In this quick tip I’ll show you how you can save a tone of time embedding a work path on JPG files so you can load a selection when you want to use that JPG file on another project without making the selection manually again. If you plan to use an image on multiple projects, this quick tip can help ... Read More »

In this short tutorial episode I’ll show you some of the shortcuts and photoshop tricks I use everyday. I’ll how you multiple zooming options without using the zooming tool, how to select layers without using the layers palette and a keyboard shortcut to create a layer mask in Photoshop. Read More »

Sometimes applying a style to a layer is not enough. If you want to reapply the same style again you can rastirize the layer style but you will loose the blend modes. A way around this issue is to turn the styles into layers and that way you will preserve the blend modes, clear the layer style list and you ... Read More »

In this quick video I will show you how to create randomly colored brushes in Photoshop using the Color Dynamics. You will learn how the color dynamics sliders work in order to add random color variations to your strokes and create colored bokeh effects in Photoshop. Read More »

Stock used Horses:  http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1208971 Cityscape:  http://meeliah-stock.deviantart.com/art/Skyline-02-124488529 A great tool was introduced from the CS5 version. Some called it the “magical tool” but the engineers of Photoshop called it “Content Aware Fill”. What does this tool? Well yes,you guessed right,this tool fills something.  It uses synthesised details from the area surrounding the selection to create a „fill” that replaces or remove ... Read More »

I repeated over and over again that I always use the Pen Tool when extracting objects from the background. After trying the Magnetic Lasso tool, I pretty much forgot about my Pen Tool “obsession”. That’s because with the Magnetic Lasso tool you can draw a path around an object a lot quicker since this tool detects contrast changes. Read More »

Today we are going to create a tilt-shift effect using layers,a mask and lens blur. Lens blur gives the effect of a narrower depth of field, so some areas of your image stay in focus, and other areas are blurred. Read More »

We all want to have a sharpen photo or manipulation,don’t we? In some cases the classic way of sharpening might not be the best idea. After applying it in RGB mode those might look artificial or over-shapened. We all been there. So we need the best way to keep the quality of the photo after sharpening it. Shapening in LAB ... Read More »

In order to become a better Photoshop user you need to speed up your workflow and become efficient in order to concentrate more on the design part rather than on dealing with the menus. Read More »

Before starting to work on an image composition, you need to know if the stock images that you have fit in terms of light, angle etc. Using the layer styles window you can change the blending behaviour of the image and remove white and black backgrounds non-destructively. See how quick this is. Read More »