Category Archives: Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop: Reversing a Vector Mask

by Barb Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor on Adobe Photoshop CS6 Such a simple request, but not one of Photoshop’s most “discoverable” features. As a regular user of (raster) layer masks, I know that I can select a layer mask and choose … Continue reading

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Adobe Photoshop: Image Appearing as a “Thumbnail” in InDesign

by Barb Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor on Adobe Photoshop CS6 This question was posed to me recently by one of our IDUG Denver user group members: I’m using ID-CS5 (Mac), working on a book about presidents and it includes a photo … Continue reading

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Adobe Photoshop CS6: The Demise of Print Size Command

by Barb Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor on Adobe Photoshop CS6 I teach a lot of Adobe Photoshop classes, and have done so for the past 20 years. Somewhere along the way, I stopped mentioning the 5th zoom command in the View … Continue reading

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Adobe Photoshop: How Photoshop Indicates a Selection

by Barb Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor on Photoshop Selections in Photoshop. Can’t live with them. Can’t live without them. As an instructor, they represent the single most important feature in Photoshop to effectively communicate to my students in my Introduction to Adobe Photoshop … Continue reading

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Adobe Photoshop CS6: New & Improved Vector Options

by Barb Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor on Photoshop I don’t know about you, but I love the reorganization of the vector options in Adobe Photoshop CS6. I’m finding myself using vectors where I would have been using pixels in CS5 and … Continue reading

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Adobe Photoshop: How to Add Color to a White Object

by Barb Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor on Photoshop From a former Rocky Mountain Training Adobe Photoshop student: I need to turn a white shirt to black or some dark shade and still see some detail in the clothing. I tried using … Continue reading

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Adobe Photoshop CS6: Automatic Color Adjustments

by Barb Binder I had the pleasure of attending the Photoshop World conference in Washington, D.C. this spring. It was fun to be a student for a change, and I picked up lots of great tips and tricks. One of the … Continue reading

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Adobe CS5 & TCS3 Applications: The Importance of Custom Workspaces

by Barb Binder When my husband tells me I’m special, it’s not exactly a compliment. He doesn’t mean it as an expression of esteem, respect, affection, or admiration; he means I’m a little like Dustin Hoffman’s character in Rainman. I have … Continue reading

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Adobe Photoshop CS5: Running in 32-bit Mode

by Barb Binder In the past few weeks, I learned three important things about running Adobe Photoshop CS5 in 32-bit mode: It is very important to Adobe that their Adobe Photoshop CS5 Certified Instructors know how to tell people how to … Continue reading

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Adobe Photoshop: Layer Comps

by Barb Binder To be able to use Photoshop successfully, even at an introductory level, you need to understand Layers. But what about Layer Comps? I’m always amazed by how many of my advanced Photoshop students look at me blankly … Continue reading

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