» Photoshop Basics http://www.photoshopessentials.com Fri, 17 May 2013 18:40:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Working With Tabbed And Floating Documents In Photoshop http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/tabbed-and-floating-documents-in-photoshop/ http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/tabbed-and-floating-documents-in-photoshop/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:32:09 +0000 Steve Patterson http://www.photoshopessentials.com/?p=3043 Photoshop CS6 lets us view our open images as either tabbed documents or floating windows. In this tutorial, learn how each display style works, how to switch between them, and how to set them up using Photoshop's Preferences!

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]]> http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/tabbed-and-floating-documents-in-photoshop/feed/ 0 Saving And Switching Workspaces In Photoshop CS6 http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/photoshop-cs6-workspaces/ http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/photoshop-cs6-workspaces/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:32:14 +0000 Steve Patterson http://www.photoshopessentials.com/?p=3023 Workspaces in Photoshop let us easily switch between different panel layouts for different tasks. In this tutorial, learn all about the built-in workspaces that ship with Photoshop, and how to save your own panel layouts as custom workspaces!

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]]> http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/managing-panels-in-photoshop-cs6/feed/ 0 Clipping Masks And Type – Placing An Image In Text With Photoshop http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/clipping-masks-and-type/ http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/clipping-masks-and-type/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:06:54 +0000 Steve Patterson http://www.photoshopessentials.com/?p=2835 In this second tutorial in our series on Photoshop clipping masks, we learn how to use type as a clipping mask to easily place a photo inside your text!

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]]> http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/interface-cs6/feed/ 0 The Color Range Command – Photoshop Selections http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/selections/color-range/ http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/selections/color-range/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:01:49 +0000 Steve Patterson http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photoshopessentials_wp/?p=852 When it comes to making color-based selections in an image, most Photoshop users turn to the Magic Wand Tool because it's easy and it's right there in the Tools panel. But if you dig a bit deeper, you'll find the Color Range command, and in this tutorial, you'll learn why it's time to wave that Magic Wand goodbye!

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]]> http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/selections/color-range/feed/ 0 Creating Warped Text In Photoshop http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/type/warp-text/ http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/type/warp-text/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:58:18 +0000 Steve Patterson http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photoshopessentials_wp/?p=849 Learn how Photoshop's built-in Warp Text options make it easy to twist, stretch and distort type into all kinds of different shapes and designs, all while keeping the text and the effect itself fully editable!

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