Adobe Photoshop Killer Tips · Turning a Background Layer into a Regular One

Automating Smart Object Templates
Smart Object Photo Layers
Smart Type Layers
Duplicating Smart Objects
The Benefits of Using Smart Objects
Switching Between Several Selection Tools while Se
Magnetic Lasso Tools
Customizing Quick Masks
Creating Selections with a Brush
Refining Channel Masks and Selections
Reversing the Direction of the Liquify Tool
Protect Parts of a Photo When Using Liquify
Reduce the Size of a Nose with Liquify
Tuck In Clothing with Liquify
A Faster Liquify Tool
Creating Shortcuts for Your Favorite Adjustment La
Using Adjustment Layers to Speed Up Photoshop
Quickly Resetting Adjustment Layer Sliders
Hue Saturation Shortcuts
Affecting Only One Layer with an Adjustment Layer
Fixing Skies with Layer Styles
Scale Layer Style Effects
Copying Layer Styles
Stroke Emboss
Adjusting Layer Styles
Stroke Path with Brush
Brush Prefrences
Signature Brush
Hard/Soft Brush Edges
Change Brush Size
Camera Raw Adjust Brush
Camera Raw JPEG White Balance Settings
Camera Raw Crop Preview
Camera Raw Before and After Preview
Camera Raw Reset Sliders Tip
Quickly Fill Non-Transparent Areas
Showing and Hiding Layers with Just One Click
Navigating Through Your Layers
Aligning Multiple Layers
Quickly Create New Layers
Turn Layer Styles into Regular Layers
Creating a Layer Style for Skies
Scaling Layer Styles
Layer Styles - The Fast Way
Easy Way to Change Layer Styles
Copy and Invert a Layer Mask
Adjusting Opacity of a Layer Mask
Changing a Mask to a Selection
Show Layer Mask Contents
Auto Swapping Layer Masks
Bold and Italic for Fonts That Don't Have Them
Killer Keyboard Shortcuts for Type
Change the Shape of One Letter
Positioning New Type Layers
Finding Fonts Quickly
Shaving Off a Few Pounds
Remove Fly Away Hairs
Liquify - The Ultimate Retouch Tool
Brightening Facial Features
How to Retouch on a Blank Layer
The Overlay Blend Mode Trick
The Power of Difference Blend Mode
Changing Blend Modes on the Fly
Blend Mode Shortcuts
Cycle Through Blending Modes
Turning a Background Layer into a Regular One
Creating a New Layer Directly Under the Existing O
Grouping Layers in Folders
Merging Layers
Changing Thumbnail Previews
Previewing Multiple Filters At the Same Time
Working with Smart Filters
Seeing Previews of Your Filters
Reapplying Filters the Easy Way
3D Text
Custom Shapes
Sharper Strokes
Visual Drop Shadows
Moving Selections, Not the Layer
Hidden Brush Shortcuts
Hue Jitter for Brushes
Moving Layers in CS4
Getting Out of a Dialog
Creating More Realistic Drop Shadows
Global Lighting Settings in Layer Styles
Converting to a Duotone
Cloning From One Image to Another
Picking a Color from Anywhere
Showing and Hiding Palettes
Learning From Your Actions
Creating Type on a Path
More Accurate Color Sampling
Showing Settings in an Action
Bridge's Slideshow View
Bridges Carousel View
Quick Zoom Shortcuts
Choosing Your Layers Visually
Fade a Filter
Simulating a Polarizing Filter for Skies
Snapping Layers to Each Other
Using and Aligning Layers to a Guide
Shape Burst Gradient Stroke
Adjust Layer Mask Opacity
Open without Layers
What is a Stroke Emboss?
Turn Off Flick Panning
Type on Path
Fill Shortcuts
Moving Type on a Path
Manipulating Type with Paths
Creating Favorites in Bridge
Changing Type on a Path
Zooming Made Easy
Before and After
Warping a Selection
Smart Guides
Photo Filters After the Fact
Fading Filters
Getting Your Selection Back
Sharper Strokes
Number of Undos
Moving Layer Styles Visually
Font Preview Happiness
Cropping Control
My Favorite Brush Shortcuts
Healing Photos on a Separate Layer
Better Hue Saturation
Shape Layer Tips and Tricks
Cut Down PSD File Sizes
Speed Photoshop Start-up
Viewing Multiple Photos
Font Preview
Preset Manager
Layer Style Lighting
New Layer Shortcut
Easier Search in Bridge
Better Curves
Transforming Selections
Stroke Only a Portion of a Path
Creating a Stroke Around a Path or Shape
More Color Picker Tricks
Color Picker Tricks
Reapplying Filters the Easy Way
Trick to the Glossy Effect
Saving Presets
Detailed Erasing
Using Text and Logos in Vanishing Point
Smart Guides
Vanishing Point Perspective
Cloning Between Two Images
Bridge Favorites
Showing and Hiding Palettes
Changing the Default Red Stroke
Filters That Remember
Learning from your Actions
Creating Type on a Path
Quickly Resizing Your Type
Better Color Sampling
Viewing Various Channels
Editing Type
Showing Dialog’s in an Action
Viewing your Photos in a Slideshow
In Living Color
Selecting Layers Visually
Customizing Your Own Menus
Save Time with Adobe’s Open Dialog
Making Accurate Selection with Quick Mask
Dragging an Object from One Document to Another
TV Scanline Effect
Adding Custom Messages into an Action
Type inside of a Shape
Hiding Layers Quickly
Opening a Layered PSD file without the Layers
Selection Trick
Vanishing Point Trick in Photoshop CS2
Deleting Layers the Easy Way
Quickly Jumping to Different Layers
Quickly Adding a Layer Below
Actions Shortcut
Closing multiple Photoshop Images at Once
Changing History in Photoshop CS2
Custom Shape Options
Adding Arrowheads to a Line
Quick Transformation Menus
Speeding up Photoshop
Duplicating Gradient Stops
No More Locked Layers
Warping Made Easy
Paste Images at the Right Size the First Time
Moving Layers between Images
Make Free Transform Easier
History Lesson
Palettes Your Way
Selection Secret
More Guide Tricks
Fading Filters
More Undocumented Fill Shortcuts
Cropping Tips
Finding the Exact Center Point of an Object
Previewing Filters
Photoshop Shortcuts
Changing Shadow Highlight Defaults
Changing your Settings in an Action
Resizing Text with a Keyboard Shortcut
Screen Blend Mode
Black and White Photo Filter
Clipping Areas
CS4 Pixel Grid
Camera Profiles
Snap Shots
On-Image Controls
Clone Overlay Preview
Quick Mask Tool
Delete a Layer
Close All Open Documents
Polygon Tool
New CS4 Tip
Fade Brush Strokes
Exact Center
Keyboard Shortcut for Copying Layers Styles
Copying Blend Modes
Gradient Overlay
Fade Fom White
Crop and Rotate
Patch Tool Retouching
Lower Brightness
Vertical Alignment
Centering Horizontally
Epson Printing Tip
Photo Filters
Printer Profiles
Hand Tool
Selections in Action
Using Presets
Editing With Clone Source
Clone Overlay Source
Clone Source Palette
Oldies But Goodies
Embedded Profile Dialog
Can't Save JPEG?
Adjusting Layer Styles
Take a Quick Look
Close Multiple Images
Arrowheads
Match Zoom
Layer and Brush Opacity
Change Opacity
Stop An Action
Canvas Size Action
Blending Mode Shortcuts
Cloning In CS3
Type Shortcut
Spotting Your Images
Isolate Your Adjustments
Sharpen Edges
Picture Package
Heal Betweeen Multiple Docs
File Size Management Tip
White Backgrounds
Brushing Borders
Cleanup Shortcut
Shift Key for Tool Switch
Closer Look in Bridge
History States
See Both Images
Fade Brush Strokes
Fade a Filter
Oldie But Goodie
Guide Tip
Useful Design Template
Find Exact Center
Zoom All Windows
Layer Palette Trick
Moving Side to Side
Set Background Color Chip
Filling Used Pixels
Automatic Strokes
Eyedropper Shortcuts
Moving Around When Zoomed In
Letter Spacing
Color Correcting Skin Tone
See Channels
Adusting Layer Styles
Roman Hanging Punctuation
Straighten Things Out
Shortcut For Previewing Your Filter
Work Path Into Selection
Non-Destructive Dodge And Burn
Make A Path From Selection
Global Light Setting
Copy Merged
Mask On Mask
Centering
Drawing Arrows
Favorite Folders
Quick Opacity Change
Printing In CS3
Full Screen Mode
Put One Photo Into Another
Ultra Eye Sharpening
Reduce Noise in the Shadows
Copy Camera Raw Settings
Cropping Tool Tip
Show Your Document Profile
Reapply Your Adjustments
Layer Mask Shortcut
Blend Mode Shortcuts
Better Brush Control
Zoom Shortcut
Document Size Tip
Maximize Compatibility
Place A Photo Inside A Shape
Inverse Shortcut
Color Boost
Dodge And Burn Trick
What Method Is Photoshop Using To Crop?
Quick Hair Retouch
New Clone Tool Option In CS3
Using Dual Monitors With CS3
Zoomify
New Window In Bridge
Adjust The Sample Option When Cloning Or Healing
Navigating In Bridge
Shortcuts And Prefrences
Resize Window When You Zoom
Quick Selection Tool Tip
Brush Hardness And Softness
Preview An Adjustment
Toggle Blending Modes
Transfer Your Settings
Zooming FAQ
Maintain Aspect Ratio While Cropping
Eyedropper Sample Size
Bridge Background Color
Remove Those Dark Circles
Reset Your Tool
Use The Histogram With Levels
Multi-Stroke Text
Work On A Flattened Image
Toggle Blending Modes
Shortcut For Zoom
Add Some Punch To Your Photos
Create A Smirk
Mask Multiple Adjustment Layers
Levels Trick
Maximize Compatibility
Creating Border Effects
Contact Sheets In Bridge
Quick Selection Tip
Get Better Info
MetaData In Bridge
Visit Bridge Home
What Is Hue Jitter?
Pick A Color From Anywhere
Distorting Text
CS3 Integration
Working With Illustrator Files
Type Effect
Take A Snapshot
Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
Open A New Window
Fix That Smile
Split Toning
New Shapes With The Shape Tool
Pen Tool Tip
Tiny Web Type
HTML Colors
Smart Guide Rescue
Save Your Own Layer Style
Quick Selection Tool
Color Help
Saving Actions
Quick Fill
Editing Actions
D Is For Default
Adjusting Only One Layer
Global Light
Spell Checking Specific Text
Keyboard Shortcuts For Adjustment Layers
Batch Processing Tip
PDF Presentation
Action Tip
Quickly Create A New Layer
Split Tone Effect
Ray Of Light Effect
Auto Settings In Camera Raw
Sharpening Preview in Camera Raw
Camera Raw Tip
Dragging Smart Filters
Some Things You Never Knew About Sliders
Fixing Skin Color
Unit Shortcuts
Color Coding Actions
Histogram Updates
Action Creation Tip
Resetting your Warnings
Quickly Adding Tool Presets
Layer Styles and the Background Layer
Quickly changing blend modes
Avoiding menus when working with Layer Styles
Missing a background layer when you create a new d
Magic Wand Wonders
Swapping width and height settings quickly
Type Trick
Center Your Design Elements
Dodge and Burn Trick
Levels Trick
Creating Border Effects
Reduce PSD File Sizes
Fixing Skin Color
Easily Reapply Filters
Bridge Preferences
Favorite Brush Shortcuts
Create A Stroke Around A Path Or A Shape
Saving Images For The Web
Work On A Flattened Image
Filter Menu Options Grayed-Out?
Add Canvas Space
Luminosity Blending Mode
Custom Watermarks
Apply The Same Adjustment
Supersize Your Thumbnails
Edge Darkening
Filters That Remember
Fading Filters
2 Tips in 1 Video
Quick Tip: Exporting Large Images for the Web
CS3 Workspace Options
Eye Dropper Tool Preference
Curves Dialog Tips
Channels Palette Tip
Create Rounded Edges
Highlights and Shadows in Camera Raw
CS3 Intrerface Tip
Camera Raw Before and Afters
Fast Restoration Trick
Layer Mask Trick
Saving Selections
Removing Dark Circles Under Eyes
Cloning Options to Make Life Easier
Pen Tool Basics
Simple Blend Modes
Pen Tool Power Tip
Quick Mask Tip
Quick Masking Overlay
Putting a Photo into Text
Creating a Reflection
Change the Default Red Stroke
Quickly Resize Your Type
Deepening Blue Skies
Freely Warping Text
Automated Cropping and Straightening
Boosting Eye Color
Creating Type in a Circle
Darkening Gray Hair
Enhancing Eyelashes
Lightroom to Photoshop in 16 Bit?
Digital Nose Job
Keep the Move Tool Handy
Dramatic Lighting
Quick Photo Blend
A Quick System for Rating and Ranking Your Favorit
Keeping Your Favorite Presets Handy
Brush Presets
Type Presets
Creating Your Own Tool Presets
Using Tool Presets
Filter Layers in CS3
Changing an Adjustment Layer
Creating Reusable Templates
Adjustment Layer Masking
Raw to Photoshop
Twinkle in the Eyes
Raw Tip
Running Multiple Actions At Once
Layer Mask Tip
Edge Darkening
Whitening Eyes
CMYK Preview
Out of Gamut Warning
Crop Aspect Ratio Tip
Quick Photo Tinting
Annoyed By Those Little Color Samplers?
Where's my JPEG?
Soft Focus Technique
Opening non-PSD files in Photoshop
Erasing Layer Styles
Selective Blurring
Pattern Tip
Quickly Deleting Styles
Find Your Layers By Name
Advanced Blending
Copy Layer Into Another Document
Blend Mode Tips
Automatic Action in ImageReady
Quick Fill Shortcut
New Color Picker in CS3
CS3 Tip!
CS3 Tip! Shadow/Highlight Adjustment Layer?
Levels Adjustment Tip
Slowing Down an Action
Bridge Favorites
Better Eyedroppers
Showing and Hiding Layer Styles
Pen Tool Options
Getting Crisp Image Previews
Get your Photoshop Resolution Right
Shape Tool Tips
Quick Tan Line Fix
Bridge Center
Masking Color Swap Trick
Color Picker Tricks
Move Just Part of a Layer
Creating a Watermark
Easier Color Choosing
Changing the Mood of Your Photos
Making Your Photo Composites Look Real
Looking at the Filter Gallery
Learning From Your Actions Palette
Rearranging Your Brushes (and other presets too)
Creating Two Masks
Upsizing in Camera Raw
Layer Styles Don’t Look Right?
Auto Adding Points to a Camera Raw Curve
Undoing the Easy Way
Turn Your Layer Styles Into Layers
Resetting Palette Locations
Rule of Thirds
No More Crop in Raw
Refreshing Bridge
Global Light Setting
Vanishing Point for Retouching
Quick Find in Bridge
Vanishing Point Trick
Paste Into
Flattening Without Flattening
Better Layer Styles
Changing Blend Modes
Selecting A Layer The Right Way
Changing Opacity While Transforming
A Better Bridge Location
Changing Channels
Put Your Layers Out to Separate Files
What The Heck Is Hue Jitter?
Better Cropping Preview
Manage All Presets In One Place
Distorting Text
One Click Undo In An Action
Better Info
Larger Swatch Previews
Reverse Layer Mask
Save Time Typing
Smarter Filters
Pick A Color From Anywhere
Retouching Tip
Two windows = Same Image
Saving Your Own Layer Style
Smart Guides to the Rescue
Color Help
Use Percentage to Get the Right Sized Image
Resetting Your Palette Locations
Quickly Adding a Layer Below
Actions Shortcut
Closing Multiple Photoshop Images At Once
Changing History in Photoshop CS2
CMYK Color Picker
Moving Multiple Points On A Curve
Cutting Down On File Size
Finding Your Document Info
Converting Many Raw Photos to JPG
The Best non-Photoshop Photoshop Tip
HTML Colors
Bridge Favorites
Tiny Web Type
Background Preferences in Bridge
Layer Mask Trick
Moving Layers between Images
Opening in Photoshop vs. Camera Raw
History Brush 101
Camera Raw Before/After Trick
Make Free Transform Easier
Layer Thumbnail Preview
Moving Selections Easily
Faster Tool Switching
History Lesson
Palettes Your Way
Minimizing the Toolbox
Spell Checking Specific Text
Stay in CMYK
Sharpening a CMYK Photo
Moving the Options Bar
Tired of your Type?
The Hidden Brush Palette
Things you never knew about sliders
Fixing Skin Color
Welcome Back?
Scrubby Sliders Everywhere
Unit Shortcuts
Color Coding Actions
Visually Adding or Subtracting from Selections
Histogram Updates
Different Take on Black and White
Lasso Tool Tip
Batch Processing Tip
Action Creation Tip
Resetting your Warnings
Quickly Adding Tool Presets
Layer Styles and the Background Layer
Quickly changing blend modes
Avoiding menus when working with Layer Styles
Missing a background layer when you create a new d
Magic Wand Wonders
Swapping width and height settings quickly
Getting your tools back to the way you like them
Warning: No pixels are more than 50% selected
Exact Paragraph Sizes
Getting a Better View
No Italic or Bold?
Double Space Deletion
Changing Quick Mask Overlay Color
Crop using Image Dimensions
Still Typing the Old Way?
Making Quick Mask Work For You
Fast Photo Restoration
Creating Smarter Actions
A Better Histogram for Your Photos
Place Your Text Visually
Converting Your Text
Healing Photos on a Separate Layer
Fast Tool Switching
Find your files in Bridge
Picking a color from anywhere
Adding points to a curve
Getting your selection back