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I’m a great believer in using keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop CS/CS2/CS3 or Elements to work more efficiently and quickly. Here’s two great ones: Ever wanted to quickly duplicate a layer and make a new one? Instead of selecting the layer, copying it, creating a new layer, and pasting, just hit Ctrl-J (Command-J on a Mac) [...]

How can the $99 second cousin to the most powerful and best image editing software beat it hands down? By doing something far easier and better – Here’s what I mean. I love this picture of my daughter Kate: It captures her in that pensive moment that epitomizes her growing into a teenager. But its [...]

Here’s a really cool one that I always forget how to do! (Maybe writing about it will help me remember!) See a color on your screen that you just love and want to use it in a layout? Use Photoshop or Elements to grab it. Here’s how: With Photoshop or Elements open, create a new [...]

Alright – here’s three tips that are really useful and easy – works in both Photoshop and Elements: Quickly Change Brush Size: Ohhh, I use this one all the time! As you are drawing along and need a larger or smaller brush, don’t go to the menu bar and select a different size brush. Just [...]

Here’s a DaddyKitty Quick Tip: Ever have a photo like this? It’s easy to fix using either Photoshop or Photoshop Elements (all versions). Go to Image – Adjustments – Shadow/Highlights. You get this menu: Notice that the more you move the shadow amount slider to the right, the lighter the shadows will get. The more [...]