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The most basic tool in Photoshop is Selection tool; you will use this to position all your layers and objects.
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To activate the Selection tool, click on the icon on your toolbar or use shortcut key by pressing the letter V on your keyboard
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Auto Select allows you to select the layers just by clickin [...]
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The basics of Selection Tool
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The most basic tool in Photoshop is Selection tool; you will use this to position all your layers and objects.
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To activate the Selection tool, click on the icon on your toolbar or use shortcut key by pressing the letter V on your keyboard
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Auto Select allows you to select the layers just by clickin [...]
Cropping and fixing a Photo of a Phot...
Total Views :5247If you were to photo an image from a magazine, books, photograph etc, you might not always get it at the exact angle where it is perfectly allign, and if you were at a slight angle than good luck trying to align the photo and get it to be in the right perspective. Luckily, Photoshop allows you to crop a photo based on it̵ [...]
Layer Blending Modes Part two
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The following sets are combination of the last two set, where 50% gray area has no effect on the photo, darker pixels on the blending mode will behave like their Darkening counterpart and the lighter pixels on the blending mode will behave like their Lightening counterpart.
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Layer Blending Modes Part one
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Think of Photoshop layers as stacking pieces of transparent papers one on top of another to create the final image. In addition to your “normal” layers there are also special layers that can interact with the layers below. This is useful to create photo montage, light adjustment, color corrections and anything else you can t [...]
Using clone stamp on Photoshop (with ...
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Clone stamp is not just for cloning objects in photos, you can also “erase” them. Blemishes and wrinkles can be magically erased from your model’s faces as well as that annoying person who somehow made it in to your photo. (more…)
Basic Brush function in Photoshop
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Brush property can be use for any other tool that requires painting on the effects or selection such as painting dodge and burn effects or painting quick mask selection.
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Choosing colors with Eyedropper in Ph...
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If you need to get the exact color from a specific location on your photo you can extract that information using the eye dropper tool.
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Increase highlights & Shadows wi...
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Dodging and Burning can help you brighten and darken small or big areas of your photo instantly. I advise using this only for small touch ups as it is directly applied onto your photo so it is difficult to reverse the effect. (more…)
Fast and easy selection with Polygona...
Total Views :15623Polygonal Lasso tool is perfect for outlining object with straight edges such as buildings. You can also simulate curving organic edge by using the refine edge tool later.
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Making freehand selection with Lasso ...
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Lasso tool is good for minor quick selection unless you have really good eye/mouse coordination or you are drawing from a tablet don’t think about making precise selection.
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How to retrace the edge of a selectio...
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After creating your selection you can further refine the edge of the selection. With the Refine Edge tool you can expand, contract, soften and even automatically trace the nearest edge. (more…)
Simple selection with Rectangle/Oval ...
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Rectangle and Oval Marquee tool is great for quick geometric selection for drawing shapes, creating boarders, outlining geometric object in a photo etc… (more…)