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Why does painting with 1% opacity not always do something?

I tried this with Adobe Photoshop Elements 9. When I have a black background, and a white brush with an opacity of 1%, the color should get brighter if I click onto the same spot over and over again. ...
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Created starburst effect using Wave and Polar Coordinates, but it doesn't tile

I'm creating a silly anthropomorphic router by heavily modifying a product image of a Linksys router. Here's a preview. I want to incorporate a starburst effect into the background by creating a ...
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How do I expand a folder of layers in Photoshop Elements?

In Photoshop Elements, how do I expand a layer group to see the layers inside? I mean "Register form" or "login form" in the following screenshot:
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Opening multiple files as layers in a single image in Elements?

In Elements (I'm using version 9 for Mac), is there a single operation that will let me open a bunch of files as one image, with each file as a layer in that image? If I were using GIMP, for example, ...
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Change colour of pattern file

Can Photoshop pattern files be used so that the colours in the pattern are changed? If so, can you tell me how I do this with this pattern file in Photoshop Elements and/or Adobe Fireworks? (I don't ...
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Importing Layer Styles in Photoshop Elements

I know PSE does not have layer styles like PS does. However within the content panel you have preset options which are in fact layer styles you just cannot edit them as in PS. Now I have PS and a ...
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How does one put a rectangular picture inside a round hole in another picture

I have a picture where I have already removed an inner oval portion with the Quick Selection tool. (Am using Photoshop Elements 6.0). I'd like to insert another picture, which is a background, into ...
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How can I arrange layers 'forward and backward' in Adobe products?

In Adobe products are there any shortcut keys to move layers forward and backward instead of dragging layers up and down in the palette to arrange them?
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Does Photoshop Elements fully support PSD files from “full” Photoshop?

I'm a web developer and on a regular basis I need to work with PSD files that have been provided by a designer. My needs are low - mostly I just toggle layer visibility and then save as PNG's, which I ...
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Is it possible to change the layer visibility (eye) icons to be more readable, in Photoshop Elements 11?

In previous versions of Photoshop Elements, the eye icon appeared as opened or closed to indicate a layer's visibility. In Photoshop Elements 11, the layer's visibility is only indicated by a diagonal ...
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Resizing With Photoshop Elements

Usually, when I crop an image in Photoshop, I can drag around the area and just crop. When I try this in Elements, however, the image is always resized. Is there a way I can just crop and not scale so ...
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Free Transform in Photoshop Elements 10 without anti-aliasing

I am re-asking this question for Photoshop Elements 10 : How can I resize an image without anti-aliasing? I want the same result as the user got here- the ability to change a layer's angle and scale ...
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Is photoshop elements good enough for typical website mockups?

I want to create a web page mockup to show a client, does Photoshop elements allow you to create layered pages?
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Where is layer mode like “Color Dodge.” in Photoshop CS 2?

I am new to Photoshop. I have searched a lot but didn't find any option like Color Dodge. So will you please help me for that? I want to make the Photo as Pencil Sketch: And for that I want that ...