A graphics and photo editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems. So ubiquitous is its use in photo manipulation that it became a verb: "To Photoshop".
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What resolutions are standard for digital device wallpaper designs?
What seems to be the most popular resolution that wallpaper comes in for desktop wallpaper?
I am a digital artist so I want people to download my wallpaper. What resolution should I offer it in to ...
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In Photoshop, is there a way to turn a vector object into a mask and keep it editable?
I often make objects in Illustrator, and then bring them into Photoshop to use them as a mask, by selecting the pixels of the layer, and then applying it as a mask to another. The downside to this is ...
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Working with a tileset
For a project, I will need to design several 8x8 tiles, and assemble them in a 256*224 frame.
My problem is that once I have all the 8x8 tiles, I can't figure how to easily access/assemble them, ...
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Layer Comps in Illustrator?
Is there a way to handle views in Illustrator like "Layer Comps" in Photoshop?
For me it's important that I can export all those views e.g. as jpg/png/pdf (like Photoshop script "Layer Comps to ...
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Photoshop CS5: Text cursor has disappeared
The weirdest thing is happening. My coworker noticed his blinking text cursor doesn't appear anymore, no matter where he selects/creates text. Even weirder? I'm editing his file now and I'm having the ...
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Layers referencing in Photoshop CS5 (12)?
I have two layers L1 and L2. I want to make layer L3 to copy L1 and L2 every time when they modifed. L3 may contains some filtering and every time when I modify L1 or L2 my L3 must recopy modified ...
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Help a non-designer design a dvd case please? [closed]
As this picture shows, I'm not good at design at all. I'm a videographer and I'm designing a dvd case for a client. This is what I have so far. What is it missing? Any help would be greatly ...
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Photoshop To CSS: How do you translate Fill to CSS
I have a content box in photoshop with the background color #bc0018 with a 65% opacity and 50% fill.
I am able to translate the backgroundcolor and opacity part to this, but without the 50% fill the ...
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Is it possible to flatten every layer in photoshop?
I am not trying to merge every layer and flatten the image. Instead I'm looking for a faster alternative to right-clicking every layer and converting to smart object, then rasterizing the layer. Or an ...
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Layer Styles Changing Properties?
I have some saved layer styles. When I apply them to my document it changes the settings of the style. For instance - The Saved Style has a Stroke of 5. Yet when I apply the style it applies with a ...
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Creating images for websites; controlling precision of drawings?
I'm trying to break myself into making my own graphics for websites and I've come to my first roadblock.
I need to make the commonly used icon that resembles >> in photoshop. The problem is ...
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How to show perspective view text without any distortion
I am working on a design in which i want to show a snippet of code of html on a page which is skewed, but when I adjust the text according to that it's distorted and does not look like the part of the ...
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How to apply adjustment layers to multiple (not one, not all) layers?
I am looking to apply an adjustment layer to just three layers like so:
ADJ_LAYER_1
- IMAGE_1
- IMAGE_2
- IMAGE_3
ADJ_LAYER_2
- BG
All I can manage is to apply ADJ_LAYER_1 to either only ...
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How to combine multiple png icons into one transparent iconset
What software can I use to combine multiple transparent png and icon files into one transparent iconset?
Example:
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How do I breakdown a PSD Background To Tileable layered elements
I'd like to create a scaleable multi-resolution web effect similar to iBooks and started by building on this tutorial.
The problem is with the background image:
As you can see it has two masks on ...
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Change color of Pattern overlay
I wonder if its possible to change the color of a pattern overlay in Photoshop?
I googled a lot but couldn't find anything useful.
So I have a layer with pattern overlay, but I also want to use ...
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Working on Small Resolution Images in Photoshop ( icons ) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to resize icon sets in Photoshop?
I want to get a solution for a question that has been in my mind for a long time.
For the past 2 years, several times I was ...
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Photorealistic cloud in a specific shape
Say I wanted to create a photorealistic (or as near as possible) volumetric cloud in the shape of a space shuttle (or any complex object I guess), can anyone recommend a particular set of tools/method ...
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How to create this cracked leather texture effect in photoshop?
The Instagram logo pulls off this effect nicely to create a cracked brown-leather look. How can I create this texture? (regardless of the color)
Instagram logo:
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Photoshop slicing (CS5)
I've created a bunch of layer slices. However I need a way of hiding the background layers to make the images based on the layers have a transparent background when saved.
As i'm doing it now, I need ...
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Select 1px aliased border
When I choose Select > Modify > Border and select a 1px border - the border I get is anti-aliased, hence if I fill my selection a 3px border is affected.
Is there a way to select a 1px aliased ...
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Paint on Photoshop Layer and Alpha Channel with the Brush at the same time?
I want to create a Image of a brush stroke with a perfect alpha channel, but using the tools in the Selection menu doesn't result in a too perfect result.
Since it's also possible to paint in the ...
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How to make part of image transparent including all layers (photoshop CS2)
I have an image with many layers. I want to define part of it as transparent.
Is there a mask layer which makes all the layers under it transparent or something similar?
Thanks !
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Show Preview of .psd files in Windows 7's Explorer
I was wondering if there is a way to view a preview in the icon of the photoshop files in windows 7(simmilar to the preview of a jpeg file for example) instead of the photoshop file default blue icon.
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how do I fix this blur issue on my text logo in photoshop
I have a logo in PS but I'm having a small issue.
I see this small blur at the bottom of my logo text which i cant seem to get rid of.
Zoomed in:
can you see that small blur at the bottom of ...
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Disable smoothing for layer styles
I would like to know how to disable smoothing for layer styles in Photoshop so that edges get jaggy.
For example, I create a text layer and disable smoothing in the toolbar. Now, when I go to Layer ...
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How does one align images in a grid in Photoshop CS4?
I have a number of equality sized square images and would like to distribute them evenly in a grid on the same image. How does one do this using Photoshop CS4? I'm trying to create a sprite. The ...
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Why are spot channels not exported to video in photoshop?
This is one of those obscure questions, but I had built an animation in Photoshop and I'm using a spot channel. When I "export to video" it loses the color that I had specified:
Here's my example:
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Batch option in Photoshop not working
I successfully ran a batch on one folder. I then tried it on another and all PS did was copy all the new files to the destination directory without running the action.
I've tried recreating the ...
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What's wrong with this PNG [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why can't Photoshop properly open this PNG?
If I save this PNG file on my machine locally:
And then open this file in Photoshop (CS5 12.0.4 x64 on Windows 7) it ...
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How do you achieve the margin:auto effect in Fireworks/Photoshop?
In Fireworks and for an image similar to this:
what's the best way to horizontally distribute objects in their parent container so that they have equal margins? The same effect can be achieved with ...
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If I have a directory of JPEG's, how can I create one long stitched image?
I exported a Flash video (.flv) to jpeg sequence. All 450 frames are in a folder, and now I'd like to stitch them all together so the result is one super long image.
For example, instead of 450 ...
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Photoshop: How far can I reduce something while maintaining legibility?
when designing iphone icons,but in general designing something that is bigger or smaller than my screen size, I have problems in understanding how far can I go with using smaller/larger fonts (and ...
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Transparent to black gradient?
I am trying to recreate the effect on the bottom of this photograph, where it reads "Back from the Darkness". I have the text figured out as far as transforming it to match the perspective. But it's ...
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Applying PS effect to AI layers
If I have more then only a layer in AI and I want to apply different PS effects to every layer, how can I do it?
Do I need to copy/paste every layer to PS separately?
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How to generate a iBooks-like wood texture
http://i.stack.imgur.com/7ChgL.jpg
Can I generate something similar using only Photoshop? Or should I be sourcing a wood texture and process that?
Is there any standard advice on the processing of ...
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Achieve this effect
checkout this image:
How can I achieve a round rectangle like that with a transparent cropped image at the center?
I can't find a good way for
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Photoshop remove inner border from selection
I was wondering how could I achieve to have a unique selection from a "border"..
Better: How could I switch from a "ring" shaped selection to a "circle" one??
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opening a pdf in photoshop and then saving removes margins
I wish to open a pdf in photoshop , remove some content and then resave it. When i do this the new pdf has trimmed margins. What is the best approach to keep the margins the save as the original ...
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Need advice on reducing icon size without loss in detail [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to resize icon sets in Photoshop?
I'm redesigning the icon for my Android application.
I designed it at 512x512 and then rescaled it to 96x96 and 32x32. However, it ...
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Make stroke path tips fading fading on both tips in Photoshop
how could i achieve to have a brush like the one in the picture with both tips fading? I checked in the brush window but I could only affect (alpha and size) the ending tip of the brush stroke..
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“Transparency Shapes Layer” checkbox in Blending Options
I am creating a photo filter program and trying to do some actions in Photoshop CS5 in order to repeat them in code.
One action I stuck with is Vignette effect. This is typically gradient fill layer ...
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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 ...
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What workarounds exist for the lack of Layer Styles in Photoshop Elements 10?
Since Elements doesn't have the per-layer Blending Options feature, I'm wondering how other Elements users deal with this restriction.
Edit: this question was originally posted on ...
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Formating Text added via Data Sets in Photoshop
I've been using Data Sets to fill alot of my graphics with Text. However I want the text to have different formatting styles (New Lines, Tabs, Bold and Italic to be specific) with certain words. For ...
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why duplicate layer and blend normal display different image than original?
As I assume, it should make no visual difference if duplicate a layer and then show both layer using normal?
forgot to mention, both layers have opacity setting 100%
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PNG32 vs PNG24 vs PNG8
I thought there is only PNG8 and png32, but photoshop has option for PNG24, and fireworks has all 3 options. Which is better for web world?
Also when I export PNG24 with alpha transparency in ...
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Create iOS Settings App Icon?
I've searched and searched, but I'm looking to find a tutorial on how to make the outside border of the Settings app icon in iOS. Or the whole icon, I like the effect.
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Image Blending Help in Photoshop
I'm somewhat new to Photoshop and Illustrator and am trying to figure out how to blend two images together. Here's the picture:
It's basically a splash going into a soda background (I couldn't find a ...
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PDF artwork for large posters - filesize issues?
I am designing large posters for print...A2 size and bigger. I create my photoshop file as 594 x 420 mm, drag a jpeg image which 7.6MB onto the canvas, enlarge it to fit canvas, then drop a logo onto ...
