Layer effects was new in Photoshop 5 and makes a lot of third party plugins unnecessary. Here's a brief overwiev of these effects. Be sure to check out how...
For the following please refer to the picture above to identify the location of the function on the tool-bar. Marquee Tool The marquee tool selects areas within a layer. It...
Extracting Image Content from Backgrounds Every day, content is extracted from its background on thousands of workstations around the globe so that it can be imposed over a different background....
Specifying Default Resolution for New Preset Documents When you create a new preset for a custom document size in the File>New dialog box, Photoshop uses the resolution values set in...
Comparing Documents for Differences Sometimes you need to compare two files that might look identical when opened but that you suspect differ in some minor detail. You can do this...
Saving Files You would think that saving files would be dead easy: Select Save and click OK. If only it were that simple. There are a few gotchas that can,...
When you magnify your image's view by a percentage higher than 100%, you can use the Navigator palette to show the hidden areas of the image. There are three ways...
Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts - Tips & ResourcesIn this tutorial I'll show you how to use Photoshop CS and CS2 to change your keyboard shortcuts, how to save sets of...
When you are working with a strict color scheme on a project, the Swatches palette is indispensable. The palette allows you to create, save, and store colors that are particular...
Disabling Plug-ins Each time you launch Photoshop, it loads plug-ins and presets into memory. The problem is that you may or may not need many of the plug-ins during the...
The tool options that appear on the Option bar when you select a tool can be saved in a preset and stored in the Tool Presets palette for easy access....
Setting Preferences Photoshop ships with factory settings, known more popularly as Preferences, sometimes shortened to Prefs, that you have the option of accepting or rejecting and, in their place, specifying...