All Entries Tagged With: "Photoshop CS5"
Fill Tools in Photoshop CS5
Tweet Fill tools are used to fill a selected object, area or layer with color or colors. Photoshop has two Fill tools – Paint Bucket and the Gradient tool. Both the fill tools are listed under the same button on the toolbar. The tool that was last used will also be visible. To view the [...]
Export Photoshop Paths to Illustrator
Tweet At times you may need to combine your artwork from Photoshop with Illustrator. I received queries from readers asking how to export custom shapes created in Photoshop to Illustrator. So I thought of writing a tutorial explaining how to Export Photoshop Paths to Illustrator. I know two methods of doing this. One way is [...]
Wood Texture in Photoshop CS5
Tweet 1. Create a new document; File > New. Select appropriate size (I have created a 350 x 350px document) and click OK. 2. Click on the Foreground color in the Toolbox and choose a color similar to the wooden color, something in the shade of orange and brown. Then choose the Paint Bucket tool [...]
Rain Effect in Photoshop CS5
Tweet Learn to create Rain Effect in Photoshop CS5, in this tutorial. 1. Launch Photoshop and open the picture over which you want to create the rain effect. 2. Create a new layer using the Layers palette (Window > Layers or F7). Choose the ‘New Layer’ icon (next to the bin icon) at the bottom [...]
Create a Page Curl Effect using Photoshop CS5 in 5 easy steps
Tweet When I was new to Photoshop, I went through a lot of tutorials to help me create a page curl effect. Back then it was considered a very cool effect and almost every website and graphic had a page curl effect. But most of the tutorials that showed how to achieve this effect were [...]
Import Document Presets in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Tweet In one of our previous articles, Create a New Document Preset in Adobe Photoshop CS5, we learnt how to create a document preset and save it for future use. The other day, one of our users asked if he can import document presets onto another system that has Photoshop CS5 installed on it. The [...]
Crop Images in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Tweet Since we are exploring the basics of Photoshop, let me introduce you to one of the simple ways to crop images. The crop tool 1. Choose the Crop tool from the Toolbox. 2. Now drag your cursor over the image to crop it. The crop selection would look like this: The handles around the [...]
Selection Tools in Photoshop CS5
Tweet Adobe Photoshop has different selection tools like Rectangular Marquee, Elliptical Marquee, Single Row Marquee, Single Column Marquee, Lasso, Polygonal Lasso, Magnetic Lasso, Quick Selection, Magic Wand and Quick Mask mode. In this tutorial we will cover all the selection tools except the Quick Mask Mode which is already covered here: Smart Selection with Quick [...]
Create a New Document Preset in Adobe Photoshop CS5
Tweet You may need to create documents of sizes, that are not available in standard presets of Photoshop. In that case, you can create and save custom document size presets. In this tutorial, we will learn how to create custom presets and use them to create a new document in Photoshop CS5. Follow these steps: [...]
Layer Styles in Photoshop CS5
Tweet Layer Styles are special effects applied to individual layers in Photoshop. Style is a separate entity that is linked to the layer. And hence it will be updated automatically with any modifications or changes made to the layer. Preset Layer Styles Photoshop comes with a number of style presets. To open the Styles Palette, [...]
