Two weeks ago we ran a tip on how to remove unwanted people from public photos. Apparently, it’s a popular topic — that post received almost 20,000 visitors in the first 10 days. Less than a week after publishing that tip, I ran across another technique using Photoshop CS3 Extended that makes the process virtually […]

Here is the Creative Sweet TV podcast that was a partial inspiration for this week’s tip: Photoshop CS3’s Automatic People Remover. Australian trainer Mike McHugh is the host of this entertaining and informative Adobe CS3 Podcast.

It takes a lot of time to add bookmarks, hyperlinks, form fields, buttons, and other interactive elements to a PDF. Inevitably however, you’ll need to change your design. How can you update your PDF when the original layout is modified?

We’ll often catch designers painstakingly copying form fields from the old PDF into a newly created PDF — or worse, rebuilding all those interactive elements by hand. There is a much easier way.

This tip comes in handy for graphic designers who need a quick way to get pedestrian-free photographs of their signage or environmental projects. There is a classic digital photography technique for removing unwanted people: Take several shots of the same scene using a tripod — then layer those photos in Photoshop. People move around between […]

How much useful information can you fit onto a standard 3×5 index card? That’s the challenge our Adobe Expert, Jasson Hoppe, takes on each month with his growing collection of Photoshop cheatsheets.

This month’s tiny cheatsheet contribution covers shortcuts and tricks for Photoshop’s Brush Tool:

Photoshop Brush Cheatsheet.pdf

On there own, these small quick-reference guides are handy to have around. But stay tuned as we add more each month. Soon you’ll have your own small 3×5 flipbook with the best shortcuts and tricks for all of Photoshop’s tools.

Everyone knows that tapping the Tab key is the quick way to temporarily hide all open palettes in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign or Illustrator. But press Shift+Tab instead and you can keep your Toolbox and Options bar, while the other palettes are hidden!

In May of 2007 Adobe finally admitted what we’ve known for a while — FreeHand is dead. Adobe will no longer update or patch FreeHand for new operating systems or hardware (such as Intel Macs). Adobe has created several migration guides to help long-time FreeHand users move over to Adobe Illustrator instead. But here’s the […]

Over the last couple weeks we’ve been polling our clients for some of their favorite features in Adobe CS3. One tool mentioned by several designers is InDesign CS3’s new Gradient Feather Tool. For situations where you want to fade a photo into the background, this tool saves you a trip back into Photoshop — for […]

When you find yourself working with more text than you can fit into your InDesign text frame, the easiest way to see how much copy is overflowing is to open the Story Editor. (Edit > Edit in Story Editor)

In the Story Editor, a red line on the left side will show you how much text is overflowing your layout. If you decide to trim the text to fit your available space, you can edit your copy directly in this window.

We love cheatsheets. Those handy quick-reference guides that keep all sorts of vital information right at your fingertips.

In fact, we’re dedicating one issue each month to provide a growing collection of creative and technical cheatsheets.

Photoshop Lasso Cheatsheet.pdf

This month’s creative cheatsheet covers the Photoshop Lasso tool. We’ve distilled the basic functions of this widely used tool into a concise format that fits on a standard 3×5 index card.