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Photoshop Ninja expert tips roundup volume 1

I’m heading towards 200 pages of content published on this site and as the site has just had it’s forth birthday I thought it would be interesting to create a really good Photoshop Tips round-up.



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Getting vector versions of logos

To ensure you get the highest quality output possible you should always ensure you get vector versions of logos – not bitmap images – here’s a few tricks old and new to help you out!



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Photoshop troubleshooting – opening Photoshop layered files as merged files

Complex, high resolution files can take a long time to open in Photoshop – but sometimes you just need to open it to check the file out or show it to someone… and as they say, time is money!



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Changing Photoshop layer and brush opacity quickly

There are quite a few shortcuts for the layers palette, the most important ‘everyday’ ones are to change layer opacity without using the slider at the top.

Changing layer opacity quickly is important when using Photoshop – but it’s really annoying having to go over to the slider at the top of the layers palette. It’s so much better to just keep an eye on the image and use keyboard shortcuts!



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Merging the right layers quickly in Photoshop

There are times when you need to merge certain layers together in your Photoshop composition and there are a number of ways to do this quickly and easily.




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