Photoshop CS4 Quick Tips – Target Sliders

Thursday, 20th May, posted in Videos, 3 comments.

I have to confess I don’t use this feature as much as I should. But in my defence I get ACR to the heavy lifting for me before I even go near Photoshop. However, if you have got an image in CS4 and you want to specifically target a highlight, shadow detail or specific colour. Then using the target scrubby slider is just a dream come true. Enjoy!

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Photoshop CS4 Quick Tips – The Rotation Tool

Thursday, 13th May, posted in Videos, 3 comments.

If you use any of the cloning and healing tools on a regular basis then you are going to want to make friends with the rotation tool. This is the best way for getting into those awkward corners and no more rotating brushes when you can just non-destructively rotate the whole image canvas.

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Photoshop CS4 Quick Tips – Changing Brush Size

Thursday, 6th May, posted in Videos, 1 comment.

This is keyboard shortcut that I actually thinks work better if you are using a PC. Why, well its all to do with right clicking and even though you can right click on MAC. Changing brush dynamically seems to be just so much easier for PC users. So give the CS4 way of altering the brush size and tip softness a go!

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Photoshop CS4 Quick Tips – Changing The Interface Background

Thursday, 29th April, posted in Videos, add a comment.

This is a little known tip for changing the interface background colour on the fly! Didn’t know you could change it? or were you using the fill bucket technique? Well in Photoshop CS4 you can change the interface background via the preferences panel. But in this screencast we take things a stage further!

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Photoshop CS4 Quick Tips – Deleting Layers

Thursday, 22nd April, posted in Videos, add a comment.

Ok so we all know CS5 is out and its definitely a “photographers update” and it’s one that many of you will be upgrading to soon. But chances are you are still using CS2 or CS3. So I thought it would be cool to show off my favourite CS4 features and over the next few weeks I will introduce you to some of them.

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Setting Up CS4 Photoshop Preferences Pt 10 – Plugins & Type

Saturday, 27th February, posted in Videos, 1 comment.

This is a real shorty to finish off the preferences series and it covers the plugins and type preferences. So thats this short series finished just in time for Photoshop CS5 to come out. Go Figure! I will make changes for CS5 as and when I get my paws on a copy… :)

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Setting Up CS4 Photoshop Preferences Pt 9 – Guides, Grids & Slices

Saturday, 20th February, posted in Videos, 2 comments.

In this penultimate screencast of the series, I show you how to setup the guides, grids and slice preferences. I have been in here a lot of late whilst creating Storybook Album Designer v6. But you will probably only visit this preference once in a blue moon.

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Setting Up CS4 Photoshop Preferences Pt 8 – Units and Rulers

Saturday, 13th February, posted in Videos, add a comment.

We are on the home straight of the preferences series and in this screencast I show you how to make the most out of the units and rulers. When it comes to creating actions, this is one preference I dip in and out of a lot and if you are into web graphics you will visit this preference pretty regularly. So let me show you how to set things up and how to get here quickly.

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Setting Up CS4 Photoshop Preferences Pt 7 – Transparency and Gamut

Monday, 8th February, posted in Videos, add a comment.

This is probably one of the least adjusted preferences but one that I did not want to skip. So if you need to know how to re-color your transparency grid or change your gamut warning, then this is the screencast for you.

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Setting Up CS4 Photoshop Preferences Pt 6 – Cursors

Thursday, 4th February, posted in Videos, 2 comments.

The Photoshop Cursors are getting more and more sophisticated with each version released. You are going to want to make the most of the cursor features and this screencast shows you how to do it. Remember to make sure your caps lock is off though otherwise all you might see is those little cross-hairs!

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Setting Up CS4 Photoshop Preferences Pt 5 – Performance

Monday, 1st February, posted in Videos, 8 comments.

The performance preferences in Photoshop CS4 are one of these things that you only need to setup once. Get it right and Photoshop runs smoothly and is a joy to use. Get it wrong! and Photoshop becomes a sluggish beast from which all your pixels will slowly be spat back out at you.

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Setting Up CS4 Photoshop Preferences Pt 4 – File Handling

Thursday, 28th January, posted in Videos, add a comment.

The file handling side of the Photoshop CS4 preferences is pretty much a set it up and forget about it kinda thing. However don’t think its not useful. If you do not move files between other pieces of software much. This is where you can lower the size of a file without compromising on quality.

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