A Few Cool Photoshop Tips And Tricks, Part 1

When it comes to entering the graphic design world, creating interesting pieces for a job or sharing artwork with family and friends, there are plenty of cool Photoshop tricks and tips to consider. Whether you are just experimenting with the tools or already know how to layout a magazine spread, there will always be a new shortcut or trick to make life much easier. Below, you will find a few tips to add to your repertoire or share with others:

Easy Photoshop Tips and Tricks

To create the appearance that objects are glowing without using any filters, choose an object to work with that will be duplicated as a layer. Select the color you 'd like your glow to be.

Before exiting, you should glance under Location to make sure that the Outside option is selected. The next step involves applying a Gaussian Blur to the layer, which can be found under the Blur option in Filters.

Under the Filters tab, select Render, and then choose Clouds. It is the clouds filter that utilizes the foreground and background colors needed to construct this image in your file.

Now, return to the Filter menu and select Render, and then choose Lighting Effects. You are able to alter the shape of the ellipse to a circle that becomes centered on your file once you enter the Light Effects menu. Changing the Narrow setting to 39 next follows choosing the Default Spotlight setting.

You should select File/New from the menu bar and create a file size that measures about 200 pixels by 200 pixels. Under the Filters tab, select Render, and then choose Clouds. Now, return to the Filter menu and select Render, and then choose Lighting Effects. Next, select the following commands in this same order: Filter, Noise, Add Noise. The next step to create a paper texture is to select Filter, then Stylize, followed by Emboss.

You should select File/New from the menu bar and create a file size that measures about 200 pixels by 200 pixels. The RGB mode should be selected for this trick.

The next step to create a paper texture is to select Filter, then Stylize, followed by Emboss. To change the color, choose Image, then Adjust, followed by Hue-Saturation-Brightness. Once you select the Colorize checkbox, you should set the Hue to a different setting.

To create a paper texture in Photoshop, you should start a new file that measures 60 x 60 pixels. Next, select the following commands in this same order: Filter, Noise, Add Noise. Once completed, choose Gaussian, which is set to 80 %.