Photoshop

There are a few core pillars of what makes Adobe Photoshop great. Layer masks are one of those pillars. Using these types of masks allows for all sorts of creativity and like many other areas of Photoshop, their limit is completely up to the user. The problem many folks have, however, is that they oftentimes […]

If you’ve ever put multiple images together in a layout of some sort, this post may be of great help to you. What I’m talking about here are, perhaps, layouts for postcards, magazines, newspapers, etc…the types of things that you’ve well specified, but haven’t yet obtained the final images for. In cases like this, it’s […]

Through the years, there have been a good number of instances when I’ve wanted to change, or customize, the color or size of the checkerboard transparency background of my canvas in Adobe Photoshop. Most of the times, it’s been because of conflicting colors. And by conflicting, I mean far too close to one another. If […]

The reason I chose to select text today, is because, in general, text has nice defined edges. The colors between the letters and their backgrounds are likely contrasted, which offers a perfect environment for selecting them with the Magnetic Lasso Tool. As you may have guessed by reading the previous paragraph, the Magnetic Lasso Tool […]

If you do a quick Google search for “Vintage Photo,” you’ll find an endless supply of pictures that look like they were taken 50 years ago. I just did this a few moments ago and after I did, I attempted to differentiate vintage, or older looking, photos with new, or modern looking, ones. Here’s what […]

If you take a lot of photos that have distinct focus areas, this post may be just for you. What I’m referring to here is a photo, such as an apple, that’s on a table and is completely in focus. In the photo, there’s a narrow depth of field that blurs out virtually everything but […]

If you frequently work with Smart Objects in Adobe Photoshop, you may have duplicated one (or many) over time. It’s actually quite common. You’re working with one layer, would like another one that looks just like it, so you make a copy of the one you’re working on. At first glance, this seems fine. There […]

A very common task in Adobe Photoshop is to work with JPG files. Editors enjoy opening these types of compressed files right into Photoshop to do their editing. Whether it be color correction, adding text or making a composite image. Whatever the job, when you open a JPG file into Photoshop, it’s going to be […]

If you frequently work with Adobe Photoshop, you already know that selecting objects is almost an every day occurrence. Besides cropping and adjusting colors, it’s a really, really popular thing to do. The thing is, when selecting areas of a photo or a graphic, it’s critical to think about and choose the most efficient tool […]

When it comes to portrait photography, there are a few tricks you can take advantage of in Adobe Photoshop that can add some subtle effects to your photos. In future posts, I’ll be covering just about every styling effect under the sun, but today, I’m going to discuss one small slice of the entire pie. […]