Adobe Photoshop Tips, Tutorials & Techniques

By now, you probably know that there are many methods for softening skin in Adobe Photoshop. I’ve actually covered quite a few of these methods on this website. The thing is, it’s important to learn as many skin softening techniques as possible because you never know when bits and pieces of each technique may come […]

I’d like to follow up on my most recent post regarding alpha channels in Adobe Photoshop. There’s one thing I need to touch on that might make all the difference when using this feature of the application. It has to do with selecting a layer that has layer styles applied to it. As it stands, […]

If you’re one of the 99 people out of 100 I’m thinking of right now, you’ll likely never need to know what an alpha channel is when it comes to Adobe Photoshop, but if you’re that one out of 100, you most likely do. Alpha channels (or channels overall) are those things you sort of […]

In the past, I’ve written about how using the “Auto” features in Adobe Photoshop can be a great starting point for adjusting photos. There are many of these auto features out there. For instance, If you were to open a photograph in Photoshop and then navigate to the Image > Adjustments menu and click on […]

For this final installment of my four part “How to Create a Photo Slideshow in Adobe Photoshop” series, I’ll add some fades and transitions between photos to smooth things out. As the slideshow stands currently, I’ve got all the slides on the timeline and there’s some movement, but things are a bit choppy at the […]

This is the third installment of my “How to Make a Slideshow in Photoshop” series. If you’re interested, you can read the first two installments here and here. Both of those posts should get you caught up and you’ll be following along with this one in no time flat. In my previous posts, I discussed […]

I’ll be continuing on with the “How To Make a Slideshow” theme for a few more posts. If you haven’t read my first installment, please do so here. It discusses how to take advantage of Adobe Bridge to organize and sequence the photographs you’d like to use. It’s actually a simple process once you get […]

Animating text in Adobe Photoshop is just like animating anything else in Photoshop. It takes some placement, creativity and keyframes to get the job done. So if you know how to animate other objects in this application, you can take care of text without issue. In today’s post, I’ll walk through a quick project where […]

Have you even noticed the information that’s included in a newscast, down towards the bottom of the screen? I know you’ve seen it. We all have. Usually, the information states the person’s name who is currently speaking or where they’re located. Sometimes the information is scrolling. Whatever type of text is there, it’s usually contained […]