Adobe Photoshop Resources

QuickTips Index

Remove Red-Eye with the Sponge Tool
This is a slight variation on red eye removal tips you may have seen elsewhere, but its very quick and very effective.

New Photomerge Feature in Photoshop CS
Previously introduced in Photoshop Elements, the Photomerge features has been brought over to Photoshop CS and enhanced to accomodate much larger images. Photomerge automatically arranges and seamlessly combines multiple images to create a panorama.

Use Better Interpolation When Resampling in Photoshop CS & Photoshop Elements 3
Photoshop CS and Photoshop Elements 3 (and higher) offer two new interpolation methods you can use for better results when resampling images. If you rarely change settings from the default Bicubic method, you may never even notice the two new methods are there.

Cycle Through Blend Modes with the Keyboard
Learn how to quickly change blend modes using the keyboard shortcuts.

Removing Flash Reflections from Eyeglasses in Photoshop
Photoshop tips for removing glare on eyeglasses from flash reflections.

Contact Sheet vs. Picture Package
Photoshop offers two features for printing multiple images on a page: Contact Sheet II and Picture Package. Many people are confused about when to use Contact Sheet II and when to use Picture Package.

File Browser Improvements in Photoshop CS
The Photoshop CS File Browser is much more useful than previous versions. Here we'll take a look at many of the improvements.

Customize Keyboard Shortcuts in Photoshop CS
Photoshop users can now create custom keyboard shortcuts, add new keyboard shortcuts, save and share shortcut sets, and print a reference chart of their shortcut keys. Learn all about this new feature introduced in Photoshop CS.

Exploring the New Filter Gallery in Photoshop CS
Photoshop CS has a new addition under the filter menu--the Filter Gallery. Not only does the filter gallery give you a more visual way of selecting effects filters, it lets you stack multiple filter effects and apply them in one step.

Exploring the Live Histogram in Photoshop CS
In previous versions of Photoshop, you could open the histogram in a dialog box, but you couldn't keep the histogram on-screen to see how the graph changed as you made edits, except in the levels dialog. Now in Photoshop CS, we have a live histogram that updates in real time as we make edits to our images.

Put Text on a Path or in a Shape in Photoshop CS
Finally, Photoshop users can now put type on a path or into a shape. Learn how to use this new feature in Photoshop CS.

Keep Track of Editing History in Photoshop CS
The new History Log in Photoshop CS can help you remember how to repeat a technique, record time-tracking information for client work, create a legal record, and is also useful for training purposes.

Customize Picture Package Layouts in Photoshop CS
In previous versions of Photoshop, you had to go through a somewhat non-intuitive process if you wanted to customize the default layouts in the picture package feature. Fortunately, Photoshop CS now offers a dialog box for visually editing and creating new picture package layouts.

New Ways to Share Your Photos in Photoshop CS
Photoshop CS has several new ways photographers can share their photos both for professional feedback, or among friends and family. Learn about the PDF Presentation, Web Photo Gallery and Online Services features in Photoshop CS.

Use the Scrubber Controls Instead of the Keyboard in Photoshop CS
Photoshop CS has a new type of user interface control called "scrubbers" which are easily missed because they are not obvious. If you tend to use the mouse more than the keyboard, you're going to love these--now you can enter numbers without ever taking your hand off the mouse.

Move Text Without Leaving The Type Tool
You don't have to commit your type layer and then switch to the move tool to reposition it.

Two ways to straighten a skewed horizon in your photos
If you have a picture that was taken with the camera tilted or scanned at an angle, Photoshop offers two tools to fix this quickly--the measure tool and the crop tool. Here are step-by step instructions for straightening a crooked photo or scan in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, plus a way to correct perspective at the same time.

Rasterize and Flatten Layer Effects
A tip so you can apply filters to layers with effects in Photoshop.

Convert Layer Effects To Layers
How to put layer effects on their own layers.

Remove Unsharp Mask Halos
Oversharpening can often result in unsightly halos or glows in your image. Here is an easy way to remove them while keeping the sharpness.

Quick Type Selection
Quickly select all the text on a type layer.

Visually Choose Fonts
Visially cycle through your fonts in Photoshop, and learn how to hide the text highlighting if you find it distracting.

An 'Undo' for Actions
Using this tip you will never find yourself unable to 'undo' after running an action that you did not like.

Feather Selections Visually
This tip will have you see what you're getting when you feather a selection.

Choose Starting Increment For Batch Renaming
There is an undocumented feature for batch renaming files in Photoshop 7's file browser that lets you add a serial number and specify the starting increment.

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