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Photoshop Killer Tips
How to Make Shadows/Highlights
an Adjustment Layer
Well, it won't technically be an adjust-
ment layer, but it will act and perform ex-
actly like one. Here's what you do: First,
go under the Filter menu and choose Con-
vert for Smart Filters (which converts the
layer into a smart object). Then go under
the Image menu, under Adjustments, and
choose Shadows/Highlights . Now, choose
any settings you like, then click OK. If you
look in the Layers panel, you'll see that
attached below your layer is a layer mask
(just like an adjustment layer), and if you
Also, just like an adjustment layer: if you
double-click on the little adjustment slid-
ers icon to the right of the name, it brings
up a dialog where you can change the
blend mode and opacity; you can click the
Eye icon to turn the adjustment on/off; and
finally, you can delete it anytime during
your project.
Not Sure Which Blend Mode Is
the Right One?
Changing the Position
of Your Lens Flare
When you use the Lens Flare filter (found
under the Filter menu, under Render) it
puts the flare in the center of your image,
Then just press Shift-+ to toggle through
all the layer blend modes one-by-one, so
you can quickly find out which one looks
best to you.
How to Change the Order of
the Brushes in the Brush Picker
Go under the Edit menu, under Presets,
and choose Preset Manager . When the
dialog opens, by default it's set to display
but you can actually choose the posi-
tion for your flare center (which changes
the look of your flare quite a bit) by just
clicking-and-dragging the flare center
within the filter's Preview window. By the
way, a great way to apply this filter is to
add a new layer, fill it with black, then run
the filter, change its layer blend mode
to Screen , and it will blend in with your
image, so you can drag it wherever you'd
like (if an edge shows, add a layer mask
and paint over the edges in black with a
huge, soft-edged brush).
all your brushes, so now all you have to do
is click-and-drag them into the order you
want them. When you've got everything in
the order you want, click the Done button.
Changing the Color of Your Guides
Want to change the color of those guides
you drag out from the rulers? Just pull out
a guide, then double-click directly on it,
and it brings up the Preferences dialog
double-click on the words “Shadows/
Highlights” below the mask, it brings
up the dialog again, with the last settings
you applied (just like an adjustment layer).
 
 
 
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