How to use Select Subject in Photoshop CC 2018 for One-Click Selections
Learn how Select Subject in Photoshop CC 2018 lets you select people, animals and more with a single click, and how to refine your selections with Select and Mask!
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Learn how Select Subject in Photoshop CC 2018 lets you select people, animals and more with a single click, and how to refine your selections with Select and Mask!
Learn how to download and install over 1000 amazing new brushes for Photoshop CC 2018 from award-winning illustrator and designer Kyle T. Webster!
Learn how to easily save your Photoshop brushes as custom brush presets using the new Brushes panel in Photoshop CC 2018!
Upgraded to Photoshop CC 2018 and can’t find the additional brush sets from earlier versions of Photoshop? Learn how to restore all of Photoshop’s missing brushes using the new Legacy Brushes set.
Learn how to use clipping masks in Photoshop! This step-by-step guide teaches you all about clipping masks, including how a clipping mask works, how to create clipping masks, and how to use them to control a layer’s visibility and fit images into shapes!
Need two images to share the same size? Learn a time-saving trick that lets you instantly resize one to match the width and height of the other!
Learn how to quickly create a new Photoshop document that matches the exact size (width, height and resolution) of your open document!
Add text to your images in Photoshop with creativity and style by learning how to choose colors for your type, or for individual letters in your text, directly from the image itself!
Not a fan of Select and Mask? Learn how to bring back the Refine Edge command in the latest version of Photoshop!
Learn five easy ways to copy or move an image or layer from one Photoshop document to another, an essential skill for blending or compositing images.
Learn how to upscale an image without losing quality and while keeping detail and textures looking great using Preserve Details 2.0, a new feature in Photoshop CC 2018.
Upgraded to Photoshop CC 2018 but your Curvature Pen Tool is missing from the Toolbar? This tutorial shows you where to find it and how to easily add it to your Toolbar layout.
Our step-by-step guide to learning how to draw paths and shapes with the new Curvature Pen Tool in Photoshop CC 2018, and how to convert your paths into Shape layers, vector masks, and selections!
Learn about Rich Tool Tips, a new feature in Photoshop CC 2018 that shows instructional video clips when you hover your mouse cursor over a tool in the Toolbar. You’ll also learn how to switch back to Photoshop’s traditional Tool Tips.
In Chapter 4 of our Photoshop Basics training series, you’ll learn everything you need to know to zoom, pan and navigate your images in Photoshop! For Photoshop CC and CS6.
Speed up your workflow with this essential list of tips, tricks and shortcuts for navigating images in Photoshop! Covers basic image navigation commands, the Zoom Tool, Hand Tool, the Rotate View Tool and more!
Learn how the Rotate View Tool in Photoshop lets you easily rotate the view of an image, or of all open images at once, as you work! And take advantage of Photoshop’s “spring-loaded” tools for the best results!
Learn how to easily navigate around images while you’re zoomed in using Photoshop’s amazing yet hidden BIrds Eye View!
Learn how the Overscroll feature in Photoshop CC lets you unlock your image from the document window so you can scroll the image freely, even when you’re zoomed out!
Learn how Photoshop’s Navigator panel makes it easy to zoom and pan images, and why it’s perfect for navigating your images when you’re zoomed in!
Learn the secret, pro-level tricks for zooming and scrolling all open images at once in Photoshop, and how to instantly match the zoom level and location for all images!
Learn how to zoom, pan and navigate your images like a pro in Photoshop! You’ll learn all about the Zoom Tool, the Hand Tool, View modes, and more, along with some great tips and tricks to speed up your workflow!
From Photoshop’s tools and panels to document windows, workspaces, screen modes, and more! Everything you need to know about the interface in Photoshop CC!
Tired of Photoshop’s interface cluttering up your screen? Learn how to maximize your work area using Screen Modes and other interface tricks in Photoshop!
Learn how workspaces in Photoshop let us customize the interface to better match the way we work. And, how to create and save your own custom workspaces!
Tired of seeing only one image at a time in Photoshop? Learn how multi-document layouts make it easy to view and arrange multiple open images on your screen at once!
Photoshop lets us view our open images as either tabbed documents or floating windows. Learn how each display style works, how to switch between them, and how to set them up using Photoshop’s Preferences!
Learn how to work with panels in Photoshop. You’ll learn how to show and hide panels, change panel layouts, how to restore the default layout, and more! Part of our Photoshop Interface series.
Learn how to make selections using Photoshop’s selection tools! You’ll learn how to use the Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee Tools, the Magic Wand Tool, the Quick Selection Tool, the Color Range command, the Pen Tool, Focus Area, and more!
Learn the many ways of getting your images into Photoshop with Chapter 2 of our Photoshop training series! Includes how to open images from Lightroom, Camera Raw, Adobe Bridge and more!
Ready to learn Adobe Photoshop? Start here! In Getting Started with Photoshop, the first chapter in our Photoshop Basics training series, we start right from the beginning. These lessons cover everything you need to know before jumping into Photoshop!
Learn how to quickly reset Photoshop’s Toolbar (Tools panel) back to its default tool layout, and how to reset Photoshop’s tools to their default settings in the Options Bar, using the improved Reset All Tools command in Photoshop CC.
Learn all about Photoshop’s tools and the Toolbar. You’ll learn how the tools are organized in the Toolbar and how to access Photoshop’s many hidden tools. Includes a complete summary of all 66 Photoshop tools!
Learn all about the Photoshop interface and its features. Topics include the Document window, the Toolbar, the Options Bar, Menu Bar, and Panels. Also covers Workspaces, as well as the new Search feature. For Photoshop CC and CS6.
The most common cause of sudden performance issues with Photoshop is a corrupted Preferences file. Learn how to easily delete and reset the Photoshop Preferences to their defaults. We learn how to restore the Preferences in Photoshop CC and in earlier versions of Photoshop.
Learn how to improve Photoshop’s performance, customize the interface, save backups of your work, and more with the important options you need to know about in the Photoshop Preferences! Covers both Photoshop CC and CS6.
Using Photoshop as part of the larger Creative Cloud or Creative Suite? Learn how to synchronize Photoshop’s color settings with your other Adobe apps, like Illustrator and InDesign, to keep the colors in your images accurate and consistent.
Open your images to a greatly expanded world of color with one simple but important change to the Color Settings in Photoshop. Learn about color spaces, working spaces, the default sRGB color space, and why Adobe RGB is a better choice.
Learn all about Adobe Bridge and how to use Bridge to find, organize and preview your images. Topics include the Bridge interface and panels, Full Screen Previews and Review Mode, applying star ratings, adding keywords and copyright information, filtering images, and more!
Learn how to download photos from your digital camera or memory card to your computer using Adobe Bridge and its Photo Downloader app. Preview and select images, save a backup of your files, add copyright information, and more! For Adobe Bridge CC and CS6.
Learn how to install Adobe Bridge CC, the powerful file browser and companion program for Photoshop that’s included with every Creative Cloud subscription.
Knowing how to get your images into Photoshop is important, but so is knowing how to close them. Learn how to close a single image or multiple images at once, how to close images with unsaved changes, and how to close an image and return to Adobe Bridge.
If you’re a photographer, you’ll want to do your initial image editing work not in Photoshop but in Camera Raw. Learn how to easily open raw files, as well as JPEG and TIFF images, directly into Camera Raw.
Is Adobe Bridge opening certain types of files in the wrong program? Learn how to easily fix it and set Photoshop as your app of choice using the File Type Associations options in the Bridge Preferences!
Learn how Adobe Bridge, the free file browser included with Photoshop and with all Creative Cloud subscriptions, makes it easy to find our images and open them into Photoshop!
Tired of cropping your images into rectangles and squares? Learn how to easily crop an image into a circle with Photoshop!
Learn how to quickly open multiple images into the same Photoshop document and have each image appear on its own separate layer!
Learn the basics of layer masks in Photoshop and how to use a layer mask to show or hide different parts of a layer.
Think the Crop Tool is only for cropping images? Learn how it can also be used to quickly add more canvas and a border around your photos!
Learn a good way, a better way and the best way to rotate and straighten images in Photoshop. Part 2 of our complete series on cropping images.