clipping masks
Will you be listening for the clippity clop of reindeer hooves on your roof this year? I know at least one little boy who will desperately try to stay awake on Christmas Eve, just listening for Dancer and Prancer! Even if you can’t stay awake to witness the visit from that Jolly Old Elf, ...
- Adobe Photoshop Tips: December 5, 2009: How to use the Warp Tool in Photoshop or the Liquify Filter in PSE
If you are looking for a fun way to add a little magic to your holiday photos, try playing dress up in Photoshop! Adding fun elements like hats to your favorite subjects is quick and easy, but gives your pictures a dramatic punch. Learning to use the Warp tool will help you make the hats fit on ...
- Adobe Photoshop Tips: November 28th, 2009: How to load and use Photoshop Brushes
Do you feel left out in the cold when it comes to Photoshop Brushes? Many of you have emailed us asking what to do with the ABR file that comes packaged with our brushes-n-stamps sets. The designers aren’t shivering out in the cold, when they create those ABRrrrr files – that’ ...
- Adobe Photoshop Tips: November 21st, 2009: The Reindeer was FRAMED! How to use digital frames
The song says that Grandma got run over by a reindeer, but we think he was framed! … digitally that is! If you are trying to frame a reindeer (or anyone else) this holiday season, here are a few pointers that make the task a bit easier. Begin by opening a document the size and shape of yo ...
- Adobe Photoshop Tips: November 15th, 2009 A Few of my Favorite Things, How to print several items on one page
In last week’s tip, we created tags and other holiday crafts using ready-made card templates. This week we continue making holiday preparations without blowing the budget. One way to save a few of your holiday dollars is to print several cards, tags, or other projects on one page. Here ...
- Adobe Photoshop Tips: November 7th, 2009: Window Dressing, How to use and get the most from Ready-made Card Templates
We are enjoying the fall weather so much that we’ve been opening our windows each afternoon to let the fresh air in. It’s hard to believe that the holiday season is just around the corner and retailers are already dressing their windows for the holiday season. Now that November is u ...
- Adobe Photoshop Tips: October 31st, 2009: Tip or Treat! How to fill your layer with goodies
It’s Halloween – a night for filling bags and buckets with tricks and treats of every sort. In the spirit of the season, we are treating you to a tip for filling your layers with the treatment of your choice. When you want to quickly change the color of an image, such as the .png im ...
- Adobe Photoshop Tips: October 24th, 2009: Hidden Meaning, How to hide the highlight on selected type in Photoshop
This is the time of year when children attend parties and come around to our homes, hidden behind costumes of every sort. These costumes can make it difficult to see who lurks beneath. You might be able to guess or you might have to ask them to lift their mask so that you can identify the sweet ...
- Adobe Photoshop Tips: October 17th, 2009: Double Doozy, How double-clicking changes your editing resolution
Ever feel like you need to move at double-time to get it all done? Here’s a tip that will double your productivity as you work in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. When you need to see your image up close and personal, double-click the Zoom tool to see your image at actual size. When you w ...
- Adobe Photoshop Tips: October 10th, 2009: The Brush Off, How to scroll up and down your brush list
Are you brushing up on your brush skills? Here are a couple of tips I’ve incorporated into my brush workflow that help increase my productivity. Always create your brushwork on a new transparent layer. Click the Create a New Transparent Layer icon in the Layers palette before using a bru ...
- Adobe Photoshop Tips: October 3rd, 2009: A Sticky Situation, How to Glue Layers Together
When I scrapbook with paper and adhesive, I have two choices: Removable or Permanent tape. In Photoshop and PSE, I have the same two choices. Linking layers is the digital equivalent of repositionable glue. To link two or more layers, hold the Ctrl (Mac: Cmd) key and click on the layers you wan ...
- Adobe Photoshop Tips: September 26th, 2009: Size Matters; How to Determine and Change the Document Size
In Photoshop and PSE, sometimes size does matter. When you have opened a photo or document and need to know the size, press Ctrl + Alt + I (Mac: Cmd + Opt + I) to activate the Image Size Dialog box. This box gives you the current dimensions of your document and allows you to change the size on ...
- Adobe Photoshop Tips: September 19th, 2009: The I’s Have It; How to switch between the Brush and Eyedropper tools
Do you have an I for design? You do if you are using Photoshop or Photoshop Elements! The Eyedropper tool is a quick way to pick up a color from your photo or project. Just press the letter I on your keyboard to activate the Eyedropper tool. Then click once on your layout or photo to pick up a ...
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