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Tricks to Control New Document Sizes in Photoshop
If you need a new Photoshop document the same size as a document you already have open, do this: start to create a new document (File > New), and then select the name of any open document from the Window menu on Photoshop’s menu bar — which is still miraculously available. If you create a new [...]
Continue reading...Click-Drag Lightness, Hue, and Saturation
10. October 2009
Photoshop CS4 has a powerful new Targeted Adjustment tool hidden in the Curves and Hue/Saturation areas of the Adjustments panel — it looks like a finger. When you click it, you can then click and drag on your image to change either the saturation or the hue of the pixels similar to where you clicked. For example, [...]
Continue reading...Quick Color Boost in Photoshop CS4
30. September 2009
Photoshop CS4 has a quick new way to make the colors in your image pop without harming your original image. It’s called the Vibrance Adjustment layer and you can find it in the new Adjustments panel, or by clicking the half black/half white circle at the bottom of the Layers panel. Once you’ve created the Vibrance [...]
Continue reading...Photoshop Adjustment Dialog Tricks
6. September 2009
When in a Photoshop Image Adjustment dialog box such as Levels or Curves, many people think they don’t have access to things outside the box. Here are not-so-obvious things you can do while Adjusting your images: Hold the Space bar any time you want to use the Hand tool to scroll around your image. And if [...]
Continue reading...Photoshop Portrait Popper
1. September 2009
Photoshop can add a soft, darkened edge around any photo in mere seconds — an effect known as Vignette. Choose Filter > Distort > Lens Correction, then drag the Vignette slider all the way to the left. To darken the edge color even more, grab the Midpoint slider and drag it slightly to the left. ~ [...]
Continue reading...Keep Your Images in RGB As Long As Possible
1. August 2009
When you convert an RGB image to CMYK, you lose flexibility because you’re targeting it to a specific press condition. For example, if you convert to “SWOP Coated,” you’re assuming the image will end up on a Web offset press with very specific inks, paper type, and paper color. But you’ve limited yourself because you may need [...]
Continue reading...Photoshop Lets You Extract Images from PDFs
21. July 2009
Every now and then I’ll come across a tip that makes me slap my forehead and ask, “How did I miss that one?” Photoshop CS3 and CS2 both let you easily extract images that are embedded in PDF documents. Next time you open a PDF file in Photoshop CS3, look at the top of the import [...]
Continue reading...Use the Photoshop Eyedropper Anywhere!
10. July 2009
I love uncovering basic tricks I should’ve already known. This is a great one that will save me time almost every day. Need to match a color from a web page or something else while working in Photoshop? Just click with the eyedropper tool somewhere in your Photoshop file, and drag the cursor off to sample [...]
Continue reading...Better Photos on TV
3. July 2009
Here are two tips for preparing images to be viewed on a television (for example, on a DVD): Size should be 720 x 534 square pixels or 720 x 480 non-square pixels The TV color gamut is not the same as your computer display’s. For best reproduction, use Photoshop’s Levels command (Image > Adjustments > [...]
Continue reading...Content Aware Scaling in Photoshop
25. June 2009
Photoshop CS4 has “content aware scaling”, which means that it tries to identify significant objects in an image, and when you scale the image non-proportionally, those objects aren’t squished. To access it, choose Edit > Content Aware Scale.
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Antiglare Display Option For 15-inch MacBook Pro Now Available
If you prefer a display with antiglare coating for a matte rather than glossy viewing experience, an antiglare display is now available as a configure-to-order option on all 15-inch MacBook Pro models. This display has a silver aluminum bezel, which is the same as the 17-inch antiglare MacBook Pro display.Google CEO Schmidt leaves Apple board
In a statement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs cited potential conflicts of interest in explaining Schmidt’s resignation.
“Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings,” he said.
Apple is racing to offer a portable tablet-sized computer in time for the Christmas shopping season, in what the entertainment industry hopes will be a new revolution.
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9. November 2009
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