#55 Photoshop Tips: Enhance Your Filter Effects
Posted on 5:52 PM by Daniy
This is how to take control over cool filter that you apply to your images. If you used to select some areas and start to apply filters on it, from now on I suggest you to make that process on a new fresh layer. Press Ctrl+J [Mac: Command+J] after you do a selection and it will put the selected area up on its own layer. By the Photoshop words, it’s a Layer via Copy.You will have the advantages from this trick because as you put the area on its own area, you have more control over the images. For example, you can change the Blend Modes of the layer after you applied filters on it. By multiplying it, screening it, or overlaying it, you will be astonished with more visual effects that may never thought before.
Also, you will have control of your filter "after the fact". This means after you applied the filter, you felt it too intense, you can always lower the opacity of the layer to calm it down a bit.
Read More...
,
#46 Photoshop Trick: Selecting The Area For Your Pasted Image
Posted on 8:44 PM by Daniy
Whenever you paste an image into another document, Photoshop will usually place it on the center of the document. If don’t want to appear that way, you can make a selection in the area where you’d like the image to appear. Photoshop will center the pasted image in the selection.
,
#43 Photoshop Trick: Maximizing The Move Tool Function
Posted on 8:20 PM by Daniy
The main function of Move tool is should be selelcting and moving. By default, the tool won’t automatically select the layer as you click in the document, instead there are two ways for you to do it: (1) click the layer in the Layers palette, and (2) right-click [Mac: hold Control + click] on any areas in the document and you’ll provided by a pop-up menu containing several layers which located exactly beneath the areas you clicked. Is there any other [simple] ways?Yes, there are two more ways or you to select your layer even faster: (1) Check the “Automatically select layer” on the Option bar in Move tool mode, so you can select your layer with a single click, or (2) hold the Ctrl [Mac: Command] and click the object/layer in your document.
Another question: “how do I know that I have successfully select my layer? Of course I need to know what current layer is active.” Look at your canvas title, you’ll find the name of of your current active layer. Not sure enough? Put a stare at your Layers palette, naah.. there you go.
Labels: layers
Read More...,
#38 Photoshop Quickies: Getting Back Your Background Layer
Posted on 6:06 PM by Daniy
Lost your Background layer? It hurts. If you suddenly find yourself staring at Layers palette and there’s no Background layer [chances are you accidentally converted your Background layer into a regular layer], here’s the tips how you can get that background layer back again.
Create a new blank layer and then scroll down to the Layer > Menu > Background From Layer menu, and Photoshop will take your new blank layer and create a solid white Background layer at the bottom of your layer stack.Labels: layers
Read More...,
