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Reduce PSD File Size Without Quality Loss

Reduce PSD File Size without Quality Loss When file size is heavy, unnecessarily much time is spent. File size matters when sharing via any means. As a solution to lessen file size, many designers reduce the resolution of their PSDs which results on reduced quality as well. With some simple tricks mentioned below, file size of a PSDs can be reduced without losing its quality. You can either follow one or all of the options below to reduce file size. 1. Put a solid white layer on Top Photoshop’s high quality file previews are weighty. Hide all your work behind a solid white layer on Top.  2. Only keep the Essentials It’s easy to forget some of the junk that accrues as

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B/W Adjustment layer to alter color

We have discussed various methods of adjusting color in images before. Today we are going to explain one more extra option to alter color in images within least possible time and higher precision. We are going to use adjustment layers for color correction. This may not be new to some of us, but for those who don’t know, you will surely appreciate it. All that’s involved in this case is to create a black and white adjustment layer; then change the blend mode to Luminosity, and finally using the sliders to make the desired alternations on colors. That’s it. Adjustment layers are usually better than using other options because they will remain editable in later days after changes are made

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New Select and Mask Feature

Good news for Refine edge users! In latest Photoshop 15.5, this tool has been improvised and revamped as select and mask feature (Refine edge option is no longer available now). It’s much easier now to make selections of tricky areas such as hair, furs, etc with this new feature. Let’s see how to use it. Below is sample raw file we will use: We can start by making rough selection of model with any automatic selection tool or path at first. If you don’t want to do it, just turn on quick selection mode.                       Go to: Select > Select and Mask We will get tool bar at left side

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Create 3d text in Photoshop

Creating own 3d text has become really simple since introduction of CS6 version of Adobe Photoshop. There are different 3d options available in latest version of Photoshop which has broaden its scope for designers from different fields. Today we will look at how to create 3d text in Photoshop with few clicks. Here’s a small example how you can create your own 3d Text: Step 1: We have taken following Image to add text “Meow” on it. Step 2: Right click on the text layer and select: “New 3D extrusion for layer” Option. A box pops up which says switch to 3d workspace. Click “yes” to begin. Step 3: After you switch to 3d workspace, you text layer is changed

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Quick Color Change Technique

Changing color of image is not a new thing we do in Photoshop. When we have to change color of image to specific color value, we often don’t get exact color shades in a product that we are looking for. To get exact value, we need to work around different tools like shadows, highlights, etc. In this article, we will look into a different technique to overcome this issue. This technique is more effective when we have to change image having different shades of same color. We have taken image of already cutout car as our sample. We will change yellow car to green car. Change color mode of raw file to lab color. In a different layer, make a

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Quick Portrait Retouche

Everyone wants to look beautiful in their image but in reality it doesn’t happen while taking photos. Retouching each blemishes, spots and inequalities with healing, patch or clone tool is time consuming and hectic process. Today we will look at quick and better technique to retouch such images. We have taken image of a beautiful lady with disturbing skin pours and blemishes as our sample.                                       Duplicate background layer as Layer 1 and convert it to smart object. Then go to Filter and apply surface blur with radius value around 30 and threshold value 31. You can adjust those values later again

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