Adobe Photoshop Tips, Tutorials & Techniques

By this point, you probably know how important Smart Objects can be when it comes to editing photos in Adobe Photoshop. What you may not know is that the concept that’s applied to photos is also applied to video in the same application. Smart Objects are a critical piece of editing with the freedom of […]

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m no painter. As a matter of fact, I can’t draw or paint. I can hardly even trace. But when I saw how cool the Mixer Brush was in Adobe Photoshop, I had to stop to take a closer look. Today, I’m here to tell you that it’s […]

For the longest time, I used the Rectangular Marquee Tool in Adobe Photoshop for all my cropping. I used it, it was great, things got done. It wasn’t until I learned about the power of the Crop Tool that I switched over to that. There are distinct benefits to using the Crop Tool and I […]

In my recent posts, I’ve been talking a lot about how to speed up the processing of multiple images. Adobe has made this really easy to take advantage of through their variety of methods for this. As a matter of fact, one of my more recent posts connects Adobe Bridge and Photoshop together to make […]

If you use Adobe Camera Raw in conjunction with Adobe Photoshop, you probably take advantage of Camera Raw’s noise reduction capabilities. Camera Raw handles getting rid of an reducing noise like a champ. Inside the Detail panel of this application, there are six sliders that focus on two aspects of noise reduction; luminance and color. […]

In Photoshop, masks are wonderful things. They allow us to non-destructively edit layers and they give us tons of flexibility. They’re so versatile, I’m tempted to say that editors, if they really tried, would be able to find an unlimited amount of use for them. In short, general masking does one thing in Photoshop. It […]

In some cases, there’s more to Adobe Photoshop than meets the eye. When the application is initially installed, it goes through the process of placing files onto your computer’s hard drive and loading various things, such as brushes, gradients, shapes and many more items to work alongside those files. The thing is, when Photoshop is […]

Have you ever watched a professional video editor work? I have and I can tell you it’s like watching Wile E. Coyote chase the Road Runner. I’m telling ya – fingers fly all over the place and the whole process is a blur. It’s the same way with audio editing. I’ve got a lot of […]

This is one of those areas that might seem extremely complicated, but is actually very straight forward. I’m talking about creating animations in video. The truth of the matter is, both video and animation are probably some of the most intimidating areas of graphic design and photography, but in all honesty, they’re both some of […]

If you’re an illustrator or if you do any type of drawing in Photoshop, you may be interested in this post. It’ll cover a really interested aspect of what you can do with the Brush Tool. I’ve gone over some areas of how to set some features with this tool before. If you haven’t seen […]