Photoshop Ninja

I don’t really use the polygon lasso tool very often, preferring to use paths to make selections from because they are more precise. However, it does have it’s uses - so check out this tip to take complete control over this Photoshop tool!

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Using the canvas size dialogue is very useful if you have exact dimensions you are working to, but creative image composition often does not lend itself well to such precise measurements.

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You often find yourself typing figures into various places in Photoshop, like the zoom level at the bottom left of the window, opacity in the layers palette and type size in the various type dialogs. You double click the figure (quicker than clicking and highlighting!), type in a figure, hit return… and repeat this process as many times as required… which is slow!

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If you have ever had to deal with studio shots that feature items with a white background, sometimes it can be infuriating that the white background isn’t, well, pure white! This can be particularly annoying if you are placing the image on a white page and don’t want to cut it out. There is a quick fix for this though and if you have not used them yet it’s time to start using Levels!
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Curve adjustments are the most precise way to alter and correct certain colour issues in images. If you are trying to alter a certain problematic area of colour, locating this on the curve can be a bit hit and miss… but of-course there is an easy way to find this out!
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If you have a whole bunch of images that you need printed up on pages then most people would reach for something like InDesign, creating the desired number of image boxes and importing the images in. This is ok with just a handful of images, but what if you had loads of images? What if you wanted to use the sheets as a reference and needed the file names on the sheets too - very time consuming! Well, help is at hand - those clever Folks at Adobe have nearly thought of everything… and this time you only need Photoshop!
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Illustrator has a scissors tool to cut a gap into a path, but Photoshop doesn’t have this tool unfortunately… But there is a simple way around this!
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There is not a straight forward way to create a dotted line in Photoshop as you would in a vector application like Illustrator, unless you harness the power of brush settings (which most people miss!)
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Creating curved guides in Photoshop - yes you read that right… but guides not as you know them!
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You can achieve great quality results running filters like Gausian Blur and Twirl at lowers settings, but running these kind of filters at higher settings can reulst in less than desirable quality outcome.

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