Photoshop Tips

Compatibility: Photoshop CS2, CS3
Photoshop has been moving towards letting users do everything non-destructively. The biggest advantage digital artists have over artists that use other mediums is the ability to go back and fix things with out having to start over. Smart Objects is the latest tool in our powerful arsenal that allows us to do [...]

Let’s just jump right in to the subject of channels. I will attempt to explain everything as it happens. You don’t have to do everything shown below. Hopefully, I have provided enough screen shots that reading about it will explain the basic concepts of channels.
1) Create a new Image in Photoshop with the following settings:

The [...]

With Christmas right around the corner I’m sure everyone is looking forward to decorating their greeting cards or web sites with graphics of Christmas decorations.
Here is one particularly useful and well written tutorial on how to make Christmas Decorations.

When I first started with photoshop I really did not ever find the need to use selection masks. Now I feel that they save a lot of time and are very useful.
Selection masks are different than Layer Masks. Layer Masking basically allows you to fine tune the visible and invisible parts [...]

Wacom, the leading graphics tablet manufacturer, just released the next version of their Graphire series. The Graphire 4 brings new features such as ExpressKeys, mouse with a scroll wheel, and a picture frame. They also added a second place to place your pen.
For people who are not familiar with what a Graphics Tablet is [...]