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Tools and tips144

A compilation of tools and tips for Photoshop, offering practical advice and techniques to streamline workflows and improve design efficiency.

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10 Essential Photoshop Rules Every Beginner Should Know

Photoshop's vast toolkit can overwhelm newcomers, leading to common pitfalls that affect image quality and workflow efficiency. Understanding the fundamental rules of professional editing prevents costly mistakes and builds a foundation for advanced techniques. These ten essential practices cover everything from color management and file formats to smart...

Using Photoshop's New Generative Upscale Tool

Old family photos often hold irreplaceable memories, but their small size and low resolution make them difficult to print or display properly. These cherished images deserve better than pixelated enlargements that lose all their detail and emotional impact. Photoshop's new AI-powered Generative Upscale tool changes this completely. This...

Photoshop August 2025 Update: 6 New Features Including Enhanced Remove Tool and Harmonize

Adobe continues to transform Photoshop with powerful AI-driven features that streamline complex editing tasks. The August 2025 update introduces six significant enhancements, from an improved Remove Tool that creates cleaner selections to the revolutionary Harmonize feature that automatically matches lighting and shadows across composite elements. These updates address common workflow...

How to Organize and Customize Your Photoshop Workspace

A cluttered workspace can slow down even the most experienced Photoshop user. With dozens of panels, tools, and windows competing for screen space, the default interface often includes features you rarely use while hiding the ones you need most. This tutorial demonstrates how to organize your Photoshop workspace to match...

How to Smooth Pixelated Selection Edges in Photoshop

Automatic selections in Photoshop often create jagged, pixelated edges that look unprofessional when zoomed in. These blocky borders can ruin an otherwise perfect cutout, making your work appear amateurish regardless of how carefully you made the initial selection. Three simple sliders in Photoshop's Select and Mask workspace can...

How to Use the Eyedropper Tool in Photoshop

The eyedropper tool remains one of Photoshop's most fundamental utilities for color selection and matching. This seemingly simple tool offers sophisticated sampling options and workflow shortcuts that can significantly improve color accuracy and creative control in photo editing projects. This tutorial demonstrates the eyedropper tool's core...

Convert Low-Resolution Graphics to High Resolution in Photoshop

Low-resolution graphics often limit design projects, especially when you need to scale logos, icons, or simple illustrations for print or large-format displays. While vector formats offer infinite scalability, many graphics exist only as pixelated bitmap files that become unusable when enlarged. This tutorial demonstrates two effective methods for converting low-resolution...

Customize Your Photoshop Toolbar for an Optimized Workflow

Working in Photoshop often means navigating a toolbar filled with dozens of tools, many of which may rarely or never be used in a typical workflow. This can lead to a cluttered interface, making it challenging to quickly locate essential tools and slowing down your creative process. The default arrangement,...

Exploring the Latest Features in Photoshop 2025

Photoshop 2025 introduces powerful new tools designed to make creative work easier, faster, and more flexible. From fine-tuning selections to moving objects and speeding up your workflow, these features feel built for the way creators actually work. In this video, we’ll show you what’s new and how these...

Rotate and Flip Images and Layers with Precision in Photoshop

Often in image editing, photographs or design elements are not oriented correctly or require a creative re-orientation for a new composition. This common challenge can be frustrating when simple rotation tools affect the entire canvas, disrupting other layers, or when precise control over individual elements is needed. This tutorial demonstrates...

The only Photohop Sharpening Tool You Need

Achieving sharp, detailed images is a common goal for photographers and designers, yet many find the process frustrating. Traditional sharpening tools can often lead to over-processed results, introducing halos, noise, or an unnatural appearance. The challenge lies in enhancing clarity without sacrificing image quality or introducing unwanted artifacts. This tutorial...

The easiest way to change any color in Photoshop

Changing the color of specific elements within an image can often be a frustrating challenge for designers and photographers. Achieving a precise color shift without affecting surrounding areas, or dealing with complex selections, often leads to a time-consuming and imperfect process. This guide introduces a highly efficient method utilizing Photoshop&...

Master Photoshop's Pen Tool in 5 Minutes

The Pen Tool in Photoshop intimidates many designers, yet it remains one of the most powerful selection and shape creation tools in the software. While other selection methods work well for simple shapes, complex objects with curves and precise edges demand the accuracy that only the Pen Tool can deliver....

Photoshop Beta: Discover the New Actions Panel

Achieving a specific creative look in Photoshop often requires knowing the right combination of tools and techniques, which can be a significant hurdle for both new and experienced users. While traditional actions can automate repetitive tasks, finding or creating the perfect one for a unique artistic goal isn't...

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