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Why Do We Need Selections In Photoshop?

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. 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!

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!

Photoshop Actions – Saving And Loading Actions

In this seventh and final tutorial in our Photoshop Actions series, learn how to save actions as action sets and load them anytime you need them!

Photoshop Actions – Recording An Action

In this sixth tutorial in our Photoshop Actions series, learn how to record and play your very own custom actions in Photoshop!

Photoshop Actions – Editing An Action

Learn all about how to edit an action in this fifth tutorial in our Photoshop Actions series.

Photoshop Actions – Stepping Through An Action

In this fourth tutorial in our series on Photoshop Actions, we learn how to advance through an action one step at a time to see exactly how it works!

Photoshop Actions – The Built-In Action Sets

In this third tutorial in our series on Photoshop Actions, learn all about the additional built-in action sets that ship with Photoshop!

Photoshop Actions – The Default Actions

In this tutorial on Photoshop Actions, we learn all about the default actions that are automatically loaded into the Actions panel.

How To Use Actions In Photoshop

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 Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

If you love customizing things to suit your own style, or just want 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 sharing their layer masks with any other layer that needs them!

Photoshop Layers Essential Shortcuts

Learn the essential shortcuts for working quickly and efficiently with layers in Photoshop. For Photoshop CS5 and earlier.

Creating Custom Shape Sets In Photoshop

In this second of a two-part tutorial on creating custom shapes in Photoshop, we learn how to collect and organize all the shapes we’ve created into easy-to-manage Custom Shape Sets! We also look at some best practices for how to avoid losing our shape sets if something goes wrong!

Create Your Own Photoshop Custom Shapes

Creating our own custom shapes in Photoshop can be lots of fun. In this first of a two-part tutorial, we learn how to create a basic shape, how to add details to the shape, how to save it and use it as a custom shape, plus a whole lot more!

Making Selections With The Pen Tool In Photoshop

Still using the Lasso Tool to select everything that isn’t a rectangle, square or circle? It’s time to take your selections to a whole new level! Learn how to outline objects with paths using the Pen Tool, and then how to easily convert those paths into professional quality selections!