In this week's episode of Quicktips I answer one of the most commonly asked questions that I receive from viewers… "How do I copy a specific color from a website?" The answer is very simple and I'll show you how to do it quickly and easily using Photoshop!

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In this week's episode of Quicktips we take a look at how to create a comic book effect on your digital photographs. This is a very quick and easy technique that creates a very cool effect in the end.

Many people have emailed me saying I am being too CS3 specific on this podcast, so this week I show you how to achieve this effect using CS3 and non-CS3 versions of Photoshop. the best part is, all of the techniques are completely non-destructive!

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In this episode of Quicktips we take a look at how to spice up your landscape photography using a very unusual and artistic technique. This is a really cool effect that will really help you take those photos that are just "ok" and turn them into a nice work of art.

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Cross Processing has been a popular photographic technique for many years and with the innovation of digital tools the look of cross processed photos has become even more popular. There are many plug-ins and tools out there that will help you achieve an effect such as this, but all of those tools require more time and money than I am willing to spend.

Luckily when I was poking around in the curves dialogue box I actually found a preset that does a very nice job of "cross processing" a photograph. Add this as an adjustment layer and you've got yourself a kick-butt technique, and most importantly a non-destructive effect!

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One of the questions I see most often in my inbox is "are there any keyboard shortcuts for adjustment layers?" The short answer to this is no, but in this week's episode of Quicktips, I will show you how you can fix this problem.

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Every week I receive a ton of email asking about different Photoshop techniques. One of the most requested techniques is how to change the color of an object (usually a shirt or car, etc.) and in this episode that question is answered.

We are going to use the Select Color Range command in Photoshop to achieve this color change and when we're done, you'll be amazed at just how easy it really is.

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This week we'll be heading back into Photoshop CS3 in order to achieve a very cool look on our digital photos. The look we get with this technique is very unique and leaves a lot of room for customization.

There are several techniques out there that are similar to this one, but I believe this to be the superior method because all of the effects we've done to this photograph are completely non-destructive and customizable!

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After last week's episode I had several viewers write in asking how I achieved the effect on the photos that were used in that episode. My apologies for not covering that last week, but for those of you who were wondering… Here you go!

This is a great technique for giving your photos a very unique look, and the best part is that it's non-destructive and done completely using Adobe's Camera Raw.

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In this episode of Quicktips we take a look at how you can quickly and easily copy and paste Camera Raw settings without ever having to leave the Adobe Bridge. This is a great little time-saver and it should help you shave some precious minutes off your next project.

Tune in Next week to learn how this look was achieved on these photos using nothing but Adobe Camera Raw.

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Photoshop Quicktips is back… FINALLY! After a long absence Photoshop Quicktips is on the air once again and this week we take a look at a very cool feature of Adobe's Camera Raw.

In this episode we learn how to use the new retouch tool in ACR and how it can help fix problem areas in our images quickly, efficiently, and most important non-destructively!

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In this episode of Quicktips we take a break from actual image processing and focus more on furthering our education about the Creative Suite products. In case you didn't know Adobe has built in a virtual learning center to Adobe Bridge CS3 called "Bridge Home."

Bridge Home is a great internal web application that gives you info and learning resources for all of the Creative Suite applications. Take some time, browse around, and I am sure you'll find something useful in this cool new feature!

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One of the great things about Adobe applications are there ability to seamlessly integrate with one another. This makes work both easy and fun! In this week's episode of Quicktips we take a look at how you can build a customized contact sheet using Adobe Photoshop, Bridge, and InDesign!

If you're a photographer this is sure to become an essential technique for you to employ when delivering proofs to clients or sending them a PDF copy via email.

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One of the best things about working in Photoshop is the ability to place and work with smart objects. Now with the innovations of Camera RAW 4 and Photoshop CS3 we have the ability to take any file from Camera RAW and place it into Photoshop as a Smart Object.

This will prove to be a great advantage as you work in Photoshop because you can now have the full functionality of a Camera RAW file directly within your Photoshop projects which will allow you unprecedented creative control.

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For most people Adobe Camera RAW is simply an image processing engine. However, what these people overlook is ACR's ability to become quite the creative image editor.

In this week's episode of Quicktips we'll take a look at how you can creatively use the tools of Adobe Camera RAW to morph your ordinary images into some extraordinary works of art.

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Everyone wants to become faster when working in the creative field. Getting fast makes everyone happy including you, your boss and the all-important client. In this episode of Quicktips we take a look at a few techniques that will allow you to start shaving precious minutes off of your next project.

Once you have mastered these techniques I promise that you will be well on your way to becoming a more efficient Photoshop user and an super-productive creative professional!

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Converting digital photographs to black & white is one of the most popular photographic techniques today. In this week's episode of Quicktips we take a look at how to utilize the Calculations Command in Photoshop to create better black & white compositions by essentially blending image channels together.

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In this week's episode of Quicktips we take a look at how to create a cool 3D effect in Photoshop. This is a great special effect that can be applied to images, text, shapes or pretty much anything else you can think of. The best part of this tutorial is the flexibility and compatibility!

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Apple certainly has a unique style when it comes to advertising and lately they have really stepped up their game with their ads for the iPhone. In this week's episode of Quicktips we take a look at how to create one of these ads very quickly and with tremendous flexibility.

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One of the great ways to add a little more drama and aesthetic appeal to your photographs is by adding a duo or split toned effect. In the episode of Photoshop Quicktips we will take a look at how to achieve both of these effects using a single adjustment layer.

This technique is both useful and flexible and is sure to be a valuable addition to any Photoshop User's arsenal. Don't forget to check out my new Adobe Illustrator Podcast at GradientMesh.com! Episodes 01 and 02 are online now and more episodes are on the way!

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In this week's episode we take a look at how to solve that pesky little problem of never knowing the right keyboard shortcut when it matters most! Hidden inside the Photoshop UI is a great feature that allows you to create your own stylized keyboard shortcut reference chart to display as you see fit!

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After a VERY long absence, Photoshop Quicktips is back! In this week's episode we take a look at how to realistically blend a subject into a new background using a very simple yet effective technique. This tips is really cool and requires very little effort at all.

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In This episode we take a look at a very simple way of blending an image into another background using the Blend If Sliders inside the blending options of Photoshop.This is a great technique for silhouetting simple objects onto new backgrounds as well as dropping the white backdrop from scanned line-art.

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In this episode of Quicktips I show you how to crop in perspective using one of the often overlooked features of the crop tool. This is a great little trick that will allow you to rip photos from frames, take posters off walls, and even (as we see in this podcast) rip images from a computer screen.

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In this week's episode we officially make the jump into Adobe Photoshop CS3 and I show you how to non-destructively edit live type using the NEW smart filters!? I am so glad to finally have these capabilities in my workflow and I know, once you see how easy and flexible it is, you will too!

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In this week’s episode we take a break from the CS3 "exclusive" content and get back into a creative mindset using clipping masks. This is a very popular technique that is used in all sorts of magazine ads, posters, invitations, and book covers. You’ll learn how to quickly "clip" your photographs into your text layer to create a very eye-catching effect, without harming any pixels in the image and keeping your text live and editable.

I’ve had several requests to create more content that will work in ALL versions of Photoshop and not just CS3. After some serious thinking I think I have a solution that will please everyone. I am going to do my best to create tutorials that apply to most versions of Photoshop (CS2, CS, and maybe even 7), however I cannot promise that I won’t have any CS3 specific content on the show at all. That being said, whenever I do cover a CS3 specific technique, I will (if at all possible) show how to achieve the same effect using older versions of Photoshop as well. This will make some episodes a little bit longer, but I think this is the overall best solution to the CS3 specific issues we’ve been having lately.

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In this very special episode of Quicktips I am joined by Adobe's Senior Product Manager for Photoshop, John Nack. I know many of you out there have been wanting to see more of Photoshop CS3 in action and in this episode John takes us through both the Photoshop Cs3 Standard features and also some of the amazing things Adobe has put into Photoshop CS3 Extended.My thanks to John for coming on the show this week and sharing his knowledge with all of us. If you would like to learn more about John and all the cool things he is up to these days. visit his blog at http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack. I know this posting is a little early for a new episode but since this is a longer episode with more content than we're used to here on Quicktips, I thought I'd post it early and give you a chance to soak it all in. I will see you next week!

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After a week-long absence, Photoshop Quicktips is finally back! In this episode of Quicktips we take a look at how to utilize Photoshop CS3's Black and White Adjustments to create more interesting selective color compositions.

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Happy April Fools' Day!In this episode of Quicktips I show you how to create "The Look" on your digital photographs. It's very hard to explain exactly what "The Look" is, but it seems to be a very popular technique amongst digital photographers today. This may or may not be the exact method that the photographers use to get their "look" but I think this tutorial serves its purpose.

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The best thing about Photoshop is that there are thousands of ways to acheive different effects. This is what makes Photoshop so much fun!In this episode of Quicktips I show you how to create a very surreal soft focus glow using a combination of blend modes and a filter that I am willing to bet most Photoshop users overlook…

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The ability to think outside the box can come in handy when working in Photoshop. Sometimes, however, you just need a quick way to make a really interesting and visually appealing image.In this episode of Photoshop Quicktips I show you how to create a nice abstract background without having to think at all! This is a great technique that can be used for a variety of things. Give it a try and I'm sure you can find somewhere to use it in your work!

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In this episode of Quicktips I show you how to create one of the most popular effects in advertising! This effect can be seen on everything from product ads to posters and you'll be amazed at just how easy it is!

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In this episode we take a look at how to create a very nice silky smooth skintone effect on your digital portraits. This is very popular in commercial photography and is actually very easy once you learn the techniques. With a little practice you'll be on your way to re-touching like a pro!

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Adding a vignettes to photographs is becoming a very popular technique with digital photographers today. Essentially adding a vignette is just adding a gradual shading to the outer portions of your photo. In this episode of Quicktips I take you through my way of adding a "flexible" vignette to your digital photographs.

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One of the coolest effects from years past (in my opinion) is the pixelated border effects that advertisers and comic book designers used to implement in their work. In this episode of Quicktips we travel back in time and show you a quick & easy way to achieve this look without any complex techniques. When you're finsihed you'll have a slick retro ad just like those from yesteryear!

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One of the great things about Photoshop is being able to easily fake real world objects. In this episode of Quicktips I show you how to easily create a neon sign using layer styles in Photoshop.

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In this episode of Quicktips we take a look at how to create a very cool and very random border effect using the extract filter. This is one of my new favorites because you never know what you're getting when you do it.This tip comes from Dave Cross and his Finishing Touches book. For more information on Dave or to purchase his books check out his blog at davecross.blogspot.com.

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Most of the time in digital photography we spend our time trying make old photographs look new again. Well, in this episode of Quicktips I show you to do just the opposite. In this tutorial you'll learn how to take a photo and age it using some very interesting techniques.

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In this episode I take you through how to create a very unique high contrast portrait effect in Photoshop. This is a very nice technique that requires little to no skill whatsoever!

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Redeye is probably the most common flaw in digital photography. In this episode we take a look at how to quickly eliminate this problem by using channels in Photoshop.

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In this episode we take a look at how to solve a problem that EVERYONE experiences in both Photoshop CS2 and CS3. The problem is how to get a layer mask to link to a smart object. This is a major inconvenience for those of us whos use smart objects on a regular basis and in this episode I show you a quick and easy way to fix this problem.

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In this episode of the Photoshop Quicktips Podcast I show you how to create a very flexible and moveable selective color snapshot on your digital photographs.

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Not everyone has the luxury of a fancy studio lighting setup, some of us have to fake it. In this episode of quicktips I show you how to fake a very dramatic lighting effect with a simple adjustment layer.Thanks to everyone who is giving feedback on the new video format. I think we will stick with this new 640x480 resolution. Keep your requests coming I always appreciate hearing from my subscribers.

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In this episode of Photoshop Quicktips we take a break from the CS3 Beta reviews and jump right back into Photoshop CS2 for a lesson in composition. In this tutorial I show you how to create a grunge collage by using a single photo and little bit of Photoshop magic.Hopefully our resolution issues have been resolved. The podcast is now in 640x480 format (double its original resolution) and as far as I know stil compatible with iPods. If you have any trouble viewing this episode or putting it on your iPod please post here on the blog. I really need feedback so that I know this new format is going to be acceptable. Thanks for your patience during this transitional phase.

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Legacy workspaces, hidden presets, and cell phone wallpaper. The more you look, the more you'll find in this CS3 Beta. In this episode I'll show you some of the interesting things I have found while poking around in the new program. I'll also show you how to jump start your exploration of the program by using a custom workspace built by Adobe.

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Here's another little feature that I absolutely love in the new CS3 Beta of Photoshop… The Print dialog box. I know this sounds weird for someone to have an infatuation with this particular dialog box but if you look closely, you'll see noticeable and time-saving improvements.No longer do we have to bother with the option of Print vs. Print with Preview. This truly is a one-stop shop for printing.

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One of the coolest things in this new beta release of Photoshop is the new Quick Selection Tool and the addition of the Refine Edge Menu. These two little tool are going to change the way we make selections forever! Join me as I show you these new tools and some of the cool things they are capable of. You'll never stress over a selection again.

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If you've ever searched for how to convert a photo to black and white, you undoubtedly know that there a MILLIONS of ways to do so. Everybody who has ever owned Photoshop has there own way of black and white conversions. Up until now I really couldn't say that any one technique was that much better than all the rest. Enter the Photoshop CS3 Beta. You can now use a Black and White adjustment layer to convert your digital photographs in a way you never thought possible. Never before have you had this much control over your black and whites.

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Some of the coolest features of the new CS3 Beta release are inside the Adobe Bridge. In this episode I show you a few of my favorite Bridge features that are new in this beta release.

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Exciting news this week! Adobe has released its first ever public beta of Photoshop. This is great news for Mac users as the program is now FINALLY a Universal Binary. This is just the first in a series of CS3 beta related podcasts I will be releasing so stay tuned all throughout this week and next.

This episode will give you a brief look at the new smart filters feature inside of Photoshop CS3. This is by far the most amazing thing that has ever been introduced into a version of Photoshop. To download the new public beta visit the following link: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs3/.

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Photographic borders are a great way to finish off your digital photo composition. Learn how to quickly and easily create these trendy photographic borders in this week's episode of Photoshop Quicktips. This technique is very easy and can be used on any photograph and adapted to fit any style.

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