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CJM Weekly Photoshop Tip #7: Layer Visibility

Viewing a Single Layer in Layer Stack: Sometimes you may want to look at one Layer only among your layer stack. You can do this by holding down Alt (PC) or Option (Mac) and clicking on the eye icon for … continue reading.

CJM Weekly Photoshop Tip #6: Organizing Layers

Get Your Layers Organized!: Get into the habit of naming your Layers and grouping them into Folders. It is so much easier to cope with editing your work this way! The second screenshot makes me want to close the file … continue reading.

CJM Weekly Photoshop Tip #5: Drop Shadow Effect

The Drop Shadow FX option has a couple of cool features: When you are using the Layer Style interface you can click on the shadow in the Layer you are work on and move it around. You can save the … continue reading.

CJM Weekly Photoshop Tip #4: Removing fringe

The Power of Defringe: You may already be fully aware of this, but it bears repeating: Behold the power of DEFRINGE! Lessen the white fringing of your extractions by going into Layer/Matting/Defringe. Experiment with a couple of pixels upwards to … continue reading.

CJM Weekly Photoshop Tip #3: Blending an Extracted Layer

Blending in extractions with a gaussian blur: A quick fix way to blend an extracted layer to the background and make it less ‘stuck on’ looking is to duplicate your extracted layer; on the bottom layer run a Gaussian Blur. … continue reading.