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Photoshop Selections - The Magnetic Lasso Tool
The Magnetic Lasso Tool is one of the best selection tools in Photoshop, giving us much better results than what the standard Lasso Tool offers in less time and with less effort and frustration. In fact, with a little practice, you may find yourself hopelessly attracted to it!
Photoshop Selections - The Polygonal Lasso Tool
The Polygonal Lasso Tool, another of Photoshop's geometry-based selection tools, allows us to easily select objects with straight, flat surfaces with just the click of a mouse!
Photoshop Selections - The Lasso Tool
Photoshop's Lasso Tool is probably the easiest of the selection tools to use, allowing us to draw freehand selections around objects in a photo as if we were outlining them on paper with a pen or pencil. We'll also learn how to fix up problem areas and dramatically improve your results!
Photoshop Selections - The Elliptical Marquee Tool
The Rectangular Marquee Tool may be one of the easiest Photoshop selection tools to use, but it isn't much help to us when we need to draw oval or circular selections. That's where the Elliptical Marquee Tool comes in. In fact, the Elliptical Marquee Tool is really just the Rectangular Marquee Tool with extremely rounded corners!
Photoshop Selections - The Rectangular Marquee Tool
Being able to select objects or areas in a photo is one of the most important Photoshop skills you need, but not all selections need to be complex or time consuming. The Rectangular Marquee Tool, one of Photoshop's basic selection tools, is perfect for making selections based on simple geometric shapes.
Photoshop Selections - Why Do We Need Selections?
There's lots of ways to make selections in Photoshop, some simple, some advanced, but having lots of ways to do something doesn't explain why we need to do it in the first place, so in this tutorial, we'll look at why we need to make selections in Photoshop at all, and why Photoshop doesn't see things like we do.
Photoshop CS4 New Features - Multi Document Layouts
Photoshop CS4 makes viewing and comparing multiple images easier than ever thanks to the new Arrange Documents feature and a bunch of new multi document layouts! Learn how to use them and even how to zoom and pan all of the images in a layout at once!
Photoshop CS4 New Features - Tabbed Document Windows
If you've been wishing for a better way to work with multiple images open at once in Photoshop, one that doesn't involve endlessly dragging document windows around on the screen, check out the new Tabbed Document Windows feature in Photoshop CS4! Switching between multiple images has never been easier!
Photoshop CS4 Interface Quick Tour
New to Photoshop or upgraded from an earlier version? Check out our quick tour of all the features in Photoshop CS4's user interface, the most streamlined, efficient and user friendly interface so far! Learn what's what, what's new and where it all is, including a look at the brand new Application Bar and Application Frame!
Zooming And Panning In Photoshop
When working in Photoshop, it often helps to zoom in close to certain areas of an image or pull back for a more bird's eye view of what's happening. Learn several ways to quickly zoom in and out of a document, as well as how to pan an image around on the screen, including some time saving shortcuts!
Saving, Loading And Reusing Layer Styles In Photoshop
Photoshop's layer styles are a great way to create fun and interesting photo effects and text effects without a lot of effort, but remembering how you created an effect isn't always easy, and recreating it can take time. Thankfully, Photoshop lets us save our layer style masterpieces and re-apply them instantly with just the click of a button!
Automating Photoshop With Actions
Tired of doing the same things over and over again? Why not let Photoshop do them for you! Learn everything you need to know about Photoshop Actions, including what they are, how they work, how to edit and customize actions, and of course, how to record your very own actions from scratch!
Create Your Own Custom Keyboard Shortcuts In Photoshop
If you're the type of person who loves customizing things to suit your own style, or you just want to be able to work faster and more efficiently in Photoshop, learning how to create your own custom keyboard shortcuts is a great place to start!
Faking A Layer Mask In Photoshop Elements
Photoshop Elements has very limited support for layer masks, and officially, we can only use them with Adjustment Layers. But not only are Adjustment Layers incredibly useful, they're also pretty easy going, and they have no problem at all with sharing their layer masks with any other layer that needs them!
Photoshop Layers Essential Power Shortcuts
Get the most out of your time with Photoshop by learning these essential shortcuts for working with layers! Increase your productivity and boost your confidence as you take a giant leap forward on the road to Photoshop mastery!
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