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Photoshop Tips and Tricks
Volume Five

By Geoff Riggs and Craig Campbell

Running Time: 1 hour, 12 minutes

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  Overview

This compilation is the fifth in a series of Photoshop Tips and Tricks tutorials that have been featured in our WatchandLearnPhotoshop.com newsletter. This collection of Photoshop tutorials is a must have for any Photoshop enthusiast.

Detailed Video Descriptions

•   1 - Creating A Quick Copyright Shortcut Action (Running Time - 2:54)
  Photoshop Actions allow you to record repetitive tasks in order to save time. In this tutorial, Geoff Riggs will show you how to create an Action that will add copyright information quickly and easily to your photos.
•   2 - Sizing Your Documents (Running Time - 2:19)
  In this video tutorial, trainer Geoff Riggs illustrates a few different tips for setting document size in Photoshop, including a shortcut on how to create a new document that's the same size as your current document.
•   3 - Image Views (Running Time - 2:51)
  When editing your photos, sometimes it helps to have two windows open with the same document. This allows you to edit one window while viewing the overall changes in the other. In today's tutorial, you'll learn how to work with different image views in Photoshop.
•   4 - Open Type Font Embellishments (Running Time - 5:33)
  In today's tutorial, Photoshop trainer Geoff Riggs shows you how to add embellishments and alter the appearance of specific letter pairings for open type fonts.
•   5 - Creating Soft Skin In Photoshop (Running Time - 4:20)
  In a past tip, Geoff talked about one way to transform normal, rough skin into vibrant, smooth skin in Photoshop, and in this video, he illustrates a completely different method of achieving the same effect.
•   6 - Tricky Selections (Running Time - 4:13)
  It's not always easy to make complex selections in your Photoshop images, but in this tutorial, trainer Geoff Riggs will show you one very effective way to use the highlights in an image to make a selection in order to alter an image.
•   7 - Making Arrows (Running Time - 2:03)
  This tutorial illustrates a very simple, but often overlooked, feature of Photoshop--the ability to very quickly and easily create arrows using the line tool. Trainer Geoff Riggs will show you how to make these arrows as well as how to customize the size and concavity of the arrow heads.
•   8 - Creating Dotted Lines (Running Time - 1:58)
  Photoshop doesn't provide any quick means of creating dotted lines, but in this tutorial, Geoff Riggs will show you how to create your own customized dotted line quickly and easily, using the paintbrush tool.
•   9 - Changing the Background Color of Your Workspace (Running Time - 1:55)
  Have you ever wondered if there was a way to change the color of the dull gray backdrop in Photoshop that acts as your pasteboard? In this video, Geoff Riggs will show you just how easy it is.
•   10 - Rubber Band (Running Time - 1:56)
  The pen tool can be a little tricky to use, and until you get used to it, you might not always know where your next anchor point is going to leave you. In this tutorial, Geoff Riggs will show you how to use the Rubber Band option with your pen tool, which will allow you to see hints of what your shape will look like.
•   11 - Fireworks (Running Time - 4:38)
  In this tutorial, trainer Geoff Riggs demonstrates how to take a photo of a cityscape and a photo of fireworks and combine them effectively for a very realistic effect.
•   12 - Creating a Wood Grain Texture (Running Time - 3:48)
  In this video tutorial, trainer Craig Campbell will show you how to create a wood grain texture from scratch in Photoshop.
•   13 - Cracked Poster Effect (Running Time - 2:55)
  In this tutorial, you will learn how to give a poster or image an aged, cracked look by overlaying the poster with a cracked earth texture and applying some simple changes to it.
•   14 - Bicubic Sharper (Running Time - 3:11)
  When resizing an image in Photoshop, if you use all the default settings, the image will end up with a little bit of a blur to it--hardly distinguishable, but it is there. In this tutorial, you will learn how to customize the way your image is resampled when you resize it in order to maintain the sharpness of the image.
•   15 - Liquefy (Running Time - 3:14)
  In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Liquefy filter in Photoshop in order to reduce the amount of droopy flesh on a bulldog puppy. Note: this technique works just as well for pictures of your grandmother.
•   16 - Casting Shadows (Running Time - 5:42)
  In this tutorial, Craig Campbell will show you how to create a shadow that stretches out behind a text field and slowly fades out.
•   17 - Creating A Sunburst (Running Time - 4:41)
  In this tutorial, Craig Campbell will demonstrate a sneaky method for creating lines that radiate out from the center of your Photoshop file. This effect makes a great backdrop for logos, illustrations, and other graphics.
•   18 - Creating A Carpet Texture (Running Time - 2:32)
  In this tutorial, trainer Craig Campbell demonstrates how to create a fibrous carpet texture in just a few simple steps in Photoshop.
•   19 - Creating A Realistic Ripple (Running Time - 4:37)
  In this tutorial, Craig Campbell will show you how to use a mixture of Photoshop's filters to create a photorealistic watery ripple effect.
•   20 - Creating Realistic Ice (Running Time - 6:06)
  In this tutorial, Craig Campbell will demonstrate how to give a realistic ice texture to your shapes using Layer Styles.

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