Yes, I know this is InDesignSecrets, not PhotoshopSecrets. But at the moment, my brain is still buzzing with all the cool things I learned at the combined InDesign Conference and Photoshop Conference in Denver. I tried to split my time evenly between the two shows, but I was really drawn to the Photoshop sessions because they were so visually engaging and fun, and also because there’s a ton that I don’t know (or have forgotten) about using Photoshop. Apparently Adobe still makes applications other than InDesign. Who knew?
Anyway, I came away with all kinds of useful tips for doing things faster and better in Photoshop. If you couldn’t be at the show in Denver, I have two suggestions: 1. Make plans to come to the next Photoshop Conference, coming up in July in Minneapolis. And 2. Check out Justin Seely’s Photoshop CC Power Shortcuts series at Lynda.com
I loved Justin’s presentation in Denver on using InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator together, these videos are the next best thing to seeing him live.
Changing brush size, flow, and opacity
Selecting and moving layers
Creating your own action
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Masking shortcuts
Adjusting image and canvas size
Copying, creating, and merging layers
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