All about Masks in Photoshop. At the beginning of December I shared some Photoshop Layers tricks and shortcuts that I collected over the years. Today I'm doing something similar in a post that is all about masks in Photoshop. Hopefully this post will be as interesting as the layers one. That one worked its way up quite nicely. Enjoy! Tips & shortcuts for (Layer) Masks Targeting the Layer Mask Targeting the Layer Mask: "Command (Mac) / Control (Win) + ‘\’ (backslash) targets the layer mask in the Layers panel. Create Layer Mask from Transparency In order to automatically convert the transparent areas of a layer into a mask, select Layer > Layer Mask > From Transparency. Delicate Mask Clean-Up After adding a layer mask to hide portions of a layer, it can sometimes be difficult to determine if there are any small bits of the layer that have been accidentally left behind.
Inverting the Quick Mask Option (Mac)/ Alt (Win) -click on the Quick Mask icon to invert the selection when entering Quick Mask mode. Quick Mask (Q) Credit. 70 Of The Best Photoshop Actions For Enhancing Photos. The compilation consist of 70 of the best Photoshop actions collected from all around the web from photo effects to actions for even creating photo borders, An essential design resource for all designers weather your an expert or an beginner. Photoshop actions consist of a series of menu commands such as i.e. filters, image adjustments etc which can be recorded and played back this process is called a Photoshop action. Photoshop actions are perfect for novices to Photoshop simply because it allows you to apply multiple different photo effects to an image within a few seconds without having knowledge about the ins and outs of Photoshop. Photo Effect Actions 1) Double sketch effect action for Photoshop This action offers a “double” sketch effect, just like if you painted the sketch twice, once from left to right, and once from right to left. 2) Photoshop Action – Bright Eyes A Photoshop action to enhance the appearance of the eye but only works with blue eyes. 3) Pencil Draw Photoshop Action.
The 50 Best Photoshop Tutorials of 2009. By Callum Chapman Looking back this year (2009), we have had some incredible tutorials that have taught hundreds and thousands of people new skills in Adobe Photoshop. We’ve been searching the web from America to Germany to the UK and have managed to compile a list of the 50 of the very best Photoshop tutorials this year. Happy learning and wishing you all the luck in 2010! 1. How to Mold Paint Splatter to a Face in Photoshop Use various tools such as the Cloning tool to remove facial features and the Brush tool to create a realistic splatter merged with professional blending techniques to mould the paint splatter over a face. 2. Learn how to combine vector art with pixel art in this superb tutorial here at Six Revisions. 3. Learn to apply the Warp tool effectively (as well as a few other tricks) to manipulate real smoke to look like a skull. 4. 5. 6.
Learn how to combine vector art with pixels, add texture to clean artwork, and play with blending modes. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 35 Free and Fresh Photoshop Actions. Photoshop actions can be great tools for editing photos and for improving efficiency in Photoshop. You can, of course, create you own actions, but there are also a lot of actions out there available for free download. We’ve posted collections of Photoshop actions in the past, and today we’d like to feature some fresh and new actions that are available for download. If you see something that you would like to try, click on the link or the image and you’ll be led to the source where you can download the action. Looking for hosting? 25 Amazing Photoshop Text Effects Tutorials. Photoshop users often want to create unique and interesting text effects to take their work to the next level. Photoshop has plenty of potential here, and fortunately there are a lot of great tutorials out there that lead you step-by-step through the process of creating amazing text effects.
Looking for hosting? WPEngine offers secure managed WordPress hosting. You’ll get expert WordPress support, automatic backups, and caching for fast page loads. Captain Awesome - English - Isometrify. Inspired by some guys who makes custom panels for Photoshop, I decided to make my own. And here it is, I made “Isometrify” — Adobe Photoshop CS5+ extension than helps transform objects into isometry and generate custom sized grid for it. Some notices Isometry Angle In my panel I use angle of isometry that equals 26.565 degrees, it's commonly used in pixel art world. Math isometry has 30 degrees. In future I'm planing to make angle defined by user. Working with bitmaps Isometrify doesn't work good with bitmaps, it's inteded to use with shape layers only.
Pixel grid snapping There's some issues with pixel snapping while transform, sometimes shapes don't fit into pixel grid, so you'll have to move it manually with direct selection tool. Isometric Top / Left/ Right First three buttons are made for transforming shapes in each direction. Left Right Top Generate Grid This button generates isometric grid pattern with customized size. Extended version Download and install Feedback. Steve Jobs glasses by Kreativa Studio. Embossed Style Effect - 3D Clean Shadow. Create a realistic embossed shadow effect. This item includes set of 6 Action embossed Photoshop styles – which makes the object raised up from the background.
Each effect is built out of 3 layers. You can work directly with the provided PSD file or you can go with the 1 click Action panel. Features: Full layered Photoshop Document with examplesCan be applied to any SHAPE or TEXT with any font you likeLight, Regular and Strong, in Small size & Large sizeThe effect create a transparent object so you can see the background right throughIncludes ATN file (Actions file) which allows you to create effects with one clickASL file (Styles file) which holds all the styles, is also included The font used in this preview are: Anivers (not included) – if you like it you can download it from here Snickles (not included) – You can download it from here Help file is included.