July 9, 2010
When removing power lines or content that falls along a straight line, clicking on the starting point and then Shift -clicking on the end of the line will instruct Photoshop to draw a straight line between the two clicks. (This works with many of the painting tools – including the Spot Healing Brush with the Content Aware option). If the content to be removed is not straight, try using the Pen tool to trace the content, then use the flyout menu on the Paths panel to Stroke the Path with the Spot Healing Brush to remove the unwanted areas.
May 20, 2010
PSCS5 – When using the Rotate View tool to rotate the canvas for easier drawing and painting, the brushes will no longer rotate with the canvas rotation, instead they remain at the orientation of the original artwork regardless of the viewing angle. Yea!
May 19, 2010
PSCS5 – The two most common brush attributes (size and opacity) can now be locked on/off using the new icons in the Options Bar. Of course you can still lock attributes using the Lock icon in the Brush panel (to lock settings such as Shape Dynamics, Scatter, Texture etc.).
May 18, 2010
PSCS5 – The painting tools which have panels associated with them, display the associated panel’s icon is next to the Tool Preset Picker in the Option bar (in previous versions the icon was located to the far right). For example, with the Brush tool selected clicking on the Brush Panel icon quickly toggles the Brush on/off. Similarly, with the Healing Brush Tool, clicking the Clone Source icon will toggle the Clone Source Panel on/off.
May 14, 2010
PSCS5 – Type 00 (zero, zero) in quick succession to Quickly set the “Wet” and “Mix” values for the Mixer Brush to zero – resulting in a dry brush.
May 13, 2010
PSCS5 – When using the Mixer Brush the numeric keys change the “Wet” value. Adding the Shift key changes the “Flow” value. Option (Mac) / Alt (Win) + number changes the “Mix” values.
May 12, 2010
PSCS5 – When using the New Natural Media Bristle Tips, clicking in the Bristle Brush Preview will toggle between three different views. Shift-clicking in the preview will toggle a color rendering of the brush. (If you are having a difficult time distinguishing between the different views try selecting a Flat Fan tip shape.) If the Bristle Brush Preview is not visible, click the left most icon on the Brush or Brush Presets panel (a natural media tip must be selected in order for the Bristle brush preview icon to be enabled).
May 10, 2010
PSCS5 – There are four customizable keyboard shortcuts specifically designed for the Mixer Brush in PSCS5. Choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts, and using the Shortcuts for “Tools” scroll the to the bottom until you reach:
Load Mixer Brush
Clean Mixer Brush
Toggle Mixer Brush Auto-Load
Toggle Mixer Brush Auto-Clean
Then, enter in your own custom keyboard shortcut to enable the option(s).
May 5, 2010
In this episode of The Complete Picture (Painting in Photoshop CS5 (Part 2)), Julieanne Kost covers the Mixer Brush, one of the new painting features in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
May 4, 2010
PSCS5 – With a painting tool selected, Control + Option (Mac) – drag left/right in order to decrease/ increase brush size. To decrease/ increase brush hardness, drag up/down. On Windows, Shift + Alt -drag left right to decrease/ increase brush size and up/down decrease/ increase brush hardness.
April 11, 2010
April 11, 2010 —
In this episode of The Complete Picture (Painting in Photoshop CS5 (Part 1)), Julieanne Kost shows you some of the new painting features in Adobe Photoshop CS5 including the new Natural Media Bristle Tip Brushes.
April 2, 2010
Both the History and Art History Brush Tools sample information from the currently targeted state in the History panel (by default, this is the snapshot created when the file is first opened).
April 1, 2010
To maintain more detail when using the Art History Brush, try experimenting with a very small brush. You can also increase/decrease the spacing of the brush (found on the Brushes panel in the Brush Tip Shape area) to produce more interesting effects.
March 29, 2010
When Photoshop CS4 replaced the static palettes with panels, they became much more robust. For example, selecting Window > Extensions > Kuler displays a new panel focusing on creating groups of pleasing color. Click on the Browse tab to view online swatches and the Create tab to make your own color combinations and save them to your swatches panel (the icon along the bottom right). For more in-depth information about kuler, please visit: kuler.adobe.com/
March 26, 2010
Double clicking on a gradient stop in the Gradient Editor will bring up the color picker.
