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Cutting gaps in Photoshop paths

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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How to draw a dotted line in Photoshop

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

Creating curved guides in Photoshop – yes you read that right… but guides not as you know them!



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Better quality filter distortions and blurs

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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Quick and dirty layer effects on an unmerged group of layers or even a flattened image!

It is not currently possible to apply effects like drop shadow and outer glow to a group of individual layers, for instance a shape that is made up of a number of a number of layers. Many people would merge their layers, then apply the layer effect. Well, you know we like to keep maximum edibility in our files, so we can employ this little trick to get round this!




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