One of the biggest reasons to use Photoshop is the ability to separate image elements into layers. This allows you to change individual elements, meaning that you can change the size of a single layer in Photoshop without affecting the rest of the image elements. An important distinction when you are creating and editing images… Continue Reading How to Resize a Layer in Photoshop CS5
When an image or picture that you are working with in Adobe Photoshop includes elements on separate layers, then you will likely need to work with some transparency. This can be difficult depending on the pre-existing characteristics of the image, which can leave you wondering how to make a transparent background in Photoshop. Fortunately there… Continue Reading How to Make a Transparent Background in Photoshop CS5
If you’ve tried to edit a layer in your image but the option you wanted to use was grayed out, or you weren’t able to make an adjustment, then you might be trying to figure out how to unlock a background layer in Photoshop. While most of the elements of a picture that you want… Continue Reading How to Unlock Background Layer in Photoshop CS6
When you use layers ot organize the various elements of your image it makes it much easier to apply effects to just part of an image. But using layers creates an additional issue where some layers might cover elements of others. Our bring layer to front Photoshop tutorial shows you a simple way to fix… Continue Reading How to Bring a Layer to the Top in Photoshop CS5
It’s likely that you will need to know how to flip a layer in Photoshop if there’s text or an image that would look better if it were backward or upside down. The ability to edit in layers is probably my favorite part about Adobe Photoshop. It opens up a world of possibilities by allowing… Continue Reading How to Flip a Layer in Photoshop CS5 (An Easy 4 Step Guide)
When you add text to an image you may have an idea in your head about how you want it to look. But as you continue to edit the image you may realize that the text doesn’t look quite right. You can often make a large improvement to text appearance by simply using a different… Continue Reading How to Change Font in Photoshop CS5
If you have spent a lot of time creating and editing image files in Photoshop, then being sure to save them can eliminate a lot of future headaches. It’s fairly easy to have a lot of images open at once, however, and it can take a few seconds per image to save and close. You… Continue Reading How to Save All Open Images in Photoshop CS5
After you have used Adobe Photoshop CS5 for a length of time, you will have opened and closed a number of different panels. Panels are the items at the right side of the Photoshop window that can display layer information and text options, as well as the history of your image and any recorded actions.… Continue Reading How to Reset Workspace in Photoshop CS5
There are a lot of different tools in Adobe Photoshop, and even very experienced users won’t touch a lot of them. This means that there are often a lot of ways to accomplish a task, such as creating a white background on your picture. One way to make a background white in Photoshop is to… Continue Reading How to Make a Background White in Photoshop CS5
One of the most useful elements of Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the ability to separate your designs into layers. This allows you to separate specific portions of your design into different sections that you can edit individually. For example, if you are designing a flyer or a newsletter for your business and you include a… Continue Reading How to Rotate Layers in Photoshop CS5