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Turn off the Clone Overlay

The Clone Overlay can be a great tool to align your clone but it can also be a major annoyance. To turn it off, go to Window > Clone Source and uncheck the Show Overlay box. Photoshop in a Minute, … Continue reading

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Half Moon Eye Enhancement

Nothing astronomical here, the half moon is referring to the light area of the eye directly across from the catchlight. It is caused by the light entering the eye and bouncing off the retina and reflecting back to the iris … Continue reading

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Enhance a Catchlight

Catchlights in the eyes give a portrait that spark of life. But often, because of the angle of light, the intensity on one might be a bit dull, or barely visible. The quick and easy solution is to use the … Continue reading

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Change the Color of Clothing

This is a little more advanced, you do need to know how o make your selection, but it’s a great way to change to color of clothing. This will not work for every color change, but with some changes to … Continue reading

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Vertical Filmstrip View for Bridge

The Filmstrip view provided in Bridge uses a horizontal strip along the bottom which works great for horizontal images, but vertical images are rather small. To fix this, I like to have the Content panel on the side instead of … Continue reading

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Bridge setup for Thumbnail View

If you’re not using Bridge to find and open your images, you are wasting time (unless you are using Lightroom, but that’s for another blog). Don’t go to File > Open, click the Bridge icon or go to File > … Continue reading

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Setup your Workspace.

Work efficiently in Photoshop by creating an organized workspace. By arranging and grouping you panels, you can work faster and figure out why something isn’t working. The basic idea is to have the most important panels opened, and the frequently … Continue reading

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Align and Distribute

Here’s a little trick to help you align and evenly space out images on a composite that’s fast and easy. You probably saw it but didn’t know what it was. It’s been sitting on the option bar in Photoshop when … Continue reading

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Photoshop in a Minute!

I know, we are all so busy, it’s hard to take the time to read a book, watch hours of video or attend a class, say like the ones we will be teaching, Image Explorations in Victoria, BC, July 15-19, … Continue reading

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