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The Magic of Photoshop’s Content Aware Tools (And Practical Examples of How to Use It) Despite the fanfare over the introduction of content aware tools in Photoshop CS5, its predecessor, CS4 introduced the first real content aware tool in the form of scaling.

The Magic of Photoshop’s Content Aware Tools (And Practical Examples of How to Use It)

Content Aware tools have become a powerful and important part of modern photoshop work and can dramatically increase the speed at which certain tasks can be accomplished. It’s impossible to explain exactly how these tools work but put simply, as their name suggests, the tool analyses the areas around the point that you wish to work on, an by the use of complex algorithms, predicts how that part of the image should look when manipulated. In this tutorial we are going to have a practical look at three of Photoshops content aware tools, scaling, fill and move. Lets start with scaling – This is a very interesting yet often underused tool. It allows you to simply resize only certain elements within an image. The Magic of Photoshop’s Content Aware Tools (And Practical Examples of How to Use It) How to Create Realistic, Vector Bubbles. His Majesty the Bubble!

How to Create Realistic, Vector Bubbles

In this tutorial we will learn how to create realistic colorful bubbles. We'll cover numerous techniques and build this illustrations step by step. Set aside a couple hours for this one! Republished Tutorial Every few weeks, we revisit some of our reader's favorite posts from throughout the history of the site. Adobe Illustrator and vector tutorials, from beginner to advanced.