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Photoshop troubleshooting – why have I got a gap around my background when I enlarged my canvas?

Sometimes when you enlarge the canvas in Photoshop you will end up with a gap around the edge of you image – and you have to go through the process of filling your background over and over each time with colour each time you enlarge the canvas.



Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-19

  • Remember, expand appearance and clean-up your paths first in #Illustrator before copying your vector artwork into #Photoshop #
  • SPREAD THE WORD-4th birthday celebrations of http://www.photoshopninja.com start tomorrow, lots of cool free #Photoshop stuff every day for 14 days #
  • If you are going to use a vector shape more than once – why not save it as a custom shape, it makes it quicker to reuse in the future! #
  • #Photoshop : Abstract Cinema4d Render Tutorial: Today we will be learning how to create this awesome.. http://tr.im/iQUv (via @Photoshop_GU) #
  • Creatives – don’t get caught short having to redraw a font used in a logo etc – I’ve had great success with http://www.identifont.com/ #


Photoshop Ninja Tech Abstracts Vol 3 Custom Shapes Download

The Tech Abstracts 1 collection is the most popular download on this site – so I thought that I’d give you want you want – even more cool Tech Abstracts, these ones have lots of nice detail in.

Photoshop BrushesPhotoshopninja Tech Abstracts Vol 3



7 days until Photoshop Ninja is 4 – 14 days of celebrations begin today!

Photoshop Ninja as a website is 4 years old on the 25 of April, so I’ve decided to celebrate in style… for 14 days!

Yes, the brithday celebrations begin today – I will be publishing new content every day for the next 14 days… which is pretty unusual as I usually only manage to publish content about once or twice a week at the moment!

So, don’t forget to drop by and see what Photoshop goodies I have for you. There will be some new downloads, some disucssion posts and of-course some hot new Photoshop tips and tricks! Also, I will be opening a whole new area of the website and potentially launching a new design too if I have time to finish it… phew!

Those that are following me on Twitter – look out for a special message from me which will give you access to some exclusive content!!



5 days until 4th birthday celebrations!

To celebrate the forth birthday of Photoshop Ninja on the 25th of April 2009 I’m going to be publishing new content every day for 14 days – starting 7 days before on 18th of April 2009. The birthday will be slap bang in the middle, with 1 more week of content published after.

There’s some big changes on their way too – a whole new section will open on the birthday, and if I have time I may even be launching a new design… but no promises! I’ve become a-little tired of this new design launched in January and I either need to fix the Internet Explorer CSS rendering problems… or redesign. I have realised there are a few structure changes in the layout I’d like to try out, so drop by again soon and see for yourself!

Spread the word – lots of free goodies on their way for Photoshop. Oh and a little birdie told me those people following Photoshop Ninja on Twitter may even get a special little birthday bonus, so watch out during the birthday period for a special personal message from Photoshop Ninja!




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