Photoshop Tip : Clone from one image to another
Posted by Jennifer Farley | April 11, 2008
You can clone an image, or part of an image onto a separate image in Photoshop using the Clone Tool. Here’s how to do it;
1. Make sure that you have two images open - the one you want to clone from and the one you want to clone to.
2. Select the Clone Tool (S) and Alt + Click (windows) or Option + Click (mac) on the first image to select a sample point.
3. Switch over to image you want to clone onto and start painting.
Photoshop Tip : Remove the font previews from the font menu
Posted by Jennifer Farley | March 28, 2008
In a previous tip, I showed you how you can increase the size of the font previews in the Font menu in Photoshop, but what if you don’t want to see the previews at all? Maybe you know your favourite fonts already - and the preview does slow the menu down slightly. So here’s how you switch them off.
Choose Edit > Preferences. Choose Type from the list of preferences that appear.
Then simply, click on the Font Preview Size to turn off the preview. (The checkbox should be empty after you do this.) The previews are now removed from your font dropdown menu.
Photoshop Tip : Increase accuracy with the Replace Colour Adjustment
Posted by Jennifer Farley | March 18, 2008
In a previous photoshop tutorial, I gave an example of how to use the Replace Colour adjustment to change the colour of part of an image. In that example I used the sliders at the bottom of the Replace Colour dialog box to change a colour - it was pretty much a “guesstimate”. However if you want to be more precise about the colour you are using as a replacement, here’s a quick tip.
Once you’ve selected the area of colour you want to replace, click on the colour swatch, where it says Result, to the right of the sliders in the Replacement section. This brings up the Color Picker, where you can type in the exact CMYK or RGB value for the colour.
Photoshop / Bridge Quick Tip : Embed Your Info In Your Photographs
Posted by Jennifer Farley | March 1, 2008
Everytime you take a picture with your digital camera, some background information is embedded into the photograph. This information is called EXIF data and it records information such as the camera name, exposure, shutter speed and a whole lot more technical data.
By using Bridge (which comes with Photoshop CS2 and CS3) you can also add your own information such as your name, website, email and copyright. Obviously this is very important for photographers and can in a small way help to combat people nicking your stuff. It’s really easy, here are the steps: (Note: These screengrabs are from CS3, but you can do exactly the same in CS2).
1. Open Bridge by clicking on the Bridge icon at the top right of the Photoshop screen or choose File > Browse in Photoshop.
2. Browse to find the file that you want to add additional data to.
3. If the Metadata panel is not already open in Bridge, choose Window > Metadata Panel.
4. On the Metadata Panel, you’ll see a section called IPTC data - this is where you can add your own information. To add your info click next to any IPTC that has a pencil beside it. The field will change to white and you can type in the relevant details.
Photoshop Quick Tip : Bigger Font Previews
Posted by Jennifer Farley | January 10, 2008
If you find youself squinting at the previews in the list of fonts in the font drop down menu, then help is at hand. In Photoshop CS2 and CS3, you can set the font preview size to anything from Small to Huge. Choose Edit > Preferences > Type and you’ll see the dialog box below.
In the drop down menu, choose the size you want for your font preview. In the illustration below you can see the default setting of medium font preview size (on the left) and the difference when I changed the setting to large. Much easier to see.
Photoshop Quick Tip : Rotate through images quickly
Posted by Jennifer Farley | November 15, 2007
Just a short quick tip today. If you have a pile of images open in Photoshop, a very quick way to cycle through them is to hit Ctrl + Tab. This will rotate through all the open images. Much quicker than choosing Window > Filename - and picking each file out one at a time.
-
About
Hi, my name is Jennifer Farley and I am a designer and design instructor based in Ireland. Read more about Laughing Lion Design .
