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The Adobe Photoshop category includes posts and articles that cover tips, tutorials and best practices for various areas of opening, editing and exporting photographs and graphics into and from Photoshop. Discussion includes how to effectively utilize this piece of photo editing software in post-processing to best arrive at the result you're looking for. Additional topics include how to work efficiently with all of Photoshop's tools and panels; color, clarity, size, type, filters, etc...for both print and the web.

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How to Use the Focus Area Selection Tool in Photoshop

Sometimes, making a selection in Adobe Photoshop can be tricky. If you’re trying to select a person, animal or object that doesn’t have defined edges or that has edges that are all over the place, using the Quick Selection Tool, Magic Wand Tool or any other tool like those can offer a cumbersome experience. Basically, […]

How Can I Fix Wide Angle Distortion in My Photos?

Question: I’ve been taking a lot of photos lately with my wide angle lens (Sigma 10-20mm). While these pictures are great and I love them a lot, I’d like to remove some of the distortion from them that the lens introduces. I’m even creating a few panoramic shots from individual images that I’ve captured and […]

How to Round the Corners of a Live Shape in Photoshop

Did you know that after you draw out a live shape in Adobe Photoshop, you’re not stuck with that shape? You can actually modify it quite a bit. And what’s nice is that it’s very easy to do this. One of the most popular changes to make to a shape is to round the corners […]

Can I Include Layer Groups in Smart Objects in Photoshop?

Question: This is the second part of my two part question. The first part had to do with adjustment layers being included in Smart Objects and this one has to do with layer groups being included in Smart Objects. I should actually be saying “converted” to a Smart Object, but I see these things as […]

How to Use Color Range Selection & Masking Together in Photoshop

The Color Range selection tool and masking go hand in hand inside of Adobe Photoshop. I actually just wrote a post on this topic yesterday, so if you think you’d be interested in making a selection based on the color of something and then refining that selection by way of a layer mask, please click […]

How to Speed Up & Slow Down a Single Video Clip in Adobe Photoshop

Have you ever seen a video that played in fast-motion? Or one that played at regular normal speed and sped up for parts of it? I’ve watched videos that included this type of effect a number of times and I have always wondered how the editor did what they did. It’s one of the coolest […]

Problems When Changing Colors in Photoshop

I know a lot of designers out there who struggle with changing the colors of objects inside of Adobe Photoshop. This can be a tricky task to complete, but if you know a few small tricks, your life can be much easier. If you’ve got two areas of a photograph that share the same exact […]

Can I Make Unique Copies of Smart Objects in Photoshop?

Question: I’m working on a large project where I’m attempting to duplicate, or make copies of, a Smart Object I created previously. I need about five copies and I intend to edit each one so it’s different from all the rest. The problem I’m coming across is that after I make the copies and then […]

Protecting Text While Warping & Distorting in Photoshop

I used to make a lot of business cards, flyers, posters and all sorts of print material back in my heyday. I still do produce graphics like this from time to time and I am just so pleased with how far Photoshop has come in this regard. I can tell you that it is SO […]

How To Make a Shape Cutout in Photoshop

Question: I’m working in on a project in Photoshop and I would like to make a cutout of a custom shape. It’s a star and I’d like to make it so the photograph only shows where the star is, so basically it would be a star shaped photo. I would like everything else in the […]