Archive for the “2 Minute Photoshop Tips” Category

Give your subjects golden skin, with this quick trick.

This trick include tips on:

Adjustment layers
Warming up an image
Blending Modes

Download a PDF of our step by step guide for this trick here: Golden Skin Guide.

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Make your subjects pop from your photos background by simulating a decrease in depth of field.

This trick include tips on:

Extracting objects
Hiding/showing layers and layer management
Selective blurring and blur gradation

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Tips and tricks for getting the most out of the Marquee tool.

This trick include tips on:

Constraining the size and shape of selections
Adjusting selections
Adding to and subtracting from selections

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A look at how to create digital mats for your digital photographs.

This trick include tips on:

Canvas Sizing
Layer Alignment
Actions

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A look at how to create a text shadow complete with fades, blurs, and perspective.

This trick include tips on:

Text tools
Gradients
Layer effects
Layer transformations

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This show contains no tricks, but does have a quick update on our second photoshop contest our user wiki.

Our 2nd Photoshop contest is for the best use of the photo transformed into a painting trick, which can be found here. Tag your flickr entries wi…

A look at how to print accurate colors from within photoshop using printer/paper profiles.

This trick include tips on:

Printing accurate color
Print profiles
Color management

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Part two of our 2 part trick on aging photos.

This trick include tips on:

Creating a grunge brush
Layer masks
Layer and brush opacity effects

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Part one of our 2 part trick on aging photos.

This trick include tips on:

Sepia toning
Adding a border to images
Ripped edge effect

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How to create shiny text for logos, headers, etc.

This trick include tips on:

Basic text effects (gradients, strokes)
Selecting intersections of layers
Adding glossy highlights

See our example selection here.

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