Changing Colors in LAB Mode Changing colors in Lab mode is a great way to change colors without altering vital portions of your image. Many times, such as when you are using Curves, or a Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer, when you change one color, it alters the other...
Intro to Actions Photoshop is packed full of features that any designer would love. One of my favorite things about Photoshop is the fact that it has huge time savers built right in. One of the most amazing features in Photoshop is the ability to record and reuse...
Free Photoshop Brushes Finding free Photoshop brushes to use in your design projects can be a hassle sometimes. Finding free Photoshop brushes that are high quality is even harder. If you know where to look, you can find quality free Photoshop brushes for just about...
Photography: Telling a Story It doesn't matter what artistic profession that you are in. Whether it's Graphic Design, Illustration, Web Design, etc., the majority of us use photos in our work. We use photography to set a mood, or to tell a story. The saying...
Letterpress Effect in Photoshop Creating a letterpress effect in Photoshop isn't as hard as you might think. You can create a letterpress effect in Photoshop in just a few easy steps. Creating a letterpress effect in Photoshop is all about how you fool the eye...
Photoshop Website Template Today, I have a nice template for you! I am providing a Photoshop website template. Having a template to create a quick mockup of a website in Photoshop will give your client an idea of what their site will look like before you design it....
Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts Being able to quickly complete tasks in Photoshop is essential to maximize your efficiency. When you can work faster and do things more quickly, your hourly rate will increase. This is a no-brainer, considering that the faster you work,...
Content Aware Move I remember the days of old, when you had to spend an hour making a selection around an object and using the Clone Stamp tool to blend it in once you've copied and pasted it. I also remember when you would use the Clone Stamp Tool to clone areas of...
Composer Free Photoshop Extension How many times have you been working with layer comps in Photoshop, and you suddenly have to make a change and update different layer comps by hand? What If you could update them all automatically> The Composer free Photoshop...
Flatastic Mobile UI Kit Searching for quality resources on the web is tough. There is a lot of junk out there, with poor quality and incomplete files. When you come across a quality file, you just can't pass it up, especially if it is as well-designed as this week's...
Twish Free Website Mockup Psd A lot of people still create website mockups in Photoshop. There are several reasons why they do this. Some like the ability to move things around in layers and apply effects in seconds, just to see how it will look. Others have worked...
Custom Brushes in Photoshop Searching online for just the right brush for your Photoshop work can be time consuming. Sure, sites like Brusheezy and Qbrushes have excellent collections of free Photoshop brushes, but what if you could make your own? If you know the look...
Work With Photoshop and Illustrator Rapid design and development is a big part of what makes you a successful designer. If you're a freelancer, wasting time can be a wallet-breaking occurrence. A lot of designers find that they work well in either Photoshop or...
Make Difficult Selections in Photoshop We've all been there. We have a photo of an animal with lots of fur, or a faint object that blends well with its background. We need to extract the object from its surroundings, but doing this with conventional tools just isn't...
Knobs Free PSD Knobs Free PSD is today's free PSD file of the day. This free Photoshop file is by Kreativa Studio. They have created an interface knob element. This is really cool, because they have combined gradient effects with glow effects to create a realistic...
What is HDR Toning? The HDR look has become really popular in the past couple of years, and it was only a matter of time before Adobe worked the look into Photoshop. This feature, called HDR Toning, is found under Image>Adjustments>HDR Toning. This brings up a...
The History Panel: Photoshop Users Love It This is a helpful tip in case you have been working on a file for a long time and you need to go many steps back and go in a different direction. The History Panel gives you the flexibility to go back instantly to the step...
Building Awesome Color Palettes Sometimes as designers and artists, we get a little stuck with choosing the right colors in our work. Sometimes we spend a lot of time trying to get colors just right, and it can be frustrating. Thankfully, Adobe has included some tools...
Using the Sponge Tool in Photoshop Just as a carpenter has a hammer, a drill, saws, and many other tools, designers also have many different tools of the trade. Photoshop is out tool bag, and within it are many different tools for getting the job done. Some tools are...
Duotones in Photoshop Duotones are very cool, but they aren't used as often as they could be. Personally, I like to use duotones, tritones, etc., to precisely color an image to match the colors I use in a design. Also, another practical use for duotones in Photoshop...