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Photoshop Layers tricks and shortcuts

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Mastering Tone & Dynamic Range with Lightroom Mastering Photoshop: Unknown Tricks and Time-Savers Photoshop Secret Shortcuts It is proven that by using software shortcuts can boost up productivity. Here are 30 secret Photoshop shortcuts that I’ve learned from years of experience. Well, what I mean by "secret" is that these shortcuts are not documented in the menus. Keep reading and you will find how these shortcuts can speed up your productivity. Note: this article is written in Mac Photoshop format. Drag selection With the Marquee tool, drag on the document (do not release the mouse yet), now hold down Spacebar, it will let you drag the undefined selection. Do you know more Photoshop shortcuts that are not listed in this article?

Lightroom 5 Beta Now Available! The Lightroom team is proud to introduce the fifth major version of the product designed for and by photographers. It was 7 years ago when we introduced the very first public beta of Lightroom at MacWorld on January 9, 2006. Since 2006 we’ve been hard at work improving an application that’s intended to be as easy to use as it is powerful. This release builds on the image quality improvements in Lightroom 4 to provide a truly complete workflow and imaging solution. Download the beta Talk about the beta Learn about the beta Primary Known Issues Lightroom 5 beta is not complete but please provide feedback on the available enhancements.Lightroom 5 beta will not upgrade Lightroom 1.x, Lightroom 2.x, Lightroom 3.x, or Lightroom 4.x catalogs. Minimum system requirements Windows® * Dual-core processor recommended for HD or AVCHD video functionality. Mac OS Install Lightroom 5 beta Mac 1. Windows 7, Windows 8 1. Serial Numbers Supported File Formats • PSD files saved without a composite image. Upright

50 Excellent Digital Photography Photoshop Tutorials Advertisement Adobe Photoshop is the industry standard for digital-image editing and graphics creation. Photoshop’s versatility makes it a popular choice among Web designers, graphic designers, digital media artists, print designers, photographers and other professionals in design and image-editing. Whether you’re designing a business card or website or digitally enhancing an image, you can rest assured that Photoshop will give you the necessary tools to get the job done. In this article, we focus on tutorials on digital photography. You’ll find an assortment of top-notch tutorials that deal with applying post-production techniques and effects, color correction, enhancement and photo retouching. Without further ado, we present you with 50 Excellent Photoshop Tutorials for Digital Photography. Photo Effects HDR-Style Results Using Layers in Photoshop1Learn how to achieve HDR results in Photoshop using bracketed exposures during the production process and then Photoshop layers afterwards.

Compositing in Adobe Photoshop: Time-Saving Tips Advertisement Compositing is a skill and process that spans the entire spectrum of creative industries. At the high end, compositing boasts its own specialized profession in film and television post production and visual effects. In this article, I’ll share some of my own time-saving tips for compositing in Photoshop. Tip 1: Matching Tones, Channel by Channel One of the challenges we face when compositing is matching the colors and tones of various images to produce a realistic and convincing composite. 1These are the three images we will composite together In the following example, we will composite three people into one shot and address the differences in lighting, tone and color balance. 2Masked images placed on background In the above image, I have masked out the images and placed them together on a background. The key to this technique is selecting one of the images as your target, and then matching the other two images to the tone and lighting of this target. Visual Evaluation 1. 2.

Downloads Nik Photography Cover Photo Selection – April 9, 2014Field of Vision © +Mark Seawell This week's cover photo belongs to +Mark Seawell. Mark is retired from the U.S Air Force. He lives and works in Germany at the Ramstein Air Force base. Mark is a fine art photographer, who specializes in landscape and architecture photography. “Field of Vision” was taken in the hills above Haschbach, Germany on a moody morning in February. Be sure to circle +Mark Seawell on Google+ to see more of his work. If you would like to be considered, please follow these guidelines:- Post an image on your G+ page- Dimensions 2120 x 1192 pixel image (horizontal)- Mention the Nik product/s that you used - Add #nikcoverphoto in your description- Image should not be watermarked If you are selected, we will contact you for the image so that we can post it as a Cover Photo on our Nik Photography G+ page and give you proper credit. Thank you from the Nik Google+ Photos Team

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